tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post3753055698130787235..comments2023-10-30T01:06:45.704-07:00Comments on Rachel Elnaugh Entrepreneur: HarmonismRachel Elnaughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10460018519975659050noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-45565751019668016492008-12-19T23:38:00.000-08:002008-12-19T23:38:00.000-08:00I'm not sure if this comment will be seen amongst ...I'm not sure if this comment will be seen amongst the lengthy arguments on here, but I just wanted to say how profoundly affected I was by your post. I was seconds away from writing a virtually identical account of how I too arrived at the term 'Harmonism' to describe my personal beliefs.<BR/><BR/>I believe it is a accurate term to describe what we are all truly aiming for. Hedonism will not suffice since pleasure is not the true aim of all people. Socialism will not either because true success is more than just sharing resources.<BR/>I believe happiness is a mental, physical and social peace. An absence of conflict, and to be at harmony with the opposing forces that wrestle for dominance in our own minds and societies.<BR/>I believe that Barack Obama is an exceptional individual not just because of his intelligence and empathy, but because I feel a great sense of harmony from within him. That is what the world needs more of.<BR/><BR/>My life motto is this:<BR/>'To improve the quality of life for myself and for the greatest number of people to the greatest degree possible.'<BR/>Now I see that one's 'quality of life' is determined by one's level of personal harmony.<BR/>Harmony is the goal, and will dictate my choices from this day onwards.Bardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161645639014573349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-3947479432738674942008-10-31T13:56:00.000-07:002008-10-31T13:56:00.000-07:00"I will give you the benefit of the doubt - maybe ..."I will give you the benefit of the doubt - maybe you have misunderstood me."<BR/><BR/>No I understood you but I was just pointing out that what appears beautiful to you may not be for the spider. Beauty is subjective and not an absolute. The same is true of fairness and morality. Its because they are subjective that society is always flawed for someone.<BR/><BR/>Apologies Anne but I wasn't really suggesting that you are cruel to spiders in your appreciation of their dew laden webs.<BR/><BR/>CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-68597564475083947462008-10-31T03:32:00.000-07:002008-10-31T03:32:00.000-07:00You might feel that you are a fragile spider build...You might feel that you are a fragile spider building fragile webs DLOG - but that is just a game you play. <BR/><BR/>I played this game too, until one day i took a look over my mind (beyond the noise of my thoughts) and found that i (had more) and (was more) than a fragile spider building fragile webs.<BR/><BR/>I guess it is another example of "we are more than our thoughts" and "we are what we are - not what we THINK we are".<BR/><BR/>There is to much self-construction from the intellect going on and not enough nurturing of the loving spirit inside of us. <BR/><BR/>How many times have i felt like you! You are in good company my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-17635680946238578152008-10-31T03:08:00.000-07:002008-10-31T03:08:00.000-07:00"Appreciated by you perhaps but not by the spider ..."Appreciated by you perhaps but not by the spider who doesn't get to eat until her web is invisible once more..."<BR/><BR/>Then nature will take it's course and the spider will build her web again or she will die.<BR/><BR/>Of course I do not gain pleasure in watching the spider go hungry, you mustn't put words in my mouth but I will give you the benefit of the doubt - maybe you have misunderstood me. We cannot interfere with nature, the spider will continue to build her web in the same place or she will move to another spot however if it is the spider's nature to keep building her web time and time again then that's what she will do and we will continue to appreciate it's beauty.<BR/>My comment to DLOG was merely an extension of his analogy, we don't have to keep spinning the web when we have the intelligence to shift position if need be. <BR/>Hope this is clearer. Remember we CAN do better than that... <BR/><BR/>AnneAnne Herberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457260191611617141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-34497308914179140012008-10-30T15:57:00.000-07:002008-10-30T15:57:00.000-07:00"maybe the spiders web has served it's purpose and..."maybe the spiders web has served it's purpose and as it glistens in the dew, it's beauty is appreciated"<BR/><BR/>Appreciated by you perhaps but not by the spider who doesn't get to eat until her web is invisible once more...