Kyle
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Post by Kyle on Dec 4, 2007 1:52:14 GMT -5
A thought of the day I saved: "Solutions are never necessary, because there are no problems. Only our perception makes it seem so and only our minds make our perceptions seem real. If there is a problem, it is our perception. That is hard to see in a world that celebrates and rewards the finding and solving of ‘the problem’. When you decide that you will no longer perceive the problem, you will see only the facts or a situation. Facts are just facts and any and every situation can always be improved, unless it is in the past, then it’s just a memory, and memories are never a problem, are they? If you can cancel from the patterns of your perceptions, the very idea of ‘problem,’ then you will not only be a positive thinker and positive proactive actor, you will be a leader." Source: www.thoughtfortoday.org.uk
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Post by Oliveman on Dec 15, 2007 5:24:16 GMT -5
While a bit convuluted (I'm one to talk), it is very wise. This reminds me of a concept I heard about in regards to eastern meditation. Went something like this:
A parent might say to their child, when asking "why did the tree grow?", that it went through a number of changes: it went through photosynthesis, getting energy from the sun, (and all that other stuff) which allowed it grow from year to year, its progression marked with rings in the trunk of the tree. In other words, the tree followed a sequence of events in order to grow. And so the child would learn that all things were composed of such sequences.
The enlightened parent, on the other hand, would answer: "How do you know that the tree has grown?" The child might respond that it was smaller in the past, but the enlightened parent would again respond, "How do you know it was smaller?" This is because they know that the past does not exist, except in memory. Neither, then, does time exist, but in memory.
------ The reason this is so powerful is that when it comes to changing yourself, you can do it in an instant - once you completely realize that time does not exist, and when you realize yourself as that changed individual. That was the context in which the above was stated, at least.
I also thought this was what Kyle's thing was about, since there are problems outside of ourselves that we can justifiably say are problems, it's just that the next part is the ability to become a leader against those problems.
But we can all become leaders against the problems in ourselves, that much is certain.
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Post by Kyle on Dec 15, 2007 8:50:48 GMT -5
To be a leader, you have to lead someone other than yourself.
I believe my post was about changing your perception, not about changing things outside of you.
Oliver, once again, I feel like you're not engaging the topic. Compare your statementto the original statement:
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Post by Oliveman on Dec 19, 2007 5:21:39 GMT -5
I was engaging one aspect of it. The least you could do was complement my story!
*Huffy*
Oh and "leader" was just a play on words, based off the previous sentence.
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