Back in February of this year I started this blog by inviting you all on a trip through the looking glass. And we have traveled many places through the channels of my mind. Last week we did a mental U-turn and came back out ot the looking glass. This reminds me of the discussions, theories and dreams of time travel.
In the world of macro physics the arrow of time points inexoribly from past to future. That is you cannot unscramble an egg, nor can you put toothpaste back in the tube, at least in the way it came out. So then even if we could make a time machine then we could only travel from now to the future. BUT we would not be able to come back. Now in the world of the quantum this may not be so.
The results of the Large Hadron Collider(LHC) in the next year or so could very well provide evidence that the arrow of time could be reversed and allow travel not only back from the future but perhaps sideways as well as in the idea of parallel universes.
What if we could travel through time? Would you travel to the future to see what your present status has produced? For instance, see what the next big company is doing and buy in when it just starts up. Or if you are young and foolish or otherwise, would you later on be surrounded by a bunch of kids and your life be entirely home-bound? Of course you might like that and it would be just as you planned, but then again maybe it wouldn't.
We travel through time in those moments when we remember or even when we reminisce. We travel through time when we make future plans. But these are not actual physical actions.. our bodies don't come along on those trips. And next time I will tell you why.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Back Through The Looking Glass
The first post in this blog was written on Feb. 3, 2010 entitled "Follow me thru the Looking Glass". And in that one I invited folks to share with me the products of my mind. We have come a long way since then even. We shared my interests in astrophysics and cosmology, my interests in science of the mind, some of my experiences as I was learning my discussion leadership skills and so on (und so veiter as the Germans say).
Some have followed from early on such as Barbara and Peg and Priscilla. Some have tagged along later such as my strongest supporter Luke, Mary and Marge And some have just chosen to peek in from time to time to see what my mind is up to.
And I welcome at this time Eric M as our latest "Follower". This brings the number of Followers to seven which I hope still continues to be a lucky number and we can continue on at least to complete a 12-month year in Feb. of 2011.
My energies right now are focused on my really pet project.. The Sabian Assembly (http://www.sabian.org/). And like the rest of the world we are going through a restless period where leadership is being questioned, impatience is the motive force for people taking things in their own hands and driving in different directions. But I hope not to clutter this blog up with those distractions and by next week get back to the subjects that delight and excite me,
As always, I appreciate your comments and relish your questions as a focal point for discussion.
Some have followed from early on such as Barbara and Peg and Priscilla. Some have tagged along later such as my strongest supporter Luke, Mary and Marge And some have just chosen to peek in from time to time to see what my mind is up to.
And I welcome at this time Eric M as our latest "Follower". This brings the number of Followers to seven which I hope still continues to be a lucky number and we can continue on at least to complete a 12-month year in Feb. of 2011.
My energies right now are focused on my really pet project.. The Sabian Assembly (http://www.sabian.org/). And like the rest of the world we are going through a restless period where leadership is being questioned, impatience is the motive force for people taking things in their own hands and driving in different directions. But I hope not to clutter this blog up with those distractions and by next week get back to the subjects that delight and excite me,
As always, I appreciate your comments and relish your questions as a focal point for discussion.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Follow Your Bliss
Well. last week I gave you the steps needed to follow your own bliss. A journey of a thousand miles requires a first step and that first step is a clear concise mental picture of where you want to go. The rest is a matter of following the yellow brick road.
Once you learn how to set goals, define purpose and the like, you have established a blueprint to use as a standard to compare all relationships to you.
Your acquaintances, your partners, your job, your career are all relationships that effect the quality of your daily life. So by knowing what the corporate goals and objectives are you can tell if the company that you work for is one that will allow you room to proceed toward your own career goals for example. Will the goals of a potential life-partner allow a partnership for you to grow as an individual while at the same time give room and leeway for the partnership goals.
This is something that most of us do at least sub-consciously. But perhaps if we do it consciously and deliberately maybe we can add more richness and joy to our lives as we are more in control and less buffetted by fate alone.
Let me have your comments or questions as we can all learn together. My example last week is an actual case. Luke continues to lose more weight(32 pounds in two months), has not smoked since Dec. '09 and his on-line business is growing at a steady rate.
Once you learn how to set goals, define purpose and the like, you have established a blueprint to use as a standard to compare all relationships to you.
Your acquaintances, your partners, your job, your career are all relationships that effect the quality of your daily life. So by knowing what the corporate goals and objectives are you can tell if the company that you work for is one that will allow you room to proceed toward your own career goals for example. Will the goals of a potential life-partner allow a partnership for you to grow as an individual while at the same time give room and leeway for the partnership goals.
This is something that most of us do at least sub-consciously. But perhaps if we do it consciously and deliberately maybe we can add more richness and joy to our lives as we are more in control and less buffetted by fate alone.
