Jesus and God**n

The legendary comic Bill Cosby presents a great skit about child rearing.  First he talks about how his brother and him originally though their names were “Jesus,” and “Goddamn.”  His father would say when they were in trouble, “Jesus, Goddamn it, Get over here!”  He goes further to give another very important quote, “I brought you into this world, I will take you out of it…And make ten more just like you.” 

In some modern industrialized countries children have taken the legendary status of a form of Sainthood.  They can do no wrong.  “There are no bad children, only bad parents.”  Whereas this latter statement may be true, looking at the children I had to raise every year in the military, I imagine there must be an abundance of bad parents.  Or at least a booming crop in them! 

Regardless, what I often see, are children in whom their rights were stressed at the detriment of their responsibilities.  “Rights, what about my rights?  You are violating my rights!?”  This even led to soldiers in the Army claiming that they needed a timeout because their Sergeant was too hard on them.  What does this mean?  I mean, were we training for the Bozo Olympics?  Is your stomach going to give you a timeout because you are too stressed to go find food? 

Now I am not saying that all children ought to be raised on military discipline, but I can tell you that a method that lies closer on the spectrum to human responsibility is needed.  Children are neither saints nor innocent.  Everyone has a genetic and ancestral past, and our children represent our own.  They are only as good as we are.  Their capabilities are never in question; their choices are. 

So where do we draw the line?  What are the key variables?  Parents have a responsibility, society has a role, and children have their culpability.  My son was born to me and I chose to have him as a son.  As a result, we have a partnership.  I do my duty and provide him with love, education, and feeding.  Anything else after that is choice.  He listens to me and does his best to understand given his rapidly evolving self.  Society makes sure to provide a structure which includes consistently applied rules. 

Yet he is my legacy and society’s.  People often state that children ought not to be punished for the life of the parents.  This ignores the fact that children are us.  They are 50% of each of us and our own personal legacies.  If we do not take care of them, it is not society’s responsibility to ensure our own personal immortality.  It is society’s job to provide a system that individuals can use to sustain or change themselves.  Or in the saddest cases, such as Howard Hughes killing himself on drugs in Mexico, a place where one can deteriorate without taking anyone else along unwittingly. 

For my work with my child I gain a form of immortality, my genes continue physically while spiritually myself, in him.  He gains a freedom and liberty relative to his ability to exercise discernment.  Society gains an ever growing standard of living for itself and its people.  Its immortality comes from its ability to spread its ideas, wealth, and produce throughout the world.  Maybe someday, Earth will mesh well enough to spread its ideas and children into the stars. 

These are not popular ideas.  Most people cringe at my statements and feel that there is something wrong with what I say.  “Oooh, you are a facist Gouthum.”  “You are evil.”  I am only sharing the nature of reality.  It is upon the individual to discern where on the spectrum to lay.  I love the truth and justice more than myself and any other.   

One asks, “What is that truth?” 

“We are all one, part of the immortal energy and consciousness of the universe that never dissipates or decays.  It only experiences endless apparent transformation.” 

Based upon this fact, it is upon me to find the balance and sustain that.  Each of us has his or her own role.   I advocate discovering our own personal role and place in the system rather than complaining about someone else’s.  Some of us even maintain, improve and adjust the system.  Find out what you are, and be that.

Eyeing the Candidates

In a recent NY Times article several presidential candidates for 2008 weighed-in on the recent remarks by General Petraeus in front of congress.  John Meluso, CSP, the creator of Eyetalk™ gave the author a quick rundown of what the candidates’ eye types might be.  Although the real eye types will be discerned more fully when they visit Truth or Consequences, NM on October 12, 2007, we give our own armchair estimates of what they might say based on physical traits.  Then we compare our best guesses to what they actually said.

 

Being the only combat veteran and former POW from the bunch, John Mc Cain has the most interesting read.  Due to his history he will operate from the apprehensive area of his type.  As a Left Brained Kinesthetic, Mc Cain will naturally express resistance to any withdrawal or apparent surrender.  Thus he is expected to make contrasting questions which show his feelings of being stymied by the current policy. His remarks centered on his support of the General, but desire for no pullback of troops whatsoever.  Here he resists change here.  The consummate trooper Mc Cain remarks, “I have to trust [the General’s] judgment,” though, “I am a little nervous about it.”

