Gaia: People Potential

Re: The New Man Podcast

http://voyager.gaia.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:36:25 GMT

It will also be helpful and necessary to check global patterns and stages of masulinity.

Elza Maalouf established this web presence for the women:

Global Feminine

For me, meeting men from Russia, Turkey, Arab World and Asis f.e has always been very instructive too. they are perceiving, reacting and communicating from different points of identity and a wide rnge of instincts, emotions, gut feeling and understanding of Chuzpe and respect.

I even had to deal with some guys who were equipped with strongest criminal energy. Men with killer instincts beyond imagination., I was able to check them and even create a level of trustfulness.

So, the more diverse and vetically complex encounetrs and scenarios of communication between men of all kind are the more instructive. A rich field for further and future exploration..:):)

Ciao,
Albert

Re: The New Man Podcast

http://davybuoy.gaia.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:36:37 GMT

I have been listening to this almost from the start, there are some dodgy ones but over all it is quite high quality. Brian Johnson has been on a few times, together with Shawn Phillips (who was the reason I listened initially), Robert Augustus Masters and Ken Wilber. I would say all those episodes are worth listening too.

Also 31 - Byron Hicks; Searching for Dad was an eye opener to me. I am married and an active parent, but that's not the always the case in the part of Ireland I live and so I relate to my nephews differently and hopefully better after that. The navigating a women's emotional minefield episodes I thought were quite good too.

The New Man Podcast

http://voyager.gaia.com — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:44:23 GMT

A real potential booster for a new understanding:

The New Man Podcast

What is The New Man Podcast?

Introducing “The New Man: Beyond the Macho Jerk and the New Age Wimp.” The New Man Podcast is a 30 minute, interview-style show that provides an entertaining and often humorous way to get real world, practical advice on every area of a man’s life — relationships, sex, dating, career, money, power, purpose, inner game and fitness.

The New Man Podcast:

Covers all of the bases being missed by popular men’s magazines and media
Dives into the topics guys are hungry to explore but typically only discuss after a few beers
Is where forward thinking men turn when they look at life and begin to wonder, “Now what?”
....
So, Who listens to The New Man?

Guys who want to:

Attract the right woman without playing “Pickup Artist” games or seduction tricks
Have an exciting sex life and learn how to navigate the sticky world of relationships
Break out of their confining job and get paid to do what they love
Quit settling for less, find their purpose and live a passionate life
Get a handle on fear and stop letting their emotions get in the way
Develop the best physical, mental and emotional practices
Live a life with brains, heart, guts and balls

Re: The Hard and the Soft

http://voyager.gaia.com — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:51:59 GMT

Jan Baalsrud

Jan Siguard Baalsrud, MBE (December 13, 1917 in Kristiania, Norway – December 30, 1988 in Kongsvinger, Norway) was a commando in the Norwegian resistance trained by the British.

The Hard and the Soft

http://voyager.gaia.com — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:05:00 GMT

David Brooks is writing in nYT about Jan Baalsrud and some life ordeals he went trhough during WW2. He is referring this true potential story to the results of Norway in this Winter Olympics 2010. And, in fact, its an incredible story .

The Hard and the Soft

The United States, a nation of 300 million, won nine gold medals this year in the Winter Olympics. Norway, a nation of 4.7 million, also won nine. This was no anomaly. Over the years, Norwegians have won more gold medals in Winter Games, and more Winter Olympics medals over all, than people from any other nation.

There must be many reasons for Norway’s excellence, but some of them are probably embedded in the story of Jan Baalsrud.

In 1943, Baalsrud was a young instrument maker who was asked to sneak back into Norway to help the anti-Nazi resistance.

His mission, described in the book “We Die Alone” by David Howarth, was betrayed. His boat was shelled by German troops. Baalsrud dove into the ice-covered waters and swam, with bullets flying around him, toward an island off the Norwegian coast. The rest of his party was killed on the spot, or captured and eventually executed, but Baalsrud made it to the beach and started climbing an icy mountain. He was chased by Nazis, and he killed one officer.

He was hunted by about 50 Germans and left a trail in the deep snow. He’d lost one boot and sock, and he was bleeding from where his big toe had been shot off. He scrambled across the island and swam successively across the icy sound to two other islands. On the second, he lay dying of cold and exhaustion on the beach.

Two girls found and led him to their home. And this is the core of the story. During the next months, dozens of Norwegians helped Baalsrud get across to Sweden. Flouting any sense of rational cost-benefit analysis, families and whole villages risked their lives to help one gravely ill man, who happened to drop into their midst.

Baalsrud was clothed and fed and rowed to another island. He showed up at other houses and was taken in. He began walking across the mountain ranges on that island in the general direction of the mainland, hikes of 24, 13 and 28 hours without break.

