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Einstein climbs to the top of Mt. Sinai to get close enough to talk to God.

Einstein climbs to the top of Mt. Sinai to get close enough to talk to God.

Looking up, he asks the Lord… “God, what does a million years mean to you?”

The Lord replies, “A minute.”

“Einstein asks, “And what does a million dollars mean to you?”

The Lord replies, “A penny.”

Einstein asks, “Can I have a penny?”

The Lord replies, “In a minute.”

Nice song, nice commercial, nice world!

What do you love?

Time Management: Stones, Pebbles and Sand

Source: justinlim.wordpress.com

One day, an old professor of the School of Public Management in France, was invited to lecture on the topic of “Efficient Time Management” in front of a group of 15 executive managers representing the largest, most successful companies in America. The lecture was one in a series of 5 lectures conducted in one day, and the old professor was given 1 hr to lecture.

Standing in front of this group of elite managers, who were willing to write down every word that would come out of the famous professor’s mouth, the professor slowly met eyes with each manager, one by one, and finally said, “we are going to conduct an experiment”.

From under the table that stood between the professor and the listeners, the professor pulled out a big glass jar and gently placed it in front of him. Next, he pulled out from under the table a bag of stones, each the size of a tennis ball, and placed the stones one by one in the jar. He did so until there was no room to add another stone in the jar. Lifting his gaze to the managers, the professor asked, “Is the jar full?” The managers replied, “Yes”

The professor paused for a moment, and replied, “Really?”

Once again, he reached under the table and pulled out a bag full of pebbles. Carefully, the professor poured the pebbles in and slightly rattled the jar, allowing the pebbles to slip through the larger stones, until they settled at the bottom. Again, the professor lifted his gaze to his audience and asked, “Is the jar full?”

At this point, the managers began to understand his intentions. One replied, “apparently not!”

“Correct”, replied the old professor, now pulling out a bag of sand from under the table. Cautiously, the professor poured the sand into the jar. The sand filled up the spaces between the stones and the pebbles.

Yet again, the professor asked, “Is the jar full?”
Without hesitation, the entire group of students replied in unison, “NO!”

“Correct”, replied the professor. And as was expected by the students, the professor reached for the pitcher of water that was on the table, and poured water in the jar until it was absolutely full. The professor now lifted his gaze once again and asked, “What great truth can we surmise from this experiment?”

With his thoughts on the lecture topic, one manager quickly replied, “We learn that as full as our schedules may appear, if we only increase our effort, it is always possible to add more meetings and tasks.”

“No”, replied the professor. The great truth that we can conclude from this experiment is:

If we don’t put all the larger stones in the jar first, we will never be able to fit all of them later.

The auditorium fell silent, as every manager processed the significance of the professor’s words in their entirety.

The old professor continued, “What are the large stones in your life? Health? Family? Friends? Your goals? Doing what you love? Fighting for a Cause? Taking time for yourself?”

What we must remember is that it is most important to include the lager stones in our lives, because if we don’t do so, we are likely to miss out on life altogether. If we give priority to the smaller things in life (pebbles & sand), our lives will be filled up with less important things, leaving little or no time for the things in our lives that are most important to us. Because of this, never forget to ask yourself,

What are the Large Stones in your Life?
And once you identify them, be sure to put them first in your “Jar of Life”.

With a warm wave of his hand, the professor bid farewell to the managers, and slowly walked out of the room.

Take care of the large stones first - the things that REALLY matter. Set your priorities. The rest are just pebbles and sand. If you put the sand or the pebbles into the jar first, there will be no room left for the stones.

The same goes for your life. If you spend all your energy and time on the small stuff, you will never have room for things that are truly most important.

Pay attention to the things that are critical in your life. Take time to play with your children. Take your partner out for dinner. Take time to have a chat with your loved ones. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house and give a dinner party.

Sometimes the less important things in life can distract us, filling up our time and keeping us away from what really matters. I encourage you to take a moment and ask yourself, is your jar of life full of sand & pebbles or is it filled with large stones?

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Time Management : Toples dan Batu

Suatu hari, seorang ahli ‘Manajemen Waktu’ berbicara di depan sekelompok mahasiswa bisnis, dan ia memakai ilustrasi yg tidak akan dengan mudah dilupakan oleh para siswanya.

Ketika dia berdiri dihadapan siswanya dia mengeluarkan toples berukuran galon yg bermulut cukup lebar, dan meletakkannya di atas meja.

