Two Principles

Our world have become so overcrowded that new entrants are being encouraged to seek out niche market. The bigger problem is that there are too many people who does not have the desire to put in the necessary work and effort but somehow expect to reap big rewards for mediocre effort or reap immediate success. There are too many people whose greatest dream is to win a multi million jackpot by buying the lottery. Most persons if they win the lottery will in five years end up back where they initially begun.

It is a given principle of life that what is sown will be also what is reaped. The principle extends to the fact that sowing and reaping does not occur at the same times as it pertains to the same crop. There is a time span in between where growth and maturity takes place and then comes the time for harvest. The idea behind sowing is to reap an harvest and this implies reaping an amount that far exceed the amount that was initially sown.  What ever is accumulated over time will most likely last a life time.

The principle of sowing and reaping is supported by another principle, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly. Although the soil may be fertile  where the crop is planted the reality is that there are  limits and sometimes results will be determined not by the fertility of the soil but by the amount that was sown. Planting must take place at the right time and in accordance with whether it is for household use or as a commercial crop.

Our world is being overrun with those who are sowing very little but are expecting great rewards. In addition to this there are novices who are being given formulas by the experts that will guarantee that they never succeed. The novices are being asked to study the experts and based on what is learnt from the experts then give their best initially. This again will require time and effort but our world demands immediate results. Success need a foundation and fuel to sustain it and these are lacking then success soon become failure.

The overcrowding in our world is also leading to mental deficiencies to the point where failure is being rewarded. Mental toughness is being discouraged and shortcuts are created to success. Our world is now overcrowded with qualified people who are lacking in the knowledge that goes along with the qualification. People who now have the qualification must now get certification.

It is a given that children although they share the same mother and father  are most times totally different from each other. Within the genes of a child may be displayed character traits from  past generations. This is why it is important to teach and allow children independence. Unfortunately in a child's early years the child thinks in terms of pursuing a path that pleases parents and teachers. It is often later that the child sometimes begin to discover a natural leaning and sometimes this is not discovered until adulthood. The earlier that a child understand that what is conceived in the mind is possible will be the better for the child.

The principle of sowing and reaping and also that of sowing sparingly leading to reaping sparingly is a principle that should be taught to children. Children should be taught these principle and shown how these principle can be applied to the mind. The mind if  it applies these principles will envision the limitless possibilities that life will offer or at the worst find that niche that although small will provide a life of endless possibilities.

Mind & body

My wish as always is for you to have a Happy Monday.

It is amazing that where the study of anatomy and physiology goes back for millennia the study of psychology is a relatively new discipline. It is probably even more amazing that the study of philosophy is as old a science as that of anatomy or physiology but relative few persons desire to pursue the depths of the various disciplines.

Anatomy and Physiology is the study of the function of body parts and the body as a whole.
Philosophy is the study about knowledge, truth, The nature of the meaning of life.
Psychology is the study of behavior and mind, embracing all aspect of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought.

We cannot ignore the fact that at present there are tests that have been developed that measure the intelligence of individuals. These IQ test enable teachers to select the super brilliant and to early identify  potential geniuses. It is a pity that those person whom the IQ test show to be at the lower end of the scale remain knowledge reserved for those administering the test. Those who score high are lauded and the low scores are hidden.

If those who score low on IQ tests were revealed then the intelligent would be spared  the ache of having to be attentive to the ignorant. Those  persons who willingly declare that they have no use for learning or knowledge neither do they care for their benefits because it is painful to watch the knowledgeable and wise try to impart wisdom to those who have no desire to learn.

The wise and knowledgeable are partly to be blamed at the same time because it is impossible   to move a man beyond his default mind set. Each time such a man is moved beyond his default  mind set he enters a realm outside his comfort zone and at the earliest given chance he will return to his default mind set. This compares with the man who desires knowledge and learning and has an insatiable appetite for knowledge and learning.

