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Variety is this weeks blog theme, long term friend and free listing member Catwoman1459 from Your World Biz on Ning has sent me one of the most interesting links this week, ever though of promoting cute kitty pictures, that’s right adorable cat pictures, visit Catalogue 1(Commission Gurus). This weeks winner Cheryl also joined the Basicozbizinfo Google Network, have a read of her post, it is truly inspirational, to find out why she is this weeks winner, have a read of the Thank You Newsletter and visit her website maverick moneymakers in Catalogue 4(People Need My Biz). Please check out the following, Catalogue 1(No start up capital), Catalogue 2(Lets find someone, WWW Marketing), Catalogue 3(Total Satisfaction, Just Me) and finally Catalogue 4(Money is cool). Click on the last links in the category, well thats all from me, till next week.
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Liam Jenkinson
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For the last three weeks or so I have been asking the universe for the answer to these questions:
What is it that we struggle with SO much ?
What is the exact nature of the greatest problem we face ?
Can it be reduced down to one, simple observation ?
Having spent my whole life busting my brains on the problems of our world, this was nothing really new, except for the fact that I had given up looking for actual *solutions* and turned, instead, to looking for *reasons*.
I sat down, got myself comfortable and watched Zeitgeist 2, hoping it would stimulate my thought processes to get a clearer understanding of just what on Earth is happening here, but it did not seem to help.
It did not help to know that the planet collectively owes itself something like 54 TRILLION dollars. I mean, how the hell does THAT work ??? If we owe *ourselves* that much, why don\'t we just call off the debt ? hahaha
It did not help me to know that we were fast running out of resources. We have been running out of resources ever since we started with this thing called *progress* and hardly anyone in any position to be able to do anything about it cares a hoot.
It did not help me to know that there seem to be just a handful of people who hold all the wealth and power in the world.
It was just more and more BAD NEWS. More problems... more disasters... and this is not what I was looking for.
What I was now looking for was THE REASON behind all these problems.
What IS IT that we battle with ?
What is that ONE big mistake we make ?
Surely, we cannot be doing EVERYTHING wrong!
The Zeitgeist movie illustrated an important point:
We now have automated systems that can produce cars, machinery, equipment and all sorts of goods and services without any need for humans to do actual *work*.
Now, under different circumstances, this would be WONDERFUL! If we were all living in that Utopian society we all dream of, this would be a great step forward, having machines to do all the work for us. It would theoretically leave us free to enjoy life the way it was meant to be enjoyed, knowing that our intelligence and technology had relieved us from the need to do manual labour.
But somehow, at the moment, it is not benefitting us. At the moment, it is viewed as a major cause of unemployment and economic difficulty.
Why, WHY, WHYYYYY????
No matter where I looked, or how deeply, all I found were more problems, and, at their core, still MORE problems... everything seems to feed on itself and the harder we try, the worse it seems to get. Here we are, all working our guts out, paying through he nose and *progressing* more rapidly than we ever have done before and life is getting MORE DIFFICULT, rather than easier. We struggle to maintain *economic growth* whilst our standard of living continually falls...
WHERE ARE WE GOING WRONG ?!?!?!?!
WHAT IS CAUSAL TO *ALL* THIS ???
Again, I had had enough for the day and decided to turn in and just get some sleep. I had really had enough (again...;-).
But then, this morning, it hit me.......
Look at all the SYSTEMS we have constructed using parts and machinery - that is, non-living, inorganic objects - the production lines, the computers, the technology...
IT ALL RUNS SMOOTHLY
NOW, look at all the SYSTEMS that we have constructed using PEOPLE or other living things:
NONE OF THEM WORK! - THEY ALL BACKFIRE ON THEMSELVES!
The law system has become the major cause of injustice.
The medical system has become the major cause of sickness and ill health.
The military system has become the main reason behind the lack of peace.
The political system has become the major cause of lack of correct governance.
The financial system the main cause of poverty and
Religion has been the main cause of lack of Love in the world!
It seems that everytime we try to make a SYSTEM that is supposed to work properly for all people, it fails us. We can build a manufacturing plant filled with robots that churns out 1000 cars per day and is almost perfectly relaible, but we cannot create one system that works when it comes to PEOPLE.
The reason is that we are ALL UNIQUE. We CANNOT be regarded as just *parts* in a system. We all have different abilities, beliefs, thoughts, ideals, tendencies, likes, dislikes etc. A SYSTEM relies on components with KNOWN parameters all working together for a common cause. But humans do not have predictable PARAMETERS.
Imagine trying to build an automation plant using components that are completely unpredictable - ie motors that run at any speed they like or even not at all, or intermittently - basically when they feel like it. Other parts that just decide for themselves how and to what extent they will take part in that system or what function they would or would not perform on that day. It would be CHAOS and no such system could work like this.
