When I think about my dad, I think of the quote ‘genius is eternal patience’ by Michelangelo. The reason I think of this particular saying is that often times John Ferrick has ideas that appear eccentric, but usually he has the last laugh. Like the karate kid questioning mr. miyagi, the Ferrick boys sometimes questioned some of his methods growing up, not always realizing there was sometimes a reason and a purpose for ‘wax on, wax off.’ I think the older I get the more I appreciate dad’s unconventional ways, and I often, although not always, find myself agreeing with him in ways I didn’t before.
The retirement of John Ferrick is a milestone in our family history. It reaffirms our belief in miracles. I personally wasn’t sure as of a year or two ago whether my dad was going to retire at all. It seemed as if he was going to keep working forever. I’m pleased that he has decided to move on so that he can persue other interests in his life. And now he can finally get a little rest! I remember my dad waking up early every morning, for years, and leaving for work at the crack of dawn. He not only put in a lot of overtime at the post office, in an environment that wasn’t always conducive to his well being, and on top of that he put in a lot of time as a union representative, for many years being President of the union. He did certain things at the Post Office that I’m sure he’ll be remembered for, like fighting to have cigarette smoking banned indoors, which I’m sure wasn’t a popular decision with a lot of the employees, but one that many other people surely appreciated.
And he’s apparently going out without a whimper- I just found out he’s decided to continue contributing writing articles for the union newsletter. I like reading them, as they’re filled with honest insight, stoic and philosophical wit in an environment where such wisdom is needed even if not always welcomed. I think that place is going to miss my dad. As I was driving by the post office in December, I realized it was first time in my entire life that I was passing by it and my father was no longer working there. So, after growing up in south central los angeles, going to catholic high school, surviving Vietnam and over 38 years at work, it’s time for Dad to relax or not to relax, deciding his next move in peace. And I gotta say for 64 years old, he’s still looking pretty young and is still full of hip ideas. So we’re expecting the next miracle: those two 1954 chevys in the back yard will be running in no time. Thanks dad for all the sacrifices you made for us, take a deep breath and enjoy a very significant birthday celebration.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Maximum U
Working with what is.
First thing to realize about your life is to understand that if you want to change and develop a better future you must accept what you are right now. That means that your pain and regret that you feel has been holding you back can actually become that what propels you forward.
Whatever is getting in the way of you living completely in bliss is in the past. Getting that out of the way and being related with life as it is, Is what matters. Instead of pretending you have all the answers, you should get into a space of speculation- not resolution. Resolve to not need to know the final answer in this space of time. That takes the psychic pressure off of you and causes a more peaceful solution to spring forth from within you. You must realize that there is no kwik fix- just try to do better slowly but surely, as if chipping away at an invisible stone.
Forming new Brain Patterns-
The Brain matrix- stand in nothingness as if you are starting all over again. If you can create anything at all for your life, what would it be? Is it now time to bridge the gap between fantasy and reality? Is falling in love with the harmful aspects of your personality, your comfort zone, keeping you from being who you could fully be?
The essence of attraction- this is related to being committed to ideals, yet unattached to the outcome. “I am” is referring to something you think you are. There is no past, if you really think about it. There is no “self either. You have to have a superior cause that is worth giving your past to.
Don’t sell out to being practical. Be unreasonable. Does the present existence, the drama you are playing out enliven you? If not, take this current moment to change your position. Restart the chess game, reprogramming your brain. You can do this.
Power comes through the simplest way. Simplicity is your essence. It’s who you’ve always been the core. If it wasn’t for all the trauma you have endured throughout your life, you would be living simply. But because of pain and the need to avoid suffering your life has become complicated. Through trying to heal ourselves we’ve often made our wounds worse. The best way to confront this reality is to humbly realize that many times you could have chosen a better route, but that you have tried your best. You are only human, stop beating up yourself.
How can you live the rest of your life in endless exuberance? If there was a way to live in a higher vibration, would you be willing to make the necessary changes? Whatever is getting in the way of getting what you want, be willing to give that up, in such a way as if you were slowly peeling an onion. Getting into your new rhythm slowly is key to lasting change.
Keep your eyes and ears opened for serendipitous opportunities. Keep aware of coincidences and synergy of life. Create power using full yet simple language in your every day reality. Simplicity is elegance.
Prepare for miracles, and reorganize your view of reality. Instead of telling people about your ideas, share them. Make everybody who you love and respect part of your dream. If somebody does not fit into your movie, edit them out.
