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For Good Men and Women To Do Nothing. Amera Ziganii Rao
All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men (women) to do nothing.
Edmund Burke.
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
Hamlet. Shakespeare
The generic truth is the same. Whether it is fascism, fascist misogyny, hatred of men, homophobia, racism, rape, contempt for vulnerability, ie the homeless or the lost, or the disabled or the sick, greed of the rich and squashing of the poor, fattism, contempt for anyone or just plain meanness in any area. The generic truth is human rights. Do we respect the rights of human beings? Do we treat people with love.
Amera Ziganii Rao ©
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
Hamlet. Shakespeare
The generic truth is the same. Whether it is fascism, fascist misogyny, hatred of men, homophobia, racism, rape, contempt for vulnerability, ie the homeless or the lost, or the disabled or the sick, greed of the rich and squashing of the poor, fattism, contempt for anyone or just plain meanness in any area. The generic truth is human rights. Do we respect the rights of human beings? Do we treat people with love.
Amera Ziganii Rao ©
I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.
Mae West
This era right now is the turning point of the grand span of history.
Ryuho Okawa
Ryuho Okawa
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Christopher Howard
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
Our true friends are revealed in times of misfortune. It's in these moments that we gain insight in terms of who people really are.
I don't know if you can relate to this, but in my own life I have found myself on several occassions wondering if I even had any real friends.
I've had many many many acquaintances, but what about real friends....
On many occasions my preconceived expectations of how other people would show up were much higher than what those individuals ended up demonstrating.
In times such as these I would feel betrayed, angry, sad, hurt and then this whole bundle of emotions would must often get projected out as anger or even rage.
In these cases what I would ultimately need to do would be to release my expectations, stop controlling or 'trying' to control others behaviors, stop trying to control the situation and accept what WAS.... That is to say that what is necessary to release from struggle and stress is to accept what IS.
While attempts to control other people or situations are often futile and can cause both you and me to be stressed to the max, when people don't show up in times of need or worse yet, they throw us under the bus it tells us who we can really count on vs. not.
The most important thing in times like these is this.... if you ever feel like you're getting thrown under the bus or trampled on: don't join the gang that's doing the trampling!
I know that when it seems like everyone's coming down on me, I have the capacity to start beating myself up with them. However this is the worse thing you or I could do.
It's your obligation to be your own best friend. ESPECIALLY when the chips are down and every body else seems to have bailed on you. Or when the whole world seems to be against you.
It's then that it's most vital for you to be there for yourself. To be your own best coach. To give yourself pep talks, take care of yourself, pamper yourself. Ask yourself positive questions that reframe the challenging situations you might find yourself in. Try asking yourself: How am I throwing myself under the bus that causes me to think they are throwing me under the bus? What part of the problems I'm facing can I be grateful about? Where is the gift in the challenge? What is actually exciting about the challenge? What is actually joyful about the challenge?
It's this type of conversation a real friend would have with you in a time of need. So make the commitment that above all, no matter what else happens, you will be that real friend for yourself. It's the most powerful commitment you can make.
It's a commitment to your own SUCCESS!
Love Deeply and Shine Brightly.
Chris Howard
Marilyn Ferguson
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.
William James
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
Robert Browning
The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.
Ben Herbster
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust
Whether life is worth living depends on whether there is love in life.
R. D. Laing
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
Sam Keen
Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
Mae West
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of the imagination.
John Keats
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw
The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be.
Chinese Proverbs
The day I can see that we live in a free world, a world where we have all taken back our power. The bloodshed of ascension. Our fucking human rights.
Amera Ziganii Rao ©
Who Are You? What Were You Meant To Do? Christopher Howard
"Once a person says, ''This is who I really am, what I am all about, what I was really meant to do,'' it is easier to decide how to spend one's time."
I have found over the years in working with hundreds of thousands of people around the world that one of people's biggest challenges is the unwillingness to take a stand for what they believe in and for what they want their lives to be about.
This may very well flow from the, almost universal, core wound of not feeling good enough, and the lack of belief in themselves.
I remember going to singing lessons as a kid and standing next to the piano as my vocal coach played the keys that I was to follow. I distinctly remember her asking me at one point during the lesson why I was coming to voice lessons. And I also remembering muttering something like "Well singing professionally would be neat, if I could do it, but I'm not good enough." And I remember her replying something to the extent of "Well you can still do it for fun can't you. And you can get better."
