Awareness
Children ‘Get’ Sex, Money, And Fame Better Than You Do
Children are smarter about sex, money, and fame than you.
They are. They really are.
Well, maybe not you personally, but the chances are high, because kids understand these hot topics better than most adults.
How can we tell? The same way we can tell that anyone understands a subject, or at least understands what they do and don’t know — kids are comfortable talking about these things.
Children are very comfortable asking and thinking and talking about any subject.
They don’t become nervous, they don’t start tailoring their words in odd ways and euphemisms to please the people around them. They’re straight-shooters.
Read MoreThe Most Difficult Thing to Do In Life
I was having a conversation with an Uncle this morning. The day before, he was training me in the art of dismantling opponents from what he had learned over 20 years of training in a free-style brawling Kung Fu gym.
He had a friend with an interesting situation in life. The doctors said that in 2 years, due to a disease, he would go blind, and the friend had seemingly run out of resources and opportunities, as he had trusted and given everything he had to his separated wife and baby girl, whom supposedly squandered the money he worked for in his government job, who had just recently stopped his pension.
With another close family member of mine, he proceeded to escalate and share in a misguided attempt at finding a solution for his friend, and after blasting his friend with various amounts of “loving thoughts” such as “he has no more hope”, “whatever shall we do for him” and “my friend is truly stupid”, a rampage of judging and finger-pointing went on and on… and on… until I sat down, having finished boiling water for the lemon tea I was making.
I said a few “kind words” about how much I appreciated people, anybody really, being labeled and judged behind their backs, without even the smallest amount of appreciation for who they are, what they’ve done and what they will do and shortly after, interestingly enough, it was only me and my uncle having the conversation.
We had a talk, which I won’t go over in too much detail, but in one particular instance, I asked him, can you, at this point of your friend’s life, say something good about him?
If there were crickets in my house, I knew they would be chirping right about then.
I then asked him, wouldn’t you be saying all sorts of wonderful things about the man, if he actually died?
“So on the day of his funeral, you would be talking about all his great deeds, about his love for his family, about his vision for a better Hong Kong and so on and so forth, on his deathbed. But before then, you absolutely refuse to say one good thing about the man.”
He simply agreed.
My Uncle loves my company. During his stay in Canada, he has canceled and changed several plans in order to take a walk with me and chat about various things, and I listened intently as he shared his vast experience as an owner of a Taxi company and a man with really, a very colorful history behind himself. So, he loves being around me.
I knew this, and I told him why he loved being around me:
I always thought good things about him. And I listed a few of these things to him, such as Uncle, you are a wonderful husband and father to your family, a fantastic Kung Fu master with awesome loyal students, I trust your natural genius and abundance, I know you to be at this very moment a world influencer at inspiring people around you to be more daring and more loving.
He simply accepted this, and was happy about this. And then I asked him, your friend is the same. Please start saying these kinds of good things about him. At least one good thing, I feel it would help.
{Insert long, awkward silence}
You can say it after me… if it helps. My friend is a…
He refused, very passionately! He missed an opportunity, to turn what he called a friend, into an actual friend. If you can’t even say one good thing about someone, can you really call yourself their friend?
I realized then, that to be a good friend to others, is to think good things about other people, and mean it.
This may be the easiest thing to do in the world for me, and I see everybody else as being able to easily do this in their lives, because everybody is truly, truly awesome.
Read MoreSmall Tip on Reading Awesome Books
There are a lot of ideas in this website. A LOT.
And the primary tool for getting to these ideas, is reading. And there are so many different ways to read, everybody has their own preferred pace, on when and how and what they like to read, it’s all amazing.
Personally, I have a very long history with reading. I’ve been reading books or blogs non-stop almost everyday since I was about 14 years old, and along the way I picked up some powerful ways (at least, I think so), that help me absorb a lot of the most quality information in a relatively easy and fun way.
When I read something difficult, like “The Web of Life by Fritjof Capra” what I do is read it like a newspaper, and jot down all the words that I don’t know. I don’t really care about the word as I write them down, I just do it and then forget about it. Just like a newspaper, you’re never worried about if you skip a few words.
And then at the end of the reading session, I simply google, dictionary.com or wikipedia the words I don’t understand.
This is a great way for some of you to read the latest book from SpiritSentient, Idealution & Thoughtsperity, especially for some of our Japanese friends overseas and those still in Toronto, enjoying our website.
Hope you guys enjoy your new reading tool, and hopefully it will motivate you to conquer new paths of learning that were previously unavailable 
How to Tastefully Judge and Label Others
Amusing. That’s what I find my title. Is it ever tasteful to judge and label others? Let’s find out by reading further.