Lalu ia juga mengeluarkan sekitar selusin batu berukuran segenggam tangan dan meletakkan dengan hati-hati batu-batu itu kedalam toples.

Ketika batu itu memenuhi toples sampai ke ujung atas dan tidak ada batu lagi yg muat untuk masuk ke dalamnya, dia bertanya: “Apakah toples ini sudah penuh?”

Semua siswanya serentak menjawab, “Sudah!”

Kemudian dia berkata, “Benarkah?”

Dia lalu meraih dari bawah meja sekeranjang kerikil.

Lalu dia memasukkan kerikil-kerikil itu ke dalam toples sambil sedikit mengguncang-guncangkannya, sehingga kerikil itu mendapat tempat diantara celah-celah batu-batu itu.

Lalu ia bertanya kepada siswanya sekali lagi: “Apakah toples ini sudah penuh?”

Kali ini para siswanya hanya tertegun,”Mungkin belum!”, salah satu dari siswanya menjawab.

“Bagus!” jawabnya.

Kembali dia meraih kebawah meja dan mengeluarkan sekeranjang pasir. Dia mulai memasukkan pasir itu ke dalam toples, dan pasir itu dengan mudah langsung memenuhi ruang-ruang kosong diantara kerikil dan bebatuan.

Sekali lagi dia bertanya, “Apakah toples ini sudah penuh?”

“Belum!” serentak para siswanya menjawab. Sekali lagi dia berkata, “Bagus!”

Lalu ia mengambil sebotol air dan mulai menyiramkan air ke dalam toples,sampai toples itu terisi penuh hingga ke ujung atas.

Lalu si Ahli Manajemen Waktu ini memandang kepada para siswanya dan bertanya: “Apakah maksud dari ilustrasi ini?”

Seorang siswanya yg antusias langsung menjawab, “Maksudnya, betapapun penuhnya jadwalmu, jika kamu berusaha kamu masih dapat menyisipkan jadwal lain kedalamnya!”

“Bukan!”, jawab si ahli, “Bukan itu maksudnya.

Sebenarnya ilustrasi ini mengajarkan kita bahwa :

JIKA BUKAN BATU BESAR YANG PERTAMA KALI KAMU MASUKKAN, MAKA KAMU TIDAK AKAN PERNAH DAPAT MEMASUKKAN BATU BESAR ITU KE DALAM TOPLES TERSEBUT.

“Apakah batu-batu besar dalam hidupmu? Mungkin anak-anakmu, suami/istrimu,orang-orang yg kamu sayangi, persahabatanmu, kesehatanmu, mimpi-mimpimu. Hal-hal yg kamu anggap paling
berharga dalam hidupmu.

Ingatlah untuk selalu meletakkan batu-batu besar tersebut sebagai yg pertama, atau kamu tidak akan pernah punya waktu untuk memperhatikannya.

Jika kamu mendahulukan hal-hal yang kecil dalam prioritas waktumu, maka kamu hanya memenuhi hidupmu dengan hal-hal yang kecil, kamu tidak akan punya waktu untuk melakukan hal yang besar dan berharga dalam hidupmu”.

“Sebab kehidupan tidak berjalan mundur, pun tidak tenggelam dimasa lampau”

Jika anda menjadi seorang user yang dilibatkan dalam user acceptance test, dan ketika anda mencoba perangkat lunak tersebut, lalu timbul error, apa kira-kira kesan yang tertanam terhadap produk itu ?

“The people that funded facebook perhaps saw a great way to capitalize on some data mining, by funding this social network to grab data from the millions of college and highschool students.

There has been speculations about facebook being monitored and co-owned by the CIA… But is this really true?

Could it be possible? What do you think?

Read some:
http://novex.blogspot.com/2007/05/conspiracy-behind-facebookcom.html http://www.rense.com/general66/dwarth.htm

Source: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/column.php?id=125199

Spiritual Psychology of the The Chakras

Kathleen Meadows: Chakras, auras, subtle bodies and energy healing have become much more common topics of discussion in western society. More people are moving to a greater awareness of their own body energy – some from a desire for inner growth, others from a scientific (quantum physics) perspective and still others from a renewed sense of the sacred. For centuries eastern cultures have described energetic connections between the mind, body and spirit. Chinese medicine relies on energy meridians that correspond to psycho-physiological states. Vedic scholars, centuries ago described the seven energy centres of the body (chakras) from a spiritual context.