 

The next Republican in our list is Rudolf Giuliani a possible Left Brained Auditory eye type.  This self-proclaimed opponent of terror’s style will project one group as outsiders to his own producing contradictions that highlight his own view.  Naturally he took the opportunity to state that “Unlike Hillary Clinton, [he believes], that General Petraeus is telling the truth.” 

 

Romney’s type appears to contrast with both tough-guys above.  With Mitt’s unique combination of Left Brain, Haptic, and Auditory he is likely to use contradictory questions to show how others’ views contrast with his own and those of the target goal.  Then he might offer a unity solution.  Romney’s remarks focus on the beauty of Sunni-American cooperation and the need to resist Iran’s influences, “It’s clear that we must craft an assertive and comprehensive strategy to get Iran to back off.”

 

Moving to the Democratic field, we begin with front-runner Hillary Clinton whose Left Brain Haptic style suggests interrogatives used to show her distrust of authoritarianism as when she worked for the Watergate Commission.  Her oft-repeated quote, “I think that the reports that [General Petraeus] provides to us require the willing suspension of disbelief,” says it all.

 

Following her we mention the next most well-known candidate, John Edwards, known for his uniting and supportive style clearly reflected in his Right Brain Kinesthetic eyes.  Edwards’ right brain orientation makes for a different read than most of his peers.  He likely uses the General’s remarks to show a common goal and a way for us to see our way out of any dilemmas.  Further, the candidate may read between the lines to highlight the group’s positive ambitions and options.  Thus, he describes the presentation as another way for the current president to “pass Iraq on to the next president,” rather than “the withdrawal the American people voted for.”

 

Finally we get to Obama, the new kid on the block, another Left Brain Kinesthetic.  Similarly to Edwards he is likely to find the united solution.  But unlike him, Obama will use an interrogative method to show the contrasts of the General’s message to the one he sees as unity.  His common goal is to figure out “At what point do we say, ‘Enough’?”  Obama further calls the report a way of “setting the bar so low that a modest improvement….is considered success.”

 

Despite the fact that none of these eye readings are definitive, they provide valuable and interesting insight into communications style and authenticity on the campaign trail.  As we spend more time evaluating their statements and character the assessments gain power.  Please enjoy this small insight into what will come out when they speak the “Truth,” and face its “Consequences” this October in New Mexico.

 

Gouthum Karadi, MBA with  John Meluso, CSP

goukaradi@perfectparadox.org

john@meluso.com

 

 

Reference:

  

Luo, Micharel, and Santora, Marc (2007).  “For G.O.P. Candidates. a Common Talking Point on the War.” NY Times National, Friday September 14, 2005.  NY, NY.

 

Meluso, John (2001).  eyeTalk™: Bridging from Communication to Connection.  Retrieved September 16, 2007, from http://www.meluso.com.

 

Tribal Miasms Part I

TRIBE /traɪb/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[trahyb] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation, –noun 1. any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.  (Tribe, 2007) 

MIASM – This term is used in homeopathy to describe an underlying pattern of energy. These patterns of energy are similar in nature to specific diseases. Thus, they are named after these diseases. There are many theories about miasms. Hahnemann originally described them as inherited tendencies passed down from generation to generation. For example, if a grandfather had Tuberculosis, the grandson might have asthma. Although asthma is a different “disease”, it would never the less be energetically connected to the grandfather’s T.B. (Miasm, 2005) 

In other places I have written about the latent tendencies passed on from generation to generation.  Ancient philosophy and spiritual schools all state that the greatest “sin” upon mankind is the visiting of the sins of the father’s upon the sons.  These statements refer not only to some esoteric fall from grace, but to real physical and emotional tendencies. 

The whole of the Middle East is one giant crucible for the tribal miasms of a large portion of human genetic inheritance.  One often wonders whether the tension exists there because of the oil or the other way around, oil from the tension.  In other words, this concentrated energy is a result of the long standing polarity of the human spirit which now manifests physically as well. 

Yet what is this miasm that we refer to? 

We specifically discuss tribal miasms. 

