You don’t meet people by Accident!!

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Rod's World

As long as you’re stuck in a cynical worldview that dismisses magic and miracles as nonsense, you’ll limit your access to real-life miracles. In her chapter The Road Back in her awesome book The Anatomy of a Calling Lissa Rankin: Read about it here. there is what is called a hero’s practice on how to become one with synchronicity, here it is:

Hero’s Practice:

Become One with Synchronicity

When synchronicities happen they feel like miracles, and this helps us feel connected to All That Is. But most of us tend to see the synchronicity as “other,” as if it’s happening outside of us, a miraculous gift from beyond. Such synchronicities feel haphazard. We can’t predict when they’ll come, and yet we crave more of them once we’ve tasted a few. But what if, rather than waiting for synchronicity to visit us, we can become synchronicity? Rather than simply hoping for more synchronicities, transpersonal psychologist Ted Esser PhD invites us to emerge with synchronicity itself and allow ourselves to be synchronicity, not only for ourselves but also for others. The first day I practised this, I was just walking around, living my everyday life without doing anything special, and three people told me that I was a ‘sign from the Universe,’ delivering much-needed messages that guided their paths. it felt like the Universe was winking at me.

So try this. Instead of waiting for synchronicity to find you, let yourself become synchronicity for someone else. When you let the Universe use you, you just might become someone else’s miracle without even lifting a finger.

Each morning, take a moment to close your eyes and quiet your mind.
Set the intention to merge with synchronicity.
Feel yourself becoming one with synchronicity.
Invite synchronicity to guide you in your daily life, and if it resonates with you, ask that synchronicity use you to be someone else’s miracle.
Heighten your awareness as you navigate your daily life. If you’re not paying attention, you might miss synchronicities that arrive to guide your path. Notice whether other people comment that your presence is a synchronicity for them. The more you practise this, the more you’re likely to become aware of the synchronicities that are all around you.

That a lot of synchronicities, so what has the world said about this, and where did the concept come from:

1. The clinical meaning to explain the unexplainable.

2. If you walk around with your eyes open the rewards are great: Eyes Open.

3. Raven is a shaman and has some wild accusations against him, check them out on his website at http://www.ravenkaldera.org/rumors.

4. When we get in contact with our soul, all that stuff we just knew was best for us and we didn’t do begin to make so much sense: Break Free.

5. One of my Faves, Danielle trains you to say Yes, Yes, yes.

6. There’s a starman watching in the sky, his name is synchronicity: Starman.

7. And I definitely didn’t know this before I started writing this blog, Jungian theory.

8. Or that his Holiness, the Dalai Lama was a student of it as well: No Expectations.

9. Remember to pay attention to your awareness.

10. How do you choreograph yours: Synchronicity

11. Makes sense to me.

12. More often related to

“once you stop learning you start dying”

― Albert Einstein: Start Again.

13. I personally call her Gaia, God has far too many male autocracy connotations for me, use whatever works for you.

14. Sometimes it just doesn’t feel that way when it is happening at

the moment, we need to journey further down the path to get it: Go with the Flow.

15. And then there is always Magic to believe in.

On the spiritual path, synchronicity is explained by the Sanskrit term of siddhis, cautionary tales are told about these on the yogic, meditators and retreat paths, that if not related to with integrity they can become a hook to the ego, a spiritual cul-de-sac distracting you from the true path. If you are willing to be humble and stay open to miracles you are in for an adventurous life.

Music this time, A few pop divas, two old 60’s classics, some Deepak wisdom and an indie classic.

Namaste until next time, my dear friends.

Passion meets Compassion!!

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Rod's World

Your karass is out there. You are already a part of it. Your life has great meaning, and if you become conscious of it, it speeds up the process. When the members of a karass know that others exist, something activates and the karass gets organised and can operate more efficiently. You may not know yet which karass you’re in, but of you do, consider whether you know who’s in your karass. See if you can find even one person who is serving the same purpose as you./ Reach out to these people. Make a connection. Acknowledge your shared vision. These people are not your competition. They are your allies. If we all do this , perhaps we can serve our purpose more effectively.