IS THAT NOT WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE ?
Whether it be a miltary, financial, religious, political or any other other type of SYSTEM, it NEVER WORKS! ALL our problems are caused by the very SYSTEMS we have put in place to eradicate them in the first place.
Now, having recognized the enemy,
What can we DO about it ?
Comments welcome.
\"Humanity is far less brutalised by the occasional outbreak of violence than it is by the systems we have put in place to eradicate it\" - Oscar Wilde
here's another in your face article i just picked up...
545 PEOPLE by Charlie Reese and COMMON SENSE by Thomas Paine
This example is based on US alone...this would relate to all nations...
545 vs 300,000,000
http://www.tributesradio.com/profiles/blogs/545-people-by-charlie-reese
This might be funny if it weren't so darned true.
Be sure to read all the way to the end:
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he's fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won't be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He's good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he's laid.
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom...'
When he's gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge T ax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Ser vice FeeTax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge=2 0Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and The USA was the most prosperous Country in the world. The people had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?
I hope this goes around THE USA and the World at least 100 times!!! YOU can help it get there!!!
Please Visit http://australiancontacts.ning.com/group/thefutureofourworldgodsletters
No doubt, many of you have already heard about Nings latest executive decision to phase out their free networks.
From what we understand, services will be continuing, but only for those creators willing to pay the Premium site charges - $USD10 per month for the personal plan and $USD100 per month for the professional plan. Whilst, in the case of the personal plan, some might say What is the problem ? - it is ONLY $10 a month ?, it must be remembered that a great many site creators simply cannot afford this and work hard every month trying to assist those who are even worse off.
For those of us that have labored for months and some, for years, to build networks where everyone can come together and share, it is hard to imagine any worse news than this and this matter has become a major concern among a growing number of concerned site creators. For those with multiple sites, the situation is, of course, even more catastrophic.
Hearing that humanitarian sites such as Please Help Missing Children will be forced to shut down is particularly heartbreaking and herefore, a number of us here at the Collective have been discussing what we can do.
FOR SITE CREATORS:
The worst thing that could happen is that we all lose each others contact details. So before you do anything else, download your members details. Go to MANAGE>MEMBERS and down at the bottom of the page there will be a link to download your member data. Save it somewhere safe.
If you are one of those who will simply have no choice but to shut down their networks due to inability to pay the new charges, one of the most important matters will be to rescue material before the site is shut down - blogs, discussions, graphics, videos etc. It is strongly suggested that you get hold of a program that will download your site contents for offline viewing.
One program that accomplishes this is Offline Explorer Pro. We have tested it and it will successfully retrieve the entire contents of your network. Unfortunately, I cannot give you the link to it here as this document will then be tagged as spam and not get to you, but just do a search on Google and you will find it easily. Please contact me by direct email if you need help and I will do what I can to assist you - mgoebel(at)tpg.com.au
FOR EVERYONE:
A number of site creators here have graciously agreed to donate to keep the Collective running, so if you have a network and wish to keep it running, please join us here and you will at least have a home for yourself and your members. In view of the likely shutdown of many sites, we will be restructuring the Collective neighbourhood system over the next two weeks.
Whatever the name of your network was, please just make a group for it here and we will accomodate you and your members as best we can. There will not be any charges for membership here.
If we all stick together, we can get through this!
Love and Blessings,
All of us here at the Collective.
ALL NEW is the theme for this weeks update on Basicozbizinfo. This weeks winner Doncelletta Bellamy from Ning introduced me to Social Networking for idiots, for more info on how Doncelletta can help you, please visit Catalogue 4(World in motion). All new opportunities ranging from link protection and shortening, auto responder and well being products make up the catalogues for this week, check out the following, Catalogue 1(Nice and Easy), Catalogue 2(Freshies)Catalogue 3(Life in the fast lane).Click on the last links in the category, well thats all from me, till next week.
For more details check out the Basicozbizinfo website below!
Thanks again & have a great day!
Liam Jenkinson
Editor & Owner of Basicozbizinfo
bobi2222@optusnet.com.au (admin)
yahooinstantmessenger: ljb4111
mobile:0403214020
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Love is the reality, Love is the energy of divineness. Love is God.
Love is the moment. The moment is now, not the past which has gone orthe future which
is yet to unfold.
There was nothing that was not first born of love. You were created fromlove.
You are love. You are your awareness. You are your breath. You are yourpeace, you are your joy.
You are a divine being who is beatuful and perfect, right in thismoment. You will never lose
your diviness. You are unique, there is only one you.
To the degree you open yourself up to accept and be your true self, isthe degree you will have
what is rightfully yours. Love,pease,joy.