<BR/><BR/>So what you are saying is that you gain pleasure from watching spiders go hungry...doesn't seem that harmonious to me (or the spiders).<BR/><BR/>CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-64962323740280170152008-10-30T10:23:00.000-07:002008-10-30T10:23:00.000-07:00Aha, Anne maybe you have hit the nail on the head,...Aha, Anne maybe you have hit the nail on the head, the work has been completed and now it is time to vanish into obscurity!!<BR/><BR/>DLOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-12576001160745991702008-10-30T10:16:00.000-07:002008-10-30T10:16:00.000-07:00Hmmm...maybe the spiders web has served it's purpo...Hmmm...maybe the spiders web has served it's purpose and as it glistens in the dew, it's beauty is appreciated. Maybe it's time to build an anthill, strong and protective with an army of ants doing the jobs they are designed to do, soldiers to protect, servants to serve and in the midst of it - the queen ant, glorious and majestic. Everyone has a role to play, some to lead, some to follow, some to serve, some to protect...<BR/>AnneAnne Herberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457260191611617141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-85664837687776752482008-10-30T10:00:00.000-07:002008-10-30T10:00:00.000-07:00C, "PS. Anne is right, don't put yourself down as ...C, "PS. Anne is right, don't put yourself down as there are plenty of people out there who will gladly do it for you (only kidding)."<BR/><BR/>Strange thing is, it is not kidding, by god have I met them, If only you knew!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>DLOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-52891327431746584202008-10-30T09:49:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:49:00.000-07:00DLOGThere are two schools of thought about your pr...DLOG<BR/><BR/>There are two schools of thought about your predicament.<BR/><BR/>The first, aka inspiration for Robert the Bruce, namely his torment of an innocent arachnid, who like you continued to build a web.<BR/><BR/>However, the second school of thought is that if you keep banging your head against a brick wall, stop banging your bloody head. This does not mean give up but change your approach. If the aforementioned spider had been wiser she'd have stopped rebuilding the web but bitten Robert the Bruce instead. Just think it could have changed the course of history...oh hang on he lost anyway so probably not.<BR/><BR/>C<BR/><BR/>PS. Anne is right, don't put yourself down as there are plenty of people out there who will gladly do it for you (only kidding).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-62360061080860395392008-10-30T09:31:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:31:00.000-07:00Oh Anne, if only you knew how I have tried, over a...Oh Anne, if only you knew how I have tried, over and over again, a bit like the spider, build a web to have it destroyed, so build another to have it destroyed once again, and over and over again.........<BR/><BR/>Obviously I seriously lack those wonderful communication skills.<BR/><BR/>DLOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-63437537091870751392008-10-30T09:03:00.000-07:002008-10-30T09:03:00.000-07:00Oh DLOG, I often agree with you but not this time....Oh DLOG, I often agree with you but not this time. Don't put yourself down so. We all have it in us to effect change, like George Galloway said - we CAN do better than that. Look at some of the most humble people and the change they managed, Ghandi, Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela...<BR/>We all have it in us and I do agree with Dragon, we don't have to wait for someone else to make the situation perfect.<BR/>AnneAnne Herberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457260191611617141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-83210691910655519322008-10-30T07:42:00.000-07:002008-10-30T07:42:00.000-07:00Unfortunately Mr A Dragon, when you are a nobody ...Unfortunately Mr A Dragon, when you are a nobody (like me), it is very difficult to get any one to listen and take on board what I/we have to say, it is just poo pooed by those in authority. Given the chance I would be first in the queue to go and sit and attempt to rectify the wars of the world.