These are the ancestral ties that come down as ethnic cleansing, or the more popular term in Iraq, of “Sectarian Violence.”  Clan on clan, or tribe on tribe.  Most of us in the modern world shake our heads at such provincial thinking while manifesting it in our own ways.  We are Americans, or Jews, or Christians, for example.  These trends do not need to manifest in dangerous ways. 

Take the Oakland Raider and Denver Bronco American Football fans of last weekend.  None of them killed each other, though if you look at the Raider Nation, you may wonder how close that is to their minds! 

As long as we identify ourselves by nation, creed, religion, or philosophy there is risk of conflict.  When we can channel this activity into productive endeavor we as a human family transcend violence into competitive growth such as Olympic ambitions.  Everything on the planet can be used for either good or ill.  It is upon us as individuals to make the transformation.  This is the ancient alchemy of spirit, of lead into gold. 

 

Reference:

Miasm (2005). Center for Homeopathy (Homeopathic Glossary). Retrieved September 19, 2007 from http://www.centerforhomeopathy.com/glossary.html.

 

 

Tribe. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved September 19, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tribe

The Law of Attraction Revisited

Imagine that you are the object of the world’s desire.  Rather than chasing material manifestation, how about it chases you? 

Lewis is an average working stiff at a machinist’s shop.  Every pay day he takes a significant portion of his earnings and sinks them into “investment opportunities.”  Some of the funds go to his retirement funds, others to his savings, and yet more still to his children, his ultimate legacy. 

The final portion available he spends in speculation.  He invests in stocks and options, and the lottery.  Louie buys Scratchers’, and Powerball tickets.  Much of the wealth is spent chasing dreams.  Imagine if the dreams chased him.  In other words, rather than trying to possess an object, he became the object to be possessed. 

In other words, he sought to become the kind of father that his children sought to have.  Lewis became the type of winner that lottery winnings seek to be spent by.  The former is easy to imagine, be the kind of parent that you might wish to have.  You would need the right mixture of firmness, give, and take; love, intelligence, and discipline. 

But the latter, how would that look?  Most people may dispute that money has any anthropomorphized attitude.  Can inanimate objects truly possess any type of desire?  In esoteric wisdom, or philosophy of consciousness, all objects only exist as reflections of the Self.  The center of all beings and so called reality is You. 

Hence, these objects are only aspects of your internal self which you have not internalized yet.  So the question becomes, not, “how do I get,” rather, it is, “how do I become?”  Technically, it is truly, “How am I <blank>?,” though this is really only another definition of the same.  Once a person knows the internal nature, life becomes about expressing that in all things. 

Which leaves us again at the point of “how do I manifest what I am such that what I want, wants me?” 

Since your reality only mirrors your unrealized characteristics, you ask yourself, “how do I see that which I want, and how do I become what it wants.”  An example may help to illustrate this difficult and reflexive process.  For me the universe seeks endless variety in creation and entropy.  It abhors restrictions and will break all boundaries at one point as much as it will create them at another. 

Because I seek infinite abundance in all things, I would have to become the type of entity that spreads wealth around in a way that leads to growth rather than stagnation.  Thus I choose to think, feel and see the world as a wonderous opportunity for dynamic creation and transformation.  Now wealth comes toward me, as my idea of it behaves in this manner. 

One naturally wonders, “Does this actually work?”    

My first response, is watch and see.  A more elaborate one is that seeing the world as a “wealth of opportunity” directs your intelligence toward creating and expanding wealth anyway.  So, in short, it works on a strictly material level.  On a spiritual level, that is a separate question for the philosopher within you as well as a deeper realization.   

What I can tell you without doubt, that it works in my life.  Through a process of self-realization, concentration, and contemplation, all of my desires reach fulfillment and manifestation.  A difficult situation with my son reaches resolution, deep meaningful companionship with my dream woman has developed, career and destiny align. 

All of these things appeared to take some time.  And although I never floundered, sometimes it seemed as if I did.  If I were to suggest this method to readers, I would ask that they concentrate on why they want a given object and determine what they can do for that object that would make it feel fulfilled.  It is easiest to use this method with a person first, as their desires are clearer.  Eventually though an adept can utilize this process for anything.

