Three passions have governed my life:
The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
And unbearable pity for the suffering of [humankind].
Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
In the union of love I have seen
In a mystic miniature the prefiguring vision
Of the heavens that saints and poets have imagined.
With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
I have wished to understand the hearts of [people].
I have wished to know why the stars shine.
Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
But always pity brought me back to earth;
Cries of pain reverberated in my heart
Of children in famine, of victims tortured
And of old people left helpless.
I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
And I too suffer.
This has been my life; I found it worth living.
- Bertrand Russell
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Facebook ...a defining moment!
A defining moment for me in life was joining Facebook.
This was the time that I decided how I would like to be and what I could be.
I decide that I would learn to be a citizen of the world and befriend those that felt the same.
There were certainly infinite possibilities and the time frame was irrelevant as long as my instinct told me that the people were the right ones to be around.
I felt that one person at a time I was learning about life and sharing what I had to share, while learning more about myself. It is a continuing process of consolidation. It is learning to set goals that I choose to live up to and finding a way to do it no matter what.... Training myself to be disciplined and
running the extra mile when the need arises.
My aim is to have enduring impact on those that I come into contact with. That they remember me for listening to them talking, sharing of myself and life, making each person feel special for being the person that they are and most of all making them laugh with me and bringing happiness into their life.
I love to grab life with both hands and this is what Simon is offering his Friends. Then to spread the concept further out.
This was the time that I decided how I would like to be and what I could be.
I decide that I would learn to be a citizen of the world and befriend those that felt the same.
There were certainly infinite possibilities and the time frame was irrelevant as long as my instinct told me that the people were the right ones to be around.
I felt that one person at a time I was learning about life and sharing what I had to share, while learning more about myself. It is a continuing process of consolidation. It is learning to set goals that I choose to live up to and finding a way to do it no matter what.... Training myself to be disciplined and
running the extra mile when the need arises.
My aim is to have enduring impact on those that I come into contact with. That they remember me for listening to them talking, sharing of myself and life, making each person feel special for being the person that they are and most of all making them laugh with me and bringing happiness into their life.
I love to grab life with both hands and this is what Simon is offering his Friends. Then to spread the concept further out.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Over the last two years I have totally transformed from a mouse to a mega-connector.
I have lived the life that forced these issues to be addressed. It became a choice do I give up or do I go the whole way and make life better not only starting with for my family, my community and globally.
It has been like standing on a main road and deciding to throw myself into the traffic...Or...riding with the traffic...or ...MAKING THE CHOICE TO DIRECT THE TRAFFIC.
It is a matter of choice ..to make a small or a big decision. The guts to take the choice and that to stick to the path until the chosen course takes place.
It turned out to have the same magnitude...at that point in time the whole picture was so bleak that it was "might as well go and choose the big picture."
My Australian Friend Serenity Raven-Wolf replied to this tread:
"I am so proud of you for you are truly brave. Only a very small % of the population go through such huge transformation. I am also proud for I know how hard that journey can be at times. It is exactly as you explain it.
Courage is not a hard recipe to make. To reach courage all you need in the recipe is to recognize the fear/doubts that come up for us (and the do come up for us all) to that you add some COMMITMENT + ACTION = COURAGE"
I have lived the life that forced these issues to be addressed. It became a choice do I give up or do I go the whole way and make life better not only starting with for my family, my community and globally.
It has been like standing on a main road and deciding to throw myself into the traffic...Or...riding with the traffic...or ...MAKING THE CHOICE TO DIRECT THE TRAFFIC.
It is a matter of choice ..to make a small or a big decision. The guts to take the choice and that to stick to the path until the chosen course takes place.
It turned out to have the same magnitude...at that point in time the whole picture was so bleak that it was "might as well go and choose the big picture."
My Australian Friend Serenity Raven-Wolf replied to this tread:
"I am so proud of you for you are truly brave. Only a very small % of the population go through such huge transformation. I am also proud for I know how hard that journey can be at times. It is exactly as you explain it.