<BR/>But hey, I am just little old me, simple, bog standard me, well not that old, but you know what I mean!!<BR/><BR/>DLOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-59790699539321896012008-10-30T06:52:00.000-07:002008-10-30T06:52:00.000-07:00DLOG Said "Give me half a chance and I'll stick my...DLOG Said "Give me half a chance and I'll stick my neck out no problem. About time Mr/Mrs average where given that chance."<BR/><BR/>We must make that chance ourselves, we can all wait for other people.<BR/><BR/>Edmund Burke famously wrote "All that is required for evil to flourish is that good men do nothing"<BR/><BR/>And Martin Luther King "The greatest sins of our time are committed not by the few who have destroyed, but by the vast majority who sat idly by"<BR/><BR/>In other words, we are responsible for the world we live in, I have started change, have you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-12444246890366093502008-10-30T03:27:00.000-07:002008-10-30T03:27:00.000-07:00Yes harmonism will not be won through apathetic, c...Yes harmonism will not be won through apathetic, calculated, step by step thinking. <BR/><BR/>This is for those who prefer a convenient get-out and enjoy being possessed.<BR/><BR/>Neither will it be won by falling into the trap of raging at BBC Celebrities, when this rage should be directed at the real culprits.<BR/><BR/>Neither take advice that tells you that you have no power and that fear should be your guide.<BR/><BR/>This is stuff of the keeper and the hive mind.<BR/><BR/>We are more than the description of the feeble and the sheep amongst the wolves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-90013533336477340382008-10-30T00:56:00.000-07:002008-10-30T00:56:00.000-07:00Give me half a chance and I'll stick my neck out n...Give me half a chance and I'll stick my neck out no problem.<BR/>About time Mr/Mrs average where given that chance.<BR/><BR/>DLOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-84437523298815477062008-10-29T11:34:00.000-07:002008-10-29T11:34:00.000-07:00Hi Steve, i watched the video and i was blown away...Hi Steve, i watched the video and i was blown away by this guy. I understand your basic point that we can do more than sit back and hope the world changes bit by bit around us. Rachel Elnaugh seems to know what she is on about and so i hope people like her can help to take things forward - but i still worry that they will be to scared to stick their neck out. Still i am an eternal optimist so i live in hope.<BR/><BR/>all the best everyone,<BR/>EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-82509258602621968772008-10-29T07:52:00.000-07:002008-10-29T07:52:00.000-07:00Mr A Dragon, I would have to disagree about not at...Mr A Dragon, <BR/><BR/>I would have to disagree about not attempting to change the system.<BR/><BR/>You may not agree with the substance of much of what George Galloway says.... but i would contest that this is just the level of passion required to alter the system.<BR/><BR/>If we all stood up and said No from time - we would see change.<BR/><BR/>Vid below.<BR/>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=249JaIaubVwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-41374962023057184702008-10-29T06:59:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:59:00.000-07:00Gasshopper "We can all, give a little to charity, ...Gasshopper "We can all, give a little to charity, use our local small businesses and thus spread the wealth, check up on our elderly neighbour, smile at the stranger in the street."<BR/><BR/>The best comment to date, well done, we are getting somewhere at last. And without lessons, pure views/opinions, ahhh what bliss.<BR/><BR/>C, thank you for your kind comments.<BR/>Life is simple, we just make it difficult by using fancy words/intials to confuse society, and me!<BR/>With regard to lawyers, yes the more the merrier, or perhaps it should be, the more the more money, they do it on purpose to make one enquire more to get more money, as soon as they pick up the phone the stopwatch starts, the more complicated they can make it the longer you are on the phone, the more money they make.<BR/><BR/>Mind you that is why I probably get myself into trouble, I am not concise enough sometimes, to simple and basic!!