Sex, Drugs, CNN & You

Hi there everyone!!

You've heard of living in the moment and the Power of Now, right?

Does it make sense to live life that way 100% of the time?

It actually wouldn't work. There are times when we want to contextualize the past, anticipate the future, and be conscious of impact that we would have on people we may or may not know.

Since many of us are used to the mainstream media glorifying everything, I will use two extreme examples to illustrate this:

A drug addict needs their next hit. Biochemical and psychological needs would have that addict avoid pain (severe withdrawal syndromes), and seek out a state of contentment and ease by getting their next fix. They are totally being present to their body, mind and spirit, and acting accordingly.

What they may be blocking, however, is the eternal awareness that their addictive behavior is degrading their health, relationships, or career. Their nature is very temporal so they do not envision any possible future regret (or are suppressing it). And most importantly, they are not present to the negative impact on those they love most.

Similarly, just the other night, Judge Judy on Larry King Live talked about how, despite all the therapies and rehabilitations, there are some pedophiles whose behaviors can't be changed. She said that it is just who they are, and since that way of being is inappropriate for common society, they need to be physically separated from society. They can't control themselves; they are just living in the moment and acting on their primal genetic impulses. (Again, they are not considering their past actions/effects, all future consequences, or the residual impact on others.)

I totally admire Judge Judy's intelligence, wisdom, and maturity. I agree with what she said, but I am surprised that she doesn't go deeper into the cause that's making these pedophiles behave the way they do, besides dismissing it to pure genetics.

Consider that part of the cause for this inappropriate behavior may be due to the emergence of inappropriate sexuality in our news, advertising, fashion, and entertainment industries. Some marketers use subliminal images of incest, violence, and adultery, to trigger the psyche into alert-mode so they can get their message (solution) across.

Nevertheless, pedophiles are completely in their world, living in the moment, not conscious of any of their conditioning or potential societal impact. And, the drug addict is, equally in their world, aligned with their reality -- simply making their life work in that moment.

But here's the funny thing. It's not just addicts and pedophiles who live completely in their own world... It's you, me, and everybody else.

When I tell an average person that I have a blueprint to eliminate world poverty, even if they say they are interested, they will likely not put any effort towards its manifestation. Why? Because they are in their own world -- they are totally consumed managing their own money, health, relationships, daily challenges, and life adversities. They exist in a paradigm that works for them in the moment, just like the addict and the pedophile.

That may sound harsh, so let me connect the dots.

When you know that 20,000 children died today because of lack of clean water or food (really due to obsolete political/economic constructs), it may be saddening. When you know that you are in the top 1% of the world's population of health, security, and prosperity, you may feel very blessed...

But when you are presented with a valid solution to transform our humanity into a transcended peaceful community, don't you feel a humanitarian calling to get out of your present, relatively comfortable life, and compassionately co-create a world that works for everyone, not just for you?

Just like we need to love the addict, and protect society from the pedophile, I'm here to say that there's a consciousness much outside of your current reality that has to do with humanity. You could have been one of those 20,000 children that died today. Exercise the power of now to get present to that.

You don't need a penny to make a difference today. Technology and the Internet have created new mediums which we can now leverage.

If you're with me this far, take it one simple step further. When you share this page with others, and they do the same, and we get 1,000,000 people to read this (very possible), then we will be on prime-time CNN.

A Blueprint to Eliminate World Poverty:
http://www.GiveWhileYouReceive.com/MrDistinct

And then the world will look completely different, and very inspiring.

It doesn't take money anymore to get mass exposure. What it does take is a collective consciousness of individuals committed to a common purpose. Are you a part of this awakening?

What will you do now?

Let's love the world together...

Love,
[)anish /|hmed, Visionary

A Blueprint to Eliminate World Poverty:
http://www.GiveWhileYouReceive.com/MrDistinct

3 Powerful Reasons Why You SHOULD Procrastinate Now!

Hi there everyone!!

We are so overloaded with information today that we sometimes tend to generalize everything we learn. From the foundational book, The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peel, some people have generalized personal development to be “thinking positive all the time.” That simply isn’t true. Similarly, the notion that procrastination is to be avoided at all costs, is another glorified fallacy.