A 72-year-old man rowed him the final 10 miles to the mainland, past German positions, and gave him skis. Up in the mountains, he skied through severe winter storms. One night, he started an avalanche. He fell at least 300 feet, smashed his skis and suffered a severe concussion. His body was buried in snow, but his head was sticking out. He lost sense of time and self-possession. He was blind, the snow having scorched the retinas

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Magdalene Neuner - Resilience in the Breakthrough Zones

http://voyager.gaia.com — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:51:30 GMT

These are my personal congratulations to German biathlete Magdalena Neuner. Who is my favorite sports hero from this winter olympics.

Included in the Wiki entry are some English inetrviews with her.

I see multiple abilties in the breakthroughs of Magdalena. One wrote into her guestbook such a strong performance mst have to do with doping. others critcized in te past she had to weak nerves. etc.e tc..

What her unique potential is in my eyes to keep her own rhythm, focus and internal timing. And even an internal killer instinct. She know to sturcture her year within cycles which are invisible for other. often stupid sports journalists. Nobody hs ever asked the right questions for her.

Resilience in these peak zones over many years needs cultivation of inner landscapes which are far beaond the brain. simikar mountaneering in the death zone. its often too. as antroposophy know- an inner knowing about the specific kairos ib ones bio.

Magdalena did devlop it all. Without super trainers. But listening vrey deeply. and brathing in and out from this center.

Magdalene Neuner - Resilience in the Breakthrough Zones

Magdalena "Lena" Neuner (born 9 February 1987) is a German professional biathlete. She started biathlon when she was nine years old and won five junior world championship titles from 2004 to 2006. Neuner made her debut in the Biathlon World Cup in 2006 and won her first World Cup race in January 2007. One month later, she claimed three gold medals at her first appearance at the Biathlon World Championships. In the 2007–08 season, Neuner—at the age of 21—became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union (IBU). At the 2008 World Championships, she again won three titles, becoming the youngest six-time world champion. After a less successful 2008–09 season, Neuner participated in her first Winter Olympic Games in 2010, winning the gold medal in both the pursuit and the mass start and silver in the sprint race.

As of February 2010, Neuner has won 18 World Cup races and has achieved 32 podium finishes. As part of the German World Cup team, she has also won seven relay races and one mixed relay event. During three appearances at the Biathlon World Championships, Neuner has claimed six gold medals and one silver medal. In addition, she has won seven junior world championship titles. Neuner has established herself as one of the fastest cross-country skiers in biathlon, but she is also noted for her volatile shooting performances in the standing position, often at the expense of better results.

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Lets get Serious about Sarah Palin

http://voyager.gaia.com — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:14:29 GMT

Some great insights from Elza Maalouf at her blog. About the female potential in US poltics:

Lets get Serious about Sarah Palin

The Wisdom Manifesto

http://voyager.gaia.com — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:26:12 GMT

This great manifesto was forewarde to me by Sherri. Written by Umair Haque for Harvard Business Reivew:

The Wisdom Manifesto

Today's zombieconomy has been a long time coming. If you've been following our discussions, you saw it rising as early as 2006. The roots of this deep recession are about what zombies lack: consciousness, intelligence, and, at root, wisdom.

America, it was once said, is the richest country in the world. And though Wall St, Washington, and Europe are focused on exploding deficits and rising debt, both are effects of a deeper cause. We're poor in the single way that counts the most: In terms of institutional capital, we're bankrupt. It is institutions that allocate and create mere financial capital — and without better ones, we're learning, prosperity must implode.

There's a simpler way to express institutional capital. It's about wisdom. It is because we've beggared ourselves of wisdom that we're bereft of cash, jobs, and meaning.

The scarcest, rarest, and most valuable resource in the world today is wisdom. The countries, companies, and people that possess it will prosper. In many ways, wisdom is the opposite of strategy — and today, it is strategy, bought by the dozen from legions of besuited, back-slapping consultants, that is cheap, abundant, and worth little.

How large is the economic gap between wisdom and strategy? It begins in the billions. JPMorgan wasn't wise, and now it has to set aside $3 billion in "model-uncertainty reserves." Toyota wasn't wise — and the price of that lack of wisdom is already $10 billion and rising. Think wisdom's warm-and-fuzzy? Think again. It's as hard-as-nails, and as sharp as a razor.

Here's a nine step plan to go beyond mere strategy and begin bringing a little wisdom into your own organization.

Express. Most organizations have values — vague, boring, meaningless statements about what's important to...them. Values, of course, are the basis of strategy. That kind of megalomaniacal egoecontricity's so 20th century. Wisdom isn't about what you "value" — it's about how everyone values you. To get wise, articulate your essence: the change you want to see in the world. That means literally crafting a statement of intent about "the world", like Google: "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible."

Energize. Wisdom doesn't happen by hanging out in the VIP section and sipping Grey Goose — though the deal-making of strategy often does. It happens by understanding the who, why, what, and how of suffering. Do you, or does your organization spend any time with those who are made worse off by what you do? Almost none do. But that's the only source of the most explosive kind of horsepower — not just physical or ..

