Free to Fly
Life is a journey it can take you anywhere you choose to go
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Since Mind and Thought Power was my spur to my speaking I hammered on about it before turning my attention to the philosophers. “There is no doubt that we are now living on the cusp of a seismic shift. Life is changing, knowledge is expanding, values are clashing, technology is running ahead of itself, ignorance is proliferating and all politicians are struggling. If ever there was a time to get back to basics it is now. With no disrespect to the Philosophers among us”, I said, “Psychology is more useful to society in the turbulent days we are now living in. While you Philosophers dream up the big ideas, we Psychologists grapple with the practicalities of human behaviour and human behaviour, my friends, stems from the Mind. Psychology is Mind Stuff – where thoughts are created and manifest effects. Thoughts are Causes. Conditions are Effects. If your behaviour brings havoc to your life, a havoc you want quit of, consult the Psychologist. If, on the other hand, you enjoy the comforting myths and legends of the past, before the Enlightenment and find in them your particular comfort zone listen to the Philosophers. I, of course, speak as a Psychologist influenced by scientific discoveries, the age of self-examination and the speed and fury of technological discoveries and, more importantly, the appraisal of Mind and Mind in Motion which is Thought. Mind is static but Mind in Motion is dynamic. I put it to you that psychology is more useful on a day to day basis. Can you say the same for Philosophy? I am laying myself open to attack but where is the voice of the philosopher on day to day concerns? We have now 24 hour running news, political debating programmes, interviews with the ‘experts’ whether on economy, austerity, torture, education etc. We have panels on political programmes who may be lawyers, economists, advisers to this that and the other, journalists or even comedians and celebrities all supposedly contributing their conflicting opinions on matters of public interest and concern. We have politicians blundering away with an ill founded belief that school results are vital to our national or sovereign or whatever pride, all of them forgetful or ignorant of the fact that we are living in a vibrant, mind boggling technological 21st century when the common man has found a voice, becoming more powerful by each day’s unfolding, challenging our chosen leaders to open their eyes to what is actually happening to our precious Universe and not just their little Great Britain, and why. Their inward looking problem of ‘To Be Or Not To Be’ – Academies for all whether you like it or not, more Grammar Schools, more testing, more pressure, more packaged credentials in preparation for a consumer society. Never mind Creativity, the purpose of evolution! There’s nothing wrong with our existing educational system of institutional schooling, they will tell you, unlike everything else which is in constant change. It just needs tightening, more control. The state knows best! Tell me, where are the philosophers? In their ivory tower writing their next book or papers for the academia? When did you hear a philosopher give his expert opinion on the platforms of a popular public debate clarifying concepts, and highlighting assumptions. He could use his highly trained powers of reasoning to counteract raw emotional arguments and self interested claims. Whether it’s debates about inequality, crippling austerity, ignorance inherent in conflicts of interests, ideology or the myths of religion. We need the philosophers with the aggressive certainty of the political ‘experts’. They could then lead them to their ignorance instead of delivering insulting point scoring with their opponents. We could make the airways demonstrate what most people feel in the words of our Scottish poet and philosopher, Rabbie Burns with perhaps one word change and our apologies. ‘O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see (hear) ourselves as others see (hear) us!’ We need more emphasis on the creative power of thought and not so much pathetic emotional outbursts.
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About the Book
If you have ever wondered what life is all about, this is the book for you. If, like me, you have spent your life seeking answers to those imponderable questions like why does God allow so much suffering, is religion the answer, or is there something more important which isn’t emphasized in church or school? Does life have to be such a struggle? Can I have any say in the matter, or is my fate already sealed? This book may well give you ideas to ponder. Whether you are a Christian or atheist, humanist or agnostic, you will discover one overriding factor which should never be ignored. We are all in this together in a way that twenty-first-century science is revealing with breathtaking speed. The quantum age is with us, offering us vistas of a new way of thinking and the potential of a new way of living. If, on the other hand, you enjoy a tender love story, this book will not disappoint you. Suicide, murder, a bit of sleuthing also fits into the jigsaw of this story. I am not a scientist nor a mathematician. Equations mean nothing to me, but to read of quantum mechanics is mind-boggling and joyful. To learn about the wonder and mystery of the universe and man’s scientific striving to understand at breakneck speed is the gateway to cosmic awareness. This book, above all else, highlights the power within each one of us. This is the power of the mind and its manifestation in our thoughts for good or ill.
About the Author
Most of the author’s life has been spent asking awkward questions in the hope of finding credible answers. She gives a prelude to this in her two miniautobiographicals, Kindle publications Keep Searching and Widening the Search, both of which sparked an interest to take it further. This book is the result. In it, she not only highlights the suffering and concerns common to everyone, but also discovers a powerful way to tackle them. Her short acquaintance with quantum mechanics opens an exciting new way of thinking to ensure a happier life in spite of the burden carried. Thought is the manifestation of the mind and its power is awesome, and that is probably why this resultant book has been written in her eighty-ninth year of existence. After a checkered career consisting of many years in civil service to music teaching in Canada where she developed a taste for general teaching, she then returned to Scotland and college to qualify for this and concluded her teaching career as deputy head in a large primary school in the West Midlands. While living in Edinburgh, she became involved in theosophy and enjoyed a short spell as honorary librarian in the Theosophical library there. This gave her such food for thought, which has never left her. Mind may be static, but thought is dynamic with potential available to everyone.