Courage is not a hard recipe to make. To reach courage all you need in the recipe is to recognize the fear/doubts that come up for us (and the do come up for us all) to that you add some COMMITMENT + ACTION = COURAGE"
How to shift a paradigm!
Thank you for asking my opinion.
Where as Chris Macrae and Jeff Mowatt in my opinion both have the intellectual knowledge that is needed and are outspoken advocates of this subject...I have learned this issue form another perspective.
I have lived the life that forced these issues to be addressed. It became a choice do I give up or do I go the whole way and make life better not only starting with for my family, my community and globally.
It turned out to have the same magnitude...at that point in time the whole picture was so bleak that it was "might as well go and choose the big picture."
The internet gave us the platform to reach out to all those interested to participate. In our opinion it was not enough and that is why the concept also has grounded itself with leaders taking the lead and meeting with others for the purpose of connecting via the human touch, eye to eye.
We have had to come up we a manifest and build the vehicle with which to administer the vision. For the last two years we have been working on the substance and how to get it our there.
Truemanity is a social business network promoting self growth supporting social and ecological projects worldwide.
The Truemanity group consists of experts with rich background in the fields of self development, education, television, social empowerment, marketing and Internet.
Truemanity recognizes the power of people to create change and growth in their own lives and in their community.
Our emphasis is directed towards improvement of the current situation with patience, perseverance and faith in one another.
We are visionary leaders wishing to create a new, innovative organization that will have a dramatic impact leading to change through Internet based workshops and happenings on the ground.
We have insightful workshops that will allow one to reflect on how to evolve without coercion from external control to internal control thus experiencing freedom and creativity. This work is possible thanks to the extensive educational experience and support of a contributing team of educators, business leaders and the community itself.
We aim to touch the lives of millions of people by raising money to support projects that will help saving the planet, encourage education, personal values and growth, development of talent and community leadership.
Our aim is to equip our members with knowledge and tools for better living. We believe that supporting the world around us is crucial for our lives to be of true value.
Truemanity will reach out to touch the lives of millions by raising money to support projects that promote social empowerment, education and ecological awareness.
By bringing a few extra hundred and then thousands of dollars into the lives of many families we can make life better for those participating in the framework and we also reach out to other that lack the ability to participate at this time. Via the community donation towards empowerment we aim to raise the standard of others and in the future they too can choose to participate.
We aim to level the playing field. If you want to lead a better life – your place is here – with us.
The time to act is now.
Join us and together we will make a better world for all.
Where as Chris Macrae and Jeff Mowatt in my opinion both have the intellectual knowledge that is needed and are outspoken advocates of this subject...I have learned this issue form another perspective.
I have lived the life that forced these issues to be addressed. It became a choice do I give up or do I go the whole way and make life better not only starting with for my family, my community and globally.
It turned out to have the same magnitude...at that point in time the whole picture was so bleak that it was "might as well go and choose the big picture."
The internet gave us the platform to reach out to all those interested to participate. In our opinion it was not enough and that is why the concept also has grounded itself with leaders taking the lead and meeting with others for the purpose of connecting via the human touch, eye to eye.
We have had to come up we a manifest and build the vehicle with which to administer the vision. For the last two years we have been working on the substance and how to get it our there.
Truemanity is a social business network promoting self growth supporting social and ecological projects worldwide.
The Truemanity group consists of experts with rich background in the fields of self development, education, television, social empowerment, marketing and Internet.
Truemanity recognizes the power of people to create change and growth in their own lives and in their community.
Our emphasis is directed towards improvement of the current situation with patience, perseverance and faith in one another.
We are visionary leaders wishing to create a new, innovative organization that will have a dramatic impact leading to change through Internet based workshops and happenings on the ground.
We have insightful workshops that will allow one to reflect on how to evolve without coercion from external control to internal control thus experiencing freedom and creativity. This work is possible thanks to the extensive educational experience and support of a contributing team of educators, business leaders and the community itself.
We aim to touch the lives of millions of people by raising money to support projects that will help saving the planet, encourage education, personal values and growth, development of talent and community leadership.