To some degree, most people have an intuitive, culturally defined sense of the spiritual psychology of the chakras. Visual artists, for instance paint “halos” of energy to represent the crown chakras of spiritual teachers or mystical individuals. We are familiar with euphemisms that tend to locate energy in particular areas of the body. We speak of having a “broken heart” and feel actual pain in the chest when we lose someone we love (heart chakra). We criticize others for being “unrooted”, or “pulling the rug out from under us” (root chakra). When a situation threatens our self-confidence we feel “butterflies in our stomach” (solar plexus chakra), and get a “lump in our throat” when grief remains unexpressed (throat chakra).

Scientists are now confirming these intuitive sensations from the perspective of quantum physics. They are able to measure the presence and speed of energetic vibrations within the DNA - the very vibrations that we intuitively sense as our chakras and that clairvoyants “read” when they scan the human energy field. Energy healers and medical intuitives believe that if one can manipulate these energies and somehow change their frequency or patterning it is possible that physical, emotional and spiritual healing effects might be observed.

For those who can clairvoyantly “see” energy, disease, distress and physical or emotional pain may show up as blockages, disruptions or cloudiness in the normal patterns of the chakra. Those who do energy healing can help pinpoint and identify these disruptions and train their clients to do the same. By developing an inner awareness of the chakras it is possible to begin a process that includes transforming and reconfiguring these energies. In perceiving the spiritual psychology of the chakras it is possible to help achieve a more balanced, energized and meaningful life.

Root Chakra (located at the base of the spine)

At birth, we experience an acute sense of disorientation and disconnection. Not only are we cut off from the physical security of the womb, but existentially we experience separation from Spirit as we find ourselves embodied in a human form. As the umbilical cord is cut we find ourselves thrust into a dangerous, insecure and vulnerable world.

Our human incarnation means we have a dense, sensate, physical body made up of carbon and hydrogen - the constituent elements of the earth. In our attempt to re-establish a sense of spiritual connection, the root chakra becomes activated at birth - a connection that flows downward, and energetically connects deeply with the “sacred matter” of the earth. We cannot survive if we do not feed and nurture the physical body - making our relationship with the earth both necessary and integral to our survival. Part of that survival means also that we belong to a family or clan - a group that can ensure that we are fed from the earth and protected from the elements. Early cave dwellers soon learned that they could not survive without a sense of belonging and protection from the family or “clan.”

If our early needs for security and belonging are not met, if disruption and fear are the norm, or if our connection to nature is tenuous, we end up feeling unrooted, anxious and insecure about our right to be here. Psychological symptoms may surface - neuroses, chronic anxiety, fears of becoming ill or dying, feeling vulnerable, ungrounded and afraid of getting one’s hands dirty.

When root chakra issues arise, they can be addressed through compassionate self-healing techniques. These include finding ways to reconnect to the earth - “rooting” in nature through walks, gardening or camping; honoring the sacred in the Earth - (Indigenous people have much to teach us here); caring for the earth through addressing litter and pollution; healing estrangement from family or friends or joining groups or associations that foster a sense of belonging and security.

The Sacral Chakra (located at the base of the belly and sexual organs)

Having established a secure connection to physical reality, the next energetic challenge for the newborn arises in the second chakra - the centre of relationship energy. The second chakra holds the energy of all relationships we encounter in our lives - the nurturing or rejection of our parents; the give and take of sibling rivalry; the devotion or betrayals of friendship; the intimacy and vulnerability of sexual attraction; and the ability to produce and nurture our own children.

If we do not learn to connect to others through emotional intimacy we remain alone, estranged or dissociated. When our early needs for intimacy and love are thwarted through abandonment, abuse or neglect, we find it hard to trust and begin to doubt our ability to attract love or find passion and joy in life. Second chakra issues include avoidance of emotional intimacy; accepting or perpetrating abuse in relationships; sexual dysfunction; parenting problems and a lack of life passion.

Healing the second chakra involves learning to recognize and respond to our wounded “inner child”; uncovering and healing painful memories of abuse or neglect; learning to forgive; and releasing blame and guilt. It means gently finding the courage to open ourselves to emotional intimacy. Often a wise and trusted counselor or healer can facilitate this process. Developing self-compassion and self-nurturing is key.

