{"id":624,"date":"2009-02-24T17:07:55","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T21:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/?p=624"},"modified":"2009-02-25T13:04:11","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T17:04:11","slug":"hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-speak-no-evil-huh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-speak-no-evil-huh\/","title":{"rendered":"See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil (huh?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post, we’re going to be introducing you to a NEW mentor (we’ll be interviewing him “live” on March 4th<\/strong>), via some of our own commentary first. Hang tight… the Monkey train is now in motion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, like a lot of SEEMINGLY well-meaning (even though obviously trite) “goodie two shoes” phrases that have been inoculated into the conscious psyche<\/em> over the past several hundred decades, the phrase in the blog post title DESERVES some critique.<\/p>\n

So does the fact that some people throw them out there without even realizing the implications of what they’re saying.<\/p>\n

“Stan,” we countered in unison, “that’s like being in a romantic relationship with another, experiencing some patterns of blame, emotional distance, and one-way communication, yet PRETENDING they don’t exist (denial) or choosing NOT to discuss them (repressed feelings in progress)\u00a0 because it’s all NEGATIVE in your mind.”<\/p>\n

Our question to this community member of ours was: What is your greatest concern about where your future is headed?<\/em><\/p>\n

His response: “I don’t discuss negative thoughts.”<\/p>\n

Yup, it was time for another round of GOSS-VALE common sense and whup-ass wisdom.<\/p>\n

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====== Continued<\/em><\/strong><\/span> =======<\/p>\n

Actually, we’ve been invited (or, inadvertently egged-along by people who set themselves up as an apparent opponent, while refusing to admit that they really want to be) lately to talk OPENLY about a lot of very head-shaking things.<\/p>\n

Recently, a teacher and author we’re trying to get to know better (for the sake of passing along someone your way who stands in alignment with his VALUES and his IMPLEMENTATION of those values) has gone out of his way to explain to us that he [paraphrased] views “negative thinking” as the abomination of the world.<\/p>\n

He’s on such a beat about it that he takes it to all kinds of radiating levels.\u00a0 Like “critical thinking is the inclination to criticize, and therefore judge things severely negatively.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, booooooooy…. here we go again !<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Critical thinking,” we had to counter using the accepted REAL-WORLD definition of the phrase as our ally, “does NOT mean ‘thinking that is critical’ as in ‘trying to find fault’.\u00a0 Critical thinking is more related to the other definition of ‘critical’:<\/p>\n

Forming or having the nature of a turning point; crucial or decisive: a critical point in the campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n

In other words, it is doing due diligence (DD) over what is essential, what is crucial, or what needs to be investigated in a subject.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"see1\"So, let’s take the Three “Wise” Monkeys<\/em> and put some DD spin on these little hustlers:<\/p>\n

“See no evil…”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The MORE you take the stance of COVERING your EYES<\/span><\/strong> to avoid Forest Reality<\/a>, the LESS you’ll be able to SEE life in full-color mode (ever heard of rose-colored glasses?)<\/p>\n

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“What you see depends on whether you’re looking at it with blinders or with rose-colored glasses. You’ve got to see beyond what you’re looking at.”\u00a0 – Linda Carter<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trying to shut out what you don’t want to see causes you to see things that aren’t there, based on your own skewed perceptions of what is<\/em><\/span>, and to react destructively<\/em> rather than respond productively<\/em> when push comes to shove.<\/p>\n

Take the example, appropriately enough for today’s post topic, of the chimp cartoon in the New York Post.<\/p>\n

It shows two police officers that have just shot a chimpanzee, while one says, “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill<\/em><\/span><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The cartoon was drawing a parallel to the real-life shooting of a 200-pound chimp in Connecticut; the 15-year-old chimp had been a well-behaved pet for a long time, even appearing in TV commercials, but had suddenly attacked a friend of his owner for no explicable reason.<\/p>\n

Tragically, he ended up being shot by a police officer. The New York Post thought it would be a jestful and timely fun-poking to say that the chimp had written the stimulus bill. You know, like if you have 100 monkeys in a room with a bunch of typewriters, one will end up churning out a novel?<\/p>\n