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Re: Kosmos Journal Interview with Nicanor Perlas, Philippines

http://voyager.gaia.com — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:27:11 GMT

Kosmos Journal Interview with Nicanor Perlas, Philippines

http://voyager.gaia.com — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:20:23 GMT

Nancy Roof from Kosmos Journal is interviewing a man whose country if vibrating with potentials and creative people. With people who are ready to deal not only with problems but growing into new values driven reality.

The emergence of values-driven leadership - Kosmos Journal interview with Nicanor Perlas, Presidential Candidate , Phiilppines

Nicanor Perlas, a dynamic advocate and activist, has altered the

course of national and global events over the past 30 years and has

influenced the lives of millions. He has organized numerous civil

society movements to challenge oppressive structures in the

Philippines and to create a more just, sustainable and nuclear-free

society. He has worked with UNICEF and UNDP in trade

liberalization, sustainability, pesticide-free food, poverty reduction,

peace and development, Agenda 21 andmore. He has designed and

ledmoral renewal workshops for Hope forousands and is the author

of Shaping Globalization: Civil Society, Cultural Power and

reefolding. He was the recipient of e Right Livelihood Award

in 2003

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Nancy Roof: Your life of service has been an inspiration to me
since wemet at the State of theWorld Forumin 2000. Your decision
to run for President of the Philippines is just one of the
many courageous acts that typifies who you are.ank you so
much for taking time out of your busy schedule to reflect on some
questions. First, tell us why are you running for the President of
the Philippines in 2010?What is your motivation?

Nicanor Perlas: I am running for three reasons. First, I am deeply

concerned about the future of the country.anks to traditional

politics, the Philippines has been ranked as the most corrupt

country in Asia with the highest rate of drug use. Poverty is widespread

and increasing, affecting one out of three. ere is a civil

war in the south amongChristians andMuslims.e courts are not

functioning. e environment is being destroyed. And the current

crop of presidential aspirants does not offer much hope. On

the contrary, many of them come from the same old mold of traditional

politics that has so wasted the Philippines.

Second, there is a tremendous reservoir of creativity and talent

among Filipinos, as can be seen from the global awards that

Filipinos have received in many areas of life. But the current political

system is preventing this depth of expertise and goodwill

from renewing the nation and contributing to world betterment.

I have a passion for mobilizing this creativity and excellence to

create a visionary Philippines and a better world.e only way to

do this on ameaningful scale is tomobilize the resources and use

the strategic advantage of the Office of the President.

ird,millions of Filipinos are yearning to have a real choice.ey

are tired of having to choose between lesser and greater evils.ey

are looking for a different breed of political leader, one with integrity,

a track record, who inspires and has a visionary strategic

agenda to save the country from serious breakdown and chaos.

ere is a clear match between what Filipinos are desperately

seeking and my qualifications and life experience.

My deepest motivation is to challenge the prevailing inequitable

and unsustainable structures and to transform these systems to

be instruments of justice, peace, freedom, spirituality, creativity,

sustainability and prosperity. Societal structures can be re-conceptualized

and transformed by human creativity and action.

Re: The human Camera- Stephen Wiltshire

http://MikeyDineen.gaia.com — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:25:13 GMT

Mudge, there's another excellent "how to draw a human from the mind" vid if you scroll along

Re: The human Camera- Stephen Wiltshire

http://sundovt.gaia.com — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:12:18 GMT

Indeed! Thanks Mike.

The human Camera- Stephen Wiltshire

http://MikeyDineen.gaia.com — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:37:49 GMT

How about this guy for amazing!?

Meet Margret Flowers

http://sundovt.gaia.com — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:07:21 GMT

Health care is a passion of mine and Dr. Margret Flowers came to my attention to via a PBS Bill Moyers special. I won't get all "political" and "strident" but please read, watch and consider. If you resonate with this, pass it along.

A star right where we are

http://sundovt.gaia.com — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:21:50 GMT

When I look for amazing people I often forget to look at the man standing in line next to me. I've just recently made aquaintance with a fellow some of you might already know from his writing over in Intregal Post-metaphysical Spirituality . Steven's profile is an amazing read, as are his blogs. His current passion is working with metal. My saying that simply that doesn't do it justice, visit here for a better experience. Should you see him in your travels here at gaia, stop by and say hello.

Re: The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagina

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:12:01 GMT

Wonderful! thanks for another capital find,

Love,

Nicole

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

http://voyager.gaia.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:56:47 GMT

.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association.

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination

I like ESPECIALLY the very special take on imagination. And the down-to-earth coments on poverty and depression.

Albert

Re: the Frontward-Backward message

http://sundovt.gaia.com — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:07:32 GMT

I was familiar with palindromes but limited my thinking to names. anna, hannah, etc. I'm blown away at the application here. Some things just vibrate at a higher level, eh?
Thanks for sharing this nancy.

Re: the Frontward-Backward message

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:27:14 GMT

Tears came to my eyes. Thank you! Definitely a must-crosspost. Love,

Nicole

Re: Engaging in Creative Friction

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:19:52 GMT

Now that is a timely blog! :) I will crosspost this somewhere...

Hugs,

Nicole