They are from all over the world, and so is interculturalism. Its up to us, because we can, Its our time. Love and respect for all, everybody included. To the 164 countries and 43,000 readers, until next time.
I discovered that I have not written a blog since September last year
I was in a mental health unit for three of them, and I thought I might be there
for a week. How wrong can one be?
It was like entering a vortex of having everything that mattered to me cease to exist matter int in my life. Or
more likely I decided somewhere that
I didn’t matter in other people’s lives, as a couple of people had told me
recently and it got to me more than I thought. The way I reacted to it, I would not recommend to an
anyone because it is like entering a psychotic field and you tell yourself all the things that are not working in your life versus celebrating the simple things that we do on a day to day basis.
One of the things I stopped celebrating was writing blogs. I know this is not the same. as my previous blogs, but I will get there. I have not worked out how to put up quotes and videos but I’m about to have a go:
Here is a quote that is relevant where I am on my journey at the moment, I am battling the need for certainty versus what the mind throws at me. Lets try a video
So this is my first attempt at a blog which WordPress kept only allowing one line in a paragraph I Am not balanced in my life patterns to share my all the things that popped up in this six month journey, but I am celebrating writing something. Thanks to the people who kept reading I am an Interculturalist. I aim to write two a week, I can’t promise what the subject matter will be, but this is much larger than I thought it would be
A friendship that meant a lot to me ended when I recently received a voicemail stating that I did not make her feel happy when we were together. I have recently given up this low vibration way of life for one where people are authentic about where they are in their lives. I acknowledged that I was sad and advised the person that doing it via voice mail was as weak as opium. Eight hours later, she sent me another voicemail. I declined the offer
I want to be happy lives at the consciousness level of Life By Me. Where we struggle day to day to be something we are not, the personal development mantra of be happy and life will be wonderful, denies all the other emotions . I am realizing in conversations with more and more people that I no longer can live in this false universe versus one where people live a life of authenticity.
What do Marc and Angel have to say about this via one of their wonderful lists:
12 Lies to stop Telling Yourself:
I don’t have enough yet to be. happy.
My dreams are impossible.
I am stuck with people who hurt me.
My failed relationships were a waste of time.
Things will. never get better.
Failure is. bad.
Great things will come to me effortlessly.
My past is 100% indicative of my future.
I never need to meet anyone new.
I can’t live without those who are gone.
I’m not ready because I’m not good enough yet.
I have way too much to lose
We now move onto what society has said about being authentic over the years:
This is a life worth living.
Take the steps and have these things in your life.
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You are the star in your own movie, no one leses.
Those of us who decide to do this are way way cool.
Cry Freedom.
To show up and be real, Yes Please.
Love is always the answer, Ragnar.
You are the George Lucas of your life, Make a great movie, you deserve it.
And who I am is authentic.
The cost of giving up your real life.
The desire to always be happy is a Personal. Development disease.
This is not an easy path to travel, be brave
Why I totally respect my new. mentor, Peter Sage.
How often in your life have you done these things and provided leadership?
So, my life is transforming as I hang around. I nearly died last week , when my brakes failed. My reaction was a thought, I nearly died, not a week long mental tirade about how it was unfair.
My purpose in life is to save the planet for my three year-old grand niece Tawera. I was at a documentary where the producers answered a Q and A. I asked a water biologist if Tawera had a chance of reaching 69, my current age. She also has two teenage children. Her answer, if we keep putting off what we need to do, probably not. but she had hope that the new generations were waking up and would do what it takes.
I have no idea how to do this. I live my life from my koan: Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time. Do not think governments are going to do it, they survive to be in power.
To my readers in 160 countries, do yourself a favor and enroll in Unlimited Mindset’s 12 month training at PeterSage.com You can thank me at the stage when you understand what it is doing to your authenticity..
Can listening to your mentor speak for an hour change your life at 69 years of age.. You bet your sweet bippy it can.