So maybe it wasn’t in good taste to make fun of the poor chimp. After all, he was a loving member of the woman’s family for many years, and it must have been a devastating experience to her, not to mention the painful injuries suffered by her friend.<\/p>\n

But that’s all it was.<\/p>\n

However, some people, especially civil rights activists, claimed it was a racist stab at Barack Obama. The king and protector of any and all suffering from an inferiority complex or being bullied by illusionary bullies, Al Sharpton, went so far as to tell Keith Olbermann, on MSNBC, that [paraphrased]: “we all know, from a historical perspective, the chimpanzee has always been identified with black people, and since Obama is black..<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

WHAT? !<\/p>\n

First of all, Obama is only half “black”; and secondly, why the hell do you, Al, defender of the oppressed, need to accentuate such an idiotic juvenile association?<\/p>\n

We sat scratching our heads as we first heard about the nutty story, trying to figure out what the kerfuffle was all about. After all, to us, the intention was simply to say how ridiculous the stimulus bill was.<\/p>\n

When we finally heard the word “racist” from the many professional panels set up to discuss the cartoon on TV, we couldn’t believe some people would perceive that as being the intent.<\/p>\n

Today, the New York Post’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, issued a statement saying: “I have had conversations with Post editors about the situation and I can assure you, without a doubt, that the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly written piece of legislation. It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted<\/span> by many as such<\/span><\/strong>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And then what happens? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Still more expert panels on TV, discussing how the cartoon couldn’t possibly have been taken or intended any other way but deliberately racist, and that Murdoch’s “apology” was in fact a further insult to them.<\/p>\n

It kind of reminds us of how people will write into our support desk with “victim vocabulary”, complaining how a certain product didn’t magically fix their life, or how a particular offering “isn’t for them” because of their financial or social or other situation.<\/p>\n

Then, when the help<\/em> desk staff appropriately try to help<\/em> (which often includes pointing out their victimitis approach, or over-the-top reactions, or defensive accusations so that they can overcome those self-defeating patterns), the customers nearly always react by crying, “Wolf!” (“in sheep’s clothing!”) and claiming that the support staff is “rude”, or “nasty”, or “accusing”, or “insulting” when, in fact, the only person doing all that is themselves (that’s the ever-so-present “mirror effect” in full swing).<\/p>\n

Intention<\/em> always overrules perception<\/em>, and yet some people stubbornly cling to their own perceptions as being the only way things can be. They are blind to any other possibilities.<\/p>\n

They are so bent on “seeing no evil” that they end up seeing evil where it never was.<\/p>\n

Shut your eyes to the world, and you won’t like what you do end up seeing, because it will appear to you as far worse than it ever really was.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

“Hear no evil…”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The MORE you take the stance of COVERING your EARS<\/span><\/strong> to deafen your mind from the people, news, and counsel who pass along constructive (helpful) criticism, investigative facts, and hard-to-swallow truths — whether about the world around you or yourself — the LESS you’ll be able to HEAR life in Hi-Fi surround sound.<\/p>\n

“They [the folks who dig putting their index fingers in each ear and yelling out, ‘la, la, da, da, na, na, na… I don’t hear you!’] are like the football receiver who doesn\u2019t understand he must land with both feet in bounds for the catch to count. Don\u2019t be negative and tell him that he was out of bounds. They\u2019re like the musician who\u2019ll never make it because she doesn\u2019t want to be told that the notes she\u2019s playing don\u2019t sound good.” — Our March 4th Simulcast Mentor<\/em><\/span><\/strong> (link below).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As we asked the “Negativity Busting” teacher, mentioned several paragraphs prior:<\/p>\n

“Are you happier with the phrase ‘free thinking’ because ‘free’ is a positive <\/em>word and ‘critical’ is a negative<\/em> word? Well, that’s your interpretation and perception based on the fact that you have what you see as an ongoing EXCESSIVE battle with negativity.”<\/p>\n

In other words, folks who are adamant about NOT hearing what they deem to be negative (regardless of how 4 out of 5 people could see it as constructive), often end up proliferating the very thing they’re trying so, so hard — and putting so, so much energy on — to avoid.<\/p>\n