There are no loopholes. Become a reality junky. Reality is more endlessly fascinating then any altered state could ever be. Don’t be afraid of feeling tired. What do you have in your life that is worth being fully present to? Find something every morning that is worth throwing the covers off of your bed and jumping into the shower.
You are not the fixed identity you think you are. Your ego, your concerns, past nightmares.
Failure is not fatality. If I fail the game, it doesn’t mean I’m a failure. There is too much fear of failure in the world. You are living out the real punishment of an unreal story.
Positive thinking doesn’t solve negative thinking. You must go beyond them by being moved and inspired, giving up hopelessness and hope.
Occurring impossible does not = impossible.
Don’t think you’ll ever get to the top of the mountain where everything is perfected. There is no ‘it’s difficult’ in reality- these negative aspects only actually occur in words.
You were born whole and complete, until you said ‘something’s wrong here.’ You must do the work that is laid in front of you. You must deal with what is not whole and complete- that which persistently keeps you from being the maximum you. You know that you have dealt with something effectively if It no longer disturbs you. It is time to knock over every fear like your bowling down balls. Until nothing negatively affects you any more.
What if it feels impossible to capably deal with this stuff? There is a solution for every problem, simply because of the fact that it happened in distance time and space. You didn’t start out with these problems, and you can lose them.
There is a difference between uneducated and stupid. Become a master of distinction. Share where you have not been authentic. Create a new possibility, then be it. Create new possibilities, and learn to give yourself and the universe instructions.
Learn to love the bullshit. Love the unworkability of life. Learn to embrace the chaos. You can be with people- the story of fear is what stops you- not the fear itself.
We are all going to fail in life. Which means there is absolute freedom to fail in any other game. Our comfort zone is what inhibits freedom, along with our ego need to be seen as correct. Even some of our strengths come from this lack of freedom. What happens is that in your youth, something disappointing occurs as failure in our own mind. This creates your ego defenses, which keeps you from being fully present with other human beings.
High concern for failure logically makes no sense. You don’t need the white picket fence, or all the other sundries that everybody tries to convince you that you need. They don’t need them either.
Experience being someone else. I don’t have to try to be the best if I get rid of everything but the best. Brainwash yourself.
Using the knowledge of physics which we are all subject to, to improve your life. For something to exist, there is a condition that needs to be present. For instance, there can be no life on earth without water. We don’t relate to ourselves as clear. We think of ourselves as separate, with a fixed way of existence. In nature you can’t have a vacuum- you must fill your void with the best stuff on earth. Not the shit that you’ve been piling up because of your past traumatic experiences. These only give you the same results over and over.
One phenomenon about your past condition is that you continue to perpetrate this reality by the words and language that you use. Who you are is nothing, so reinvent yourself. If you weren’t your delusions, what could you possibly accomplish? What has allowed that condition to be available? Get out of your own way. Icing on the mudpie. You now have the ability to dissolve your problems, simply by receiving permission from a source outside of yourself, which validates what you already know.
Brainwashing yourself- what if the way you have been living is actually unreal? The old self, the self from the past. This all arises from the words and language you assign to your problems. Stop acknowledging them and from lack of care they will dissolve. Try to do this little by little, not all at once. Nobody can do your work for you however, and don’t expect it to be easy. The invention of yourself is a game. But it’s a game you can reprogram. Be in touch with the source of your own power to such a degree that you become in control of a total transformation. Get rid of brick walls. Once an environment get’s created, what is possible is very simple. Reinvent yourself. Romantic rock and roler. A stud with courage. And although you have the ability to reinvent yourself, don’t get stuck with that invention. Only use it for as long as it serves your cause. To get stuck on your invention=craziness. From where am I inventing myself? Out of nothingness- whatever I invent is a possibility. We think the future is predictable because our past has been in our future. What direction has your life been moving in? wouldn’t you rather cause the orbit of your experience move in a more positive direction? There has been too much past in your future. Get it out now.
The not you yet= ‘I gotta figure this out- what is my realm of future possibilitys?’ stop and think about how great life could be if you’d stop selling yourself short. What are you inventing yourself as? What realm of possibility could you be giving yourself that you aren’t? who are you a possibility for? Everyone. The clearing for joy. People get joy from you being your highest self. Don’t deprive them of this. Also, have them hold you accountable. Share and contribute and praise your peers for their criticisms.
In your life, you got circumstances. These come from beyond choice. They aren’t your fault, but you can choose how you respond. Reinvent your new choices every day. Write down what your are slowly willing to say goodbye to. Changing the wheel over, molding the clay. Transforming my transformation. If www.goherenext.com you’re the only point in the universe, is there location? Possibility doesn’t actually physically exist however. You cannot point to possibility- but it can be created. Who am i: social. What am I giving up? Solitary. How do I make it real? It’s that I can invent that matters.