The Solar Plexus (located around the upper abdomen just under the rib cage)

Having established some success with relationships, the next psycho-spiritual challenge is to create a sense of self in relationship to the world in which we live. The psycho/spiritual qualities of the solar plexus chakra include self-worth, self-esteem, mastery, empowerment, humility, self-control, and awareness of life meaning and purpose.

When our desire to develop a strong sense of ourselves is met with controlling, shaming, authoritarian or intentional ego-damaging behaviors we are left with a debilitated and wounded solar plexus chakra. This manifests as a sense of unworthiness and guilt; lack of confidence and poor self-esteem; a feeling of being disempowered, victimized or lacking a sense of purpose. Conversely, in response to feeling deprived of power, we may ourselves resort to controlling, manipulative or tyrannical behaviors.
Healing the solar plexus comes about through restoring a sense of personal power, self-respect, courage, humility and grace. Learning to identify and respond compassionately to our own painful stories is empowering, as is using love to heal fears. Issues of guilt and shame can be transformed through healing work that nurtures a sense of innate goodness, while awareness of co-creatorship with the Divine instills a sense of power. Finally, becoming aware of the deep spiritual qualities of our own nature helps us to act responsibly and move forward with self-initiative, meaning and purpose.

The Heart Chakra (located in the chest)

As we come to experience ourselves as safe, connected and respected, the energy begins to shift from a focus on the individual self towards a more generous and altruistic outlook. We notice that we feel grateful for the opportunity to live life, and want to give back. The heart chakra now becomes activated as the centre of love, compassion, devotion and generosity. The direction of energy in the body begins to move upwards in its desire to reconnect to the greater source of Divine love. We begin to experience universal compassion - the sense that we are connected to all beings on the planet. We may feel our hearts touched by images of young children a world away playing amongst the rubble of war. We know and have a sense of caring both for ourselves and others and feel compelled to take this love out into action.

If however, we have not experienced security, intimacy and self-esteem in the lower chakras, the heart chakra will remain closed and shielded. Issues such as lack of compassion, anger, hatred, stinginess, being overly concerned with self protection, fear of loving too much, grief and heart-ache may all indicate wounding in the heart chakra.

Healing the heart chakra involves paying attention first to the wounds that are still lurking in the lower chakras. Learning to love ourselves and our shadow places is the first step towards creating a sense of love and compassion for others. The gift of forgiveness allows deep healing within the heart chakra - forgiveness both for ourselves and others. Visualisation, devotional chanting, yoga, prayers and Buddhist Metta or Tonglen meditation are powerful vehicles for opening the heart. Many people find that compassionate encounters with the suffering of others is a means to open their own heart. Important also is becoming aware of our own divine nature and beginning an intimate, sacred process of surrender to the Divine order.

The Throat Chakra (located around the throat, mouth and ears)

As we grow into deeper awareness and opening of all the chakras, we also begin to expand our ability to tap into the vibrational energy field around us. The patterns of sound are our connection to the world. The throat chakra is the centre for making sense of these vibrations, for communication, self-expression, creativity, speaking our truth, and at the subtlest levels, telepathy, channeling and clairaudience (ability to perceive sounds outside the physical realm).

If we encounter repression or attempts to stifle our innate ability for self-expression, the throat chakra closes down and energetically appears blocked. The natural flow of vibration is impeded - energy goes in but cannot go out. We are all too familiar with the childhood maxim “children should be seen and not heard”, the silencing of women’s voices in patriarchal systems and the stifling of creative talent for fear of ridicule. Other threats to the throat chakra include keeping shameful family secrets, living with chronic fear, being yelled at or shamed into silence. When the throat chakra is closed, all other chakras find their expression stifled too.

The key to healing the throat chakra is finding the place of our own truth and relearning the ability to express ourselves. We can give ourselves permission to cry, to voice our fears, share our stories and engage in active listening with others. We can honor self-expression through finding creative outlets - writing, art, gardening or music. For some people it is important to reduce the pollution of vibrational noise through meditation or silent retreat.

As the throat chakra begins to heal, the grosser vibrations of sound no longer create interference. We begin to tune into more subtle layers of vibration, including the development of psychic abilities such as telepathy and clairaudience and opening to divine revelations such as those experienced by mystics through the ages.

