Happiness Tree

The Law of Action, Rather Than "The Law of Attraction". What a Refreshingly Simple Truth!

The following is an excerpt from the synopsis of a new book by Theo E.J. Wilson, a man who could be characterized as a modern day Martin Luther King, Mark Twain and Henry David Thoreau, all wrapped up into one....

And you've probably never heard of him.

"The Law of Action"."Let's be realistic! If staying mentally focused on only what you want were enough to attract it, you’d have it by now.  Although the laws of the mind are powerful tools, there is another side of the equation.  It’s the action factor.  It is the spiritual growth that comes from the doing, even if the doing is hard. There’s an elbow-grease component that is missing from modern metaphysics.   Too often, the teachings of today lack the backbone necessary to be universally applicable.   The fire has gone out of the philosophies, leaving us with a pile of watered down, westernized half-truths.  Quietly, the seekers have begun to rebel, misled by feel-good gurus who promise success for the masses, and deliver only for the few.  Is there a spiritual law that works anywhere in the world, regardless of class or material access?  How do we make sense of the darkness in our world (and in ourselves,) to the gain the understanding to transmute it?  The answer is The Law of Action". - Theo E.J. Wilson

Throughout my book "The Happiness Tree" and on this blog, I have decried the travesty of modern day gurus, false prophets and charlatans hocking the same warmed over psychobabble to generation after generation, promising them that merely wanting something badly enough will cause it to manifest in their lives. But they don't yell this from the rooftops or hand carry leaflets door to door, selflessly passing along their supposed wisdom for the benefit of humanity. NO! They charge exorbitant fees to unlock this "Secret Knowledge", taking advantage of the very people they proclaim they are committed to help.

As an example, it was recently brought to my attention that Lisa Garr, the Emcee of the Aware Show, an online podcast that has operated for over a decade, interviewing leaders in the... shall we say, "New Age Movement", was generously extending to her listeners the following special offer:

She would select 8 people that would work directly with her and gain access to her special insight so that they might be able to manifest their dreams as she had done, lo those many years ago.

And how did she attain this amazing success?

By her own admission, from special mentors in her life, like Wayne Dyer, who sadly for the rest of us, passed recently into the light of infinite spiritual bliss, bless his soul. In her video appeal, selling her amazing opportunity, she looks into the camera with as much conjured compassion as she can muster and reveals to us how she was saved from obscurity by the altruism of Wayne and other movers and shakers, such as Louise Hay, the current reigning Prima Donna of New Age nonsense, who has become a multi-millionaire many times over by publishing and distributing this rubbish to a seriously neurotic audience of sycophants.

I took up the challenge (with a healthy dose of skepticism), to see if I might be lucky enough to receive this blessed assistance from Lisa to further my professional and spiritual aspirations.

On the simple online form, I was asked questions like: (paraphrasing), Tell Us a Little About Yourself; What Special Qualities Might Make You a Good Candidate For Lisa's Program? and finally, What Do You Hope To Get Out Of Your Time With Lisa?

I took my time and tried to be open minded about the process. Digging deep into my consciousness to find kernels of passion and poignancy I could bleed on to the page to gain her attention. When I was finished, I submitted the form and was redirected to a final page that informed me of the following:

Opportunities like this are rare and not free. If selected for Lisa's program, would you be willing and able to make a 5 figure financial commitment to your future?

WTF!!!

50, 60, $70,000 or more? Who knows where it might end? If these people are good at anything, it's stringing along their followers, with promises of even more access to their special brand of bullshit. Once you're in the grasp of their grubby hands, the proverbial "Yellow Brick Road" will always be just over the horizon. 

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Okay, enough of my ranting and raving. On to the true prophet and truth seeker of our time. Theo E.J. Wilson.

He has a new book out which clearly describes his modus operandi: "The Law of Action". (Not the Law of Attraction). It is available by clicking on the cover below.

I recently listed to Mr. Wilson giving a TED talk. I was incredibly impressed with his eloquence and poetic delivery. When I looked more deeply into his background, I found that his is indeed a Renaissance Man of many talents. Not the least of which is Poetry. He has received winning accolades at many poetry slam events. I found it impossible look away during his presentation. He is a Force of Nature on the stage, commanding attention and driving his point into the minds of his audience with the subtleness of a velvet Samurai. 

 

Here is the presentation through which I was introduced to Mr. Wilson. I do hope we are privileged to hear much more from him in the future. I hope he applies his mission to one of the the many critical problems plaguing humanity. We need honest, passionate men and women of integrity to help us pave a road to a brighter, more peaceful, prosperous and sustainable future. 