Love creates and unifies. Love heals all physical, mental and emotionalwounds.
Love is not your thoughts, nor is it your emotions.
Know that love (God) never judges. Love never accomodates sickness,control, sacrifice or
limitation. Love is not fear.
Fear can never influence the perfection of love. Love transforms fearinto love. There is nothing
more powerful than love.
There is only one true reality and that is God, however you perceive Godto be. God is love.
Everything has the life of divineness flowing through it, including you.Without this energy, your
body would be dead.
So, if you can accept your diviness (life), there is nothing you need todo to improve on
yourself.
You can learn many ways to express who you are. To the amount youexpress love, is the amount
you have awakened to the God/Goddess within.
Your divineness allows you to live forever both in physical and inspirit form.
The quality of life you have will depend on you and only you. In spiritor physical form, your life
is your creation.
You can accept who you are (love) or believe you are less than love(fear). If you choose to own
your divineness and live it out in all that you do, your peace and joyis assured.
Chapter from my ebook (Heaven to Earth through the Body)
Love and Blessings Luke
Is Education needed to be an Entrepreneur?
Is there really an education needed to be an entrepreneur? This is a question often asked by aspiring entrepreneurs.
Most of the successful entrepreneurs claim that it would take good education to become an entrepreneur. I agree with them strongly!
There are times even when those that have no educational business background are still able to make it big in the business world. Some say that they owe it all to patience, hard work, and dedication. But even those - the most dedicated and talented of us must savvy their practical skills...
So what will it be? Well, if you can afford to study a business degree, then don’t let that chance pass you by. You're quite lucky if you can attend college especially for a business degree. You have to dedicate your time studying all your lessons because in due time, you will be able to use such information to the advantage of your business.
Regardless where you study or how - you have to develop all the needed skills and characteristics of being an entrepreneur. You have to participate actively in all school activities especially those that require you to exercise your skills in business planning, controlling, directing etc.
To be a successful online marketing entrepreneur you have to gain and polish all skills you need to run your business.
Aside from education, you have to possess the right qualities and characteristics of being an entrepreneur like leadership, innovativeness, creativeness, risk taker, and many others. Even if you have the proper educational background, you can't become a successful entrepreneur if you don’t have these qualities and characteristics.
It seems that education and the right characteristics go hand in hand in producing an effective and successful entrepreneur. If you can have them both, take advantage of it right away. Education is something that money can't buy in an instant and besides, you can use your knowledge for the best interests of your business. This is not to discourage those that can't afford to earn a business degree in college.
So... please, do not despair.
You do not have to have college degree. You can gain your knowledge on internet.
The trick is - you have to decide what courses to choose, what teacher to trust, how much money to involve. If you want, you can use the resources available on the internet and learn everything you can about being an entrepreneur. You must also develop the right attitude and characteristics as early as possible.
If you can pull it off, then no one can stop you from entering the business world.
Is there an education needed to be an entrepreneur? This question can only be answered by you. If you're an aspiring entrepreneur, try to assess your qualities, skills, and educational background. After that, you can already determine if you're fit to become an entrepreneur.
Maria Kuczborska
Free gift for beginners (and others): http://mariasbiz.com
Expanding your horizons, is the theme for this week’s update, WDGP Radio and Blogtalk Radio have decided to take advantage of their membership and listed themselves in more categories, bold and enlarged their websites, especially in Catalogue 1 where they have created their own category Advertising. For this weeks updates check out the following, Catalogue 1 (Advertising(NEW) & With a Passion), Catalogue 2(Tell the people), Catalogue 3(Something Special) & finally Catalogue 4(Discovery and Endeavour).Well thats all from me, till next week.
For more details check out the Basicozbizinfo website below!
Thanks again & have a great day!
Liam Jenkinson
Editor & Owner of Basicozbizinfo
bobi2222@optusnet.com.au (admin)
yahooinstantmessenger: ljb4111
mobile:0403214020
Get the energy to make money on Youtube is the theme for this weeks catalogue update. Basicozbizinfo has seen 7 brand new business opportunities ranging from advertising on Youtube from Maury & promoting energy products from Bill and general money making opportunities from many friends on Basicozbizinfo. Please check out the following - Catalogue 1(Investment Opportunities, Thoughts of Business), Catalogue 2(Do it from home, Do it for you), Catalogue 3(More Biz, Lets build networks) and Catalogue 4(Makes Sense). Well thats all from me, till next week.
For more details check out the Basicozbizinfo website below!
Thanks again & have a great day!
Liam Jenkinson
Editor & Owner of Basicozbizinfo
bobi2222@optusnet.com.au (admin)
yahooinstantmessenger: ljb4111
mobile:0403214020