This is the hero’s practice in the Committ to Illuminating the Truth in Lissa Rankin’s excellent book The Anatomy of a Calling.

The term karass comes from Kurt Vonnegut’s book Cat’s Cradle. A karass is a group of incarnated beings whose job it is to bring into existence one of God’s holy ideas, pretty neat, huh.

So lets have a look at what society says about finding your purpose:

1. from a man who definitely found his then went about giving it away to the world, Pablo Picasso gets it pretty right as to what finding your purpose means.

2. That is why you need to find your karass, they will allow you your rest and then get you back on track: Don’t Give Up.

3. Don’t have a job, have the profession that is your purpose, your passion.

4. False slogans and statements can get in the way of your purpose, it didn’t for Martin Luther King: I have a Dream.

5. Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist who was best known for creating Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority, culminating in self-actualization. This is the next step after self-actualisation.

6. Remember those things you didn’t complete, they were’nt your passion: Change.

7. My passion is to integrate Love and Respect for All, Everyone Included, what the purpose is I am yet to find.

8. Dostoyevsky’s literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of realistic philosophical and religious themes. A hard period to stay alive in , Dostoyevsky definitely found something to live for through his writing: A Great Big World

9. One of the primary tasks this time in, why did you choose to be born this time around? When found out, go for it with all of your might.

10. Nothing and nobody to compare yourself to when you live from purpose: Purpose.

11. A question , How many of you found your purpose through learning the times tables?

12. Especially the recipes taught as curriculums via the education system: I like me Better.

13. Indigenous wisdom worth listening to.

14. Support people as they strive for their purpose, it can be a tough journey: As you walk through the Storm.

15. And finally remember all the great purposes have never been about ourselves.

The bond between members of a karass runs deep and pure. Their lives fit together in service to their shared spiritual purpose, go out there and finf and help build your karass.

The Music comes from the 60’s, Prince, John Legend, Justin beiber and there is also 5 minutes of Martin Luther King’s genius/

Namaste, until next time, my dear friends.

Before Alice got to Wonderland!!

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Rod's World

I’m reading Tools of Titans , an amazing resource book by Tim Ferriss. He suggests you read only the bits that hit home to you. It’s broken up in three parts: Healthy , Wealthy and Wise. I had to stop reading the healthy bit because it became way too confronting for the physical state I am in at the moment.

So I flipped to the wealthy section and the page opened on big Tony, Tony Robbins, he of the just say YES and finish my sentences for me. Each person is asked Is there a quote that guides your Life? Tony’s answer was “It’s a belief: Life is happening for us, not to us. It’s our job to find out where the benefit is. If we do, Life is magnificent.

After my experiences with NLP I have a dislike for some of Tony’s methods so this may explain why I misread it as Life is Happening to Us, so this is what we will discuss roday:

1. I went dancing to Sweat Your Prayers on Sunday for the first time in a long time. I ran into my friend Jane. There was this incredibly sensual young woman with her, I kept thinking I know you, turns out it was Jane’s daughter Caitlin who I had spent a weekend sharing our souls together at a retreat late last year. We chatted like we had been apart 5 minutes.

2. Denis Kimbro deals with the question as to why black Americans, who are considered wealthy by 90% of the worlds population, struggle on a day to day basis, his premise is that their reaction to life dis-empowers them: Not Afraid.

3. From one of the world’s great philosophers, Ms. Unknown comes this classic that point to where we must first work on our life, Within.

4. In this I want it right now world we often forget this and manage to stuff quite a few things up: Hakuna Matata.

5. Things happens, they become events in our lives. Then stressors enter the Universe, they are called our reactions, choose wisely.

6. The meat and potatoes way of saying it: It’s my Life.

7. Supposed to be versus how it actually is , gives us access to Life is happening for us.

8. You have a roof over your head, money in your purse and food to eat, for a huge percentage of the planet that is equivalent to joy: Brene on Joy.

