Jim's Secret Thoughts

“Competition is a sin.” - John D. Rockefeller
The unwillingness to explore alternative options creates the need for competition. As a competitor, intolerance is inevitable. You discriminate against those you regard as competitors, those who, in your opinion, have what you want. You are so focused on your opponent, new and better methods are ignored. If you [...]

How often have you heard parents putting their kids down? Or maybe you are a parent and have found yourself doing this. If a child has a sour face everyday then there must be a reason. What are it’s parents saying to it?
“You’re hopeless!” “You can never do anything right!” “Your brainless!” “You’ll never amount [...]

One of Jesus’s main teachings has been greatly neglected: Love one another, love your neighbour as yourself, love your enemies. He also taught: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And again he said: Do not judge otherwise you will also be judged.
I regard Jesus as one of the most inspired teachers of [...]

The 30 Day Blessing Challenge
This was an challenge and exercise started on Twitter and Facebook on started 2nd August 2009. Here is a collection of the blessings of each day and some of the comments received. Why not try it out and post your experiences?
Challenge for the next 30 days: Silently wish everyone you [...]

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 [...]

Is justice so important? Does the right to justice imply the right to seek and destroy? When is the fight for justice best laid aside? How much more peaceful would our world be if we would lay aside justice and forgive?
How far should love go? When is loving too much? When is it not justifiable [...]

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 [...]

What is hate and what has that to do with the law of attraction? Have you ever hated someone? What is happening when we hate? Aren’t we actually wishing something bad on the other person? Aren’t we wishing some disaster befalls them?
Think about what this is doing, what is happening. Your thoughts are an energy [...]

We have been told that we live in a box.
We’re told that the sides of this box are the end of our existence.
Outside the box is God, and if we live good lives we will see him.

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 [...]