Our aim is to equip our members with knowledge and tools for better living. We believe that supporting the world around us is crucial for our lives to be of true value.
Truemanity will reach out to touch the lives of millions by raising money to support projects that promote social empowerment, education and ecological awareness.
By bringing a few extra hundred and then thousands of dollars into the lives of many families we can make life better for those participating in the framework and we also reach out to other that lack the ability to participate at this time. Via the community donation towards empowerment we aim to raise the standard of others and in the future they too can choose to participate.
We aim to level the playing field. If you want to lead a better life – your place is here – with us.
The time to act is now.
Join us and together we will make a better world for all.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Think Green
I read this beautiful poem and think it is worth sharing.
The choices we make in life have environmental impact and we need to become aware of that fact. The choices we make affect the balance of nature having economic, social and environmental repercussions. We need to make the right choices!
Tomorrow's Child
Without a name; an unseen face
and knowing not your time nor place
Tomorrow's Child, though yet unborn,
I met you first last Tuesday morn.
A wise friend introduced us two,
and through his shining point of view
I saw a day which you would see;
A day for you, and not for me.
Knowing you has changed my thinking
for I never had an inkling
That perhaps the things I do
might someday, somehow, threaten you.
Tomorrow's Child, my daughter-son
I'm afraid I've just begun
To think of you and of your good,
Though always having known I should.
Begin I will to weigh the cost
of what I squander; what is lost
If ever I forget that you
will someday come to live here too.
Glenn Thomas, © 1996
The choices we make in life have environmental impact and we need to become aware of that fact. The choices we make affect the balance of nature having economic, social and environmental repercussions. We need to make the right choices!
Tomorrow's Child
Without a name; an unseen face
and knowing not your time nor place
Tomorrow's Child, though yet unborn,
I met you first last Tuesday morn.
A wise friend introduced us two,
and through his shining point of view
I saw a day which you would see;
A day for you, and not for me.
Knowing you has changed my thinking
for I never had an inkling
That perhaps the things I do
might someday, somehow, threaten you.
Tomorrow's Child, my daughter-son
I'm afraid I've just begun
To think of you and of your good,
Though always having known I should.
Begin I will to weigh the cost
of what I squander; what is lost
If ever I forget that you
will someday come to live here too.
Glenn Thomas, © 1996
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The Magic of the Web...
The low price of reaching millions worldwide, and the simplification of usage of these technologies made it possible for the ordinary person to have a great advantage. The possibility of connecting to and interacting with a world of users has changed the way we perceive the world. Knowledge sharing, potential of selling to or hearing from those people at the same moment when they were reached, promised to overturn established business dogma in advertising, mail-order sales, customer relationship management, and many more areas.
As the Web grew, search engines and Web directories were created to track pages on the Web and allow people to find things. These very functions allow me to have access to all the information and knowledge that my natural curiosity allows me to conceive and a wide platform of people to discuss what is happening with.
It also allows those with more understanding to support others and help them catch up to the knowledge base that is so freely available. This is the magic of the world wide web!
The interconnectedness and the friendships it allows us to form. These good relationship have great influence on our daily lives, improve our intellectual capacity and keep it sharp and also allows up the highway and to be out on the road without leaving the comfort of our armchair. With the rising price of gas and our lack of initiative of our leaders to implement alternative fuel it becomes more important that we become more self subsistence. By having the platform to not have to leave home and be able to live in a greener environment, at a slower pace that allows more balance and family time in ones life.
As the Web grew, search engines and Web directories were created to track pages on the Web and allow people to find things. These very functions allow me to have access to all the information and knowledge that my natural curiosity allows me to conceive and a wide platform of people to discuss what is happening with.
It also allows those with more understanding to support others and help them catch up to the knowledge base that is so freely available. This is the magic of the world wide web!
The interconnectedness and the friendships it allows us to form. These good relationship have great influence on our daily lives, improve our intellectual capacity and keep it sharp and also allows up the highway and to be out on the road without leaving the comfort of our armchair. With the rising price of gas and our lack of initiative of our leaders to implement alternative fuel it becomes more important that we become more self subsistence. By having the platform to not have to leave home and be able to live in a greener environment, at a slower pace that allows more balance and family time in ones life.