It will help if the psychologist as they study the human mind and human behavior could  determine what makes some persons lack the desire for learning and knowledge. It would be good if these psychologist could possibly develop a science to reprogram the human mind while erasing ignorance and negative thinking.

The study of psychology as a science also confirms what man has always known and it is that man is both a physical as well as a spiritual being. The mind exercises control over the body and ultimately a strong body controlled by a weak mind becomes almost useless. In most instances it is not the body that is so much desired but the mind that is within the body. The body need the mind to take it beyond its perceived limits while the mind need challenges for it to fully develop.

What if we were to form a team comprising the psychologist and the philosopher. The philosopher could focus on the pursuit of knowledge and the meaning of life while the psychologist could harness the thoughts of the mind and focus them in the right direction. Unfortunately we would have to ignore those who don't know and are content to remain in ignorance. This is one way that we could identify super minds.

What shall we do with anatomy and Physiology, they will continue to be the tangible that are seen and handled but the truly noble will be figuring out how the mind and thoughts work while focusing on trying to figure out the meaning of life.

Dynamite, yeast and baking Powder

To deny the desire to become totally independent and not be answerable to even the highest authority is to also to deny a fundamental shortcoming of man. This is similar to a woman denying that she likes pretty things and that she will ignore an opportunity to gain advantage over a man.These are inbuilt desires and denying that they are a part of our core being is one of three things. The first is that we are superior to the most perfect of  man and woman, the second that we are  non-ambitious and is contented to live on pickings  and the third is that we are just plain liars.

Immortality, fame and popularity are most men's dream and those who lack these aspirations most times also lack the ambition for upward mobility.Money is the ever present companion of fame and popularity and  immortality is readily sacrificed for these. An ever present dream for most men is to have a windfall of money because building wealth requires time and effort and many are willing to take shortcuts to the desired goal.

There are many persons who do not realize that the process of building wealth over time teaches responsible money management. Sudden or overnight wealth is quite often destructive because there are too many persons who believe that they can be their own investment advisers. These persons heap up headaches when faced with multiple choices which does not guarantees a profit. There is also the ever present ignorance of how money works.

A sudden windfall of wealth is comparable to being given sticks of dynamite. Dynamite is good but it is used most times for demolition. It is controllable and predictable which make it ideal for use in the quarrying and construction industries. Wealth that is not handled wisely will disappear. Wealth just like dynamite should be handled with care. Wealth is one of the doors to independence.

Baking powder does not act suddenly and its unique quality is that it makes the baked product more palatable. The actions of yeast takes even longer but the idea is bring about changes. In some instances baking powder and yeast bring about the same desired effect but the baking powder is faster acting. The action of baking powder may not be big and explosive but it certainly achieves the desired effect. Yeast is also use in some fermenting process to produce alcoholic beverages. Alcohol is one of life's little pleasures to make life a little more tolerable.

In life there are many ambitious persons who desire to have the dynamite effect. Their desire is to be quick, effective and explosive. The idea of being slow and imperceptible but effective is unappealing.
The idea of building wealth over many years is unappealing because that will take too long because life with its uncertainty demands enjoying immediately what can be seen. What can be is only maybe or at best a possibility.

Destiny and choices

My wish as always is that you will have a Happy Monday.

We are the masters of our own destiny and the choices that we make are similar to seeds beings planted so then we can easily look  forward to  crops at a later date. There are many persons who will readily disagree and declare that it is fate that determine our destiny and therefore we have to play the cards or the hand that life deal to us.

There are certain facts that most of us knows but we still need constant reminders. Among these fact are the knowledge that each of us is unique. There are no two individuals among the approximately seven billion of us on the earth that is exactly alike. There never was in the past and there will not be in the future. Each of us is bestowed with our own unique gifts and abilities. These unique gifts and abilities are that gifts given to us to make us stand out.

