Maslow describes how man is going through a process to reach a psychological state where he self actualises. In other words transcends the need for the human world in it's consumer sense. It is all about the inner relationship and the relationship on an emotional level with those around. The challenge within this is man's own desire to trip himself up.
Now interestingly I use the words man, his and him and that is because traditionally men were seen as everything and women as well, women. That concept today is totally outrageous and it is actually by looking how women are psychologically that we see where man is going wrong.
You could argue that man bases his self actualisation on my penis is bigger than your penis therefor my seed will spread further and last longer. Man has an overriding need for bigger and better toys, more powerful cars, more money in the bank. To him that is security but in reality that is his insecurity. This powerful motivator added to large amounts of testosterone drives the world we live in. The problem was that woman bought into this early on. Women were physically smaller, could be dominated more easily (and no I'm not talking 50 shades here) and whilst man would hunt woman would gather.
This is a different world today and man quite frankly has too many balls for it. You see in this humble commentators mind man is too bothered still about his penis when he should be more bothered about his brain. Woman is now coming to the fore because if we are logical about evolution the next evolutionary process in man will be the ability to connect with thought or feeling. In other words the ability to mind read.
How many men have gone on about I don't understand women? How many women have felt insecure because they can't get the right man? Or spend years with men who they care for but don't really connect with. How many men still hunt the trophy wife rather than look below the skin and the breasts and the legs? (although I have to admit I rather like legs myself )
Physical attraction is still a good thing , we have to procreate after all, and well sex is fun of course. But if you don't connect at a psychological level then what's the point? It's just a couple of hours (or about 30 seconds in my case) of extreme physical feeling and then its's all about "Is that the time? better be going then"
The problem is man has used this insecurity and somehow stuck it on to woman's psyche. Therefore it is the woman, who naturally has a greater emotional connect with herself, who starts to believe that she is at fault. She therefor starts to doubt herself when in reality she is still playing into the oldest power game in the book man v woman.
Experiencing some of the things that have challenged me through life has taught me that if I don't connect with myself how can I possibly connect with anyone else? My penis is large enough thank you for what it needs to do but in reality it feels a million times bigger when I am in real psychological harmony with someone. And for that I have to understand that emotions are the key to everything.
So it is good to feel it is good to feel insecure. Because if you feel insecure you are learning that at the end of insecurity comes security. Security within yourself and that is the only totally secure position you can ever truly have.
So if you are feeling insecure today rejoice as it is a part of a journey on your way to self-actualisation. Seek out the freedom insecurity will ultimately give you
Tuesday 19 February 2013
Thursday 14 February 2013
On a dreamy day
Sitting watching the world go by
Heart a churning, wonder why?
Hands are shaking, knees a quiver
It's only a thought but it makes me shiver
Thinking on what the future holds
Letting my soul break free from molds
Running free amongst the stars
When at last they break my prison bars
Passion is the truth that matters
Even if my life were in tatters
You are all I need to hold
To keep away the freezing cold
With warmth and hope in streams
You are always in my dreams
So as I sit and watch the word go by
It is you who will always make my heart fly
Copyright T Senior 2013
Heart a churning, wonder why?
Hands are shaking, knees a quiver
It's only a thought but it makes me shiver
Thinking on what the future holds
Letting my soul break free from molds
Running free amongst the stars
When at last they break my prison bars
Passion is the truth that matters
Even if my life were in tatters
You are all I need to hold
To keep away the freezing cold
With warmth and hope in streams
You are always in my dreams
So as I sit and watch the word go by
It is you who will always make my heart fly
Copyright T Senior 2013
Wednesday 13 February 2013
Lincoln decreed that slaves should be free! And now the courts rule that it is OK to bring back the chains of pain!
Well I've not really waded into this whole workfare debate too much yet however I think I have now made up my mind as to where I stand
It is okay to expect people to contribute to society however that contribution should not only be for the good of the person it should be for the good of all.