9. My take at it: It’s up to us, because we can, It’s our time.

10. Are they still there, the one’s who are: they are the keepers: True Colours.

11. Love and Respect for All, Everyone Included.

12. What if everything that happens for us is to teach us a lesson, and our job is to get them as soon as we can: What about Us.

13. Just to make sure you get the hint!!

14. And remember the mirror practice so you know who needs to hear this message: Change Your Life.

15. And from the creator of http://www.thework.com, Byron Katie, a final reminder that life happens for us. It’s up to us how that occurs.

Tony also mentions that a way to improve your life is to ask great questions that empower you because then your life is happening for you because you are the driving force.

Music this week comes from Eminem, Bon Jovi, Pink, Casey Chambers, Hakuna Matata and some wisdom from Brene Brown. I think its time for Youtube Red, can’t stomach the Macca and Coke ads, apologies in advance.

Namaste until next time, my dear friends.

Your path is Beautiful and Crooked!!

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Rod's World

Paulo Coelho wrote: One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted to do. Do it now.

Many of us put our happiness and dreams on hold for another day, when the truth is life is happening right now. If you want to make positive changes, today is the day. I love Joseph Campbell’s Follow your Bliss journey, It isn’t all about wonders, it also includes the dark side and what it takes to get through it to attain the bliss in your life.

So There are a lot of Joseph’s quotes in today’s list but that’s not a bad thing:

1. If you are stuck in a pile of to do lists to fulfill that one dream you chances of missing that door that opened to that magnificent opportunity is high, do not become stuck.

2. They say only 20% of people get to stage 8: Wake Me Up.

3. Walls lock you out, doors are what creates your life when you have the guts to open them.

4. Known as the journey of the hero, leads for an extraordinary life: Journey of a Hero.

5. What you seek is on the other side, take the steps and enter with courage!!

6. Go and do that!!: Turn Me On!!

7. You know when you decided to turn right and bumped into your life partner, that’s the path.

8. Garbologist, writer, life coach, parent – It doesn’t really matter: Try Everything.

9. Your bliss never loses you, It’s just waiting in the shadows for you to locate it.

10. When I saw her, I forgot to Inhale: Happy.

11. My friend Emeli from Collective Potential calls it your purpose. When it occurs, your bliss guides you to it and your life is never the same again.

12. There may only be a little bit, but its an ongoing practice. The more you practice it, the more joy will surface: Joy.

13. No matter what people tell you about what you are doing that is making you happy, It’s your bliss not there’s.

14. Share your message, don’t write wwrite: One last Song.

15. Bliss to me is giving the stars to those we love.

What is another word for bliss?

What’s another word for bliss? Here’s a list of synonyms for this word.

delight, enjoyment, euphoria, happiness, harmony, joy, paradise, pleasure, beatitude, blessedness, cool, ecstasy, felicity, gladness, heaven, rapture, gone

The music includes an hour of Pharrell Williams amazing 24 hour video of people dancing to Happy, it is very uplifting and the African women singing Joy is beautiful.

Namaste until next time my dear friends:

delight, enjoyment, euphoria, happiness, harmony, joy, paradise, pleasure, beatitude, blessedness, cool, ecstasy, felicity, gladness, heaven, rapture, gone

Fill your Heart with what is Important!!

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Rod's World

“I love, accept, and express that I fill myself first so I can heal the world.” This is the affirmation Steve Sisgold of Whole Body Intelligence,His website got Lissa Rankin to use when she realised her belief system was the following: “You’re selfish and narcisstic if you take care of yourself first. You have no value unless you’re helping others. Your blog audience won’t love you anymore unless you give until you’re depleted. Your mother won’t love you anymore, either.”

