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100% Human

Tuesday, 13. February 2007, 18:50:45

life, web

I came across this website with a great campaign. We are all human after all.

http://www.100percenthuman.org/

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thinkarete

Tuesday, 13. February 2007, 13:51:35

motivation, life, web, quotes ...

Wanted to share this great inspirational text... It's a great read:

thinkarete.themanifesto.

What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

OK...

So...uh...what exactly are you waiting for?

This isn’t a dress rehearsal...

Wake up!

Here’s the deal: What we can be, we MUST be.

Period.

There’s no getting around that one.

So, turn off your TV. Put down your drink. Get off the medication.

Quit numbing yourself. The pain’s not going away.

Not until you thinkarete.

“thinkarete”?

Yep.

Gandhi got it. Einstein got it. Mother Theresa got it.

Tiger gets it. Gates gets it. Oprah gets it.

The Greeks got it.

Get this: Guys like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle said that if you want happiness you better live with areté--a word that literally means virtue or excellence but has a deeper meaning...something closer to “constantly striving to reach your highest potential.”

areté.

How beautiful is that? It was one of the highest ideals of Greek culture.

It should be one of ours.

Tragically, it’s not.

We seem to be more interested in resumes, accolades and 401k's.

Speaking of retirement...

Who came up with that? Work like crazy doing something we're not passionate about so we can accumulate enough money to pay the bills from our stress-caused illnesses while we complain about what we should have done when we were still young.

Hmmm...We can’t quite figure that one out. Seems like it makes a bit more sense to go ahead and dare to live now...

Why not thinkarete?

Live to your highest potential--moment to moment to moment.

Not in the mood?

Fine. Then live with regret, anxiety, and disillusionment.

Your call.

Think about it. When do we feel most alive?

Exactly. When we’re being ourselves--our highest selves.

You want happiness?

thinkarete.

Dream. Grow. Stretch yourself.

Rip off the tie. Jump out of the cubicle.

Dream. Think. Dare to be crazy.

What are you waiting for?

thinkarete.

Are you crazy enough to think you can change the world?

Good.

Now go out and do it.

Live. Love. Smile. Hug. Laugh. Dream. Do. Create.

Have fun. Be intense. Be audacious. Be unreasonable. Act impeccably. Breathe.

Be you. Be different. Get paid to do what you love. Dance in your underwear on your way to work...

Why not?

Ditch the tie. Escape the cube. Leave the 8-5. Trash the resume.

Ignore the critics. And the cynics. Burn the corporate ladders. Laugh at the ceilings.

Quit the bitching. Open your mind. End the laziness. Overcome the fear. Transcend the conditioning...

Why not?

Move the world.

Change the world.

Push the human race forward.

Whatever you call it, go out and do it.

When?

Now.

Not when you have enough money or once you do this or do that. That’s nonsense.

It’s not gonna be easy, but go out and live your dream. Now.

You deserve it.

And, if that doesn’t move you: The world deserves it.

thinkarete.

http://www.thinkarete.com

http://www.thinkarete.com/wisdom/works/manifesto/

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I stumbled upon this "Kabalarian Philosophy" thing (KP) a long time ago when on one person's webpage I followed a link that said "See what my name means" or something like that... At that time, it all seemed nice to me. I thought, what a great idea, I can actually see what my name means... I tried it for my name and was very pleased for what I read.

Recently, I saw KP has a website dedicated to meaning of names, name analysis etc.

According to them, The Kabalarian Philosophy offers that roadmap to life—a blueprint to human existence sought since consciousness began. It is the culmination of thousands of years of intellectual thought that offers a broad perspective of life through a harmony of Eastern philosophy and Western science and practicality. It takes the universal concept of mathematics to develop a complete understanding of mind, health and cycles of time.

So I gave it a try, my name of Zoran:

You enjoy reading and the beauties of nature, experiencing peace and relaxation in outdoor activities.
You appreciate music, art, and drama and, if given training, could excel in those fields.
A very individual, independent person, you live within your own thoughts.
Your first name of Zoran makes you a quick thinker, both philosophical and creative.

... and so on. It's all nice when you read something like this, but what does my name have to do this with all these things??? And I suppose this is true for every single Zoran? This reminds me of a "daily horoscope" you can read in some newspapers over here... I mean, what I read for my sign of pisces has go to be true for every pisces on Earth, right? It is funny how people have a tendency to over-simplify things and make other people beleive in some crap.

Something else from the KP website that I find amusing:

... For example, this is why people with the name of Barbara or Glenn are reflective, thoughtful, secretive and serious. Diana or Sarah is a diplomatic, passive, idealistic and sensitive person. Betty or Jim is an ambitious, restless, promotional and analytical person...

They even suggest a change of name (!?!?!?) in order to become better person :-)

At this point you may not realize just how much a name change will affect your life but after reading the material on this site, we hope you will look at it in a very new light.
...
Fortunately, it is proven that a change in name leads to a change in one's mind, and with a knowledge of the Kabalarian Philosophy, that change can be for the best.

How can a change of my name make me a better person and make my life better? and how does a change of name leads to a change in one's mind? Why would I wanna change my name after all?

So they charge like 195$ for a "Balanced Name Recommendation" service and 40$ for a "Name report" and they send you that report by email. It's quite amusing what they have on the website.... Just another way to make people beleive in something totally off-base and even make them pay for a "service".

So, if you are not satisifed with your life, they can recommend you change your name into a better one and you'll have a better life :-)

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