Rythym and Flow: How Philosophy Helped My Golf Swing

Last week I went to the driving range for the first time in five years.  Before that, it was eleven years and before that seven.  Thus, I have been to the range twice in nearly twenty two years.  Thus I had some trepidation.  To enlighten those of you who do not know, golfers practice their swing at these ranges.  I polished my slice.  This is when your ball swings out and to the left and then to the right, also known as the “banana ball” due to this profile.   

Nonetheless, a close friend of mine and minister invited me to go.  Luckily for me, and unluckily for him, he injured his bicep in the first twenty minutes.  This gave him the opportunity to give me some pointers.  It was quite fun for me.  For in less than one hour he successfully improved my stroke immeasurably.  So much so that I plan on finally taking lessons again. 

The true measure of the change, is how I felt after he helped me.  Rather than feeling stress, trepidation and apprehension, I felt love, joy and excitement.  Just the change in my posture alone added this.  Instead of trying to tower over the ball and dominate my will upon it, I scooted up close to it to loft it high.  My change in posture adjusted my feeling to less of driving and more of lofting. 

This reminds me so much of how my attitude and life has changed.  As a child my mind matured much faster than the rest of me.  Yet emotions and physical skills lagged behind.  This imbalance often reinforces itself to the point where the highly intellectual often stunt their own physical and emotional growth. 

Aggressive socialization processes further teach the child that he needs to push harder, further, faster.  It encourages the youth to become more intense with each failure.  Eventually the strong may succeed by sheer force of will, though at what cost?  I became a competent triathlete, soldier, engineer, and divorcee.  Each time I found something too difficult to get on the first try, I stoked my furnace and burned my fuel. 

Eventually I torched a hole in my colon and burned out my adrenals.  In Chinese five element theory, I boiled the water right out of my kidneys.  Regardless of how you classify my condition, too much vata and pitta in ayurveda, I was beaten.  MORE of anything would not solve my condition.  More relaxation, more mediation, and more contemplation all sound good.  But they were not the fix. 

Less was the more that I needed. 

Instead of trying to tower over and dominate the little white ball, I squatted low and sidled up to it.  Everyone who has ever tried golf knows that domination never works over the tiny white spirit.  One needs to smoothly and gracefully work with it.  My friend called it rhythm like a pendulum.  To me it definitely became a dance rather than a fight.   The change in my position changed my position. 

Or more clearly, the change in posture changed my posture.  Er, uh, the change in my stance changed my stance. 

Sheesh! 

Let me try to say this clearly!  I changed the way I stood over the ball and this changed my entire feeling.  Suddenly I started giggling and laughing.  I was no longer angry and frustrated without even swinging the club.  Changing my philosophy inspires all that I now do.  The world is not my enemy.  If I do not get something on the first try, I use flow.  Swimming, rowing, dancing, running, thinking, reasoning, relating, they all have a rythym amd flow.

Recovering from Domestic Abuse in Politics

The USA is recovering from an abusive political relationship with the voters being the children.  Democrats are often seen as the party of the mommy-state, creating rules for everything, while Republicans, the father-state dominating everything.  It is ironic that our own immaturity often condemns us as a people to such treatment.  How do we recover? 

One way is to take control of our destiny by moving out.  Thus, one could immigrate to another country.  Another is to stand up for your siblings by demanding that some respect be shown.  This may involve taking the power back from both the father, or mother, or both.  Sometimes this looks like revolutions such as when the colonies rebelled against England. 

What I might suggest is that we mature as children and surrender our naivety.  Father is neither all-knowing nor all-powerful.  Mother cannot protect us from all harm or heal every wound.  We need to learn to look after and think for ourselves, double-checking all that is done for us or in our names.  Since our government is deliberately complicated by special interests and captured groups, our best bet seems to elect a different type of leader. 

How can we know what to look for and how to validate this new type of character’s credentials? 

On October 12, 2007 the community of Truth or Consequences, NM seeks to try a new method of evaluation by using Eyetalk®, the province of creator John Meluso, CSP.  This system combines well-tested tools of Irridology and NLP to measure the sincerity and coherence of an individual’s message based on general phenotype.  Or, in plain terms, this system compares one’s inherent communications style to the one he or she presents in public. 

