Post by Rhonda on Feb 3, 2009 7:46:18 GMT -5
Open to the new
"All the people we call ‘geniuses’ are men and women who somehow escaped having to put that curious, wondering child in themselves to sleep."
-- Barbara Sher
How willing are you to learn something new? How open are you to new perspectives?
Only when we’re open can we really hear what’s being said or really see what’s happening or really experience the moment.
Openness demands that we be willing to move to places we’ve never been before. It asks us to continually challenge the foundations of our belief systems so we can test out new ideas. And to do that, we need to accept insecurity.
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
-- Alvin Toffler
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
-Erin Majors
Very often, [in near-death experiences] the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God. Typically [they] don't report these beings as having the wings we see in the paintings, but rather as luminescent beings that seem to emanate love and saintliness.
-Raymond Moody
"All the people we call ‘geniuses’ are men and women who somehow escaped having to put that curious, wondering child in themselves to sleep."
-- Barbara Sher
How willing are you to learn something new? How open are you to new perspectives?
Only when we’re open can we really hear what’s being said or really see what’s happening or really experience the moment.
Openness demands that we be willing to move to places we’ve never been before. It asks us to continually challenge the foundations of our belief systems so we can test out new ideas. And to do that, we need to accept insecurity.
"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
-- Alvin Toffler
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
-Erin Majors
Very often, [in near-death experiences] the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God. Typically [they] don't report these beings as having the wings we see in the paintings, but rather as luminescent beings that seem to emanate love and saintliness.
-Raymond Moody