Thursday, February 19, 2015

1255 TODAY, I REREAD POST 34: MINE YOUR MIND FOR GOLD

Written on Friday, April 29, 2011:
Common sense suggests that subconscious dark spots will not lighten up until flashes of insight highlight self defeating patterns that we've yet to see in ourselves.

For example:
Do you have a clue as to who manipulates you to meet their needs?
Do you have a clue as to how you manipulate others to meet your needs?
Do you have a clue as to how subtle mind manipulation can be?
Do you have a clue as to when undeserved guilt is doled out?
Do you have a clue as to when undeserved guilt invades peace of mind?

Or how about this:
What if we feel bullied when a loved one is shedding light on aspects of REALITY that we're afraid to see, and thus do we turn a blind eye and deny, deny, deny ... (Direct your think tank toward family interventions, organized to rescue loved ones from themselves.)

Once I got a clue as to how complex this concept of bullying can be, I chose to write about the effect that brainwashing has had on my psyche.

The fact that I've struck gold in the past inspires me to place my faith in my thought processor's innate ability to tunnel toward insights, which will illuminate dark spots that have haunted the shadows of my mind, over long.  If you'd like to see how I exhume ghosts, which go bump inside the subconscious portion of my mind then put on your miner's hat, switch on its light and tunnel forth with me.

As bullying does not end when adulthood begins, I hope to encourage you to gain insight into how best to offer each other respect and support during the hard times rather than allowing heightened levels of anxiety to toss put downs around, indiscriminately.

As a teacher, I believe it's important to inspire each brain to think deep.
As a teacher of effective communications, I hope you'll pass my blog forward from friend to friend via Face book, Twitter, lunches, cocktails, dinner parties, ... or wherever thoughts and ideas are exchanged, and here's my reasoning behind this request:

If you believe in THE POWER OF ONE
Connecting with the powers of MANY
If you believe in the power of grass roots movements
If you believe in connecting with
One person—one family—one community at a time—
Then we can work to connect the dots until
Our grass roots movement inspires community spirit to circle the globe.
We can do no great things ... only small things with great love.  Mother Teresa 
Just saw BILLY ELLIOT with a group of dear friends.  Each dance inspires the spirit to shrug off repression while ascending each next rung toward existential independence.  Each song rings out with the heartfelt need for a meeting of the minds between father and son while their entire community stands testament to the fact that everyone faces the challenge of going toe to toe with conflict, which inevitably accompanies change.  This family's story represents each person's soulful need for freedom of expression concerning values, which, over the long run, prove universal and timeless.

Time after time, we read memoirs or watch movies and plays drumming this theme into our brains:  Let freedom from oppressive repression ring loud and clear for all!  As you can see, each message in this play ignites my passion to respond openly, courageously—respectfully and compassionately—under fire—once I muster the readiness to open my mouth ...
Your friend,
:-)Annie

2015
In recent weeks, my spirit has been challenged to face a person's need to rain on my parade, suggesting that, once again, I go toe to toe with this choice:  Retreat in silence and nurse my wounds—retaliate and escalate this struggle for power over my psyche or—ascend another rung on the ladder of mindful resistance while mustering the patience to brainstorm toward insight into a third course of action, which, being positively focused, will best serve my needs and the needs of the community, over the long run ...

Since you know me to consult with Socrates, consistently, it's not hard to guess which of those choices proves to be mine ...

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