Jim's Secret Thoughts

Here I talk about paradigms and belief systems.

“Our task must be to free ourselves – by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.”

God is dead! Jahweh is dead! Jehovah is dead! Allah is dead! Buddha is dead! Hari Krishna is dead! Jesus is dead! There is no such god who favors one human being over another.

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. – Add your name to the Charter

I have just watched the Avatar movie and really enjoyed it. In spite of the typical American heavy handed approach to “destroy and take” I believe the writer of the story has presented us with a very clear message. The native Na’vi of the fictional planet, Pandora, are depicted as having a very close bond [...]

I want inspiration. I need answers. I want to know the right thing to do. Have you had these and similar questions going through your head? You analyse, you look at the pros and cons, you search for ideas and evidence, yet you still can’t make up your mind if the particular move you have [...]

In the movie The Matrix, Neo is faced with the truth that the world as he knew it did not exist, but was a virtual reality created by machines to fool the human populace that their world is real and physical. Once Neo had grasped this truth he was able to eventually master the virtual [...]

A Paradigm is a mind-set, or mind pattern, or a set of ideas. For example, a long time ago it was a paradigm that the Earth was flat. That paradigm has changed. Another paradigm could be, “I can never be an artist,” or whatever. This paradigm also can be changed. Paradigms determine how we think [...]

This interesting topic, Boundaries in Relationships, was suggested to me, and this being a self-help, law of attraction kind of blog, this is as much on topic as any. Relationships are important, otherwise why do so many create problems for themselves over their relationships? But why are relationships important, what boundaries are necessary, if any [...]

What do these have in common: Taliban, Ulster, Iran, Israel, religion, work colleague and the next door neighbour? These are all areas of conflict, and they all boil down to non-acceptance, pride and animalistic awareness. Think about it. Every area of conflict has one basic problem: one or both sides believe themselves to be right [...]