By comparing and contrasting the presidential candidates’ eyes to their presentation, voters can get a simple yet clear evaluation of sincerity.  Eyetalk® does not guarantee that the individual will not change of deviate from a given genetic hand, it does show whether they are now.  It also gives a window into general communications characteristics, for example, whether a person favors teamwork or a “go-it-alone” approach. 
I don’t know about you, but the Federal Treasury and the rest of the world can do with a little less of the latter method.

Elections and Familial Dynamics

More often than not, people choose candidates based upon the feeling that they get from listening.  Then, they choose the parts of the candidate’s arguments that agree with their own personal views.  Whether this is the correct method of choosing or not is debatable.  Executive leadership is often like a marriage with the voter the feminine and the candidate the masculine. 

Thus varying aspects of familial relationships manifest in representative governments.  For example, this blog has posted about the family relations of Democrats and Republicans in the US government, with the Republicans manifesting the masculine dominance and Democrats the feminine. 

Ironically, one could state that the Rovian era of political maneuvering is a natural outgrowth of Clinton’s permanent campaign.  Unfortunately the former sought to use Realpolitik to govern domestic relations instead of only foreign policy.  As a result, the father became a tyrant in the household. 

In this metaphor, the father sets policy and delegates while the mother executes.  Although this dialogue uses the terms of gender, it really means the roles of masculine and feminine or Yang and Yin respectively.  It could be two men or two women.  Nonetheless, the Yang must not become a dominator or abuser in the household where everyone tiptoes around fearing reprisal. 

Imagine journalists, newspapers, and political representative sulking around.  Enter Joseph Wilson, a man who showed courage and was attacked, his wife’s career ruined.  “Do not disagree with Father publicly.  Or he will punish you.”  Naturally this form of structure is inherently unstable and never lasts.  It always ends in divorce or murder. 

NEXT: Ways of harnessing one’s natural ability to choose a candidate.

Survival of the Highest

Throughout Earth’s history exist periods of both intense genetic diversity and relative homogeneity.  Sometimes environmental catastrophes appear to consolidate species and other times scientists can find no definitive reason for the reduction in diversity.  Regardless, species come and go on planet Earth. 

Imagine however that people businesses and cultures are like these species.  Furthermore envision if you can that humanity is consolidating.  Whereas we once had thousands of languages and dialects on this planet we now have hundreds.  Europe once had dozens upon dozens of tribal cultures.  Through war and natural processes it grew into the nation states of today.  Africa and the Middle East continue this process. 

Businesses parallel this development.  The USA originally hosted far more automakers in their heyday.  Eventually the dominant “species” developed by outcompeting and swallowing less successful firms.  Some even merged to form partnerships, or “interbred,” to produce hybrid structures.  Thousands of mom and pop grocery stores also existed.  Now there is a handful. 

I do not make any assertion as to how much diversity is required to form life.  Are we the buffalo of Antelope island in the Great Salt Lake?  Humans had to fly new members into the herd to ensure the species had enough genetic diversity to continue its existence.  Neither do I suggest some form of social Darwinism.  I merely posit that cultures grow and die; civilizations compete, as Samuel Huntington might say. 

What I do mention however is that we can look at things with less normative judgment while still exercising compassion.  I feel for the tribes of Africa and the Americas for example.  Their entire ways of living are being subordinated and subsumed under what may be less evolved philosophies.  Yet others may be falling to far more advanced cultures.   

What do I choose to do about these situations?  What do you choose to do?  These are the questions that occupy historians, social scientists, and philosophers.  Does might make right?  Or as an economist might suggest, is more faster, better?  I do not worry so much about whether they are being oppressed or consumed by despots.   

What I try to think about, is whether they have the opportunity to grow and continue their existence in a way that gives them the ability to reach their highest in physical and spiritual potential.  These ideas of course beg the question as to what is one’s highest good.   

Is there a universal law that governs human interactions?

Can You Infer the Inferrer?

Last week while posting about the link between science and spirituality several discussions spawned.  Some posters attacked, others asked.  Regardless of strategy, a common theme untied them:  What link am I talking about and why?