I invent someone with perfect hygiene and health.
Deliver that which makes a difference. Give up the way people “occur” for you. What are you concerned with? Empower and enable people to be transformed by your transformation.
Transformation machine- this is what you are now. Create a new view of yourself today. Embrace your faith and you will soon come clean. Inspire us all: closed minds are unwise and not fun. Create a future as if you’re creating a new game. Be like tom sawyer.
Integrity is good karma because when you are full of it, you must take action. When you are not true to yourself, you become lazy and full of slow energies. It is extremely important that your actions are true to who you are. Integrity is the key to success. Your identity should not be tied to your skills. As you begin to take action in your life, there will always be obstacles in your way. Think of these obstacles as a sign that your are going on the right track.
You must figure out your unique command. It is a defense mechanism that we all have. Here are some:
Don’t screw with me.
I am easily offended.
I don’t need your help.
I don’t need anybody.
Speculate what kind of projects you could take on if you would be willing to give up a unique command. For instance, you may have the command ‘I don’t need your help’ and somebody tries to help you launch a business but you sabotage it because of a subconscious need to prove your command right. Are you trying so hard to appear correct that you do this kind of stuff? What are the dreams you’ve given up on over the years that you could go back to after discarding your unique command?
The capacity to share and contribute. Power is a function of distinction- for instance, larry bird. He’s not the best ball player in the world. But yet he formed a niche.
See things others cannot see. There are no problems in reality. For instance, your career is not taking off. Or your not making enough money. In reality, these actually aren’t problems. You must learn to have tunnel vision for your desire.
I want x but y.
Rethink the problem from this formula. Rethink and recreate a new realm of possibility. Be present and get complete with your past. Start to get interested in that which lights you up. What is it? Take action on your commitments. Explosions of expressions.
Path to adventure: enlivened, fulfilled, turned on, inspired nature of commitments – honor your word, be brave, principles, being inspiring, stand up for what is right.
My character’s limitations:
So the new story of your life can run uninterrupted:
Short attention span: to jump to only what is very enlivened.
Create the space of a new realm of possibility for commitment- hidden and undeclared commitments are not bad. Have the courage to be authentic about your having been inauthentic. Unencumbered is not free. When I am people pleasing, I’m not doing what I want. Living from a weak center instead of a strong core- not feeling free- feeling owed constantly.
Alive and free- who can you be right now?
Speculate on the possibilities- a person who is a master in the art of living makes little distinction between work and play. Deal with what is actually happening. Mastery- dealing with exactly what the I you think is. Get out of your own way! Your love for your own well being is preventing you from seeing what’s right in front of your eyes.
“he who tries to save his life will lose it” Christ
you’re trying not to suffer- you want to look good so you put on a constant disguise. Out of desperation you deadened your communication, and it gets worse every day. Remember: you cannot be great and small at the same time.
Source of action= source of results when you’re lit up you’re lit up, even if there is failure present. What is the source of action? Understanding + knowledge. Performance comes from action. Actions are a correlate. We don’t live like life is currently occurring.
Perception has to do with biology.
Human beings mess up commitments, turning being committed into being perfect. Nature of expectation- unfulfilled.
First thing to realize about your life is to understand that if you want to change and develop a better future you must accept what you are right now. That means that your pain and regret that you feel has been holding you back can actually become that what propels you forward.
Whatever is getting in the way of you living completely in bliss is in the past. Getting that out of the way and being related with life as it is, Is what matters. Instead of pretending you have all the answers, you should get into a space of speculation- not resolution. Resolve to not need to know the final answer in this space of time. That takes the psychic pressure off of you and causes a more peaceful solution to spring forth from within you. You must realize that there is no kwik fix- just try to do better slowly but surely, as if chipping away at an invisible stone.
Forming new Brain Patterns-
The Brain matrix- stand in nothingness as if you are starting all over again. If you can create anything at all for your life, what would it be? Is it now time to bridge the gap between fantasy and reality? Is falling in love with the harmful aspects of your personality, your comfort zone, keeping you from being who you could fully be?
The essence of attraction- this is related to being committed to ideals, yet unattached to the outcome. “I am” is referring to something you think you are. There is no past, if you really think about it. There is no “self either. You have to have a superior cause that is worth giving your past to.
Don’t sell out to being practical. Be unreasonable. Does the present existence, the drama you are playing out enliven you? If not, take this current moment to change your position. Restart the chess game, reprogramming your brain. You can do this.
