Jim's Secret Thoughts

Here I talk about paradigms and belief systems.

Can you change things by thinking about them? Do our thoughts have the potential to change the physical world? What do you think?

“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 [...]

Have you ever felt like you don’t belong, you don’t fit in? Does your life constantly bang against the wall of conformity and crash against the common perception of life? This is what the authors of Wings of Change, Jim and Katharina Murdoch, were facing when their lives were turned upside down by unexpected events. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Today I bought a chicken burger! No big deal right? A year I would have still bought the burger, but the money would weighed heavier in my hand. Two years ago I wouldn’t have give the money out. Apart from recovering from unemployment, my mindset at that time was NOT to SPEND. I had money [...]