Yes, there are many times when procrastination causes us undue stress, prolongs the inevitable, or negatively affects our productivity. There are also times when procrastinating can be a blessing, a productivity-booster, or even a necessity. Yes, you heard me right. Let me explain - here are three scenarios in which it is good to procrastinate.

1. Being in a bad state.

A bad state is a physical or emotional place where you cannot be very effective. That is, we feel over-stressed, overloaded, or physically exhausted. As an example, if we are in a depressed state about our finances, then the last thing we should do is our taxes. In this state, we would do a horrible job! We would naturally be pessimistic and wouldn’t look for all the possible ways we could save money. We should procrastinate until we are in a better mood and can do a better job. It would be better to do a good job later than a bad job now.

2. Having little else to do.

If we’re in a place of completing almost everything on our to-do list or having a pretty empty schedule in the near future, then perhaps we should procrastinate the one or two things that are left. Let’s reward ourselves with procrastination!! You’re probably not in this situation very often, so when you are, feel good about it. Procrastinate now, rather than procrastinating when you have a million things to do. There’s a time and place for everything - and this is a good time for procrastinating.

Why does procrastinating in this situation work? Let’s suppose we complete everything. Now, we feel accomplished for a moment. Then, all of a sudden, our subconscious mind asks “what’s next?” We may then feel unproductive, unnecessarily question our overall direction, or nit-pick at things that have already been done. Instead, if we procrastinate the tasks at hand until we have at least several things to do, then we’ll naturally be more excited, eager, and consequently, effective in completing the tasks.

3. Delegation ability.

Ever wonder how sometimes we procrastinate, and then find that the job got done by someone else, or that it didn’t need to be done at all? That’s because our subconscious knows the universe better than our conscious mind does! The trick is, when to trust our subconscious, and when not to fall pray to its tricks. We naturally want to procrastinate things that we don’t really like doing. So, the question to ask is, “can this task be delegated to someone else?” If so, delegate it! We should strive to do the things we love to do, and not fall into guilt tactics about procrastinating. The procrastination is a sign - and we must learn to use such signs to take appropriate actions. Another question to ask in this scenario is, “What will happen if this task never gets done?” Sometimes, we think we’re procrastinating, when in fact we’re waiting to get more information to make a decision on whether something should be done or not.

There are probably other scenarios in which procrastinating makes sense. The world isn’t black-and-white, and when we live life as if it was black-and white, we find ourselves feeling guilty, unhappy, and unfulfilled. There is a time and place for procrastination. Don’t live by other people’s generalizations. Discover what strategies work for you - and live by your strategies.

Let's love the world together...

Love,
[)anish /|hmed, blind visionary

2 Paradigms of Writing

Hey there everyone!!

Why is it that we write? To record. We write to capture moments. Moments of ideas, of inspiration, of opinions, or of abstract thought. These recorded moments become part of our history. They can be popularized and find themselves in libraries of the future. Or they can be personal diaries that get discovered by archeologists who now have a new found artifact of history.

In every moment there is so much communication that it could take many moments to analyze one particular moment. Therefore, we have no way of analyzing any moment until we have a way of first recording our moments.

There are paradigms kinds of recording - there's recording in the moment, and there's recording for a specific purpose. When we record with a specific purpose, we automatically add a particular filter to the analyzing (that is, we’ve catered our writing to a particular market, hoping to get a particular outcome). And when we record in the moment, we leave the analyzing open to all possibilities.

Writing is art. I've never sat down and said, “Oh, let me think about a distinction!” That never happens; the distinctions have to come to me, and they come mostly in moments of inspiration. I could be on the Subway, in the shower, or almost falling asleep. When writing in the moment, I don’t know where the writing is going to end up. It could go in this article, be the context for a future interview, be in an upcoming book, or it could go in the trash. We don't predetermine where it will go, we allow it to discover its own journey.

We can then add the “purpose” of the writing later. So that’s what I’m going to do now. What’s the intended outcome of this article? To illustrate that anyone can be a good writer. Let’s not sit down and try to write something and wonder why we have “writers’ block.” Rather, let’s carry a recording device (tape recorder ^there`s a smart phone app for that}, or an old-fashioned pen/paper), and record in moments of inspiration. Everyone has a book inside of them. The secret is in discovering the best process to get it out.

Let's love the world together...

Love,
[)anish /|hmed, blind visionary