Power comes through the simplest way. Simplicity is your essence. It’s who you’ve always been the core. If it wasn’t for all the trauma you have endured throughout your life, you would be living simply. But because of pain and the need to avoid suffering your life has become complicated. Through trying to heal ourselves we’ve often made our wounds worse. The best way to confront this reality is to humbly realize that many times you could have chosen a better route, but that you have tried your best. You are only human, stop beating up yourself.
How can you live the rest of your life in endless exuberance? If there was a way to live in a higher vibration, would you be willing to make the necessary changes? Whatever is getting in the way of getting what you want, be willing to give that up, in such a way as if you were slowly peeling an onion. Getting into your new rhythm slowly is key to lasting change.
Keep your eyes and ears opened for serendipitous opportunities. Keep aware of coincidences and synergy of life. Create power using full yet simple language in your every day reality. Simplicity is elegance.
Prepare for miracles, and reorganize your view of reality. Instead of telling people about your ideas, share them. Make everybody who you love and respect part of your dream. If somebody does not fit into your movie, edit them out.
There are no loopholes. Become a reality junky. Reality is more endlessly fascinating then any altered state could ever be. Don’t be afraid of feeling tired. What do you have in your life that is worth being fully present to? Find something every morning that is worth throwing the covers off of your bed and jumping into the shower.
You are not the fixed identity you think you are. Your ego, your concerns, past nightmares.
Failure is not fatality. If I fail the game, it doesn’t mean I’m a failure. There is too much fear of failure in the world. You are living out the real punishment of an unreal story.
Positive thinking doesn’t solve negative thinking. You must go beyond them by being moved and inspired, giving up hopelessness and hope.
Occurring impossible does not = impossible.
Don’t think you’ll ever get to the top of the mountain where everything is perfected. There is no ‘it’s difficult’ in reality- these negative aspects only actually occur in words.
You were born whole and complete, until you said ‘something’s wrong here.’ You must do the work that is laid in front of you. You must deal with what is not whole and complete- that which persistently keeps you from being the maximum you. You know that you have dealt with something effectively if It no longer disturbs you. It is time to knock over every fear like your bowling down balls. Until nothing negatively affects you any more.
What if it feels impossible to capably deal with this stuff? There is a solution for every problem, simply because of the fact that it happened in distance time and space. You didn’t start out with these problems, and you can lose them.
There is a difference between uneducated and stupid. Become a master of distinction. Share where you have not been authentic. Create a new possibility, then be it. Create new possibilities, and learn to give yourself and the universe instructions.
Learn to love the bullshit. Love the unworkability of life. Learn to embrace the chaos. You can be with people- the story of fear is what stops you- not the fear itself.
We are all going to fail in life. Which means there is absolute freedom to fail in any other game. Our comfort zone is what inhibits freedom, along with our ego need to be seen as correct. Even some of our strengths come from this lack of freedom. What happens is that in your youth, something disappointing occurs as failure in our own mind. This creates your ego defenses, which keeps you from being fully present with other human beings.
High concern for failure logically makes no sense. You don’t need the white picket fence, or all the other sundries that everybody tries to convince you that you need. They don’t need them either.
Experience being someone else. I don’t have to try to be the best if I get rid of everything but the best. Brainwash yourself.
Using the knowledge of physics which we are all subject to, to improve your life. For something to exist, there is a condition that needs to be present. For instance, there can be no life on earth without water. We don’t relate to ourselves as clear. We think of ourselves as separate, with a fixed way of existence. In nature you can’t have a vacuum- you must fill your void with the best stuff on earth. Not the shit that you’ve been piling up because of your past traumatic experiences. These only give you the same results over and over.
One phenomenon about your past condition is that you continue to perpetrate this reality by the words and language that you use. Who you are is nothing, so reinvent yourself. If you weren’t your delusions, what could you possibly accomplish? What has allowed that condition to be available? Get out of your own way. Icing on the mudpie. You now have the ability to dissolve your problems, simply by receiving permission from a source outside of yourself, which validates what you already know.
