Posts Tagged ‘self awareness’

Monday, August 10th, 2009

New Clothes

Ever have that dream of finding yourself naked in a meeting room full of people? Ever since Adam and Eve discovered fashion – i.e., clothing – it’s so prevalent that it’s a cliché in many cultures. Although in true global sensibility, there are still a people or two left whose nightmare would be getting caught in clothing….

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Improve your chances for self-awareness

Improve your chances for self-awareness.

August shorties! A follow-up to last week.

  • Read the Emperor's New Clothes -- he wasnt self aware -- learned the hard way -- so we can all improve our chances...there is an old Jewish Chassidic story about a great Rabbi who was about to die. He became suddenly afraid -- his studenst asked him why -- they said at your judgement if God asks you where as ...
  • The ancient Indian way of thinking highlighted the importance of a 'guru' - a mentor. Not necessarily someone who held your hand through the maze of life, but one who told you what to look out for. The 'gurukuls' (schools) taught you the 3Rs and so much more. Somewhere down the line hubris took over and the guru faded away... ...
  • More on Self Awareness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSdmtE83pPg&feature=related
Monday, July 27th, 2009

Self Awareness

Self-awareness. The ability to look at ourselves as others see us. Naked, bare, no makeup, no bling, no fancy trappings.

  • I hate too ruin this chain of thought and make Richard Feynman look like a fool to himself, but Self Awareness points to Being Aware of Awareness itself. That which is reading these words...
  • When the person grow he start to come to know yourself, it's easy to understand other people but the most difficult thing in the world is to know yourself :))
  • Interestingly enough -- there were potrait painters in Europe during the Middle Ages and even latter who were subversive -- quietly -- although they painted their subjects (always important people) faithfully -- they left little tell tale signs of the persons true character -- El Greco comes to mind as one http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/greco/cardinal.jpg check the clawed left hand.....