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When I was about 19 years old, I was considering asking my girl friend to marry me. I was in the service for less than a year, and I called my parents from the base I was stationed at. I asked my Dad for advise. He couldn't give me any, falling back on his old excuse that he had only been schooled to the eighth grade, reminding me that he was "just a very poorly educated man." Well, that never worked for me because I knew him to always have a great deal of common sense, and remembered him often finding wise ways through very tough situations. But he said that I had always been very intelligent and very good at making my own decisions, and this was one I'd have to make by myself. While apparently not discouraged entirely from a certain amount of advice seeking in life, what he said did encourage me to begin to look deeper within myself for answers.
That and life experience has since taught me that, if something didn't quite make sense at the time, but otherwise seemed to come from a good source, to just put the information "on the shelf" for awhile. Over time also I learned that, metaphorically speaking, there would be little windows and doors open to me along the path of my life, that these would offer insights and opportunities. And if I was alert, I would see and utilize them. Further, I discovered that I have often created these doors and windows myself by my having previously put things on the shelf. All this has led me to hypothesize what I'll call the "Paradigm Shift Potential: "The capacity and the willingness to increase one's capability to conceptualize new ways of being and doing, and to do so in a way that realistically takes into account the largest number of related essentials. That may sound complex, but if you've ever created an affirmation for your development, you were probably engaging the same capacities. And besides, many philosophers and ancient teachers of wisdom have taught that "we create our lives, that we create our own evolutionary leaps & shifts in perception. "
After that advice from my parents, it didn't take me long to recover my insecurity and feeling of need. For way too many years, I still tended to put too much weight/credibility on words personally stated to me, as I suppose I have been too hungry for that kind of support for much of my life. But apparently, gradually, and eventually, some things clicked. And I guess I'm still clicking as I am still learning new ways of looking at things. Hence, I love and welcome advise and most any other kind of tid bits of knowledge on my path or tossed my way by well intentioned individuals.
Thanks for listening, and thanks for feedback.
© 3/3/01 - Chris Pringer
I have been (returned to) studying up on some things, thanks to the makers of "What the Bleep Do We Know." And some might say that 'Bleep' began with what I'll call "The Tao of Physics Clan" of Fritjof Capra (of the 70's-80's era of published studies & thought) as well as "the Bleep Clan" of Fred Alan Wolfe, the academically most esteemed members of which integrated the knowledge for this much needed production. Through these efforts, IMHO, they offer ground breaking implications for mankind, for our victory over the current period of challenge to world community, re-initiating possibilities for survival into the 22nd Century. Because the most difficult thing for any human to do is break a habit, whether physical, emotional, or mental.
And that is exactly the potential of what I call the "Bleep Tool Kit": the capability to break habits on every level, whether personal or interpersonal, community or inter-community, and whether just conceived or fully manifested. All that (and the creation of our individual and community tool kits therewith) depends on the investment of time and application of principle - via the focus of one or more people for the beneficial effect upon one or more others, upon situations, upon whatever.
Remember *TM* (Transcendental Meditation)? Once the media made it all about the person (the guru), and not about the function and capability - for anyone who wanted to invest the time and energy ...well, at that point the potential was neutralized - until 'Bleep' resurrected the offer (with a much more grounded yet far-reaching platform). And I don't mean to imply that 'Bleep' is all about such serious things. It's as fun, even "wondrous," as one can imagine as it pulls together and relates in a useful way so many realms of knowledge -as it makes them understandable- including quantum physics!
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All that (study, focus, etc) has effected my professional work as well as most every outlook on life. That effect began during my studies into consciousness in the mid 70's, much more in the later 80's. However, that has dramatically increased recently as I've only begun to realize the (far more) integrated picture (with the implied potentials) that I attempt a useful summary of in the above paragraphs. Below are some excerpts from the 'Bleep' website.
"Following the release of 'What the BLEEP Do We Know!?', in Q&A after Q&A, conference after conference, the filmmakers were besieged by requests for more: More information, more science, more applications to their personal lives. August 1, 2006 marks the response to these requests with the release of What the BLEEP – Down the Rabbit Hole, Quantum Edition multi-disc DVD set. |
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"The original 'What The Bleep Do We Know' was made for a theatrical experience of under two hours. With these new expanded versions [in 'Down the Rabbit Hole'], the filmmakers were finally able to include all the topics as originally intended. The completed picture presents all the elements that are intrinsic to the worldview put forth in BLEEP. Topics such as Quantum Entanglement, the Double Slit Experiment, Healing and the Cell, the split and re-unification of spirit and science - all are addressed in the detail required to tell the story. Hopefully they stimulate the viewer to seek further explorations. It may be the definitive BLEEP, but it is not the last word – it’s the final beginning." The scientists make up quite the impressive list (click to read about them & what they say).
"Often dubbed 'the Critic proof movie' due to its ability to weather all sorts of negative reviews, What the BLEEP has an interesting history in the media. Not all are bad, not all are good, but the movie always seems to have extracted a strong reaction in the reviewer. To see what they said in the media, click here."
- Victor Hugo What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters to what lies within us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. - Galileo Galilei I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. - William Faulkner, in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech |
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