Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Headlines pages 24 25 excerpts

A baby controls by crying "hurt" and crying "angry".

Only the weak try to control.

The weak feel frustrated.

The weak try to control by violence.

The weaker one feels, the more that one uses violence.....he complains and he is angry.

Only the strong can afford to be gentle and kind.

The strong never feel frustrated. They recognize challenge and know they are capable of meeting the challenge intelligently without violence.

Those who are not strong are infants with grown-up bodies having some technical education.

A machine is at the mercy of what happens to it.

Most people are mechanical in that their state of existence is dependent upon what happens to them.

There are a few people who determine their state of being regardless of what is happening to them.

Reaction is thinking.

Response is doing. . .NOW!

Headlines page 12

Man is the only unspecialized being on earth, so he must consciously choose a role and play it or he will be forced into a specialized role by another and be exploited.

Headlines page 10

One can at least contribute to the making of a pleasant, harmonious mood, even if one is without funds, comfort and help.

Friday, December 18, 2015

Teaching idea #12

Only as I, the observer sees some idea of the self as an illusion, is it free of the tendency to identify with that idea.

Teaching idea #9

Don't ever look for truth. Look for illusions. When you have seen illusion for what it is, you have seen the truth of the matter. The Truth sets us free.

Teaching idea #7

I refuse to react to other people's reaction.

Quote from Gibson talk

Value is one of the functions of human awareness.