The subject: The four levels of consciousness which I wrote about quite recently, but as. I enter their power further and further, my life looks and feels so different that I just had to share the journey with someone, so you, whoever reads this are the chosen. few..
The four levels are:
Life does it to me. AKA Victimhood
Life By Me: Hard Yakka and struggle, a life of boring certainty.
Life Through Me; nUncertainty, massive mistakes, remarkable results, worth waking up in the morning for.
Life As Me: Think MLK, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, something to aim for. you may be killed by the lower levels because you scare them so much.
Enoug said, give level three a try, it will interrupt your life so much in unexpected way. My fuse box blew up, We the flat occupants had to pay for the new fusebox after our electricity supplier turned the power off. We did it, they turned up 8. hours later at 11.15 pm to restore it, now thats uncertainty, big time. Lucky for Smart phone data and a moxy M1 Powerbook.Yew.
Time for a Marc and Angel list.:
Heres their 17 Deadliest decisions you can make:
Not Loving what is.
Waiting and Waiting and Waiting.
Changing who you are because others have changed.
Letting heartache define you.
Running away from problems.
Being ungrateful.
Allowiing long-term anger to occupy your heart.
Believing that beauty looks a certain way.
Letting your expectations run rampant.
Disrespecting others.
Disrespecting yourself
Putting up with unfaithful friends and lovers.
Rushing love.
Neglecting your most important relationships.
Trying to controlevery last detail about everything.
Never taking risks.
Giving up on you.
Peter, if you read this, I believe that you and Marc and Angel are meant to do good work together, their two books are manuals for life.
Onto the quotes and tracks:
God, She has a fine sense of humour.
We need more of these type of people in our life.
From one of the classic writers of the Twentieth Century.
Can Peters wonderful work cure this, I think so.
Thank goodness for that.
Uncertainy, one of our superpowers. Yew!!!
Want a secure life, do this.
The cost of certainty, an unfulfilled life.
Time to enter mystery school, didn’t they make a film about that.
Philosophy 191.
Boom, Boom, Boom, etc. etc.
The curly headed one, he changed the world.
Not sure if I agree with this, maybe my fellow USM students, but 90 percent of the planet, nada.
What a great songs Vincent. is, someone as beautiful as you gets me every time.
An hour of songs, Oops, well you will have a soundtrack for your morning exercise.
Back to why I do this. My vision: Save the planet for my three year old grand niece, Tawera. How? Love and respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, it’s up to us. Do I know how to do it, Fuck no, thats what uncertainty gives you..
When did you first lose the trust that small children. have for their mothers? For some it may be wgen their parents divorced, a truly prevelant experience these days, or your Nonna and Poppa died, or a friend took their own life unexpectedly. i thought I had done enough “work” om this until my last relationship when bizarre sexual practices were part of the deal and it broke my trust of women.
We each have our version of it. I now think when there is an opportunity with a woman, what if I have to break my values again just for the realationship to continue. This makes me incredibly sad, a phycoligist friend of mine said I needed to do a course of therapy after I told her what Happened and what I had done because it was so outside normal values, especially mine of Love and Respect for All.
I have connected with someone I wouldlike to say to, You can trust nme totally But can I promise that, time will tell.
Marc and Angel have a list of things of 11 ways to become the personwe love:
Stop judging and appreciatebeauty within you.
Treat yourself the way you wanr others to treat you.
Care less about who you are to others.
Know your worth.
Son’t rush intinate relationships
Let go of those who are’nt really there.
Fotgive yourself and Othwrs.
Focus on the positive.
Believe in the person you are capable of being.
Work on goals you believe in.
Keep looking and moving straight forward.
Time for some quotes and tunes on Trusting each other.
What does it take to trust the netire universe, a noble task?
Thats why we are in each others life at the moment.
The universe was created to bless us and support us to have a wonderful life.
But the. universe requests that you put in some effoty to.
Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included : Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time.