One of the sciences that is studied is psychology which is essentially the study of the human mind and its functions. This compares with anatomy and physiology which are the study of the human body and how the different parts function. These sciences clearly indicate that there are two different aspects to man. It will be interesting when psychology discovers what it is that make a man truly noble because then we may just be able to fix the wrongs in our world. Hopefully we will endow every man with this trait and have a world comprising only of noble men.

An English word whose meaning is continually being redefined is the word heart. It is not understood in the same sense in all cultures. The heart at one time was regarded as the core of a man and was considered to be the place where his desires, passion, intellect and will originated and was also considered to be the place where his character originated. The great thing about the heart is that it is only accessible to the individual. It is also considered to be  the place of  where his decision are made.

It is because our hearts are only accessible to us why we are the masters of our own destiny. This begs for the question to be asked what part does the fates play in our live, The idea behind the fates is that there are some things which happens in our lives which are beyond our control because supernatural powers intervene in life events. The supernatural powers works in tandem with us and therefore a person who has no need for opportunity will not receive it. There are also the hearts that are noble and perfect and these are the hearts that are ready to receive the intervention of the  supernatural and to whom unbelievable things happen. These supernatural events differ from the man who wins the lottery because for most persons who win the lottery the expected happiness never materialize. Rather these noble and perfect hearts when they experience the supernatural the ripple effects continues into eternity.

The mind and also the body must learn discipline but it is important for the mind to learn mastery over the body. Teaching and training will educate but will not necessarily make the heart great. True greatness reside in the heart of man and can be found in anyone. Those who subscribe to Judaeo/Christian teachings will be familiar with the idea that the Lord  searches among men seeking those with perfect heart.

It is interesting that quite often the knock of destiny that we seek when it knocks does not shout I am destiny embrace me. The same thing can be said of opportunity. Quite often it is the little opportunities that are embraced that later grow into something big.

So then I looked at the sand glass as time passed and observed as destiny and opportunity passing by man. One man spent his days watching the television and fantasized that his ideal is similar to what he see on the screen so he ignored what came his way. Another man's opportunity fell into his lap and he looked at himself and said I am not good enough go present yourself to some one better than me.The next man's excuse was that his opportunity involved  delays and he wanted all the pleasures life had to offer life right away. The other man decided to take up opportunity the next time because he must play the present safe in preparation for the future. Another man said there is nothing to lose and something might be won so I am coming on board although I do not know the ultimate destination.

Presented were the choices to take chance while embracing opportunity to discover destiny.

Why not you?

My wish for you as always is that you will have a Happy Monday.

There are reasons why rivers originate in the hills and mountains and not in the valleys and plains. There are also reasons why it is much smarter to dig wells in the valleys and plains than in the mountains. There are vast reservoirs of waters under the earth and the same can be said that there are natural reservoirs of waters in the mountains. These reservoirs of water source the rivers.

The run off of rainfall in the mountains form rivers and these rivers flow thousands of miles and are so powerful that they conquer the deserts. The reservoirs of water under the earth does not suddenly overflow or burst through the earth to case flooding. When there are flooding however the earth have its natural means to accommodate flooding. Although rivers will sometime cause flooding the rivers follow a course.

Our minds can be compared to the vast natural reservoirs of water in the earth. Think about this "there are rivers that have continuously flowed for millennia transporting multiplied billions of gallons of water each day." There are no reasons to believe these rivers will stop flowing. Our world for millennia have continue to produce geniuses and there are no reason to believe that our world will stop producing geniuses. You could be the next one to be discovered.

It would only be reasonable for the present generation of geniuses to believe that they are the ultimate of geniuses. This is not necessarily so because modern inventions continue to reveal the brilliance of the past geniuses and the present geniuses are having difficulty matching those geniuses of the past. This is not really a problem because future geniuses will marvel at the brilliance of the present geniuses. Then of course, the present class of genius continue to wonder if they will ever equal those genius of the past.