Brainwashing yourself- what if the way you have been living is actually unreal? The old self, the self from the past. This all arises from the words and language you assign to your problems. Stop acknowledging them and from lack of care they will dissolve. Try to do this little by little, not all at once. Nobody can do your work for you however, and don’t expect it to be easy. The invention of yourself is a game. But it’s a game you can reprogram. Be in touch with the source of your own power to such a degree that you become in control of a total transformation. Get rid of brick walls. Once an environment get’s created, what is possible is very simple. Reinvent yourself. Romantic rock and roler. A stud with courage. And although you have the ability to reinvent yourself, don’t get stuck with that invention. Only use it for as long as it serves your cause. To get stuck on your invention=craziness. From where am I inventing myself? Out of nothingness- whatever I invent is a possibility. We think the future is predictable because our past has been in our future. What direction has your life been moving in? wouldn’t you rather cause the orbit of your experience move in a more positive direction? There has been too much past in your future. Get it out now.
The not you yet= ‘I gotta figure this out- what is my realm of future possibilitys?’ stop and think about how great life could be if you’d stop selling yourself short. What are you inventing yourself as? What realm of possibility could you be giving yourself that you aren’t? who are you a possibility for? Everyone. The clearing for joy. People get joy from you being your highest self. Don’t deprive them of this. Also, have them hold you accountable. Share and contribute and praise your peers for their criticisms.
In your life, you got circumstances. These come from beyond choice. They aren’t your fault, but you can choose how you respond. Reinvent your new choices every day. Write down what your are slowly willing to say goodbye to. Changing the wheel over, molding the clay. Transforming my transformation. If www.goherenext.com you’re the only point in the universe, is there location? Possibility doesn’t actually physically exist however. You cannot point to possibility- but it can be created. Who am i: social. What am I giving up? Solitary. How do I make it real? It’s that I can invent that matters.
I invent someone with perfect hygiene and health.
Deliver that which makes a difference. Give up the way people “occur” for you. What are you concerned with? Empower and enable people to be transformed by your transformation.
Transformation machine- this is what you are now. Create a new view of yourself today. Embrace your faith and you will soon come clean. Inspire us all: closed minds are unwise and not fun. Create a future as if you’re creating a new game. Be like tom sawyer.
Integrity is good karma because when you are full of it, you must take action. When you are not true to yourself, you become lazy and full of slow energies. It is extremely important that your actions are true to who you are. Integrity is the key to success. Your identity should not be tied to your skills. As you begin to take action in your life, there will always be obstacles in your way. Think of these obstacles as a sign that your are going on the right track.
You must figure out your unique command. It is a defense mechanism that we all have. Here are some:
Don’t screw with me.
I am easily offended.
I don’t need your help.
I don’t need anybody.
Speculate what kind of projects you could take on if you would be willing to give up a unique command. For instance, you may have the command ‘I don’t need your help’ and somebody tries to help you launch a business but you sabotage it because of a subconscious need to prove your command right. Are you trying so hard to appear correct that you do this kind of stuff? What are the dreams you’ve given up on over the years that you could go back to after discarding your unique command?
The capacity to share and contribute. Power is a function of distinction- for instance, larry bird. He’s not the best ball player in the world. But yet he formed a niche.
See things others cannot see. There are no problems in reality. For instance, your career is not taking off. Or your not making enough money. In reality, these actually aren’t problems. You must learn to have tunnel vision for your desire.
I want x but y.
Rethink the problem from this formula. Rethink and recreate a new realm of possibility. Be present and get complete with your past. Start to get interested in that which lights you up. What is it? Take action on your commitments. Explosions of expressions.
Path to adventure: enlivened, fulfilled, turned on, inspired nature of commitments – honor your word, be brave, principles, being inspiring, stand up for what is right.
My character’s limitations:
So the new story of your life can run uninterrupted:
Short attention span: to jump to only what is very enlivened.
Create the space of a new realm of possibility for commitment- hidden and undeclared commitments are not bad. Have the courage to be authentic about your having been inauthentic. Unencumbered is not free. When I am people pleasing, I’m not doing what I want. Living from a weak center instead of a strong core- not feeling free- feeling owed constantly.
Alive and free- who can you be right now?
Speculate on the possibilities- a person who is a master in the art of living makes little distinction between work and play. Deal with what is actually happening. Mastery- dealing with exactly what the I you think is. Get out of your own way! Your love for your own well being is preventing you from seeing what’s right in front of your eyes.
“he who tries to save his life will lose it” Christ
you’re trying not to suffer- you want to look good so you put on a constant disguise. Out of desperation you deadened your communication, and it gets worse every day. Remember: you cannot be great and small at the same time.
Source of action= source of results when you’re lit up you’re lit up, even if there is failure present. What is the source of action? Understanding + knowledge. Performance comes from action. Actions are a correlate. We don’t live like life is currently occurring.
Perception has to do with biology.
Human beings mess up commitments, turning being committed into being perfect. Nature of expectation- unfulfilled.
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