First and foremost my purpose is to show that there is an absolute in life which any investigator, philosopher or otherwise, must acknowledge in order for the search to be useful to them.  Secondly, given a common starting point, we can find unity in some of the most disparate appearing points of view. 

We all make inferences and deductions in life.  The “Inferrer,” or “Deducer,” is the common point.  Whomever or whatever does this action exists in both scientists and spiritualists.  Even when they refuse to accept this premise, the entity which denies, the “Denyer,” is the same. 

The deepest of spiritual or philosophical schools seeks to discover what this awareness is, and how to harness or, rationally become one with it.  When this is done, most methods show a huge increase in the peace, satisfaction, or harmony in the seeker’s life.  Both scientists and spiritualists benefit from this quest.

Are We Blind to What is Right in Front of Us?

A man named Herman came to see me about a treatment.  Over the last twenty years his disposition had grown deeper and darker.  Things had lost the luster he knew as a youth.  Through our interview I discovered many things, not the least of which I gained from talking to his wife of forty years.  What we discovered was that everything had started to appear dreary to him. 

Before tackling the core issues, we did some simple work to calm his immediate discomfort.  We used frequencies on energy meridians that encouraged connection and soothing.  Once he exhaled and relaxed his spine, we delved deeper.  It seems that he was extremely unhappy with his surroundings.  I asked him about what specifically bothered him.

Herman stated that everything in his home and life seemed out of balance and imperfect.  A world he once saw as beautiful and balanced was now flawed.  As an example, he mentioned a picture that his wife had hung in the foyer.  It had cracked canvas, faded colors, and crooked lines.  She drove him crazy.  I repeated, “Your wife drives you crazy?” 

“No,” he answered, “The woman in the picture.”   

I thought to myself, that is odd.  “Let’s go take a look.” 

When I got to their home, I immediately gazed at an old worked canvas in the foyer.  I was stunned. 

Yet rather than interrupt him with my shock, I decided to listen and watch.  It was as if he did not notice the portrait when I did.  In fact, he walked right up to it where his nose almost hit the canvas.  And then he began the diatribe. 

“You see Gouthum this canvas is incredibly cracked and uneven.” 

I asked him if he would back up a bit to see the picture.  He responded, “No G, you don’t understand, this thing is just horrendous.” 

Then it dawned on me, “Do you have glasses Herman?” 

“Yeah I do, but I am trying to show you the taste that this poor woman has!”  His agitation had grown quite intense. 

At this point his wife drifted in, “Yes Herman, here are your glasses.” 

“Dammit woman!  You know I hate those things.” 

Now I watched a well worn path descend into thorn and thistle. 

“Honey, please just put them on.” 

“I am trying to show the healer the problems around here, would you stop badgering me.” 

“You see what I mean, Mr. Karadi, I cannot do anything that I want.” 

To this I interjected, “Herman, in the interests of time and expediency, how about you just put them on and we can continue your analysis.” 

“Good idea Doc.  HERE.”  He thrust his hand out to accept the glasses. 

“So what I was saying…”  He started to look confused and was about to remove brand new spectacles from the bridge of his nose. 

I gracefully redirected, “Yes Herman, as you were saying?”  While I touched his shoulder so that he would forget the reflexive move to remove the eyeglasses. 

Naturally he started to back up, for he couldn’t see the portrait that close.  “I…I.  Hey, this canvas is not so cracked, it’s the colors you see, all faded.” 

“I see what you mean, how about we back up some more so that you can give me your real assessment.” 

“Good idea Gouthum, thank you.  You see it isn’t even the colors so much as this woman’s face and smile are crooked.  What kind of painter would destroy what is such a finely colored piece?” 

“You are so right.  Let’s continue to pan outward so that you can really give me your summary.” 

At this point he stumbled and gasped.  “Oh My God!  Oh My God!  This is a reproduction of the Mona Lisa,” he cried.  I caught and steadied him. 

He sat down and cried. 

“All the imperfections, all the so called flaws, they came from my lack of perspective.  I was just standing too close to see the proportions, the magic.” 

Smiling, I soothed, “Life is always beautiful from the right perspective.”