Wisdom from the
Elders
"To succeed in the new economy,
we must operate by the design principles of the rainforest"
Mr Tachi Kiuchi - Managing
Director of Mitsubishi Electric USA & Chair of Future 500 USA
Every gardener knows you don't cause a plant to grow
... Sooner or later we'll all wake up and realize that the industrial system is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Nature" ...... Peter Senge senior lecturer at MIT,
chairperson of SoL
"I am working for the creation,
I refuse to take part in it's destruction" - American Indian Elder
"These are our times and our
responsibilities. Every human being has a sacred duty to protect the welfare of
our mother earth, from whom all life comes. In order to do this we must
recognize the energy there is within us. We must begin with ourselves." -
Tadadaho Chief Lean Shenandoah
Keeping the water pure is one of
the first laws of life - American Indian Elder
"When I'm on a high mountain,
looking out over the country, my unggur (life force) flows out
from inside my body, and I fall open with
happiness."
- David Mowaljarlai - Ngarinyin
Elder
We must widen the circle of our
love till it embraces the whole village: the village in it's turn must take into
it's fold the district, the district the province, and so on till the scope of
our love becomes coterminous with the world. - Mahatma Ghandi 1929
Man often becomes what he
believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain
thing, it is possible that I may end up by really becoming incapable of doing
it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely
acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. -
Mahatma Ghandi 1937
Our people believe that on the
day we start communicating with dolphins and whales, great doors of knowledge
and wisdom will be opened to us because these marine animals, the umkhoma (the
conqueror) and the ihlengethwa (the redeemer) are custodians of knowledge that
we wretched beings have not dreamt about - Credo Mutwa - African Zulu Elder
"Great Spirits have always
encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein
Perception depends on your
energy and ability to receive - build your abilities purposefully
"Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed it is the only
thing that ever has" - Margaret Mead
The great strength of prominent
cultures is unity
Yoda - "My ally is the force and
a powerful force it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its
energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings
are we, not this crude matter. You must
feel the force around you, here, between you, me, the tree, the rock,
everywhere, yes even between the land and
the ship."
Luke Skywalker - "You want the
impossible, I don't believe it."
Yoda - "That is why you fail."
From "The Empire Strikes Back"
"The only significant things in
life are how much you have loved, and how much you have let go"
- Buddha 500 BC
Nelson Mandela - About
Personal Power
Our deepest fear is not that we
are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our
darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented and fabulous ?
Actually, who are you NOT to be
?
You are a child of God. Your
playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened
about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
You were born to manifest the
glory of God that is within us. It's not just in
some of us: it's in EVERYONE ! And as we let our
own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others !
Integrating Love & Power
Power properly understood is the
ability to achieve purpose ... Power is not
only desirable but necessary in order to implement the demands of love and
justice. One of the greatest problems of
history is that the concepts of love and
power are usually contrasted as polar opposites. Love is identified with a
resignation of power, and power with a denial of
love ....
What is needed is a realization
that power without love is reckless and
abusive, and that love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at
its best is love implementing the demands of
justice. Justice at its best is love
correcting everything that stands against love.
Nelson Mandela 1994 Inaugural
speech
Inspiration
"Never give a sword to a man who
cannot dance" - Old Celtic motto
"Integrity is the essence of
everything" - R. Buckminster Fuller
Everything is Energy - Deepak
Chopra, Albert Einstein et al
Thought (which is energy)
creates your reality (physical and non-physical)
- shown by Albert Einstein &
Quantum Physics
Approximately 95 % of thoughts
are subconscious ie unknown to the conscious mind.
What's really driving you ?
Increasing conscious awareness increases abilities & power.
We experience what we believe.
If we don't believe that we experience what we believe, then
we don't, which still means the first statement is
true. - Harry Palmer
"For things to change first I
must change"
"My health and wealth are
created by my daily habits"
An unhappy man is never lucky -
Arabian proverb
Clarity in the Present Moment -
Leads to Power
"Our chief want in life is
somebody who will make us do what we can"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Choice, not chance determines
destiny
Find the truth and the truth
will set you free
"Unless you try to do something
beyond what you have already mastered, you will never
grow"
- Ronald E. Osborn
"The quality of a person's life
is in direct proportion to their commitment to
excellence, regardless of their
chosen field of endeavor"
- Vincent T. Lombardi
"It's a funny thing about life:
If you refuse to accept anything but the very best, you will very
often get it"
- W. Somerset Maugham
Desire is our greatest motivator
There is always room at the top
True Power is not rigidity. True
Power is a mind/body state (integrated) in which energy flows
unrestricted towards a purpose.
Denial prolongs struggle
"The only significant things in
life are how much you have loved, and how much you have let go"
- Buddha 500 BC