This made my stomach turn as I was reading the secind statement, I think it covers some of my beliefs pretty well. Here is the Hero’s practice called Check Your Motives from Lissa’s book an Anatomy of a Calling:

Check Your Motives:

The next time you consider being helpful ir saying yes to service, pause. Get quiet, and ask yourself, “Why am I doing this?” Are you afraid of disappointing someone if you say no? Are you motivated by pity or fear? Will you fear like, “not enough” if you don’t do it? Are you trying to impress someone? Does it exhaust you to even think about saying yes? If any of these feel true, graciously say no to the opportunity to serve, knowing that you are not just filling yourself first but also protecting yourself from getting caught in a Rescuer/Victim/Persecutor triad, which will lead you to inadvertantly hurt yourself and others.

If, however, you are motivated by surges of love – which generate the impulse to leap out of your chair and say yes, free of any hidden language – go for it! If you’re so far down the spiritual path that there is little “self” to self-sacrifice and you are full to the brim with the desire fir pure service, knowing how fulfilling it is to serve in a clean way, say yes.

Practice this exercise every time you are inclined to serve. This will help you learn to be very discerning about your relationship to service and those you serve, and as a result, you will not only avoid depleting yourself but also expand your capacity for fulfillment and joy.

So how does the world relate to filling ones self up before others, It should be an interesting journey:

1. Once you are a bunch of smouldering ashes you are not much use to anyone.

2. It’s never to late to write your bestseller, that one you don’t tell others about: Your Song.

3. This is the number one way to stoppbecoming depleted in your life.

4. The more energy you have and that you shine on the world the more you can give to it: I Gotta Feeling.

5. The more you hide who you really are, the more harm can be done to you and by you.

6. From one of TV”s favourite fictional characters comes some practical wisdom about filling yourself first: Love Myself.

7. Ask yourself before you say Yes, What would Love Do in this situation?

8. Heed the warming, rehydrate your soul when it needs it: Take care of Yourself.

9. Manifexting with Marla, catchy name for a great piece of advice.

10. Deepak’s friend Oprah has this to say about this , in a much more pragmatic way: When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are:Give it UP to Me.

11. Remember, to help with human rights, yours must be included amongst them.

12. Might fine advice, R.Z., will help keep one out of the Rescuer/Victim/Persecutor triad: Put a little Love in your Heart.

13. Remember to complete your Hero’s Journey, not everyone or everything will make ot to the end.

14. Here in Australia, we have a condition called the tall poppy syndrome. It’s very dangerous for the future of our country: That’s What I Like.

15. That deep satisfaction has to exist within your soul before there is any chance of another giving it to you.

When you’re motivated by the soul’s yearning rather than the ego’s “not enoughness” giving to others feeds you. Service can be like breathing. You give on the exhale, but the giving itself breathers life into you and you are nourished by the giving. So remember to do the exercise so that you are chosing from love and not depleting your life-force.

Music this week includes Annie Lennox, Al Green and Shakita. Enjoy!!

Namaste until next time , my dear friends

Face your Fears, and Wipe your Tears!!

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Rod's World

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, “Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” : Martin Luther King

There’s something precious and unique about each and everyone of us. We are all worthy human beings; we are all smart and capable of achieving many inspiring and wonderful acts. You came here to perform a very important role, and who you are matters.

The world needs all of us, so let’s have a look at what we have said over the generations about living a life that matters:

1. Looking for someone else to provide this within you heart will not work if you are not there as well.

2. Jon Freeman studies split second social perception – how we use facial cues to categorize other people into social groups and perceive their personality traits and emotion. This makes is so important that we have a healthy self image as in these days of this style of perception we don’t get much time from others: You matter to Me.

3. Remember, it’s not what people say, it’s in their actions.

4. In the end it’s what you think about yourself that counts. What others thinks is their personal perception: Perfect.

5. We don’t tend to remember the church or the valley we walked through, It’s the people we were with that counts.

6. My friend Emeli rescued a woman from an abusive situation because she cared, she met her on the side of the road when she had given up. Where in you life have you done something similar by caring, giving a shit: Chasing Cars.

7. Giving for giving sake, what would you do in life that you don’t need to be paid for.

8. If we only remembered these deep lessons we read in the books of our younger years. Dr Seuss provided one here: Need you Now.

