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.
Years ago I met this vital young, compared to me woman named Thea. We were doing Landmark work, many of you will know what that is so I won’t go into a long explanation. Thea disappeared off the radar, and I often wondered what had become of this ball of possibility.
So as you do, me having the fastest hands on Google in Australia, late one night I typed her name in. Was the person running Forward Steps out of Perth the same person. A little bit of online Research, and a picture on her website confirmed I had relocated my long lost friend.
What is a Forward Steps you may ask. I purchased her book, which has now converted into an on line membership with a looked forward to email each day chock a block with inspirational knowledge set in different sections.
These sections are a) Wisdom of the Web, a well researched piece of empowerment from the Metaverse b) Life Power Tip, my personal favourite, often in question form or pointing out what should be obvious but is often not, I have altered my habits through this section. c) An Action – and go. d) Challenge – What will you take on to be the change you need to be your best self. e) Quote – There are some mighty wordsmiths during the Ages f) Clearing – Do something that will improve your energy g) Question – In your face time. h) Affirmation – A brand new one for each day i) Uplifting Extra – a little surprise thrown in at the end and j) a video for those who like it visual.
Thea states the following: These Notes are intended for leisured grazing to collect new thoughts, dreams, ideas, philosophies, possibilities, positives, creatives, tools, software, programs, life power tips and a lot more. I attest that is exactly what they do, in spades.
Type in Forward Steps Thea in Google and it will take you to this treasure trove of possibility:
Well, its time for the Marc and Angel list, its actually a tale: Recently I was at the water’s edge of a local beach when a young boy ran full speed right by me and into the shallow surf. He continuously hopped up and down as he was running forward, kicking his little legs in the air and across the surface of the water before inevitably falling face-first into the waves.
He got back up and repeated this act several times, each time with more determination than the previous attempt. It became obvious that he was trying to run across the surface of the water. I couldn’t help but laugh. His combined levels of determination and exertion were priceless. After several attempts he notived my laughter and walked over to me.”What’s so funny?’ he asked. “You remind me of me, and it makes me smile,” I said. “Do you know how to walk on water?” he asked.”Like a superhero” “ Well, I think I can help you out,” I said. ‘Let me give you a few pointers.”
Curious, the boy sat down on the sand next to me. His mother scurried over, worried…but I reassured her that her son wasn’t bothering me. Relieved, perhaps, tp have her son sitting safely on the sand instead of flying head-first through the air, she went back to her beach chair about twenty feet away and continued a conversation with another lady.
“So, you want to walk on water, eh?” I asked. He nodded his head anxiously. Here is a rough summary of what I told him
make sure you were born to walk on water
Decide that nothing can stop you.
Work on it for real.
Let the whole world know what you’re up to.
Value the people who value your ambitions.
Ignore the naysayers.
Prepare yourself for the pain.
Enjoy the pain of your greatest challenge.
Never give up. Never quit.
Now to the quotes and songs:
Turn the page was a hit single in Australia
he Hero Journeys guy agrees with Thea, Narc, Angel and I.
Love is always the answer – Ragnar.
From little things, Baby steps, Big things grow.
Pick the doors that are meant for you.
Its moving day, don’t look back in Anger, Your brand new life lays ahead.
How boring would it be in we knew the whole laid out plan for pour life, when we arrived on the planet.
You complete me, a soppy line. Say it to yourself and that is a whole different matter.
I just got a new E Bike, I am nominating the inventor for The Nobel Prize.
What was your last right decision, mine was taking Peter Sage on as my mentor.
One foot in front of another. Nice sentiment , David.
Mistakes, they are our greatest teachers of transformation. If you don’t make them check your pulse.
Because its Maya, enough said.
Completion 101.
We are near the end. Time for my vision: Love and Respect for All:, Everybody Included: Why; It’s up to us, Because we can, It’s our time.
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.
What do you talk about around the dinner table or consequently avoid discussion like the plague? I was having a catchup at Macca’s AKA a coaching session when this subject came up. Her dad had passed recently and mine were well gone so It was safe to discuss our feelings towards them.
