Realistic Dreamers:
Perhaps it's oxy-moronic to consider myself thus, but Jen and my parents broke the family DNA chain. Prior to our generation, there are many dreamers afraid of education and conversely, the educated skeptics who daren't dream...Good ole' polarity thinking...why one or the other?
Both/and makes more sense (to me).
Jen and I mix dreaming with education -- unending ideas with loads of research. We are artists who appreciate science. Scientists who appreciate art. Merging mindsets. Expansive, reductionist, spiritual creators.
We are our product:
Rather than selling someone else's dream, or focussing on money -- we invest in our minds, bodies and souls -- to be the best people we can be.
Wealth comes through service to others and the self. Also important to note: What we do, we do for the experience of it. "Learn to do by doing" (the 4H motto). "Do or do not, there is no try." (Yoda)
I ask: What is the fullest realization of my potential? What is the message only I can deliver? I am not out to save the world (there is nothing wrong with it -- it simply is -- what it is)...I am here to experience living. Although, for the record, a jump in conciousness couldn't hurt.
In true non-capitalist style -- I sleep when tired, I eat rather than skipping meals, I am not a slave to the clock and my bottom line is...a balanced life. I aim to meet inner and outer needs. Some days doing better in one area, than the other.
I invest in my children, friends and family -- doing my best not to have expectations on the rate of return.
I practice acceptance. Practice is the key word. Easier said than done. I am getting better with practice.
I study when I want to learn. I study all-ways; internet, books, shamans, spirit guides, totem animals, mentorships and "recognized" institutions.
I buy when I have a need. I don't when needs are met.
I give stuff away and give back as much as I can -- when appropriate.
I try new things when I want to. Or when opportunities present -- even if I didn't think I'd ever try said opportunity. I try to never say never...for obvious reasons.
I do my best to leave fear out of decision making.
I revisit old situations on occasion, to gauge personal evolution.
My interests shift.
I listen more than I talk. I work to hear with my higher-heart.
A self-taught, good student.
I don't believe in hierarchy for the sake of it. Or seniority lists as being the be-all, while respecting those who share their experience. I love to study pyramid technology, but am wary of pyramidal organizations. I question the (need for -- or to be -- an) Alpha leader.
Sometimes, all self-guidance considered, I lose sight of my purpose. To Be. It is then, I am most thankful for Lao Tzu and other great teachers. Grounding in wisdom works for me. No need to reinvent the wheel...teachers offer us a faster track.
Being a student involves humility.
The more you know, the more you know --- you don't know.
Ya know?
Perhaps it's oxy-moronic to consider myself thus, but Jen and my parents broke the family DNA chain. Prior to our generation, there are many dreamers afraid of education and conversely, the educated skeptics who daren't dream...Good ole' polarity thinking...why one or the other?
Both/and makes more sense (to me).
Jen and I mix dreaming with education -- unending ideas with loads of research. We are artists who appreciate science. Scientists who appreciate art. Merging mindsets. Expansive, reductionist, spiritual creators.
We are our product:
Rather than selling someone else's dream, or focussing on money -- we invest in our minds, bodies and souls -- to be the best people we can be.
Wealth comes through service to others and the self. Also important to note: What we do, we do for the experience of it. "Learn to do by doing" (the 4H motto). "Do or do not, there is no try." (Yoda)
I ask: What is the fullest realization of my potential? What is the message only I can deliver? I am not out to save the world (there is nothing wrong with it -- it simply is -- what it is)...I am here to experience living. Although, for the record, a jump in conciousness couldn't hurt.
In true non-capitalist style -- I sleep when tired, I eat rather than skipping meals, I am not a slave to the clock and my bottom line is...a balanced life. I aim to meet inner and outer needs. Some days doing better in one area, than the other.
I invest in my children, friends and family -- doing my best not to have expectations on the rate of return.
I practice acceptance. Practice is the key word. Easier said than done. I am getting better with practice.
I study when I want to learn. I study all-ways; internet, books, shamans, spirit guides, totem animals, mentorships and "recognized" institutions.
I buy when I have a need. I don't when needs are met.
I give stuff away and give back as much as I can -- when appropriate.
I try new things when I want to. Or when opportunities present -- even if I didn't think I'd ever try said opportunity. I try to never say never...for obvious reasons.
I do my best to leave fear out of decision making.
I revisit old situations on occasion, to gauge personal evolution.
My interests shift.
I listen more than I talk. I work to hear with my higher-heart.
A self-taught, good student.
I don't believe in hierarchy for the sake of it. Or seniority lists as being the be-all, while respecting those who share their experience. I love to study pyramid technology, but am wary of pyramidal organizations. I question the (need for -- or to be -- an) Alpha leader.
Sometimes, all self-guidance considered, I lose sight of my purpose. To Be. It is then, I am most thankful for Lao Tzu and other great teachers. Grounding in wisdom works for me. No need to reinvent the wheel...teachers offer us a faster track.
Being a student involves humility.
The more you know, the more you know --- you don't know.
Ya know?
"...Imagine all the people, sharing all the world..."
- John Lennon
"Here's to the crazy ones,
the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers,
the round pegs in the square holes...
the ones who see things differently --
they're not fond of rules...
You can quote them,
disagree with them, glorify or vilify them,
but the only thing you can't do is ignore them
because they change things...
They push the human race forward,
and while some may see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius,
because the ones who are crazy enough
to think that they can change the world,
are the ones who do."
-- Steve Jobs