9. The way through those experiences is not to wish they would go away, It is to enter them and accept they happened and have the control they have over you lessen.

10. When you get up in the morning, look in the mirror and say, I’m allowed and I matter: Welcome Back.

11. Another piece to this puzzle is why are you who you are, what do you jump out of bed in the morning for. If you get a chance watch Simon Sinek’s brilliant TED talk on the subject of Why.

12. Over our lives people move in and out of them, don’t stay too long if you are no longer a match: Time to Leave.

13. William James was one of the leading thinkers of the late nineteenth century and is believed by many to be one of the most influential philosophers the United States has ever produced, while others have labeled him the “Father of American psychology”.

14. Simple Acts of Kindness: Good People.

15. And a final message from the lorax – care a whole awful lot, you matter.

We all have something to contribute to life. If we cling to our fears and doubts our part of the puzzle will never be complete. Remember look in the mirror – I’m Allowed and what I do matters.

The Music – Bruno Mars doing a kids song, Jack Johnson classic Good People and a Pink number.

Namaste until next time, my dear friends.

I will walk by Faith!!

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Rod's World

I am revisiting 15 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy – An Inspiring Guide to Discovering Effortless Joy by Luminita D. Saviuc, AKA The Purpose Fairy: Here’s the list. I opened the book to the section on Chapter 7 – Give up complaining: I thought for a moment about turning to another page but realised that this was meant to be the subject of todays blog, to have some faith in life. Luminita likes quotes, as I do and here is the one that opens the chapter:

People who never achieve happiness are the ones who complain

whenever they’re awake, and whenever they’re asleep.

they are thinking about that to complain about tomorrow – Adam Zimbler

So how do tyou say don’t complain 15 different ways – let’s have a look:

1. My friends and I tried this for 30 days once, the furtherest anyone made it was 5 days, and they were probably lying.

2. We are the creators of our lives, when we are complaining about it, not many candles burning: Candlelight.

3. Warm Fuzzy Feeling, reminds me of lolly gobble bliss bombs, an Australian snack food released in the seventies. Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs were known for their colourful packaging, which featured surreal psychedelic artwork, reminiscent of Peter Max, Robert Crumb or The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers.

4. I would love the time back from the things I have complained about in my life that truthfully I could not change: Changes.

5. You love, You appreciate, that makes you smile , That ……….

6. There are people we remember because they did things to make wrongs right: Martin, Nelson, Malala: Join them or become quiet: Try Everything.

7. Is cursing showing you have a lesser use of your total vocabulary, I think so in this situation.

8. My Essence for this quarter in my year long Activation program is Acceptance, if happiness is thrown in I will be stoked: Happy.

9. Katrina Mayer earned a doctorate in metaphysics from the American Institute of Holistic Theology. She is a writer, motivational speaker, corporate executive, and an ordained interfaith minister. The author of The Mustard Seed Way,she lives on the north shore of Long Island, New York.

10. The spirits have spoken: new world paradigm – a transformed world: Yesterday.

11. They say we choose when we decide to become a human being. Why do so many people forget the total gift this is?

12. Mathematically, the 80/20 rule is roughly followed by a power law distribution (also known as a Pareto distribution) for a particular set of parameters, and many natural phenomena have been shown empirically to exhibit such a distribution: Tim Ferriss 80/20 principle.

13. Robin Sharma, The Monk who sold his Ferrari points to one solution, don’t sleep as long , you have 24 hours in the day the same as everybody else, use it so it works.

14. As a proofreader I can’t believe it when people misspell words and actually print things, is that a complaint: Don’t Speak.

15. The last time you will ever use these words or thoughts.

If you took one-tenth of the energy you put into complaining

and applied it to solving the problem, you’d be surprised

by how well things can work out… Complaining does not work

as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Anytime we

spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals.

And it won’t make us happier – Randy Pausch

The music today – Bollywood, Bowie, That Happy Song, a chat from Tim Ferriss, and a few pop divas, enjoy.