Whether my memory is accurate or not on everything that was said, I am clear about one thing: I walked away from the incident with thoughts that plagued me because "no talent had been spotted within me."
I felt hurt and dejected. Small and insignificant.
I felt like this at other times throughout my life as well.
Haven't you?
Haven't you? Have you felt self-conscious, or small or weak, or not good enough? Have you ever felt these ways in areas of your life that you dreamt about or wished could become your reality? The more powerful day dream reality you had about life, but you're thoughts and beliefs held you back?
Then I have had those times where I have felt present and strong. Those times where self-consciousness seemed to wash away in a cascade of presence and a connection to what was happening in the moment.
When I was working in the hotel resort industry I felt strong. I knew who I was and I knew I was doing what I was meant to be doing.
I felt that way when I got into personal development.
I drew a line in the sand and said that there was no way I was turning back.
When I decided to diversify and focus on entrepreneurial endeavors I KNEW I was on the path of my divine destiny.
I rediscovered my true power when I stopped trying to live up to someone else's definition of who I should be and shared openly with the world who I really was. Take me or leave me, this is who I am. I am not a brand, I am a human being.
Where in your own life do you need to take a stand, to let the world see who you really are? To drop the pretenses. To stop pleasing others and instead please yourself. To find the courage to embrace what you REALLY want - not second best - no compromise.... where is it most important for you to full-heartedly commit.
Before the commitment is made focus is scattered, who you are is scattered. Results are sporadic and erratic...all over the place. But once you've declared who you are and what you want your actions will flow naturally from that place to support the powerful path toward the future of your dreams.
Love Deeply and Shine Brightly.
Chris Howard
In dwelling, be close to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart.
Lao Tzu
I ached abruptly, intolerably, with a longing to go home; not to that hotel, in one of the alleys of Paris, where the concierge barred the way with my unpaid bill; but home, home across the ocean, to things and people I knew and understood; to those things, those places, those people which I would always helplessly, and in whatever bitterness of spirit, love above all else.
I ached abruptly, intolerably, with a longing to go home; not to that hotel, in one of the alleys of Paris, where the concierge barred the way with my unpaid bill; but home, home across the ocean, to things and people I knew and understood; to those things, those places, those people which I would always helplessly, and in whatever bitterness of spirit, love above all else.
James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
Intellectuality, sexuality, imagination, heart and sedition. Penetration.
Amera Ziganii Rao ©
My beautiful, wolf, hyena, over masculinised, sexually advanced, snake, lizard, Sacred Pimp, twin soul.
My beautiful, wolf, hyena, over masculinised, sexually advanced, snake, lizard, Sacred Pimp, twin soul.
Amera Ziganii Rao ©
Anyone who tries to become a better person or become true happiness or love is raising the love vibration of the planet. Anyone who tries to pursue their heart's dream is raising the love vibration of the planet. That is what we are all doing here in the run up to 2012. The year of Ascension on planet Earth. Consciousness and suffering and mastering one's ego. All actually for 'the cause'. Love on Earth.
Ego is the personality we develop from our parents, teachers, society and religion. Whether we are surrounded by good people or not. Whether we come from painful families or not, painful sociological backgrounds or not. Ego is the tribe. Ego is the old world that must die for love to exist. Converting ego is the only way to salvation because ego is The Matrix. The lie. And ego can go.
Amera Ziganii Rao ©
Ego is the personality we develop from our parents, teachers, society and religion. Whether we are surrounded by good people or not. Whether we come from painful families or not, painful sociological backgrounds or not. Ego is the tribe. Ego is the old world that must die for love to exist. Converting ego is the only way to salvation because ego is The Matrix. The lie. And ego can go.
Amera Ziganii Rao ©
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.
Luciano Pavarotti
Other Links
Other Links
The Ultimate Wisdom of Renunciation. Amera Ziganii Rao
Quest for Freedom. Amera Ziganii Rao
Perfection Takes Time. The Nightmare of Ascension. Amera Ziganii Rao
Freedom. Random Writings l. Amera Ziganii Rao
The Patriarchal Womb Stealing Homicidal Tribe World. Amera Ziganii Rao
True Love Pt ll. Amera Ziganii Rao
Thank you to outside source for photograph. Darkroomed by Amera Ziganii Rao
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