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ARTArticleTruth vs. MeaningThe mathematicia
Benoit Mandelbrot asked a deceptively simple question: How long is the coast of Britain? The answer depends on how you measure it. You get a much shorter distance if you fly from one end to the other than if you drive a road that follows the island’s contours. The road gives a ...ARTArticleTWO BIBLICAL CHALLENGES TO FIGURE OUTTWO BIBLICAL CHALLENGES TO FIGURE OUTnBy
Bill Cottringe
n“Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.” ~Be
ice Johnson Reagonnnn There are two very powerful Biblical challenges that have provoked me for years in the search for ...ARTArticleTwo brothers love each other more than they love themselves. The ultimate love storyThe true essence of love – when we want something as good or better than we wish for ourselves.
TWO PEAS IN A POD
Two brothers were orphaned when they were youngsters. They were farmers and worked together on their family farm. Years later the elder brother married and had a family with two children. The other remained single.
SHARING UP THE DIDLUM CLUB
Working hard together, they shared the fruits of their labour equally.
THINK BEFORE ACTINGrARTArticleTwo Burning Questions That Keep Popping Up Like the Gopher-Bopping Game at CarnivalsTwo Burning Questions That Keep Popping Up Like the Gopher-Bopping Game at Carnivals
By Bill Cottringe
n“Bold questions deserve bold answers.” ~ The author.nnn There are two burning questions that keep popping up in my life, just like the gopher-bopping game at carnivals. Bop them down ...ARTArticleTWO PATHS TO KNOWINGTWO PATHS TO KNOWING
BynBill Cottringe
nnn“A good photograph is knowing where to stand.” ~Ansel Adamsnn A few years ago, my youngest daughter Abigail asked for some help writing a research paper as a requirement for transferring credit from her Epistemology class to a new high school for ...ARTArticleUnderstanding The Mortgage MeltdownPeople are losing their homes and many more will lose their jobs before the mortgage meltdown works its way through the system.
To paraphrase Alan Greenspan's remarks on March 17th, 2008, “The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching since ...ARTArticleUnderstanding The Violence of RapeUnderstanding The Violence of RapenBy
Bill Cottringe
nn“Liberty without love is destruction; love without liberty is despair.” ~Thomas Troward.
Earlier in my career as a prison administrator, when I was just beginning my learning curve on understanding the hard core problems of life in ...ARTArticleUnderstanding Your Social Media ImpactBefore you get too caught up in the social media craze you will want to understand your social media impact through analytics tracking.There are so many different social media platforms you can choose to focus your energies on and it can be quite confusing. Do not worry about which one is right for you to the point of paralysis. Do a little research and choose the one that feels like the best fit. Once you become familiar enough with this platform and have developed a consistency you can add another platform to your marketing strategy.ARTArticleUnderstanding, Well...UnderstandingIn Truth and Method, philosopher Hans Georg Gadamer explained how people come to understand texts. This is an ancient problem; philosophers have long known that you can’t fully understand the individual sentences of a text until you understand the whole text—the context in which they occur. At ...ARTArticleUndoing The Things In The Way Of Successful Reality Repair RxUndoing The Things In The Way Of Successful Reality Repair RxnBy
Bill Cottringe
nn“What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.” ~Louise Nevelson.
What life is all about is successful reality repair—fixing the realities we don’t like and ...ARTArticleUnhappiness/Happiness Reality RepairUnhappiness/Happiness Reality Repai
by
Bill Cottringe
n“There is only one cause of unhappiness: The false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.” ~Anthony de Mello.
Your reality repair results—decreasing ...ARTArticleUtopia here I come! There’s no place like UtopiaThe Best Place in the Worldr
Imagine the most idyllic place your imagination can savor and luxuriate in?
Creating Utopiar
Imagine this place where people are always so fair, honest, kind, nice, helpful, sweet and generous. This is what Utopia is.
A Man For All Seasons
Have you heard of Sir Thomas More? If not, I would like to introduce you to him.
LONG LIVE UTOPIA
Sir Thomas More, a lawyer by profession, made a contribution to the English language by coining the word Utopia when he wrote the book of the same name.
WHAT IS UTOPIA?ARTArticleWant a Break from EFT Tapping? Here´s HowEFT, Emotional Freedom Technique is regarded as one of the greatest healing tools the world has ever known. Not only can anyone do it because is so simple to learn, anyone can immediately begin to show others how to do this technique without ever having to pay for expensive classes. EFT has been ...ARTArticleWe Are All ConnectedWe are all connected. Everything we do and everything we see and everything we feel connects us to all living things. What draws us together are our emotions and experiences. Our common bonds are the things that we seek out and manifest in our daily lives.
What happens to one has an impact on all in one form or another. Regardless if it is a positive or negative action, it will have a repercussion on us. From the deep blue sky above, to the ground we walk on, and the waters that surround us, we are all connected.ARTArticleWe Are the World…at What Price?It’s been 4 days since we said goodbye to the King of Pop - or as some would now call him, “The Greatest Artist that Ever Lived.” Some were shocked by the news, most saddened and some don’t care at all. Whatever your personal opinion of Michael Jackson, there is no denying the massive price this person paid for having so much success in his life. And along with that success came the high price of pain.
For many, it is inconceivable that someone famous, wealthy or in the perfect relationship could have anything but joy in their life.ARTArticleWe can Move Mountains!Seek Knowledge
I was not born Muslim, but the one piece of Muslim philosophy my mother imparted to me was if the mountain would not come to Muhammad, Muhammad would go the mountain.