Namaste until next time, my dear friends

Everyone’s True Colours Show Eventually

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Rod's World

Our thoughts create our emotions and our emotions create our realities… Observe your thoughts, Just for Today. Observe your thoughts free of any judgements, just allow them to come through as they are. If you notice any negative thoughts appearing that’s excellent, now you have the ability to change them, now change them.

We have 10-17 magical seconds to flip our thoughts into positive ones before the negative thought manifests. Yes, you are that powerful. Continue, reminding yourself to observe your thoughts, with zero judgement, for as long as you can. This practice session is now complete.

We have a lot of 10-17 second moments in our lives where we do not choose or have the emotional ability to swap from negative to positive, why is this so. Let’s have a look at how life has looked at the moment of observing our thoughts:

1. It’s in the actions we create our future life, thoughts are just passing through. it’s what we do that puts it in concrete.

2. The art of mindfulness, the ability to observe, not be driven by the chaos of our mind was the greatest gift given to the west by the great meditation masters of the east: That I would Be Good.

3. One of the great gifts Lao Tzu gave to the world.

4. My friend and mentor Arion talks about living life at 50 litres or 1,000 litres. Who do you surround yourself with in life: Believe.

5. That mind is a tricky beast, isn’t it. It seems to have a mind of it’s own, we wouldn’t have those thoughts, would we?

6. It’s time to eat: The Simpsons or Shakespeare, bitching or praising your friends magnificence, you choose: Halo.

7. The cost of extreme vulnerability, some friends might just not get it.

8. Eckhardt titled his book about this subject, The Power of Now: Human.

9. The purpose of thinking and thought, to feel our passions that move us towards our dreams.

10. To break free of the control of thoughts, like , I need another drink, a block of chocolate would be good right now is one journey worth going on: Morning Meditation.

11. And what Deepak is doing in the video gives you the ability to be totally responsible, Yay!!!

12. Would you let your best friend have those thoughts or be at the influence of them for any length of time?: Best Friendship Song Ever.

13. It’s those moments in between the thoughts that hold the magic, remember to look for them each day.

14. A little bit more of wisdom from Siddhārtha Gautama AKA The Buddha. That world out there, you made it up: Sweet Dreams are made of This.

15. And waiting in the background, for you to get better at observing your thoughts, is your sweet, sweet heart.

So I am calling for you to take on a daily practice which will give you the ability to observe your thoughts, not be observed and controlled by them, have fun taking it on.

Musically today we swing from Bruno mars to the Eurythmics with some wisdom from Deepak Chopra thrown in, enjoy…

Namaste until next time, my dear friends.

You’re not a jar of Nutella

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Rod's World

What am I writing about with a title like that? It’s a feisty one. I recieved Danielle LaPortes Free and Clear process – It’s about what are you going to stop doing, I write something everyday in my 2017 Desire Map Daily Planner and it is not that easy some days ten months in. I spoke to my Activation buddy heather about who stated, why would you do that, I think that if you want new stuff/time in your life that you have to remove old stuff to get the space for the new stuff, lot’s of stuff, huh.

So I put stop doing things quotes in google images and from the result there is not a lot of focus on this over time, there were about thirty versions of three quotes, lets see if you can guess which ones they were of the following fifteen I have chosen:

1. What in you life do you do because you have always done it? When did people stop appreciating you for it. Over to you, you know what to do.

2. I was watching two young children filling in time the other night, they are definitely as far away from death as one could be moment to moment: Raise your Glass.

3. You don’t have to stop doing those things that touch you in your heart and soul, they are special.

4. A suggestion for things you should stop doing, if they are not in your present presence, it’s time to say ta ta: Rolling in the Deep.

5. And these are the things you definitely should not stop.

6. I like the name of the webpage – The possibiltyoftoday.com and the message to stop reacting to things you have no control over: Island in the Sun.