There is no way to accurately measure or quantify the amount of water that are in the natural reservoirs on the earth, in the plains or in the mountains. In a similar way there is no way to measure or quantify the power and potential that lies in the reservoir of the minds of individuals. Presently there are millions of potential geniuses waiting to be discovered, or waiting on an opportunity to bloom. You are one of these potential genius. All the past events and circumstances of your life has been preparing you for this moment.

There are two essentials to the human mind and these are the things that are allowed to enter the mind and the things that leaves the mind. There are many person who believe that it is the things that enters the mind that will be processed and then passed out in variations and different forms. This is not necessarily so because the human mind has the capacity to be creative. It can produce new thoughts, ideas and concepts and it is well known that if the mind can conceive a thing then it also has the power to achieve it.

In life there is just a thin line between being a hero and being foolhardy. Quite often it is the outcome which determines which one you are. You can sit safe and comfortable in your small corner or you can put on a bold face and go out and challenge your fears. There are millions of geniuses that exists right now but are not yet discovered. Statistically this is a fact but many of these geniuses will never be discovered and many will never come into their true potential.

This does not have to be you, It is time to begin pursuing your passion because then you will see the world of opportunity before you and the doors will begin to open to you. Remember that there is no equipment that has been invented that accurately measure the capacity of your mind in term of the power to think and to be creative.

Our inherent greatness

From time to time you and i need to be reminded that we truly do not know our selves. We will never fully comprehend who we are because there are too many factors about us that remain outside our control. We will never know when we have maximized our abilities and full utilized our potentials because there will always be more goals to explore and a little farther to go.

The genes in our blood goes back into infinity and there is no machinery as yet to calculate the qualities and characteristics in the genes that we have inherited. Consider for example the fact that a female’s ovary matures one ova each month while during copulation a man may release more than a billion sperms and of this number only one will fertilize the ova. This in itself make you and I rare because of the odds. Coupled with that fact is is another fact that no two of a man’s sperm cells contain the same genetic traits. If this was so then all of a man’s children should have been clones of each other. This also is enough for you and i to see how special we are and allow us to determine our value because we are just as likely to have better potentials that those that we look up to. it is very rare that someone will inform you how to become his equal.

You and I cannot determine what character traits that we inherited from our fore parents will manifest itself in us. It is a proven facts that to allow for a happy and meaningful life then follow the path of our natural talent or have a natural leaning. Perhaps, just nourish the character  traits and let them grow if they are positive. Our own character trait make it difficult at times to determine who or what we shall be. Some character traits are needed early in life while some are required later in life.

There is a lot of onus that lies with us as individuals because ultimately we shall determine our destiny. Being talented is no excuse not to get trained and certified or to make use of the knowledge of those who are more skilled and experienced. Knowledge and training along with talent will always make a better individual. This does not negate the fact of many having the knowledge but not the talent and they become comparable to square pegs in round holes. Ultimately the path of our lives is determined by our decisions and choices. In our minds we determine the heights that we shall ultimately reach. It will be difficult to surpass the mental limits that we have set.

In life there is a point where our teachers can take us and no further. This is because there is a limit to our teachers knowledge and this is the farthest point that our teachers can take us. Our responsibility is to allow our teachers to take us to their limit then go on to explore the unknown. The great discoverers were those who refused to accept the given and were willing to venture into the unknown. It is easy to deceive oneself and think all that is to be invented and discovered have already been invented and discovered but this is not true.

Each new generation has its unique challenges and need to produce its own heroes,inventors, discoverers etc. The accomplishments of the past must be equaled and surpassed by those living in the present. There has to be a legacy for future generations to wonder how it was done. In a similar way to how  we continue to look at ancient restructures and wonder about the technology that was used.

There are countless stories of teachers, coaches, experts etc. who never recognized the potential in an individual and declared them hopeless. These individual later went on to become geniuses, top players etc. There are also stories of teachers, coaches, experts etc. who recognized the potential in individuals and invested in these individuals while providing them with the best opportunities.