How can forcing someone to go and work at Poundland be in anyway helpful to their rehabilitation on to the jobs market? What exacting skills training does this job bring about and in reality if Poundland actually has the work for someone to do then surely they should pay them the national minimum wage for doing it. Oh I'm sorry I forgot that's not what all this is about is it?
If there is the work there to do then there is a job that can be paid for by the employer.
"A fair days wage for a fair days work" F.D.Roosevelt
Now FDR was a man who knew a bit about our society. In the midst of the worst depression seen in the Western World FDR brought forward his new deal. Okay you detractors will say that it didn't work for all, true I will give you that, but it did turn America from the slumbering giant into the powerhouse of manufacturing and business that it is today.
And the idea was simple pay someone a fair days wage for a fair days work. Not what workfare is doing I'm afraid. What it is doing though is reducing the figures and through clever PR manipulating the nation!
This country is in need of a rebuild. Quite a significant rebuild as it happens. We have infrastructure that was built in the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's and some would say not the 1900's but the 1800's. We have hospitals that need repairs badly, we have railway stations where if you're disabled you can't access properly and we have town centres that are dying.
What exactly is spent on improving infrastructure in this country each year? what is the market worth to Civil. Mechanical and Electrical Engineers? Billions I would guess. What if we offered these organisations the money from the social security budget providing that they did exactly what FDR set out to achieve. What if instead of plowing that money into merely sitting at home playing on the XBox we rebuilt our manufacturing industry. No not like it was but aimed at 21st and 22nd Century goals. Where is our modern Brunel? Where is our modern Stephenson? Ah I forgot they're too busy getting fat and rich and forgetting that your company is only as good as the investment you put into it.
And the biggest investment should always be in the people!
We have generational unemployment because the rich don't like the poor and the rich don't like the buses. We have generational unemployment because we have gradually forgotten that Great Britain was the powerhouse of the world and it led that through science and technology and engineering and pioneering.
And it also led it through the compassion of people like Lever, Cadbury, Fry, Boots and Clark to name a few. People who actually saw that you get the best from a workforce if you teach them to aspire and teach them the skills they require. That you teach them that collaboration is better than confrontation.
Lincoln decreed that no man should be a slave and a nation went to war. Well if we bring back slavery in this country Ladies and Gentleman I am prepared to go to war. I will not allow, and nor should you, the enslavement of your fellow human being. Let us live by higher principles not by higher profit margins. Let us live by loftier ideals not by rising dividends.
I think the man who founded Merck and Co the pharmaceutical giant said it best
"If you look after the patient the pennies will look after themselves"
And our patient today is those people who want to work who want to contribute but who are being manipulated by a few for the sake of a few middle class votes at the next election!
Do not play politics with people's lives be bigger than that !
It is okay to expect people to contribute to society however that contribution should not only be for the good of the person it should be for the good of all.
How can forcing someone to go and work at Poundland be in anyway helpful to their rehabilitation on to the jobs market? What exacting skills training does this job bring about and in reality if Poundland actually has the work for someone to do then surely they should pay them the national minimum wage for doing it. Oh I'm sorry I forgot that's not what all this is about is it?
If there is the work there to do then there is a job that can be paid for by the employer.
"A fair days wage for a fair days work" F.D.Roosevelt
Now FDR was a man who knew a bit about our society. In the midst of the worst depression seen in the Western World FDR brought forward his new deal. Okay you detractors will say that it didn't work for all, true I will give you that, but it did turn America from the slumbering giant into the powerhouse of manufacturing and business that it is today.
And the idea was simple pay someone a fair days wage for a fair days work. Not what workfare is doing I'm afraid. What it is doing though is reducing the figures and through clever PR manipulating the nation!
This country is in need of a rebuild. Quite a significant rebuild as it happens. We have infrastructure that was built in the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's and some would say not the 1900's but the 1800's. We have hospitals that need repairs badly, we have railway stations where if you're disabled you can't access properly and we have town centres that are dying.