May you find your beautiful lan earlier than later.,
The universe knows that you need to be patient at certain times.
Don’t fight what the universe has planned for you, Its quite painful to do so.
Its such a perfect day, I’m glad I soent it with you.
Be careful of your thoughts, she is listening and will provide what you ask for.
She is more and more on mine, because I have been am being transformed by Peter Sage. PeterSage.com, check him out.
And I feel like letting go, what will turn up.
Enjoy your time on the unierse, the universe is not in a hurry, ehy are you?
The more you learn the art of surrender the faster tou will realise your dreams, It begins in the heart.
Back to the words. I wrote this blog after listening to a peter Sage workshop on creating yout reality. I have Peter to thank for transforming my thought patterns at the tender age of 69. Go to PeterSage.com and check out his wonderful life altering distinctions..
My koan for life is Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time.
Thankyou to the readers who have read my blog in 160 countries around the world. We are transforming the possibility on the planet one read at a time.
I yook part in a rematkable event yesterday. over 500 singers sang Yothu Yindi’s iconic anthem Treaty now in the CBD od Naarm/ Melbourne in Four fifferent locations, The Myer Music Bowl, The National Gallery of Victoria and we Flashmodded the major gathering space Fed Square.
Stever taverner and The Spooky Mens chorale , one Australia’s most popular choirs led us included it as part of their natioal tour to support the Yrs campaighn for the Voice recognition of First Nations people in out country. I was alive in 1967 when their status was changed from fauna to humman beings. Yes, we are a racist nation at heart, what other country would have a White Australia policy for 70 years
My friend Anfrew weote the best thing I have read on this. vindicitive campaign that is dividing our nation due to the efforts of the Murdoch Media scum. There it is:
4. It will be permanent, and future governments won’t be able to remove it.
5. Ensuring the Voice can speak to “executive government” means its central role is entrenched, regardless of future governments.
6. It will be gender equal and include youth members, meaning more voices from Indigenous communities will be heard.
7. It has been carefully devised and given the green light by legal experts.
8. Fixed terms mean representatives will always be accountable.
9. The Voice would be a good mechanism through which to negotiate Truth and Treaty processes with the Commonwealth.
10. Parliament, and by extension the Australian people, would still hold the ultimate say over what becomes law.
The ‘against’ campaign usually have one or more of these arguments:
1. It’s symbolic, and fixing systemic issues facing Indigenous communities would require a body with actual power.
2. Governments can ignore its advice if they don’t like it.
3. The Voice adds race to the constitution.
4. Because the Voice will be designed by parliament, future governments could change or sideline it.
5. Indigenous people already have a voice via an unprecedented level of Indigenous representation in parliament.
6. Truth and Treaty should come before the Voice.
It is important to also look at who is supporting which campaign:
Left leaning parties who have always done more for indigenous rights in Australia like Labour and Greens overwhelmingly are supportive of the Voice.
Right leaning parties who have a track record of not supporting indigenous rights in Australia like One Nation, Liberal and UAP are overwhelmingly against the Voice.
I have noticed that people who have a tendency towards believing in conspiracy theories and who have a general aversion to anything that the government does, tend to be against the Voice. These are the same people who would tend to be anti 5G, anti vax, anti UN, pro Trump and Qanon etc.
I hope that when people make their vote, they consider the actual question being proposed and have read the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full as that is where the Voice idea came from so provides the best context for who is asking for it and why they want it.
Referendum question and constitutional amendment
VOICE.GOV.AU
Referendum question and constitutional amendment
No list from Marc and Angel this week, sorry my friends
Here are the quotes and some different versions of Treaty Now, ours is being edited from yesterday still.
Australia will look like a nation odf dickheads worldwide if the vote loses as I fear it will.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes , etc. etc . etc.
Women and the youth of Australia will vote Yes in droves, they did not grow up in Racist Australia.
Some miighty woeds as ro why you should vote yes.
