I just saw this telling Quote. Whilst it was technically in specific regards to Iran's current political turmoil, it reminds me of some things:

"This nation will protect and defend its revolution in any way," Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, a prominent lawmaker and supporter of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told the pro-government crowd in Vali Asr ( Read more... )

dawningday pointed to an excellent article on Survival Psychology, How to Engineer Luck, and many other things that I've found useful in my own personal Path. Given both the recent Hudson river plane thingy and the increasing number of lay-offs, I guess Newsweek thought it quite apropos to publish an article on How to Survive Life-Changing Events. ( Read more... )

I found this study very interesting on the value of not over-thinking things too freakin' much. Because I know that I'm not the only one reading this who thinks way too goddamn much ;-)

Ah, the beauty of NLP, how I love thee! Thanks to NLP & the Magick of both Meta-Programming & the simple skill of re-Framing, I've found I can turn many "undesirable traits" into "highly Desirable traits". Understanding basic Chinese Yin/Yang Theory has helped Immensely & ImMeasurably in this endeavor. Have I ever mentioned how much I love ( Read more... )

Dear Inhabitants of the InfiviVerses ( Read more... )

There are 2 ways to cause Change* that I particularly like, neither of which really require much Motivation:

The first and simplest we all already do. It comes from NLP, which basically states that we don't Change when we "want to", or when we "think it's the right time", or any of that pussy-footin' nonsense. Nope. We only Change when we MUST ( Read more... )

Another great Quote from wiki, this one apparently being found in the field of Psychology ( Read more... )

It seems this Meme continues to grow exponentially recently. First, some background:

A year or so ago Fenwick (aka kaidevis) and I talked about something that had the working title of the "Willamette Valley Magick Network" (WVMN), much like the Sonoma County Pagan Network he'd helped start years ago in Sonoma County. We were looking to provide a Network ( Read more... )

veleda made a very engaging and popular post re: The Western Occulte' Empyre. Briefly, if you've not already heard, it is a Movement beginining to further Link and Network the many playfully hardcore Magi from LA to Vancouver BC. In it, she mentions things she doesn't want to be involved with. Which prompted not only a few responses from me, but ( Read more... )

"The bait is the means to get the fish where you want it, catch the fish and you forget the bait. The snare is the means to get the rabbit where you want it, catch the rabbit and forget the snare. Words are the means to get the idea where you want it, catch on to the idea and you forget about the words. Where shall I find a man who forgets about ( Read more... )