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Now please listen to Mr. Theo E.J Wilson 

Dangerous Weather Further Legitimizes Climate Change Scenario - What Will We Do?

Climate change is a cunning beast, laying low, giving us pause to again become complacent or dust off our denial. Then it happens, Texas suffers its 3rd Hurricane in a decade, the 5th since 2000 and by all estimates, Harvey, being the worst, characterized as a 1 in 1000 year event.

Now, as I write, another hurricane, "Irma" is bearing down on the Florida coast. Poised to hit the Caribbean islands first, with possible catastrophic damage occurring to Florida by Saturday - As Houston just begins to dry out and assess the damage and the Federal Government struggles to find the resources to begin rebuilding that city and helping its residents. Soon Florida may need the same assistance, putting a tremendous strain on our already unstable economy.

Today, I heard that London, England has been protected by a series of massive walls, called the Thames Embankment, to keep the River from inundating the city, as it did in 1928. They also realize, that by 2050 or so, it will need to be amended to adjust for the rising waters caused by climate change. How is it that we as individuals can deny a reality which compels entire cities and nations to spend billions.  

Many other metropolitan areas are bracing or preparing for what they deem to be an inevitable threat that will devastate its coastal communities unless something is done. Even as our President chooses to deny the existence of wildly accepted science painting a doomsday scenario unless we all act to address the underlying causes of climate change.

It is daunting I know. The challenge is so massive it almost boggles the mind. But so was WWll and Polio and so many other cataclysms that threatened to challenge humanity's future. And yet, with collective action and the help of our government, we met and defeated these adversaries. Why is it we feel so apathetic in the face of this threat?

I think I have an answer and it strikes at the heart of what we as a nation, as a culture, have become ... Lazy.

And I point not the finger only to others, but also to myself. I love the internal combustion engine in my car. Do I want to replace it with an electric vehicle that gets me where I'm going, for sure, but without the excitement of 6 cylinders exploding an air / fuel mixture inside a hermitically sealed chamber and sending the resulting energy to the back wheels via a series of gears turning inside a marvelous mechanism called a transmission? Electrons flowing down a wire and turning an electro-magnetic motor bores the heck out of me.

Would it in fact make some small contribution toward addressing our looming crisis, by keeping just a little carbon out of the air? Perhaps. It's complicated. Because the electricity I would use to charge that vehicle's batteries would have to be generated somehow. Depending on where you live, that electrical generation may be driven by solar panels, or also natural gas or even coal. Granted, when power is centrally generated and sent out via an infrastructure like an electrical grid, it is more efficient and less polluting then having that equivalent energy produced by an internal combustion engine burning gas. But is that enough to really make a difference? Maybe, if the shift was on a large enough scale. 

Yet, consumers are tepid on electric vehicles. They accounted for barely 2% of auto sales in the last year that was analyzed. And as a result, the essential vehicle charging stations are not being built to support and serve that small demographic. And when they are put in, the ugly interference of capital interests rears its ugly head yet again: Different electric car manufacturers and different charging station interests are devising proprietary equipment to serve primarily "their" customers. So if you drive up in a Nissan Leaf for an example, you may not be able to charge from a station that was built for a Tesla or a Prius. This corporate-centered mentality will leave many EV owners stranded and they know it. So, what seemed like a good, socially progressive idea is once again corrupted by greed.

So what about Solar Panels; Composting your waste; Growing a garden to become less reliant on wasteful industrial farming; Planning your week to make fewer trips, or walking instead of driving, whenever possible; Turning off lights that aren't needed, Wearing warmer clothes rather than heating the house to a toasty 80 degrees. 

Would these things make a difference? I'm not sure. And that is what sets this crisis apart from the others I mentioned: Nazis are an enemy you can see. Polio was clearly contagious and therefore, biological. But climate change is far more complicated and the truth is, we are all culpable in some way, shape or form, by continuing to remain in denial or presuming there is nothing we can do or worse: Knowing we can do something and still choosing not to.

If you're with me on this, then consider what I have done. I decided to inform myself about the problem. I purchased Al Gore's new book "An Inconvenient Sequel, Truth to Power".

It the book, he clearly describes the what Climate Change is and what's behind it. But rather than being a doom and gloom story, the information offers a ray of hope. That hope arises from the fact that what we have been doing seems to be having a positive effect: The concentration of heat-trappng gasses in our atmosphere has not risen for the last 3 years. Additionally, new technologies that are currently being developed promise to reduce our carbon footprint, rather than just reacting to it. And though I have not finished reading his compelling work, I do hope to discover ways that I can make a real difference in my own life, even as I remain firmly ensconced in my comfort zone. 

Let me know your thoughts and what you and or your community are doing to address climate change

-Shane Eric Mathias