Wow, Ash ! Your expression, in context, is both exact and complete ... a rarity. My delight.
Some more ... http://www.gravity.com/MindsEye/11085/karma#48965 http://www.gravity.com/makemyday/11130/the-world-is-big-the-universe-is-bigger#49111 <http://www.gravity.com/makemyday/11130/the-world-is-big-the-universe-is-bigger#49111> http://www.gravity.com/Philosophy/9111/t#43981 On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/6/2010 7:43 AM, Molly wrote: > >> "Well, the poet lives on, in the margins. He doesn't understand >> branding, the >> currency to life in our human order today." - Vam >> >> Whether we contribute to the noise of the world, or with a quiet mind, >> work just beyond the din to reach it with our expression,all five >> points listed above call for an engagement with the whole, and require >> the quiet mind to do it. I see more and more people getting there, >> not just yogi and other masters. >> >> > In my interpretation, I strongly agree with Vam's idea of the poet and > though I consider it very defining in my life am also willing to cede that > it is a natural phenomenon arising in everyone. We must ask ourselves (and I > coincide this to Vam's 'desire found will'): To what degree are these > 'ghosts in the machine' a genetic marker that indicate we are not as we > should be as individuals and groups? Then, 'what to do' indeed, shouldn't > those markers signal the path forward? If left unrefined and unexplored that > potential will always exist as volatile kindling much like reproductive > rates, violence and substance abuse as an inverse to quality of life and > self actualization. > > As a species we are FAR from self actualized, with so many categories of > knowledge and inquiry, so many wise and noble examples this great challenge > is poised and threatening our collective future. At this point most people > respond with vacant expressions, the idea is to change that! At the > precipice of horror if we have courage we find also profound understanding. > The myopic trance must be replaced with passion (spirit) as well as the > liberating dispassion (knowledge, understanding, wisdom). One without the > other is either foolish or impotent. And I don't mean that in the sense of > obtuse pragmatism ('survivalist's terms' and mediocre controlled taxonomy) > but more of a deep ecology. This is the charge of global leadership I think, > so that we all may share in the intelligences of self mastery, and our world > will be better for it. (Confucianism?) > > While at the same time I am haunted by the failures and lack of mentors in > my own life, and their many salts for wounds. These masters, yogis and > examples of excellence should be an indication of our potential should we > choose it. Think of them as common men of variable capacity, and redefine > the world. Respect where due, they opened many doors and still hold a key > position to guide us, I guess the question is whether we are ready to walk > through. Am I- you? If so what are we waiting for? There is so much fear... > > >> On Aug 5, 9:53 am, ashok tewari<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Indeed. >>> >>> Seems, it has to be a yogi ... the one with capacity for concentrating >>> the >>> ' mind ' ... Dharana, Dhyan and Samadhi ... applied to the situation >>> and >>> its roots in the environment, as far it goes in space - time, both back >>> and >>> forth. >>> >>> Seems, too, it has to be a jnani ... the moral man ... with values >>> firmly >>> rooted on behalf of all existence, being and life. >>> >>> What to do though, with this human order moved by desire found will, and >>> not >>> by knowledge based liberating dispassion. We have political >>> fundamentalists, >>> marketised economists, mba know-alls, business fanatics, ' normal ' >>> specialists, and people thoroughly conditioned to the survivalist terms >>> of >>> this order, mesmerised to a fate that is nothing more than a habit. >>> >>> Well, the poet lives on, in the margins. He doesn't understand branding, >>> the >>> currency to life in our human order today. >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Molly<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Author and futurist David Hames has written a book called the Five >>>> Literacies of Global Leadership, in which he identifies these as : >>>> # Networked Intelligence (the ability to connect with others& express >>>> the complexity of the ecosystem) >>>> # Futuring (the ability to visualize& imagine future possibilities) >>>> # Strategic Navigation (the ability to learn to adapt as fast as >>>> change itself) >>>> # Deep Design (the ability to create wisdom through dialogue) >>>> # Brand Resonance (the ability to create attention that awakens your >>>> unique value in others) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>> What do you think about these "skills needed to adapt to 21st centruy >>>> life?" >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> ASHOK TEWARI >>> >>> >> > -- ASHOK TEWARI
