The importance of thinking

Think and Prepare Like a Warrior

Many years ago I read an excerpt from a book written by John Perkins who had or has a base in New Jersey where he taught martial arts and their mental requirements. I found it pretty relevant to everyday life. His specialty was preparing newly graduated police recruits for the real world of the streets. It wasn’t enough to learn from an academy but to also learn the down and out chaos of the real world.

During our challenging times of anger, chaos, fake news, aggressive and crazed humans, lies, corrupt officials, corrupt corporations and the other nasties in Pandora’s box, I find John Perkins mindset preparations genuinely helpful. I thought you might to. Please remember, if you want this society to improve, you will be required to become involved with improving it. The time has past for complaining and marching. A buildup of citizenry influence is necessary. Make your …

Gail Minogue Monday, October 11, 2021 4 Comments

Thinking is No Longer a Luxury

As we move away from the Piscean Age into the Aquarian Age, we are learning the process of thinking. The fading Piscean Age was very different in that its characteristics were built more on emotions than on thought. That is not to say there weren’t some great thinkers over the last two thousand years. The masses, however, were poorly educated and most could not read. Scribes wrote the letters. The printing press started to make writing more available but it wasn’t until the dawn of the Age of Aquarius in the early 1800’s that the education of the masses began to take shape.

The old philosopher, Manly P. Hall, wrote many books, gave many lectures on this theme. He states that “today philosophy is one of the most important areas of our mental life. It is the only instrument we know by which we can organize the purposes and reasons …

Gail Minogue Tuesday, September 3, 2019 3 Comments