<BR/><BR/>DLOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-65086631217792950122008-10-29T06:49:00.001-07:002008-10-29T06:49:00.001-07:00DLOGYou always make sense unlike the asset purchas...DLOG<BR/><BR/>You always make sense unlike the asset purchase agreement I have just had from my lawyers. I think lawyers should be paid on the basis of brevity; it takes real skill to be concise but accurate. I think my lawyers seem to think that the more the merrier!<BR/><BR/>CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-9657568137356177292008-10-29T06:49:00.000-07:002008-10-29T06:49:00.000-07:00Dear C, thank you for your kind support for a fell...Dear C, thank you for your kind support for a fellow travellor on the path of enlightenment.<BR/><BR/>Today is a joyous day, for I feel that many minds who were opposed, are now coming together for the greater good.<BR/><BR/>I feel no lesson is needed today, just the dialogue of fellow humans.<BR/><BR/>What should we do? <BR/><BR/>Of course, we can all talk of plans and great schemes to rid the world of poverty, but where should we start?<BR/><BR/>The scale of the task, could overwhelm us, if we let it.<BR/><BR/>A greater plan is good, but perhaps many small changes mean we can start now, today.<BR/><BR/>Should we start in our own country or backyard, or on the huge problems of the third world?<BR/><BR/>We can all, give a little to charity, use our local small businesses and thus spread the wealth, check up on our elderly neighbour, smile at the stranger in the street.<BR/><BR/>And from these small things, if enough of us do them, huge change can grow.<BR/><BR/>But I would offer a word of caution, do not spend time trying to change the "system", I do not think it will change in our lifetimes.<BR/><BR/>Start with the small and maybe the system will change itself?<BR/><BR/>But until then, remain vigilant, the wolf is never far from the door.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-81534567607990207252008-10-29T05:36:00.000-07:002008-10-29T05:36:00.000-07:00I have recently received further information on ho...I have recently received further information on how evil is made manifest. Mr A Dragon is not evil. Mr A Dragon has suffered enough.<BR/><BR/>He should be embraced as with everyone else.<BR/><BR/>Let all views be welcomed in this time of awakening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-79642719389231025642008-10-29T05:02:00.000-07:002008-10-29T05:02:00.000-07:00Fair do's C, but to say "stop bleating about it an...Fair do's C, but to say "stop bleating about it and do something" is not really an opinion, lets have his opinion, what would he do about it.<BR/>And yes you are right, we should not attack people, but lets have a view from people of what they think should be done.<BR/>Sometimes we ourselves miss a prime ingredient in our view and it is only when some else comes up with an alternative that we actually realise the missing link, so to speak.<BR/>But you must admit that his lessons are a bit enforcing, you know sort of pressuring to change peoples views.<BR/>I hope I have made some sense C.<BR/><BR/>DLOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-6134190496402430322008-10-29T04:52:00.000-07:002008-10-29T04:52:00.000-07:00DLOGTo be fair to Mr A Dragon he has voiced an opi...DLOG<BR/><BR/>To be fair to Mr A Dragon he has voiced an opinion on this blog, namely that people should stop bleating about world poverty and actually do something about it. I seem to remember that he was roundly set upon by you and others for the temerity to voice such a view.<BR/><BR/>If you want to encourage debate its probably best not to attack those that might have a different view, however distasteful you might find such a view.<BR/><BR/>CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-9204586451681880762008-10-29T03:27:00.000-07:002008-10-29T03:27:00.000-07:00"I try to humbly present another way that anyone m..."I try to humbly present another way that anyone may follow if they wish."<BR/><BR/>No Grasshopper, you try to force your so called teachings on others, I have yet to see an OPINION from you.<BR/><BR/>DLOGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751051834657543809.post-92014128352710859242008-10-29T03:14:00.000-07:002008-10-29T03:14:00.000-07:00The pain in your head may be your own conscience, ...The pain in your head may be your own conscience, trying to communicate with you.<BR/><BR/>Not so Dragon, my conscience speaks to me in a still small voice. I have one true teacher who's Word I read daily. The oppressor will only oppress if you let him in.<BR/><BR/>AAnne Herberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457260191611617141noreply@blogger.com