The words one often uses in one’s daily life often shows an interesting side of one’s character. When someone reads what I write, as in this article, they get a glimpse of how my mind thinks. People who have read my words and give comment, some with genuine sincerity, others by some praise simply to be social, have had fun calling the words that flow through my hands: articulate, thoughtful, intelligent, emotional and all sorts of things based on what I write. I often reply to this, aren’t we all?
What does articulate even mean? What about thoughtful? …Intelligent? Emotional!? It’s subjective depending on the kinds of people one has met throughout one’s life and what one’s values are. And different people can use the same words and mean completely different things, depending on where they are at in life and who they are as a person.
For someone who is disproportionately logical to their emotional side, and a very fast thinker, they may find my way of writing as not concise enough or not useful enough to be worth reading (if their values are solely based on return of investment, increasing money, immediate social status, material goods).
For someone who is disproportionately emotional to their logical side, and takes more of their time to make decisions, they may only connect with some random aspect of a post that relates to them personally. If merely as a point, I wrote about family, one could state my “cheeky monkey” article as that “article on family”, and in the same article, another would congratulate or dismiss me on how much they liked/disliked the article on “smoking”.
People who are overly picky about word play in what they read may hold their appreciation back or 
quickly put an inordinate amount of focus on how one thing can be improved or changed. I appreciation all kinds of feedback, as it gives me a sense of what kinds of readers I have, and I get a feel from those who actually say something, their level of understanding of what I write… but this is besides the point.
This article’s focus isn’t about the types of people who read my articles, or how people criticize or appreciate them or whatever, it’s main focus is to detract people from using labeling and judging as a be-all tool in life, done in a wrong way.
Someone who goes through this article for example, and while reading the “disproportionately logical to their emotional side” phrase in an earlier part of the article and says “that’s me” or another who reads the “For someone who is disproportionately emotional to their logical side” phrase and says, “that’s me” may find that they often judge other people rather quickly, and to their own loss, creating a barrier to appreciating either the emotional side lurking just under the surface of what seems to be a logical person, or vice versa.
There are many, many different kinds of people that I have met and so far I feel I can safely say that there’s no one I’ve connected to that doesn’t have the potential to access a high level of all of the above mentioned traits, at any given point in their lives. That being said, I will use 2 rather extreme examples to clearly demonstrate the pointlessness of comparing and judging, when done poorly. And by “done poorly”, I mean with an agenda, not out of friendliness, in a manner that can be considered bad taste.
EMOTIONAL PERSON EXAMPLE:
As there existed a time when I was far more emotional than anything else… I recall often limiting my own thinking about myself, as a rather emotional person I often felt that I could not grow past my own history (perhaps a string of failures in one particular area of skill) and with this limited type of belief would not grow to overcome say, creating a piece of art elegantly, accomplishing a lot within a day, getting from point A to point B in any unknown and new given task effectively and so on and so forth.
The label that I as an emotional person may likely use would be “I’m just not that kind of person to do things quickly, or I’m not a logical person or I don’t like using logic” when confronted with a problem that obviously requires logic and some problem solving. There were many life experiences that I struggled with whereas if I was not constantly judging myself I would have sailed through and in fact enjoyed immensely.
For example, as a child I would go to these summer camps where there were these puzzles we had to solve for our crafts workshops. Making those little cars made me freeze up, as unlike playing LEGO, where I could freely create my own version of whatever struck my inspiration, I had to make a very specific object. My mind would just freeze up and I wouldn’t be able to put any passion or energy into making a quality little car.
LOGICAL PERSON EXAMPLE:
I can actually use myself again in this example, as there was a time where I completely forgone my emotional side and did everything super logically. I certainly was able to do certain tasks better than I did before, and could argue up a storm with my constant comparisons and labeling…
For a logical person, one may argue with others and oneself that one is simply choosing not to use emotion as a tool because of it`s ineffectiveness. You will often see these types of people with loveless relationships, introverted in such a way that they are comfortable with their misery, and living their life without much passion. Personally, as I was playing around with this mindset, I found myself manically depressed, bored to tears and felt that I was whittling down my own spirit, moving away from what I was truly meant to do in life.
In observing others, I find that people who choose to be logical to the point of secluding their emotional side pervert their own intelligence by not accessing the full potential of their own human organism, what nature has given them by way of intuition and do not connect with what they deep down know as best. These people often miss a deeper level of life, which they are often fine with, and many will live their entire life forgoing the opportunity to make the greatest difference in other people’s lives and their own. Joy gives way to a consistent yet accepted feeling of apathy. At the same time, some of these super logical people that I`ve met are extremely productive and in fact are successful at what they do. They simply hate their lives and don’t know what to do about it or have basically given up in trying to really change.