Let me have your comments or questions as we can all learn together. My example last week is an actual case. Luke continues to lose more weight(32 pounds in two months), has not smoked since Dec. '09 and his on-line business is growing at a steady rate.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
This is a true story
So where do I go from here? Now that you have successfully shaped a plan for one goal you can use the same process for any goal. Develop a mission statement, design a plan based on what, where, when , how and why then WRITE all this down.... the mission statement, the plan and any other notes.
Now you really should have a metric. What I mean here is some way of measuring progress or lack thereof. In the case of our example of last week that would obviously be weight. So the bathroom scale measures progress as we shed those pounds on our way to losing 10 by October. If we are not making progress in a satisfactory way, then we can go to plan B or a contingency plan.
This could simply be a matter of eating less calories or increasing the intensity or pace of our exercise. Perhaps it could involve treatment by a physician as the case may be.
Let us go to an actual case...last week Luke left a comment on my Blog for which I am thankful... but he represents a great example of what I described above.
Luke moved in with Barbara and I because he didn;t have anywhere to go. He worked for me in a business that failed due to the recession. And due to the recession he had no prospects of getting back into his original profession which was computers. Now Luke was a heavy smoker and Barbara had a sensitive respiratory tract and never the twain shall meet. So Barbara suggested he check out these e-cigarettes that she saw advertised on line.
She would pay for the equipment and supplies for the trial run. She did and he did and Luke has not smoked a cigarette since December 2009.
After awhile Luke noticed that he was breathing more clearly. And his nose and throat were clearing up as well. But the most important development was that he began to think that if he could do it so could others. That started his idea to open up his own internet business providing e-cigarettes to those that wanted an alternate to smoking tobacco. http://www.vaporgalaxy.com/ He had developed purpose.. he had found a goal. And that was to supply e-gigarettes at a reasonable price to those who wanted a more healthy alternative to tobacco products. But that is not the end of the story.
At this point Luke noticed that he was looking a little pudgy. So after thirty some years on this planet, he decided to take stock. He had his smoking habit under control and now it was time to do something about his weight. Applying the same steps as he took to give up smoking tobacco and developing a business that provided a self-sustaining income he started a weight loss program, Power 90, based on rigorous exercise and nutrition. So after only 60 days, 2 months that is, he has lost 30 pounds and should comfortable meet his goal by the time the 90 days are up.
If he could do all that in the space of 8 or 9 months you could do it too. And believe it or not he has set his sights on his next goal which is to become a life coach and help others learn how to set and achieve goals in their lives.
Am I proud of him? You bet I am... he is my son.
Now you really should have a metric. What I mean here is some way of measuring progress or lack thereof. In the case of our example of last week that would obviously be weight. So the bathroom scale measures progress as we shed those pounds on our way to losing 10 by October. If we are not making progress in a satisfactory way, then we can go to plan B or a contingency plan.
This could simply be a matter of eating less calories or increasing the intensity or pace of our exercise. Perhaps it could involve treatment by a physician as the case may be.
Let us go to an actual case...last week Luke left a comment on my Blog for which I am thankful... but he represents a great example of what I described above.
Luke moved in with Barbara and I because he didn;t have anywhere to go. He worked for me in a business that failed due to the recession. And due to the recession he had no prospects of getting back into his original profession which was computers. Now Luke was a heavy smoker and Barbara had a sensitive respiratory tract and never the twain shall meet. So Barbara suggested he check out these e-cigarettes that she saw advertised on line.
She would pay for the equipment and supplies for the trial run. She did and he did and Luke has not smoked a cigarette since December 2009.
After awhile Luke noticed that he was breathing more clearly. And his nose and throat were clearing up as well. But the most important development was that he began to think that if he could do it so could others. That started his idea to open up his own internet business providing e-cigarettes to those that wanted an alternate to smoking tobacco. http://www.vaporgalaxy.com/ He had developed purpose.. he had found a goal. And that was to supply e-gigarettes at a reasonable price to those who wanted a more healthy alternative to tobacco products. But that is not the end of the story.
At this point Luke noticed that he was looking a little pudgy. So after thirty some years on this planet, he decided to take stock. He had his smoking habit under control and now it was time to do something about his weight. Applying the same steps as he took to give up smoking tobacco and developing a business that provided a self-sustaining income he started a weight loss program, Power 90, based on rigorous exercise and nutrition. So after only 60 days, 2 months that is, he has lost 30 pounds and should comfortable meet his goal by the time the 90 days are up.
If he could do all that in the space of 8 or 9 months you could do it too. And believe it or not he has set his sights on his next goal which is to become a life coach and help others learn how to set and achieve goals in their lives.
Am I proud of him? You bet I am... he is my son.
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