Jim's Secret Thoughts

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 with [...]

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 and [...]

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 and [...]

How do you deal with a conflict situation? Do you insist on your being right, implying of course that the other person is wrong? Do you feel your sense of justice and righteousness is at stake and your view must be defended and spoken out and heard? Here is a suggestion I find very usful when faced with conflict.

What is religion to you? May I provoke you to consider thinking outside the box?
I asked Christian freinds once if they could survive without the Bible, and they could not imagine such a thing.
Spirituality has to be more than a book and ceremonies. If we have a spirit then it must exist beyond our physical [...]

Have you ever noticed how everything has its opposite? Light and darkness, hot and cold, good and evil, up and down, front a back, forward and reverse, hate and love. Have you also noticed how many of these opposites are simply the lack of their opposing twin? Darkness is a lack of light, cold is [...]