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Karma just IS
by DW Green — June 29, 2016
Adam mentions Karma in his blog today. I’ve heard of Karma, but really didn’t know what it meant. Aside from finding a great parking space at the mall, then saying, “Wow! Good parking Karma!” So I decided to investigate. Turns out Karma just IS.Karma means action. Physics shows that for every action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction. Karma is energy, which in itself is neither good nor bad; these are just the labels people choose to attach to it. The energy created by an action has to be returned: “As yea sow so shall yea reap.” It cannot be avoided. Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind. Choosing actions that bring happiness and success to others ensures the flow of happiness and success to you.Karma represents our choices … the ones we celebrate … the ones we regret … the conditional and unconditional ones … the knee-jerk ones and the purposeful ones … the decisions that keep us up at night and those that allow us to rest our head on the pillow. Karma can be translated as action and is the culmination of all the actions we have taken through out our lives. In the teachings of Vedanta, this includes the actions we’ve taken in past li...read moreSimplicity
by DW Green — June 22, 2016
Describing his blog topic, Adam said, “Decided to do something fun and a little different this week.”So, in light of fun and different, lets talk about Roger Ramjet for a moment. Roger Ramjet was the star and namesake of the animated cartoon TV series that first aired in 1965. I loved the show. It was very funny, due in part, to its amazing simplicity. Of course, the audience was children, but the simplicity of the animation was the foundation of its humor.Simplicity in advertising design is very powerful. Less is definitely more. The use of white space brings immediate attention to the message. As Lao Tzu said in the Tao Te Ching, the what’s not there (white space) makes the what’s there (copy/image) useful.Enjoy… ...read moreEvolutionary
by DW Green — June 15, 2016
I liked playing connect the dots game when I was a kid. Miraculously a cool picture would show up by simply connecting the dots! So this is my version of connecting the dots, and perhaps, in the end, a mental picture will show up for you.I was thinking about supermarket formats that are struggling, brands that are struggling, companies that are struggling and individuals who are struggling. There are a plethora of reasons why we struggle or fail. Some are external circumstances beyond our control and others are internally inflicted. Since a company is a collection or community of individuals, then looking at how individual’s evolve and succeed is a dot to connect. As a side note, I believe successful companies are comprised of a community of individual’s with shared values. Another dot to connect?This idea or notion of evolving is central to overcoming a flailing, faltering, struggling format, brand, company or individual. Align yourself with the flow of evolution, or personal growth. Evolution is a choice. Choosing to grow automatically means you are facing into the unknown.Without evolution there would be no path, only aimless wandering. Evolution is a cosmic force. It’s the reason t...read moreMore on The Super Brain!
by DW Green — June 8, 2016
More good stuff from the Super Brain book! According to the authors, the brain is moving in a more holistic direction. Their favorite phrase for this trend is “survival of the wisest.” If you choose to, you can evolve through conscious choices.Here are some tips I learned in a section titled “Where the Brain is Growing—How to become part of the next evolutionary leap.”Don’t promote conflict in any area of your life.
Make peace when you can. When you can’t, walk away.
Value compassion.
Chose empathy over blame or derision.
Try not to always feel you are right.
Make a friend who is opposite of you.
Be generous of spirit.
Wean yourself off materialism in favor of inner fulfillment.
Perform one act of service every day—there is something you can always give.
Show genuine concern when someone else is in trouble. Don’t ignore signs of unhappiness.
Oppose us-versus-them thinking.
In business, practice capitalism with a conscience, giving ethical concerns as much weight as profits.We have a single overriding purpose: to unfold our potential.Enjoy the ride!...
More About Forgiveness
by DW Green — June 1, 2016
Each morning, right before I meditate I go through a detailed heart-opening ritual that includes asking myself a few questions. I call this ritual The Secrets of the Sweet Spot and an important part of the process is asking:How can I be more accepting? More self-accepting.How can I be more compassionate? More self-compassionate.
How can I be more forgiving? More self-forgiving.
How can I heal this heart?We are in constant dynamic exchange with the world around us, which means our actions simultaneously touch the lives of those around us and have deeper consequences on what we feel, what we think about, and what we do.We all have made mistakes, chosen non-nourishing choices, and allowed our words & actions to hurt others – and perhaps the most unintended consequence is that we’ve created pain within and around us. We’ve pointed fingers, compared ourselves to someone else, relished in Schadenfreude (rooting for someone or something to fail), pushed people away (even when we were trying to get them to come closer), gossiped, cut off our nose to spite our face, and refused to give in so we could say “I told you so!”And then there are all the grievances, grudges, resentments, comparisons, envies, and gripes. They serve no one – they fester...read more