Many are writing of his contradictions in personality. That he was a good man that brought justice, liberty, equality, democracy and no race war to his people is amazing and commendable.
That he embraced violence and revolutionary resistance to authority and long friendships with socialists is undeniable.
The great, good man that is a wealth of contradictions. May he enjoy his new journey in the next world.
The advanced, persistence self-realizer starts to appear self-contradictory and complicated. To be great and wise is to be moderate and self-contradictory. It is the unwise, the lesser humans (lesser in performance not in potential clout and outcome) and mediocre that are usually consistent and johnnny-one-note sax players.
Friday, December 6, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Cold Storage
Is your life in cold storage, with your forward progress held in abeyance? Unthaw yourself, take a one-day vacation, take a class, get your haircut and visit you mother. Tomorrow, after this short intermission of leisure, get to work building your future.
Recognizing Talent Today
Siemens took out a full page ad in the 10-24-2013 USA Today with this title: "Recognizing talent today to develop leaders for tomorrow. They ran a competition for student achievers in math, science and technology. But I think the emphasis here is wrong for several reasons.
First, were Mavellonialist values near universal in penetrating the consciousness of the American public, there would be no need for corporate or educational authorities to run contrived contests to identify potential future leaders. Where youngsters are self-aware, and the vision of living the great-souled life is one that they can easily anticipate themselves living; their self-confidence, their sense of worthiness, their sense of duty, their doggedness, their ambition and their self-awareness will allow this entire generation to super-excel as normal occurrences. They will all be leaders that follow themselves. They require no leaders. They require no followers. They are the complete package, self-contained and effective.
Second, we want people to assess what talents they possess, to what degree they are gifted, what level they are at in terms of nurturing that talent, and where it is they desire to journey to as one of life's leaders with a promising future.
Third, each child individuator can lead in the areas that she easily excels at, and then follow the lead of areas that she is less gifted in, or which tickle her fancy. She will lead herself and follow herself, taking care of all aspects that need attention.
First, were Mavellonialist values near universal in penetrating the consciousness of the American public, there would be no need for corporate or educational authorities to run contrived contests to identify potential future leaders. Where youngsters are self-aware, and the vision of living the great-souled life is one that they can easily anticipate themselves living; their self-confidence, their sense of worthiness, their sense of duty, their doggedness, their ambition and their self-awareness will allow this entire generation to super-excel as normal occurrences. They will all be leaders that follow themselves. They require no leaders. They require no followers. They are the complete package, self-contained and effective.
Second, we want people to assess what talents they possess, to what degree they are gifted, what level they are at in terms of nurturing that talent, and where it is they desire to journey to as one of life's leaders with a promising future.
Third, each child individuator can lead in the areas that she easily excels at, and then follow the lead of areas that she is less gifted in, or which tickle her fancy. She will lead herself and follow herself, taking care of all aspects that need attention.
The Nuclear Option
Harry Reid and the Democrats have eliminated the filibuster. We need a federal, constitutional amendment to restore it, in order that the rights of minorities will be protected, not just majority rule. Having to come up with 67 or 60 senatorial votes forces the majority to work with the minority to get anything done, and that is the only way out of gridlock.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Modify, Modify
Unless you constantly self-exam and test your techniques, skill level, taped-out scope of work and areas of interest, your are not growing. You need to still be your core self--it may well be argued that we cannot fundamentally change who we actually are no matter how hard we try or what drastic steps we take--but beyond that, modify, modify, modify, who you are and how you proceed and make decisions. How else are you going to actualize your potentiality?
We All Have Something To Hide
Being depraved, is it at all surprising that we all have something to hide that we do not want the neighbors to know about--let alone perhaps the police or the government? I have three reactions to this famous motto.
First, unless the person hiding his particular flawed trait or past sins and behaviors is truly a monster needing to be brought to justice for old crimes or in fear of his future acts, we should let sleeping dogs lie. Most people, by training, faith and free will, end up being rather decent sorts. Rooting around in their past, against their will, is immoral and unhelpful. Let sleeping dogs lie. When we die, I am sure God and all the angels discover everything we did or should have done. It will all come out in the wash in the long run.
Second, no one should moil under the weight of guilt and shame over minor past offenses. No one should feel the need to out themselves, for such a petty level of wrongdoing, unless everyone else does so at the same time.
Third, one of humans' biggest problems is not realizing what to emphasize and what to ignore. It really is not that important to uncover what people have to hide. The much greater emphasis must be to discover what it is that all have to share with the world openly, for all have something wonderful to reveal to the world.
This work of art, scientific invention, rose garden or singing of songs is the byproduct of each person's attempt to self-actualize. This singular work is what she has to reveal to the world. That is significant. That is the future. Urge all to reveal who they are and what they can share via their unfurled talents in their advanced state of personal development. We all have something to share.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Signs of Whom People Are
People reveal themselves in the narrative that they spin and seek to prop up. Mostly the narrative sustained is group think and group speak. The victories of their loved ones, friends and allies are given heightened attention. The setbacks suffered by and misdeeds committed their favorite people are barely mentioned, if not outright lied about and suppressed.
The victories of their betters, their superiors, their rivals, and their enemies are downplayed, belittled, trivialized, ignored and mischaracterized until they come across as only modest accomplishments.