Our March 4th mentor provides the following definitions<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Law of Attraction<\/span><\/strong> — that which you focus on expands or contracts based upon how you focus on it (his definition)<\/p>\n

Law of Distraction<\/strong><\/span> — that which you ignore may also expand or contract depending on how you don\u2019t focus on it (also his definition)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the distinctions the March 4th mentor is talking about, through these definitions, is this:\u00a0 you ab-so-lute-ly can, and for the sake of expediency and effectiveness, should SIMULTANEOUSLY move towards what you want as you move away from what you don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n

Ideally they work in harmony, baby!\u00a0 Straying from one to molly-coddle the other is a lesson in foolish manifesting.<\/p>\n

Yup, it’s all about where your FOCUS lies, and the meaning you attach to it and for how long.<\/p>\n

Those who have a FOCUS (call it a “foundation”) of SEEING life with exploratory eyes — with curiosity, fascination, and appreciation for unvarnished truth — can ACCEPT, and therefore view a phrase like “critical thinking” for what it is. Meaning, instead of pulling it apart in way that’ll justify their identity for being a “negativity buster”, they’ll SEE the following definition:<\/p>\n

[ Def <\/strong>] “Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alright, let’s move on to the Monkey who loves covering his mouth (where the hell is the banana going? Uhmm, we wonder):<\/p>\n

“Speak no evil…”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The MORE you take the stance of COVERING your MOUTH<\/span><\/strong> to satisfy societal norms, to not rock the boat, to not stir the pot, to not ruffle feathers (okay, enough analogies?), the LESS you’ll ever be in a position to effect real change.\u00a0 Self-expression, whether confronting yourself or your loved ones, can be a very transformational tool when used correctly. Without it, however, you can find yourself “in secret” letting emotions boil and self-defeating behavior run rampant.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine if you were the ONLY one around who could nudge yourself away from re-creating the same UNWANTED situations over and over?<\/p>\n

What if everyone around you believed the more they “stay quiet” — regardless of the incompetency and B.S. swirling around your home, your family, your office, or business — the better it will get?<\/p>\n

“Today, I think most people will agree that our nation is in great peril. Yet, it\u2019s amazing to me how many people are playing ‘see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil.’<\/p>\n

It\u2019s amazing how many people are closing the blinds and ignoring what is going on. It\u2019s amazing how many people think that if they ‘believe’ nothing bad will ever happen — that nothing ever will.” — Our March 4th Simulcast Mentor<\/em><\/span><\/strong> (link below).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We wholeheartedly KNOW (not just believe) that you grow by not falling into the status quo (hey, that rhymes), by keeping things candid, straightforward and refreshingly REAL.<\/p>\n

You grow, and help others grow,when you question, when you destruct identities, when you stay away from the molds that come with pre-programmed (often implied) ways to say things a certain way, to BE a certain way (as in “passive” and “unattached”), or DO things a certain way.<\/p>\n

Step beyond boundaries of what’s considered normal; lash out at cherished ideals; don’t be afraid to offend or put your reputation at risk sometimes (i.e., what you feel people will perceive you as by doing a certain thing outside your norm).<\/span><\/p>\n

To us, LIFE isn’t so much about striving to perfect our ego, or continually evolve into this “beaming light” sort of always-happy being, as much as it is being in a state to appreciate little amazing moments and be awake enough to SEE the magical things that are already happening in our lives.<\/p>\n

We see enlightenment simply as an “experience,” not a permanent way of life. We don’t feel somebody “gets” enlightened like they get a tattoo, get a college degree or get married. Instead, it’s just an experience. It begins, it ends, and another one takes its place.<\/p>\n

So, to end this little (well, long) Three Wise Monkeys critical-thinking commentary<\/span>, here’s one more insightful quote from our forthcoming mentor:<\/p>\n

“People who automatically associate others who foul as negative, fearful, angry, resentful and so on are acting like the golfer who is totally unaware of the rough, the sand traps, the ponds and the pits — so he is continually in them.”<\/p>\n

LISTEN To The Man Affectionately Known As Zen Master of the Internet\u00ae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Your Partners in the Quest For
\nLiving a Life Without Limits,<\/em><\/p>\n

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