All you gubbas out there, this is what the voice is about a real say for our First Nations brothers and sisters.
Powerful words supporting the Yes Vote.
Even people with gray hair are saying Yes.
Love the colours in this one.
And our youth have a say.
Black and White, we all support it.
The colours of our land, the flag of the First Nations people of Australia, the land was never ceded.
This is the first blog I have written not wearing my glasses because of the miracle Costa Rican herbal cure, a bit irrelevent
The Uluru statement from the Heart, where this all began.
Yes we can do it.
Back to my words on Interculturalism, The Voice is definitely a part of that. Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time.
To my readers in 160 countries world wide, this is a very important moment in the history of our country . We may grow into adulthood, or maybe recognised as dickheads worldwide.
I post a lot on social media, especially on Booker Looker land AKA Facebook. Sometimes up to 50 posts a day. They are always from the land of empowerment and possibility. I believe we have a choice moment to moment to empower others or join the dangerous My Opinion is the Truth cult and take others down being righteous about a certain subject. One can make a profound difference the other engenders hatred towards another.
There are so many mighty words available, they have been being written from the advent of the written word, you just have to look for them. I love the fact we have access to them all via the great goddess known as Google. This is what took me to my business Rods Rocking Research and the fact that all you need to do is type in a few words and the metaverse provides you with millions of answers which has only been enhanced by the phenomenon know as AI.
My great skill is that I have the fastest hands in Australia on Google and the ability to ask great questions that cut through the dross and get me to where I need to go in an instant. Give me a request and I can find the solution almost instantly. Just don’t expect it to arrive beautifully laid out, that is not my thing, perhaps I need a VA or two.
How do my friends Marc and Angel Chernoff put it in one of their beautiful lists, lets go there:
15 Ways to Live, And not Merely Exist:
Appreciate the great people and Things in Your Life.
Ignore other people’s negativity.
Forgive those who have hurt you.
Be who you really are.
Ghoose to listen to your inner voice.
Embrace change and enjoy your life as it unfolds.
Choose your relationships wisely.
Recognize those who love you.
Love yourself too.
Do things your future self will thank you for.
Be thanks for all the troubles you don’t have.
Leave enough time for fun.
Enjoy the little things in life.
Acceot the fact that the past is not today.
Let go when you must.
So time for some of my favourite mighty words from the great wordsmiths over time ans some tunes to go with them:
There are special people in your life, they are your keepers, they may not fit your image of what they shoulld look and be like.
How great do you you dare to let your life to be, dream so big that you can never fulfil it.
How many of those negative thoughts you had actually happened, I guess not that many.
I forget who said it, but you do not die when they put you in the ground, it is when you stop learning.
Personal self responsibility, Life doing it for you, because you say so.
The world is waiting for your genius, why else do you think you were one of the lucky sperm who made it through.
Only you know this, stop looking for others to answer this question for you.
What we spend our entire life searching for, sadly some of us never experience it.
Its you who is the miracle in your life, look in the mirror daily to reminnd yourself.
There is no planet B, as there. is no plan B.
I love that Harvard study where the three percent who wrote down their goals made more than the other Ninety Seven percent during their l ives.
Loving and firm intent, such life transforming words, Thanks Peter.
The eternal question we get to answer moment to moment, what do you choose?
To the members of the ever dangerous My Opinion is the Truth cult, no it is not.
We are close to the end, Here is where I post my koan for Interculturalism so it pervades the 160 countries across the world who honour me by reading thi. Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included: Why; it’s up to us, Because we can, it’s our time.
The playlist, I saw Rising Appalachia live in Naarm/Melbourne, only because a dear friend shouted me a ticket into the festival they were playing out, humanity is so generous if you let them be, the art of receiving, give your damn pride up and miracles will occur.
I have had an interesting year, Met a billionaire and multi millionaire. Dropped 20K I could not really afford, and been locked up as an involuntary patient in a mental health unit as consequences of the first two things for four weeks, Once in, it is not so easy to get out.