What exactly is spent on improving infrastructure in this country each year? what is the market worth to Civil. Mechanical and Electrical Engineers? Billions I would guess. What if we offered these organisations the money from the social security budget providing that they did exactly what FDR set out to achieve. What if instead of plowing that money into merely sitting at home playing on the XBox we rebuilt our manufacturing industry. No not like it was but aimed at 21st and 22nd Century goals. Where is our modern Brunel? Where is our modern Stephenson? Ah I forgot they're too busy getting fat and rich and forgetting that your company is only as good as the investment you put into it.
And the biggest investment should always be in the people!
We have generational unemployment because the rich don't like the poor and the rich don't like the buses. We have generational unemployment because we have gradually forgotten that Great Britain was the powerhouse of the world and it led that through science and technology and engineering and pioneering.
And it also led it through the compassion of people like Lever, Cadbury, Fry, Boots and Clark to name a few. People who actually saw that you get the best from a workforce if you teach them to aspire and teach them the skills they require. That you teach them that collaboration is better than confrontation.
Lincoln decreed that no man should be a slave and a nation went to war. Well if we bring back slavery in this country Ladies and Gentleman I am prepared to go to war. I will not allow, and nor should you, the enslavement of your fellow human being. Let us live by higher principles not by higher profit margins. Let us live by loftier ideals not by rising dividends.
I think the man who founded Merck and Co the pharmaceutical giant said it best
"If you look after the patient the pennies will look after themselves"
And our patient today is those people who want to work who want to contribute but who are being manipulated by a few for the sake of a few middle class votes at the next election!
Do not play politics with people's lives be bigger than that !
Friday 1 February 2013
Sporting Chance? Not thanks to Mr Gove
The legacy of the Olympics is all we hear about when it comes to sport these days yet today that legacy seems to have hit a brick wall due the cutting of funding for sport in state schools.
Sport was my life at school, college and university. It gave me freedom. In my teenage years it took me away from the prospect of seeing my father take another round with Mr Grant or Mr Walker and it made me feel happy in a world that was dominated by whisky. It was you might say the thing that saved my life.
So why now would you take sport away from schools? Sport helps us learn in a different way. It can be as inclusive as you want it to be. In fact if you have a serious commitment to sport it can be the most inclusive way of teaching. It doesn't have to be competitive but it can be. Assessing children in the context of a sporting environment can give a more holistic picture of how a child is developing.
Sure you will say what about the fat overweight kid who hated running and was always the last to be picked for a team. I would say back to you stop and stop now. I can assure you everyone can be included in sport and if someone is seriously obese as a child then it is important to encourage participation purely for the sake of the health of the child if nothing else.
In future if we are serious as a nation for the development of our children then we have to show a commitment to their health and social skills as well as their academic skills. Sport enables us to do this and Mr Gove you need to realise that sport is as important in education as academic subjects.
But there again when have you ever cared about inclusivity and education. For you Mr Gove it's all about elitism
Sport was my life at school, college and university. It gave me freedom. In my teenage years it took me away from the prospect of seeing my father take another round with Mr Grant or Mr Walker and it made me feel happy in a world that was dominated by whisky. It was you might say the thing that saved my life.
So why now would you take sport away from schools? Sport helps us learn in a different way. It can be as inclusive as you want it to be. In fact if you have a serious commitment to sport it can be the most inclusive way of teaching. It doesn't have to be competitive but it can be. Assessing children in the context of a sporting environment can give a more holistic picture of how a child is developing.
Sure you will say what about the fat overweight kid who hated running and was always the last to be picked for a team. I would say back to you stop and stop now. I can assure you everyone can be included in sport and if someone is seriously obese as a child then it is important to encourage participation purely for the sake of the health of the child if nothing else.
In future if we are serious as a nation for the development of our children then we have to show a commitment to their health and social skills as well as their academic skills. Sport enables us to do this and Mr Gove you need to realise that sport is as important in education as academic subjects.
But there again when have you ever cared about inclusivity and education. For you Mr Gove it's all about elitism
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