03-03-2013, 10:26 AM
There are no geniuses, but you can have a genius. In ancient Rome, the genius (plural in Latin genii) was the guiding spirit or tutelary deity of a person, family, or place. Because the achievements of exceptional individuals seemed to indicate the presence of a particularly powerful "genius"
Everyone on this Earth is particularly special because everyone has the potential to channel the great knowledge that exists around us.
Everything is channeled, you either tune in or you don't.
To call yourself something so great is to cave the universe in on your soul. It is too much, it breaks down the mind. We can see it around us. Celebrities are treated like gods and if they believe it for a moment and than realize their manufactured identity, what do they do? They end up shaving their heads, they end up in rehab, they revert into themselves and/or die young if they cannot distinguish between themselves and what has been manufactured.
So, what about these 'new' children? What of the pressure behind the labels we give to their existence? Can this do harm before they have done anything at all with the satisfaction of having done something by merely existing as they are?
All children have that potential.
Is the constant pressure and stroking of the ego in this culture snuffing out improvement?
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I heard a story from a Muslim about compliments, if someone were to tell him how amazing he was for what he has accomplished in the world he would respond "Thank you.. but please understand, these compliments do not help me improve. My ego grows, my boastfulness. The ego that is satisfied with the now, but the present becomes the past and I want to move forward."
Everything is channeled, you either tune in or you don't.
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We are channelers.
We are instruments in a great symphony, so we must tune into ourselves first, and then tune into each other and listen to the universe. If one instrument is out of tune in an orchestra, what does the symphony sound like? This is why we must help each other.
Venus, the Bringer of Peace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE6_PacC...25F7F6E930
from Gustav Holst's Planet Suite Op. 32 (1914 - 1916)
Everyone on this Earth is particularly special because everyone has the potential to channel the great knowledge that exists around us.
Everything is channeled, you either tune in or you don't.
To call yourself something so great is to cave the universe in on your soul. It is too much, it breaks down the mind. We can see it around us. Celebrities are treated like gods and if they believe it for a moment and than realize their manufactured identity, what do they do? They end up shaving their heads, they end up in rehab, they revert into themselves and/or die young if they cannot distinguish between themselves and what has been manufactured.
So, what about these 'new' children? What of the pressure behind the labels we give to their existence? Can this do harm before they have done anything at all with the satisfaction of having done something by merely existing as they are?
All children have that potential.
Is the constant pressure and stroking of the ego in this culture snuffing out improvement?
...
I heard a story from a Muslim about compliments, if someone were to tell him how amazing he was for what he has accomplished in the world he would respond "Thank you.. but please understand, these compliments do not help me improve. My ego grows, my boastfulness. The ego that is satisfied with the now, but the present becomes the past and I want to move forward."
Everything is channeled, you either tune in or you don't.
We are channelers.
We are instruments in a great symphony, so we must tune into ourselves first, and then tune into each other and listen to the universe. If one instrument is out of tune in an orchestra, what does the symphony sound like? This is why we must help each other.
Venus, the Bringer of Peace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE6_PacC...25F7F6E930
from Gustav Holst's Planet Suite Op. 32 (1914 - 1916)
"What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning" - Werner Karl Heisenber