This Muslim philosophy had such an impact that I have wanted to know about the man who is so revered by millions of people around the world.
Seeking Knowledge
This proverb reminds us to be seekers – to seek knowledge and to seek everything we need in this life. If things won’t come to me then I must go towards what I want.ARTArticleWe Create Our Conditions And CircumstancesI met a very bright, intelligent person this last New Year's Eve. There was this gentleman sitting at the dining room table—and by the way, to put it in context, there must have been 40 people at this little gathering. A small, but adequately large, home-based New Year's Eve party.
And this ...ARTArticleWE MAKE HELPING TOO COMPLICATEDWE MAKE HELPING TOO COMPLICATEDnBy
Bill Cottringe
n“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~Anne Franknn We tend to make things much more complicated than they need to be. I am not sure why we do this. Maybe out of boredom and ...ARTArticleWe're Already in the CurrentLet's imagine that there's a raging torrent, and that the water's really strong going down current—and for some reason or another, you happen to fall into the river. You can just imagine how the current is taking you down, and you can twist, and you can turn, and you can certainly manage to ...ARTArticleWeight Gain, Fear, and the PussycatsI was having fun watching my two cats play one morning when I had one of those AHA moments. I had one of those 'out of the blue' moments of clarity that enlightened, empowered and inspired me. The pussycats were playing a leap-frog kind of game when the play turned into aggression. Both cats ...I was having fun watching my two cats play one morning when I had one of those AHA moments. I had one of those 'out of the blue' moments of clarity that enlightened, empowered and inspired me. The pussycats were playing a leap-frog kind of game when the play turned into aggression.ARTArticleWhat Are They Like Over There?As I am a traveller, I am often asked by people 'What are the people like, in this place or that place?'
My answer is always a simple one ' How do you find the people where you are now?'
The truth is - how you find the people where you are right now, is how you will find the people everywhere else!
'Lasting Success and happiness comes mostly from within and goes with you wherever you go, whenever you go' Terrie Anderson The Little Red Success Bookr
Happiness we carry within us, it's very portable and light.ARTArticleWhat Are You Tolerating?It’s a simple question. And you probably know the answer. But you don’t want to go there. But first, what does it mean to “tolerate” something? By definition, if you are tolerating something, it is a negative in your life. You are “putting up with it,” and there is no positive feedback loop. We don’t have to tolerate things we love, things that are good for us, positive interactions and actions – we enjoy them, they feed us, and we get back from them.
Okay, so what are you tolerating? Sometimes this question opens up a big can of angry worms. That is not the goal here!ARTArticleWhat Are Your Personal Values?A person's got to have a code, a creed to live by. ~ John Wayne ~
In general, personal values evolve from circumstances with the exte
al world and these can change over time. For many generations, most of us learned our values - sometimes referred to as morals, from parents, teachers and religious leaders. Family, country, generation, experience, historical environment and your perception of all of these, may also have an influence on the values you adopted.
As we participated in life, the influence over our choice of values may have changed.ARTArticleWhat Can You Do When You Feel Life Doesn’t Care About Your Pain And Suffering?What Can You Do When You Feel Life Doesn’t Care About Your Pain And Suffering?
By
Bill Cottringe
n“This is where you win the battle—in the playhouse of your mind.” ~Maxwell Maltz.
Unfortunately, the short and truthful answer to the title question is not what you want to hear—nothing. ...ARTArticleWhat Causes Unhappiness? (And Why This Question is Important)What Causes Unhappiness? (And Why This Question is Important)
BynBill Cottringe
n“An unanswerable question: Are good vs. bad and fair vs. unfair dualistic, subjective judgments a human invention just to know one from the other, or do things actually have an innate positive vs. negative flavor ...ARTArticleWhat do you fear? 10 tips to understand fear and who we should fear the most!1. Fear is natural
It is natural to have some fears, so face your fears and consider whether your fear has a good source or is actually irrational (a fear that we should dismiss or conquer).
How to be fearless is one of the hardest things for most people to do. Recognizing and facing the fear is the first step you should take. Many people are fearful about wearing the hijab. Here are some thoughts about fear in general and about the hijab (head covering) and conservative clothes in particular. The points here will help you to be fearless and more successful.
2. The Fear that KillsrARTArticleWhat Every Family Should Know Before Entering the EREvery year, millions of people become ill and find themselves headed for a hospital. Many of us live in towns where there are no “Urgent Care” facilities and the lack of affordable health insurance for some precludes them from walking into a doctor’s office. Depending on the city you live in, ...ARTArticleWhat Gifts Are You Sharing with the World?We live in a world where people are so judgmental, unloving and selfish. Their motivation for anything in life is fueled by greed, power and hunger for total domination or control of others. They only see what they want out of life and they go after it by any means necessary. They do so ...ARTArticleWhat Goes Around the SpiralYou've just got to enjoy this life.
I bought a house recently, and got a pretty decent price on it. But the interesting thing is that I used to be half-owner of that house, until I gave it to one of my surrogate sons. So it's a house that I was involved in buying approximately four or five ...ARTArticleWhat Is Abundance To You?Recently I was teaching a class and asked the question, what does abundance mean to you? Personally I was expecting the answers to relate to money. Surprisingly, abundance to those in this room was everything but money. I heard statements like: never having to worry, being happy, able to do what ...