http://www.radicalleadership.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:13:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en David Hawkins in his book, The Eye of the I, says that, "Nothing is as it can be described; therefore, all descriptions are of what a thing is not. The realization of absolute reality and truth is the greatest gift that one can be to the world and all ... http://www.radicalleadership.com/blog/2008/07/20/honor-writing/ We come by these Patterns honestly; meaning, there were invitations from others --- usually significant players in our life like mom and dad --- that had us come believe the way we did. While these Patterns are totally irrational, they were come by rationally. In other words, if ... http://www.radicalleadership.com/blog/2008/07/09/a-pattern-is-running-at-any-given-moment/ Let's continue our discussion on Patterns . . . Question: Are we doing what we most want to do and at the same time, having the greatest impact on the world around us? See for yourself: What is it that you love doing? Where could that talent/love/gift best be used to create more of ... http://www.radicalleadership.com/blog/2008/07/02/do-what-we-want-to-do-and-have-the-greatest-impact/ What is a Pattern? I refer to a Pattern as any human behavior that repeats itself again and again in interchanges with others throughout the day…week…year and life. These Patterns are structured by the ego to defend and protect against vulnerability, to keep others at bay and the individual safe but ... http://www.radicalleadership.com/blog/2008/06/23/patterns-that-kill/ In continuing our discussion from the previous post, if this seems somewhat confusing it's because it may be important to notice that we not only "want" things for ourselves and for others, but there's also a question of which part of us is doing the wanting! There are two parts ... http://www.radicalleadership.com/blog/2008/06/12/ego-essence/ Our whole ego construct is around "i" (small "I") "me" and "my."  The ego is so busy trying to survive and living in fear that it continues to create a world made up only of itself and its musings.  J.R.R. Tolkien portrayed this part of us in the Golum character ... http://www.radicalleadership.com/blog/2008/06/05/in-service-of-others/