In life most of us are simple ordinary individuals or that is how we class ourselves but if we were to check our genealogy then we will discover that there were great individuals in our past. These individuals can become our source of inspiration. If there was none there is no reason why we cannot be the one. We can become the person that our children and those coming after aspire to better.

If you believe that I can’t, there is nothing that I can do then you rightfully deserve to be where you are.

Nothing is new.

My wish is for you to have a Happy Monday.

One ancient writer wrote a long time ago that there is nothing new under the sun because life is following an endless cycle and that writer issued the challenge to produce something that is new. We create new things daily but then our creations utilizes preexisting material so in reality it is what already existed but in a new shape or form.

The recent explosion of invention and creations begs for the questions to be asked what have man been doing for the millions of years prior to now? Where will this newfound  explosion of knowledge take us? This is in light of the fact that man has shown an uncanny ability to survive. Prehistoric dinosaurs have become extinct, the many races of giants that once lived on the earth have become extinct, there are many species of fishes, birds and animals that have become extinct but man continue surviving to the point where one country have seen it fit to limit couples to having only one child.

In this march into the future man has eradicated countless diseases and have also become immune to many diseases while new and even more deadly diseases are emerging . I read recently that there are tribes in the Amazon basin that the Brazilian government has made it illegal for outsiders to contact. These tribes present an interesting scenario in that on the one hand they have survived as long as other mankind. On the other hand our so called civilized man carry diseases and germ to which these tribes have never been exposed and so poses a real threat to the health of these tribes. It is possible that both the civilized and uncivilized could learn from each other.

Although the claim is that there is nothing that is new under the sun we have to pause to wonder at the new things that occur. One of our present boast is the reduction of infant mortality and the eradication of numerous childhood diseases. However, in recent times there are billions of dollars that are being pumped in research and to develop vaccines because of previously unheard of diseases. The ease and rapidity of travel in recent times make the spread of these new disease even more devastating.

One of the things that should not be ignored with all that is going on are those people that does things with malicious intent. One of the greatest teachers that ever walked this earth told a story of a farmer who sowed wheat in his field. The farmer had an enemy and the enemy at the same time went in and sowed tares among the wheat and went about his business. The enemy did not have to do anything after that because he knew that those tares would thrive. It was only when the wheat began bearing that the farmer realized what had been done.

In recent times there has been a lot of talk about invasive species. These are plants, fishes, birds, animals etc. that are thriving in places that are outside their natural habitat. Often times the question asked how did they get there in the fist place.

The answers are many. This may have come about through ignorance, accidental, maliciousness or even possibly for monetary gain. It has been noted that some persons have a penchant to circumventing laws because these persons believe that laws should be broken. They are somewhat like Pandora of Greek legend. The gods gave Pandora a box and told her that under no circumstance was she to open it and one god as an act of mischief bestowed on Pandora the gift of curiosity. Then there are things that happen as a result of an accident (The introduction of the mongoose into Jamaica is recorded as a great mistake. The mongoose were introduced to kill snake but the snakes are nocturnal and mongoose hunt during the day). Finally there are those persons that does things out of malice and for monetary gain. An ancient writer wrote that the love of money is the root of all evil. If cures were found for all the disease afflicting mankind than a lot of persons would go out of business. In a similar way someone will get paid to hunt and destroy invasive species.

In life we have at least four  groups people. There are the neutral because they are neither good or bad. There are the good in that they aspire after the best for mankind. There are the bad in that these choose to be the opposite of the good. There are also the bad which are corrupt and evil but pretend to be good and offer themselves as an alternative to the good.

At present I am forced to use the internet for business and other matters. I am aware that some information that I would rather others do not access is being accessed. This for me is an headache because I have no idea who or what is being accessed. I consider myself as being of relatively little importance but when I hear of organizations and governments experiencing the same thing it lead me to wonder where is our world heading?