Monday, October 20, 2008
What are people doing in Truemanity?
Truemanity is a social and business network promoting self-growth and supporting social and ecological projects worldwide.
We have designed a quality system, thought about every aspect, planning to management, strategy to implementation, marketing and networking to management and logistics as it affects the way the community interacts.
Our vision is to have an intellectual, spiritual and financial abundance.
Please read the site a few times until you understand the vision, four pillars, creation cells, the donation center and the marketing plan. These are the fundamentals of Truemanity.
Now you need to figure out what part you want to play in the community, if there are any ideas that you would like to develop in a creation cell. What value you want to give and receive from interaction with the community. Think about good strategies and specific actions you need to plan to reach your goal.
Here is a way of breaking down the action plan into categories:-
Skill, competence, organization, values, integrity---------------GROW
Community satisfaction and interaction--------------------------SHARE
Quality of life for the community, expanding content---------GIVE
Financial remuneration------------------------------------------------RECEIVE
All these concepts are inter-related and being proactive will meet your needs and those of others around you. By being organized one can successfully raise ones operational margins.
-effective management of networking
-quality of interaction
-using tools (the site)
This will boost your growth, and by going out and taking the steps in order to bring more people along with you in Truemanity your leadership skills and capacity to understand and tell others about this wonderful platform will be enhanced.
All these aspects translate into down-to-earth actions to penetrate the community which is our market for our business plan, spread the knowledge being gained and shared on the site and spur our community to be the best that we can be.
There are also different sorts of meetings, can be arranged to expand the community:-
-Introduction to Truemanity
-Community Marketing Advancement
We have designed a quality system, thought about every aspect, planning to management, strategy to implementation, marketing and networking to management and logistics as it affects the way the community interacts.
Our vision is to have an intellectual, spiritual and financial abundance.
Please read the site a few times until you understand the vision, four pillars, creation cells, the donation center and the marketing plan. These are the fundamentals of Truemanity.
Now you need to figure out what part you want to play in the community, if there are any ideas that you would like to develop in a creation cell. What value you want to give and receive from interaction with the community. Think about good strategies and specific actions you need to plan to reach your goal.
Here is a way of breaking down the action plan into categories:-
Skill, competence, organization, values, integrity---------------GROW
Community satisfaction and interaction--------------------------SHARE
Quality of life for the community, expanding content---------GIVE
Financial remuneration------------------------------------------------RECEIVE
All these concepts are inter-related and being proactive will meet your needs and those of others around you. By being organized one can successfully raise ones operational margins.
-effective management of networking
-quality of interaction
-using tools (the site)
This will boost your growth, and by going out and taking the steps in order to bring more people along with you in Truemanity your leadership skills and capacity to understand and tell others about this wonderful platform will be enhanced.
All these aspects translate into down-to-earth actions to penetrate the community which is our market for our business plan, spread the knowledge being gained and shared on the site and spur our community to be the best that we can be.
There are also different sorts of meetings, can be arranged to expand the community:-
-Introduction to Truemanity
-Community Marketing Advancement
Friday, October 17, 2008
Innovative Donations
Read an interesting article.
It said that companies generally donate between half to one percent of their profits.
In the year 2009 companies and individual donors will reduce their donations.
This will leave non-profit organizations is a very uncompromising position and they will have to find more creative ways to raise money for the community they support.
It is worthwhile taking a look at www.truemanity.com and joining to raise money collaboratively for their people.
It said that companies generally donate between half to one percent of their profits.
In the year 2009 companies and individual donors will reduce their donations.
This will leave non-profit organizations is a very uncompromising position and they will have to find more creative ways to raise money for the community they support.
It is worthwhile taking a look at www.truemanity.com and joining to raise money collaboratively for their people.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Just AFRICA ?
We in the western world are so sure that our neighbors a have enough!
How do we assume that poverty exists only for those in the third world?
There are different levels of poverty and it has a social environmental scale.