I , through these mistakes, learnt a lot, including the acronym GOOP, the Good Opinion of Other People and the deadly effect it has on you achieving your dreams. I thank Peter Sage, the creator of this distinction for altering how life occurs for me now.
I also am enquiring into two other distinctions,Your opinion is not the truth, Ever and Listen, you do not learn when you are speaking.. The opinion one was described to me in the following manner: Opinion lives on one side of the Universe and truth the other. our task, this time in , is to align them as closely as possible. Unfortunately most humans give up at a very early age on this quest, this is when cinversation dies. His Holiness I credit the third one to, one of my favourite wise men. Do you think he was on a camel that night in Bethlehem?
Time for a Marc and Angel list, this time it is called 20 ways to create million dollar ideas, here we go
Generate lots of ideas
Fail a Lot
Consume information Consciously
Focus on topics and ideas with large markets
Make sure there is money in your market
Keep your eyes, ears and mind wide open
Test variations of the same idea.
Figure out what works well in one market and tailor it for another.
Put the pieces together
Spin a new twist on a previous breakthrough
Systematise a popular service into a reproducale product.
Play with Opposites.
Look for problems and solve them.
Design other products that supportother successful products.
Keep it simple.
Use the tools and skills you already have.
Surround yourself with other thinkers.
Be enthusiastic about what you are doing.
Accept constructive criticism, but ignore naysayers
Actually do something with your ideas.
Do you do this, I’m not great at it, i am a “nice person”
The famous the five we spend time with covered here.
Spend your time with the one or two, I am very bad at this.
Most relationship advice is GOOP< you know that already.
oopers don’t like this behaviour, they think you are weak, we know better.
A POTUS.
How many in your circle, fuck them off.
I like these women, they rock.
The blame game sucks, big time.
Self explanatory!!!
What are you animal spirits, have you learnt the lesson?
hut the fuck up, get on with it.
Nike – Just Do It!!!
Edmund Hillary, I think. I’m showing. my age knowing hisname, forst non Sherpa to climb Everest.
All the songs are what came up when I put in my word is the truth songs, there are a lot out there.
Time for Rod’s Words. Interculturalism – Love and respect for All, Everybody Included. Why we do what we do: It’s up to us, because we can, it’s our time. I used to make a side hustle writing koans, these are my favourite two. Thanks Peter Sage for a new possibility at 68. I tell everybody.
Until we meet again, my Blog fans. in 160 countries.
I’ve gone back to getting my subjects for my blogs off my kitchen wall. The title for this one comes from my We build Tribes chart. The purpose is to build a purpose-driven community, I actually have two: They are Interculturalism: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Interulturalism and Thriving People – People who wish to make a difference to Humankind: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1126100227764949. Both have the ethos of Love and Respect for All, Everyone Included at their core.
Each community has the following behind it:
10,000 people woke up this morning shedding private tears because they need a solution to their problem. You have that solution, go find them.
No other individual was placed upon this earth to do what you were uniquely born to do. Be you and the world will transform.
We live in an abundant world, allow that abundance to flow through you and you will never be without it.
Build a tribe that changes the very fabric of society, That is what you were born to do.
Whatever your goal, dream or desire is, It’s yours for the taking. Never accept you can’t.
Be consumed with a vision for tomorrow, go there in your own life and people will follow.
In a world of increasing isolation, be the campfire that attracts friends, laughter and authentic moments of transformation.
No-one ever got lucky, true success flows from consistency and persistency. Never, ever give up.
It’s going to be hard, It’s going to be tough. Remember, when you quit, No one wins.
Be their leader, be their servant, be their guide. But whatever you do. Make sure you “be”.
Don’t ever love others to the detriment of loving yourself. There is no one more important than you.
Rest, love, allow yourself to be loved. For as much as you feel the world rests on your shoulders, it doesn’t.
