The failing of higher education is what I call it — a 2.2 trillion dollar industry that is probably better at making money than it is at transforming lives.
One of the essential aspects of personal development is knowledge that comes from higher education. And in this you will find the Pareto Principle rings true: that [...]
So much of what we call learning today is simply an accumulation of facts. According to the Pareto Principle, we can surmise that 80% of what we could call beneficial knowledge comes from just 20% of what we study and learn. That means we learn a lot of useless information. What we are striving for [...]
Transformation is the goal of personal development. It is taking a life of limitation and moving it towards the unlimited.
This movement from the limited to the unlimited is both a death and a birth. It’s a winter turning into spring. It’s a letting go of the old and worn out ways of life to make [...]
Recently I participated in a marketing research study being conducted by our local electric company. One of the things they wanted to find out was the appeal of their energy audit program to consumers. In the course of the marketing research study I became aware of numerous ways to save energy in my home. And [...]
Are you doing your best? If not, why not? Are you lazy? Why? Too much stress? What can you do about it? Are you inspired? If not, is it possible that you are not pursuing your true purpose in life?
Tough questions, but they lead to deep introspection about how we live and think. When we [...]
There is a goal in life that more people share than any other, and yet when they reach that goal, they complain and moan. The goal is living a long life. But how to be happy in old age?
Everybody wants to have a long life but nobody wants to be old. I know there is [...]
Today, October 15 is blog action day on the environment.
One degree Fahrenheit seems so little yet it means so much in regards to global warming. If we can increase our effectiveness as human beings we can also rise up to meet the challenge of saving Mother Earth. We have to reduce Earth’s average surface temperature one degree [...]
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring.
The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!”
“Like this [...]
The following post was excerpted from “The Science of Greatness” by Wallace D. Wattles. I am sharing it with my readers because of its holistic viewpoint of life, and because I see too many people lose their focus and their joy because of world problems. — G Butler
Millions of years ago God worked with very low and [...]
Greatness is possible for every person because there is Power in every person. There are no exceptions. This power exists not only in every person, but in everything. It is consciousness. Through an understanding of how this power of consciousness operates and continuously expands, man transcends the limitations of life and lives in the realm [...]
I was struck by the following words of Epictitus the other night at a local bookstore so I jotted them down:
“You are a primary existence. You are a distinct portion of the essence of God, and contain a certain part of Him in yourself. Why then are you ignorant of your noble birth? You carry [...]
For the last week I have been reading The Bourne Ultimatum. I finished it this morning after reading the gory details of over 100 killings by the ultimate antagonist. An interesting story but what an assault on my mind.
Last night, for example, I had a dream that I was the owner of an AK-47 [...]
Will computer chip brain implants save the world or seal its doom? Scientific estimates are that in 30 years the surgical procedure will be a widespread occurrence. Knowledge will no longer need to be learned, it will be uploaded. A world leader, known only for only average intelligence at best, could invite the world chess [...]
I received an e-mail this morning that was sounding an alarm bell about the likely war between the United States and Iran, a war that seems to be on the agenda of the current White House administration. No one is to blame for this dark and ominous state of affairs and yet everyone is to [...]