If you live in America and your parents don't have work or you are an resident of Africa and there is not water to grow your food to support your family, how is it possible to measure what is worse?
The idea is to try to have a standard of measurement that is acceptable for all people, give them all the tools to live a better upgraded and sustainable lifestyle.
How do we assume that poverty exists only for those in the third world?
There are different levels of poverty and it has a social environmental scale.
If you live in America and your parents don't have work or you are an resident of Africa and there is not water to grow your food to support your family, how is it possible to measure what is worse?
The idea is to try to have a standard of measurement that is acceptable for all people, give them all the tools to live a better upgraded and sustainable lifestyle.
Blog action day 2008 Poverty THINK ABUNDANCE NOT POVERTY
Uniqueness of Truemanity
Truemanity’s innovative thinking and faith in humanity has brought our business plan to a point that it bridges a chasm between non-profit and for-profit enterprise running parallel and this has brought us into the lead; spearing a brand new category in business venturing. Aiming to make breakthroughs in personal development and give us great insight into daily running of our lives; the part we play in our community and the ability to participate globally to make a better world.
Truemanity’s innovative thinking and faith in humanity has brought our business plan to a point that it bridges a chasm between non-profit and for-profit enterprise running parallel and this has brought us into the lead; spearing a brand new category in business venturing. Aiming to make breakthroughs in personal development and give us great insight into daily running of our lives; the part we play in our community and the ability to participate globally to make a better world.
Blog action day 2008 Poverty
Let's get real! Take the steps needed to make change!
Value is denominated in money units. Self-worth is often measured by how we are able maintain our families and life style. Financial security means having enough money not to be dependent on good luck or good will. We objectify the world and everything in it and we want to personally own what could be for many in our community to share (in order to be a caring community.) Our money system affects our emotions; relationships and can promote either greed and scarcity or generosity and abundance. Money is simply the agreed upon medium of exchange acceptable to all community members. www.Truemanity.com will measure worth by the good that they spread around them; by their guts to wear their hearts on their sleeve and show their love; respect and caring to community members young and old.
Money is the instrument with which we run our lives. We want to use this instrument to enhance our community and nature; promote peace and justice as well as developing solutions to needs in the community. Our goal is to inspire you to take control of your life and participate with your community and imbue you with ambition and optimism to partake of the unlimited possibilities to create wealth.
Value is denominated in money units. Self-worth is often measured by how we are able maintain our families and life style. Financial security means having enough money not to be dependent on good luck or good will. We objectify the world and everything in it and we want to personally own what could be for many in our community to share (in order to be a caring community.) Our money system affects our emotions; relationships and can promote either greed and scarcity or generosity and abundance. Money is simply the agreed upon medium of exchange acceptable to all community members. www.Truemanity.com will measure worth by the good that they spread around them; by their guts to wear their hearts on their sleeve and show their love; respect and caring to community members young and old.
Money is the instrument with which we run our lives. We want to use this instrument to enhance our community and nature; promote peace and justice as well as developing solutions to needs in the community. Our goal is to inspire you to take control of your life and participate with your community and imbue you with ambition and optimism to partake of the unlimited possibilities to create wealth.
Blog action day 2008 Poverty
This is an issue the needs addressing sure...and many wonderful organizations are doing.
The aim to get people to work collaboratively under one umbrella and reach out together get maximum leverage .
Take note that this is the only way that we can be effective.
www.truemanity.com is reaching out to other organizations and asking them to do joint projects.
This is the way to progress via co-creation.
The aim to get people to work collaboratively under one umbrella and reach out together get maximum leverage .
Take note that this is the only way that we can be effective.
www.truemanity.com is reaching out to other organizations and asking them to do joint projects.
This is the way to progress via co-creation.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
The Dance
by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
I have sent you my invitation,
the note inscribed on the palm of my hand by the fire of living.
Don’t jump up and shout, “Yes, this is what I want! Let’s do it!”
Just stand up quietly and dance with me.