Support one another, cherish one another, inspire one another. We can make an even greater impact when we do so together.
Give someone a smile, give them money, give them a moment – when you have the capacity to do so… give.
With money comes influence, impact and opportunity – freedom comes when we cease fearing the pursuit of money & we embrace it.
So what has society said about communities – lets walk down that path:
I have had faith in intentional communities to transform out planet, it will take something but to me has always been possible.
Today’s playlist is truly eclectic. We begin with Martin Luther King’s most famous speech. Then one of my favourite pop divas, Taylor Swift. An Aussie legend follows, Lee Morgan. Then another of my favourite spoken word giants, Maya Angelou. Back to the 60s or 70s with Bread. Ava Max is the penultimate track, then we finish my favourite dance crew, The Desert Dwellers: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJlQ3F9bKYrsTT_-LiPDrKqshrgpwBoPh
So I will complete with my ethos one more time: Love and Respect for All, Everyone Included. Until we meet afain my dear friends.
One day late. I’ve been spending time pondering what it is worthwhile to spend doing in 2021 and the name of a Spotify playlist by Courtney Barnett called to me and became the title of this blog: What are you listening to, to create you actions this year, is it dance rituals,different types of therapies, success webinars, things that worked for you in the past, dreams that live in your hearts, there are many options to move forward with.
Being highly productive is not an innate talent, it’s simply a matter of organizing your life so that you can effectively get the right things done. What can you do to increase your own productivity? Here are some ideas that work for me:
Create and observe a “to-don’t” list.
Organize your space and data.
Ruthlessly eliminate distractions while you work.
Accept 100% responsibility for my current situation.
Break down goals into realistic high-impact tasks.
Work when your mind is fresh, and put first things first.
Focus on being productive, not being busy.
Commit your undivided attention to one thing at a time.
Work in Ninety minute intervals.
Reply to e-mails, voicemails, and texts at a set time.
Invest a little time to save a lot of time.
Narrow the number of ventures you are involved in.
The next five years could be the best five years of your life, the decision is yours. The best part of your life will start on the day you decide your life is your own – no one to lean on, rely on, or blame. So what have we said about organizing our lives over the years lets have a look:
1. Ask any perfectionist about the second line, its jams up your life.
7. “Alejandra provides organizing information that I have not heard or read before. Her concept is brilliant. The freedom you feel by simplifying your life is priceless.
11. Message is to complete each days task, then move on.
12. Zen Habits is a blog written by Leo Babauta about implementing zen habits in daily life. It offers suggestions for how to live and also includes frequent references to how Leo Babauta has implemented these habits. He covers topics such as simplifying, living frugally, parenting, happiness, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, eating healthily and successfully implementing good habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwoPlRR9J_k
Think about the tasks you perform over and over throughout a workweek. Is there a more efficient way. Is there a shortcut you can learn? Is there a way to automate it or delegate it Perhaps you complete a particular task in twenty minutes, and it would take two hours to put in place a more efficient method. Bottom line, the more you delegate and automate, the more you can get done with the same amount of effort.
I simply had to include Courtney in the playlist seeing she gave us today’s blog title, we begin with her. The first of two classic R and B legends is next, Marvin Gaye. Some rock follows from American Authors then we go back to today’s music with Sasha Lopez and Andrea D.The Weeknd follow with the penultimate song being from the great Ella Fitzgerald and we finish with a song from the musical Into the Woods: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJlQ3F9bKYrvpUou2t5d2Z3tCl_MJkvqs
I have put my task on increasing the international focus of my new Facebook Group Thriving People – People who wish to make a difference to humanity. Its context is Love and Respect for All, Everybody Included. Here is the link if you wish to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1126100227764949. So until we meet again my dear friends, stay safe.
Jamie Catto is a creative facilitator, mischief maker and trailblazer cutting through the bullshit to clear the way for authentic connection and inner understanding.
I am an Interculturalist 