Entries from February 2010 ↓

There are life-changing moments and then there are LIFE-CHANGING MOMENTS.

Being arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping and then facing a possible 20-year sentence was not something I intentionally wished to happen.

But sometimes you only change and grow when your life or your freedom is on the line.

You learn to improvise and to use your intuition the minute you realize that there is no cavalry coming to the rescue. Here’s the story of the judge facing the executioner:

When you come from a dysfunctional or violent family, you are fragile and can easily drop off the deep end of life. Criticism is something which is reacted to violently or by walking around with your imaginary tail between your legs.

Everyone at some time is vulnerable to manipulation by a “loved” one or a manipulative person or group. While most do not end up in a religious cult or following some violent, radical underground group, I joined the former.

In a recent episode of Boston Legal, the lawyer took advantage of a woman who he was to defend and engage in sex in the office. The scene was down-played for the remainder of the show, but what kind of message was it sending to the viewing public…exploit the weak and vulnerable?

Wherever you are in your life – the master or the slave position – remember that some day without doubt you will be vulnerable and the master may use you shamelessly.

Yes, be understanding and respectful of people living in darkness and searching for the light. Though they may seem powerless and easily exploited, there is a karmic law at work. Eventually the tide will turn on you in unexpected and tragic ways.

The judge is ready to weigh in…

So much of marketing is aimed at yanking or jimmying open the gateway to the mind.

Words – hypnotic ones – can make dead souls rise and fight for the glory of the fatherland or for    the honor of the father. They can also make us purchase products, services, or propaganda wholesale without a care.

Yet the combination of words, phrases and visions artfully implanted can also lead to uncompromisable creativity, blissful peace and endless tolerance.

Ah, if only most language was only used to such positive effect, then the need to warn others to watch carefully over the gateway to the mind would diminish immensely. We could live with child-like curiosity and experience the newness of each day without ever needing to utter, “What’s the catch?” or “What’s in it for me?”

The Judge weighs in…