It is something that is not on the list for a mention, Gardening, House ownership, and even sex are okay. But dear old mum and dad are not on the agenda. Is it because it hurts too much, they say it takes a few years, but my dear old dad passed 11 years ago, and when I think of him, which I must admit is rare these days, it still hurts.
AMarc and Amgel list, they are from the iconic tome:: 1000+ little things Happy Successful People do differently. google Life hack.
The most beautiful thing is to see a person nearby smiling. And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the one behind it
2. If you have the power to make someone happier today, do it. The world needs more of that.
Some people build lots of walls in their lives and not enough bridges, there’s no good reason to be one of them. Open yourself up. Take small chances on people.
4. Never stop doing little things for those around you. Sometimes those little things occupy the biggest part of their hearts.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of love – all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Be present, be thoughtful Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses. This is how to make a real and lasting difference in your relationships, new and old.
We don’t always need advice. Sometimes all we need is a hand to hold, an ear to listen to, and a heart to understand.
Today, just be 100 per cent present with those around you – be all there. That is enough.
There is no such thing as self-made Someone else believed in you. Someone else encouraged you. Someone else is invested in you. Someone else prayed for you. Someone else spoke life over you. Be that someone for others too.
It’s practically impossible to love your neighbours if we don’t know them, and yet that’s often the case We live in such a hyper-connected world with such limited or nonexistent communication Remember this. Relationships matter. Stories matter.
In human relationships, distance is not measured in miles but in affection. Two people can be right next to each other yet miles apart.
Stay in touch with those who really matter to you, not because it’s convenient, but because they are worth the extra effort.
The single greatest problem in communication is the illusion it has taken place. Too often we don’t listen to understand, we listen to reply. Bring awareness ti this. And listen for what’s truly behind the words.
Set an example. Treat everyone with respect, even those who are rude to you not because they are always nice, but because you are. And do your best to be thankful for the rude and difficult people too, they serve as great reminders of how not to be.
15. Sometimes it is better to be kind than right.
People are much nicer when they are happier, which says a lot about those who aren’t very nice to you. Sad, but true.
The real test always comes when you don’t get what you expect from people. Will you react in anger? Or will calmness be your superpower?
The way we treat people is the way we treat people we don’t understand is a report card on what we’ve learned about love, compassion, and kindness.
Be kinder than necessary. What goes around, comes around. No one has ever made themselves strong by showing how small someone is.
The best relationships are not just about the good times you share, they are also they’re also about the obstacles you go through together and the fact that you still say I love you in the end.
Now for the quotes and the songs, I promise to not get too morbid.
I missed doing this, I feel sad often. At 68nits too late, baby.
It has been eleven and four years for the Williams siblings since we became the elders. Each and every day.
Plum village, such a wisw nman. R.I.P. THich.
How many ways can you say, I love you mum and dad.
I did some terrible things to my mum during my teenage years, I call it our black vs. white time.
Lots of truth in this statement.
In my Buddhist years Pema Chodron always said this
They mostly always know already, they just love you for who you are.
Unrequied love by any other name.
Great image of motherhood.
For you, Karina.
Unfortunately , we do not do this all of the time, then we have to have our wounds healed.
Early days, it’s up to mum and dad.
over to my words. The first slogan I ever got paid the princely sum of AUS25 dollars for It’s up to us, Because we Can, It’s our time. The ethos of Interculturalosism: Love and Respect for all, everybody included. Leonard – The light gets in, Gil Scott Heron: The revolution will not be televised Me- fuck Rupert Murdoch. It is an interesting time in our lands: WE are charging the machine guns, and some of us will not make it. There are more of us than them, They know they have lost. If you enjoyed this I would appreciate s donation towards the 1 million dollars I am raising for the ASRC in 2023/ The button os on our website.
Jamie Catto is a creative facilitator, mischief maker and trailblazer cutting through the bullshit to clear the way for authentic connection and inner understanding.
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