At a high degree of effectiveness, even a little subtle change of growth (which can be defined as having a more accurate feel of life and it’s many paradoxical truths, experiencing ones true desires and moving past one’s previous self in creating that which one used to feel impossible) may push one to move in such a way that has immediate and long term waves of benefit, which adds up in unknown goodness throughout all of one’s areas of life: social, financial, spiritual, mental.
Personally, after much growth, I actually compare and judge, people, places and things all the time. In fact, you will find this very article littered with them. I simply love to do it and pride myself in doing it well At the same time, it took me forever to learn how to do it in an awesome way. I know that when I’m doing these things with an air of playfulness, one of which I don’t really care at all and know that I’m only using these comparisons and judgments as a tool, and not as something I’m overly identified with, they can be appreciated by not only me but also everybody I use them with around me.
And there you have it, that’s how you judge and label others well, you simply do it for fun, without an agenda, in a friendly way; I guarantee that it will result in a manner that those around you will consider your words to be of good taste if not at the very least, much better.
Read MoreNot So Random Appreciation
I’m grateful for life. I’m grateful for everyday I’m alive. I’m grateful for every breath, I’m grateful for all the beautiful people: family, friends, strangers, everyone. I’m grateful for all the connections I’ve made and the amazing people I’m blessed to associate with. I’m grateful for every piece of music, or work of art, or simple conversation that people share. I’m grateful for all the amazing ideas and visions from everyone around. I’m grateful for everywhere I”ve lived, for everywhere I will live. I’m grateful for everything I’ve created, and everything I will create. I’m grateful for compliments, and I’m grateful for criticisms (I generally prefer to hear compliments). I’m grateful for all the expansion and growth SpiritSentient has experienced and I’m grateful that there’s more on the horizen. I’m grateful that I can repeat the phrase “I’m grateful, over and over”. I’m grateful that you’re still reading it. I”m grateful for every opportunity to travel and meet new people and I’m grateful for every chance to stay home with familiar faces. I’m grateful for wonderful food, financial freedom and fun relationships. I’m grateful for the rapid evolution of technology, facebook, youtube, blackberries, etc. And I’m grateful that I can walk, cellphoneless through the forest and parks scattered throughout Toronto. I’m grateful that I learn so fast and I’m grateful that I’m able to help others do the same.
Thanks everyone
Human Beings Are Extremely Powerful
When I say you guys rock, I really mean it.
Humanity is extremely powerful, individually and collectively. There are tales (documented or otherwise) from all over the world, of people doing incredible, mind-blowing things. Hermits in remote places, monks, record-breakers, small tribes… They walk across hot coals, punch through concrete or wood and so on. How do these people seem to manage these seemingly superhuman feats? Well, if you were to speak to any of them, a common thread may show itself: they each have very little pride and ego.
They don’t use their abilities simply to show off or for personal gain unless they can see that it helps others and the greater good. Often they also teach that we can all perform the feats they do as well. My brother just got back from an invitation from teachers at a temple in China to study Tai Chi Chuan with them. He also has an invitation to Japan to study Aikido on the horizon. There is love for students to come & learn amazing things. The thing is, a good portion of the population really lets themselves be held back/down by pride and ego, and since that is the main block to acquiring these skills, it’s important to transcend that first; sort of like learning to crawl before we walk, or walk before we run. Now, some people would have you believe that this process takes years of study or hard work, but actually one can transcend all these issues and crap in an instant (I’m a good example of this 
), as well as embrace a new way or form of personal power.
So if we say someone is cold, alone in a storm, and they wished to not feel miserable/uncomfortable, or they wish to manage their core temperature, or they want to manifest some miracle… this can actually be done! I’d recommend not becoming super-picky about how things happen – if a person can truly put aside ego, judgement & fear, and be open to learning, then all of a sudden maybe the wind dies, or maybe your hand goes numb. or maybe a car pulls up & offers you a ride. Anything can happpen and actually will if one is truly open to it. Still, everyone has their own path and time and focus, and of everyone who reads this only a certain portion will get it. They may understand it from the point of view of "The Secret" and "Law Of Attraction", they may get it through Christian Faith in miracles, or from a "We Are All One" connectedness, or even through a quantum physics understanding of the "Observer Effect" ,whatever the case, it was fun writing it.
Feel free to rock (cuz you guys rock) some feedback in the comments section. 
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