Show me how you follow your deepest desires,
spiraling down into the ache within the ache,
and I will show you how I reach inward and open outward
to feel the kiss of the Mystery, sweet lips on my own, every day.
Don’t tell me you want to hold the whole world in your heart.
Show me how you turn away from making another wrong without abandoning yourself
when you are hurt and afraid of being unloved.
Tell me a story of who you are,
and see who I am in the stories I live.
And together we will remember that each of us always has a choice.
Don’t tell me how wonderful things will be . . . some day.
Show me you can risk being completely at peace,
truly okay with the way things are right now in this moment,
and again in the next and the next and the next. . .
I have heard enough warrior stories of heroic daring.
Tell me how you crumble when you hit the wall,
the place you cannot go beyond by the strength of your own will.
What carries you to the other side of that wall, to the fragile beauty of your own humanness?
And after we have shown each other how we have set and kept the clear, healthy boundaries that help us live side by side with each other, let us risk remembering that we never stop silently loving
those we once loved out loud.
Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance,
the places where you can risk letting the world break your heart.
And I will take you to the places where the earth beneath my feet and the stars overhead make my heart whole again and again.
Show me how you take care of business
without letting business determine who you are.
When the children are fed but still the voices within and around us shout that soul’s desires have too high a price,
let us remind each other that it is never about the money.
Show me how you offer to your people and the world
the stories and the songs
you want our children’s children to remember.
And I will show you how I struggle not to change the world,
but to love it.
Sit beside me in long moments of shared solitude,
knowing both our absolute aloneness and our undeniable belonging.
Dance with me in the silence and in the sound of small daily words,
holding neither against me at the end of the day.
And when the sound of all the declarations of our sincerest
intentions has died away on the wind,
dance with me in the infinite pause before the next great inhale
of the breath that is breathing us all into being,
not filling the emptiness from the outside or from within.
Don’t say, “Yes!”
Just take my hand and dance with me.
Dedicated to my best friend........always.
by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
I have sent you my invitation,
the note inscribed on the palm of my hand by the fire of living.
Don’t jump up and shout, “Yes, this is what I want! Let’s do it!”
Just stand up quietly and dance with me.
Show me how you follow your deepest desires,
spiraling down into the ache within the ache,
and I will show you how I reach inward and open outward
to feel the kiss of the Mystery, sweet lips on my own, every day.
Don’t tell me you want to hold the whole world in your heart.
Show me how you turn away from making another wrong without abandoning yourself
when you are hurt and afraid of being unloved.
Tell me a story of who you are,
and see who I am in the stories I live.
And together we will remember that each of us always has a choice.
Don’t tell me how wonderful things will be . . . some day.
Show me you can risk being completely at peace,
truly okay with the way things are right now in this moment,
and again in the next and the next and the next. . .
I have heard enough warrior stories of heroic daring.
Tell me how you crumble when you hit the wall,
the place you cannot go beyond by the strength of your own will.
What carries you to the other side of that wall, to the fragile beauty of your own humanness?
And after we have shown each other how we have set and kept the clear, healthy boundaries that help us live side by side with each other, let us risk remembering that we never stop silently loving
those we once loved out loud.
Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance,
the places where you can risk letting the world break your heart.
And I will take you to the places where the earth beneath my feet and the stars overhead make my heart whole again and again.
Show me how you take care of business
without letting business determine who you are.
When the children are fed but still the voices within and around us shout that soul’s desires have too high a price,
let us remind each other that it is never about the money.
Show me how you offer to your people and the world
the stories and the songs
you want our children’s children to remember.
And I will show you how I struggle not to change the world,
but to love it.
Sit beside me in long moments of shared solitude,
knowing both our absolute aloneness and our undeniable belonging.
Dance with me in the silence and in the sound of small daily words,
holding neither against me at the end of the day.
And when the sound of all the declarations of our sincerest
intentions has died away on the wind,
dance with me in the infinite pause before the next great inhale
of the breath that is breathing us all into being,
not filling the emptiness from the outside or from within.
Don’t say, “Yes!”
Just take my hand and dance with me.
Dedicated to my best friend........always.
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