The Third Eye (located around the eyes, forehead and the brain)

The third eye is the center of intellect, inner knowing, discernment, wisdom, and clairvoyance (intuitive seeing). It is the place where we develop our “witness consciousness”, the ability to stand back and consciously observe and make choices in our life.

This is the place where we create our beliefs and our judgments, and where, if we encounter fear-based or authoritarian belief systems, we come to doubt our own knowing and sense of ourselves. Confusion, negative beliefs, blindness to the truth, irresponsibility, close-mindedness and mental rigidity result. We may feel cut off from our emotions and become overly attached to empirical, dogmatic theories and beliefs.
Healing the third eye means first of all a willingness to see. It includes opening to the truth beyond what we can physically see, and allowing intuition and inner knowing to become our primary teacher. Healing includes accessing our fear-based belief systems, judgments and criticisms and being willing to let them go. It also means a gentle opening to the messages of the heart.

Self-healing techniques include developing inner awareness and witness consciousness; looking for the symbolic importance behind events or interactions; recording and analyzing dreams; practicing equanimity, detachment, and surrendering judgments. As we become aware of the deep spiritual qualities of our own nature, we move into a place of greater clarity, wisdom and acceptance in the third eye.

The Crown Chakra (located at the top of the head)

As we grow into deeper awareness of our spiritual nature, our energy is drawn increasingly upward in its desire to reconnect to the source of our Being. This process of spiritual awakening or enlightenment is facilitated through opening the crown chakra. Energetically, an open crown chakra appears as light emerging from the top of the head.

The crown chakra indicates the extent to which we are willing to live our lives connected to Spirit and living from truth. It allows for inspirational and prophetic thought, mystical connection and devotion, ecstasy, transcendence and liberation from identification with suffering.

When we are distracted or overwhelmed by the difficulties and pain of life, we may experience loss of faith in a compassionate Divine force. Issues of doubt, disbelief and depression cloud our inner knowing and overshadow the belief that we are spirit beings. We falsely identify with the finite world and feel “existential angst”. Some may experience a period known as the “dark night of the soul” immortalized by the poetry of St. John of the Cross. For some the sense of isolation and spiritual depression may seem unbearable.

Opening and healing the crown chakra involves trust, surrender to Divine love and commitment to spiritual practice. It means living in the present, fully conscious and open to the experience that life offers. Mystics through the ages have turned to prayer, meditation, yoga and silent retreat to support their spiritual journeys. A trusted spiritual guide or teacher may offer compassionate facilitation along this path.

The chakras are an elegant window to the soul. There is much we can learn through deepening our understanding of the qualities, attributes and spiritual nuances of these amazing vortexes of energy in the human body.

by Kathleen Meadows, M.A.
www.tarotbykathleen.com

Article Copyright© Kathleen Meadows

Love is Color Blind! A love song towards peaceful world!

It don’t matter if you’re black
white or yellow, if you’re brown or red
let’s get down to that
love is color-blind

Verse 1:
I remember whren
I was a child and couldn’t understand
people having fun
discriminating all the different ones
mama just used to say
when you grow up you’ll maybe find a way
to make these people see
that everything I do comes back to me

Bridge:
You gotta live your live
we’re all the same, no one’s to blame
they gotta live their lives
just play the game and let love reign

Chorous:
It don’t matter if you’re black
white or yellow, if your brown or red
let’s get down to that
love is color-blind
you’re my brother, you’re my friend
all that matters in the very end
is to understand
love is color-blind

TQ:
I remeber as a young boy
I watched my neighbourhood go up in flames
I saw the whole thang thru tears of pain
and a situation’s rackin’ my brain
I wish I could fly away and never come back again
we need some lvoe y’all
we need some real deal help from above y’all
I mean the kids watchin’
and I just can’t see it stoppin’, I don’t understand
I mean we all bleed the same blood, man!

Bridge:
You gotta live your life
better than our fathers did
let’s make some love, baby, have some kids
they gotta live their lives
and I don’t care what color they are, or u are, or we are
it’s all love, baby!

C-Part:
You have been my mother
you could have been my brother
what if you were my sister
if you were my father?
you could have been my fella
you could habe been my teacher
what if you were my friend?
would be so nice to meet ya

Verse 2:
take it out to the world
tell every boy and every little girl
be proud of yourself
cause you’re as good as anybody else
put away your prejudice
open your mind, don’t need a stick to this
try to make this earth
a better place without a racial curse

TQ:
Yeah, it’s time for some changes

Chorus