The misdeeds committed by their competitors and rivals receive heightened attention, and in-depth, constant, repetitive scrutiny and commentary. Small misdeeds are made to seem like felonies. Actual, serious misdeeds are exaggerated into atrocities or crimes of the century.
Setbacks of their enemies and rivaled are gossiped about and shared everywhere--the entire community is obliged to know about these downfalls.
Cultural narratives, it must be assumed, are propaganda fed to the community and the world. These official versions should be regarded as suspect by any intelligent self-actualizer and truth-seeker. Humans in society lie all the time to themselves and to others, about themselves and about others.
Add to this mess in terms of sorting out what is true and what is false, another framework of analysis that somewhat overlaps the first one. The second framework involves interpreting any narrative through the lens of social relations.
The first framework suggests that people spin a rosy scenario about the victories and pratfalls of their favorites, and put in the worst light possible, the victories and defeats of their enemies. These complex webs of lies are about acquiring power, protecting power gleaned, and weakening the social, political and economic power of rivals, if possible.
The second framework through which to analyze narratives fed to one is to figure out if the friends of the speakers that are lauded are joiners and good people or not. They likely are joiners and most of them are mediocre, underachievers, slightly evil, but only a few are outright vicious.
The enemies of the speaker likely are just members of an opposing group that mostly are mediocre and just slightly evil people, although a few of them may be rank scoundrels.
Here again the victories of friends are exalted to increase their social standing, and their faults are downplayed in order that they may be disgraced or humbled, losing social position, even besmirching the patina of their affiliated group members.
The victories of enemies are ignored or demonized so that they lose social standing, and their mistakes and screw ups are highlighted repeatedly to cause them shame, embarrasment and to lose face and influence.
Where the enemy is an individualist or individuator, usually they are star achievers and good people whose victories are discredited, and whose failings are exaggerated.
The enemies of the individualist advancing the poisonous, false narrative are mostly mediocre, slightly evil joiners. When they go to the wall to pay any price to keep power over and control of the minority, defiant individualists who are loners, then the joiners are doing great evil and harm to the victims and to society.
Not enough studying of this issue, complex and frightening, describing the power of an imposed narrative upon a community, has been carried out, let alone published. Under Mavellonialist values and education, I would like each self-actualizer to command a deep appreciation of the narratives being spun around him and about him, for his very life--certainly his ability to function and succeed rely on a favorable narrative--depends upon him being informed, savvy and responsive. And he must get out there and spin the counter-narrative that is much closer to the truth, more impartial and fair to all parties involved.
The victories of their betters, their superiors, their rivals, and their enemies are downplayed, belittled, trivialized, ignored and mischaracterized until they come across as only modest accomplishments.
The misdeeds committed by their competitors and rivals receive heightened attention, and in-depth, constant, repetitive scrutiny and commentary. Small misdeeds are made to seem like felonies. Actual, serious misdeeds are exaggerated into atrocities or crimes of the century.
Setbacks of their enemies and rivaled are gossiped about and shared everywhere--the entire community is obliged to know about these downfalls.
Cultural narratives, it must be assumed, are propaganda fed to the community and the world. These official versions should be regarded as suspect by any intelligent self-actualizer and truth-seeker. Humans in society lie all the time to themselves and to others, about themselves and about others.
Add to this mess in terms of sorting out what is true and what is false, another framework of analysis that somewhat overlaps the first one. The second framework involves interpreting any narrative through the lens of social relations.
The first framework suggests that people spin a rosy scenario about the victories and pratfalls of their favorites, and put in the worst light possible, the victories and defeats of their enemies. These complex webs of lies are about acquiring power, protecting power gleaned, and weakening the social, political and economic power of rivals, if possible.
The second framework through which to analyze narratives fed to one is to figure out if the friends of the speakers that are lauded are joiners and good people or not. They likely are joiners and most of them are mediocre, underachievers, slightly evil, but only a few are outright vicious.
The enemies of the speaker likely are just members of an opposing group that mostly are mediocre and just slightly evil people, although a few of them may be rank scoundrels.
Here again the victories of friends are exalted to increase their social standing, and their faults are downplayed in order that they may be disgraced or humbled, losing social position, even besmirching the patina of their affiliated group members.
The victories of enemies are ignored or demonized so that they lose social standing, and their mistakes and screw ups are highlighted repeatedly to cause them shame, embarrasment and to lose face and influence.
Where the enemy is an individualist or individuator, usually they are star achievers and good people whose victories are discredited, and whose failings are exaggerated.
The enemies of the individualist advancing the poisonous, false narrative are mostly mediocre, slightly evil joiners. When they go to the wall to pay any price to keep power over and control of the minority, defiant individualists who are loners, then the joiners are doing great evil and harm to the victims and to society.
Not enough studying of this issue, complex and frightening, describing the power of an imposed narrative upon a community, has been carried out, let alone published. Under Mavellonialist values and education, I would like each self-actualizer to command a deep appreciation of the narratives being spun around him and about him, for his very life--certainly his ability to function and succeed rely on a favorable narrative--depends upon him being informed, savvy and responsive. And he must get out there and spin the counter-narrative that is much closer to the truth, more impartial and fair to all parties involved.
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