7. Why do we need to create space? This quote points to exactly why.

8. Wise words from Tom. And it has to be my favourite Tom Waits tune: Heart Attack and Vine.

9. We all don’t have to save the world with the things we do. But I love how Mother Teresa suggests we do it.

10. Word: Try Everything.

11. And then again there are these things we could easily stop doing, or is it that easy?

12. I don’t know what to say about this, many will disagree: Loyalty

13. If you are struggling with things you could stop doing, here’s a few ideas.

14. Permanent people, how many are there in your life: A Permanent Hug from You.

15. Thomas could be one of several people, he may even be from the 15th century, but its a bit hard to tell. So never ever ever stop doing this.

Danielle finishes her free and clear sheet with the words Tell yourself that you will Love and Protect yourself at all times. And….stop it , Thankyou Danielle.

The music is heavily leaning towards pop divas, but there is a classic Tom Waits track and a oh so cute number that has only had 13,000 hits on Youtube.

Namaste until next time my dear friends.

When basic becomes complicated, Simplify!!

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Rod's World

Einstein said many things, but one of his most profound quotes was “If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it to yourself”.

In this crazy tech driven society of ours people seem to have forgotten that life is meant to be about simplicity. Sunsets and Sunrises, rainbows, walking the dog, the simple tasks of life. In the excellent book about human nature; Selfish, Scared and Stupid by Dan Gregory & Kieran Flanagan: SSS article. they wrote a cheat sheet to keep it simple, here it is:

Make it Simple Shortcuts

We are already ridiculously busy and overloaded with information, so make things easy to digest and simple to action.
If you make our lives more complicated, we will simply ignore you.
We have more options than we need, so make yours simpler to understand.
If you can’t fit it onto a post-it or explain it to a six year old, it needs simplifying.
Identify the most basic need or value you need to satisfy and start there.
Information curators are the new power brokers.

Bruce Lee hits the nail squarely on the head: If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. So what has society thought about simplicity over the generations, let’s have a look:

1. How many of these don’t you do because of the complications you have made them mean, change to the simplicity of this list.

2. Two and a half thousand years ago Confucius gave the world this piece of advice, do you think we listened. Get out your Iphone and ask a friend: Simple Life.

3. And from the great series Mad Men, Don Draper offers an advertising executive’s cut at simplicity.

4. My friends daughter Natalie is a minimalist. Here’s some information about it if you don’t know what it is:Minimalism.

5. Never thought I would see the day I would quote Adolf Hitler, but unfortunately he has a point that politicians have been using for centuries.

6. I have to admit that there are complicated things on the planet. Those formulas we see written on those board in films need mathematicians to make them, simply, understandable: Welcome to my Complicated Life.

7. More wisdom from the curly haired one, an example: Steve Jobs and the IPhone, remember the original bricks that were the mobile phone.

8. The process of existing on this planet between sunrise and sunset , what happened?: Sunrise, Sunset.

9. When I was leaving my unit this morning, I noticed the many things I had lying around I have not used in months, time for a clean out.

10. Like this a lot. I must admit when I think of simple that less comes to mind: Clarity.

11. I was surprised Google Images brought up this reference to Bali under make it simple quotes, but then again I have not been there, all my friends who have would probably say it makes perfect sense.

12. It’s in the making of it that the simplicity gets in: Cheap Thrills.

13. What do you want to be when you grow up? Where does all that other shit come from.

14. And when your life is simplified here is one of the greatest and simplest gifts you can give another: Come up and see me, make me Smile.

15. Yes I am of that age where I recognise pictures that are no longer used but where a lot simpler.

A typical supermarket in the modern world holds more than 47,000 products on its shelves. Only 30 years ago , that number was closer to 9,000. Some toothpaste companies produce over 50 products, more than the number of teeth we have in our mouth.

A great definition of simplicity is given by Jonathan Ive, Apples head of design: “True simplicity is derived from so much more than the absence of clutter and ornamentation. It’s about bringing order to complexity”.

The music today is a 70’s classic, a mini doco, some pop divas, a musical classic and an alternative anthem to a simple life, Enjoy.

Namaste until next time, my dear friends.