[nabentre] FW: Humans Being More

The Elf inthaneelf at roadrunner.com
Fri Jun 25 22:21:30 UTC 2010


from the NLS? sounds like a good resource to me, if the group doesn't want 
it I would like it please!

thank you,
inthane
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Ellen" <gabias at telus.net>
To: "'NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List'" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:39 AM
Subject: [nabentre] FW: Humans Being More


> Personal growth is a part of any successful business -- of any successful
> life! After attending a Humans Being More (personal development and goal
> setting) class offered by Nikken, my husband Paul sat down and wrote about
> the ways in which the experience touched him.
> Humans Being More is required of Nikken consultants who wish to build a
> business. It is open to anyone who wants to attend, whether or not they're
> otherwise involved with the company.
> If you're part of an enterprise that offers personal growth seminars, I
> highly recommend that you take advantage of them. If not, Humans Being 
> More
> is readily available to you. Contact me if you're interested in finding a
> class in your area. (This is not a commissionable item for Nikken
> consultants; it's a break even service offered by the company.)
> I know this post has nothing to do with accessible accounting software or
> the best place to host a web site. If it's not the kind of thing you're
> looking for on this list, I apologize. But if you feel this is an
> appropriate topic, I'd be glad to send along titles of books from the NLS
> collection that I found helpful in building a business frame of mind.
>
> Mary Ellen
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabias, Paul [mailto:paul.gabias at ubc.ca]
> Sent: June 24, 2010 7:23 AM
> To: Mary Ellen
> Subject: FW: Humans Being More
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Gabias, Paul
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:39 AM
> To: Gabias, Paul
> Subject: Humans Being More
>
>
>
> Nikken's Humans Being More: A Retrospective, Prospective & Global View
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello Everybody,
>
>
>
> I am so grateful for  technology that allows me to contact all of my 
> family
> and friends.  Thank you in advance for reading my message to you.
>
>
>
> This is a very long letter.  Its first purpose is to invite you to attend 
> a
> Nikken Humans Being More course, at a time and place that is convenient 
> for
> you.  We would like to hold one in Kelowna, on the 25th and 26th of
> September.  Of course, we would like to have you attend ours, if that were
> possible.  People do not have to be Nikken Consultants to attend Humans
> Being More classes.
>
>
>
> Another purpose of this letter is  to send you a letter that will touch 
> your
> heart and soul and help you form an emotional connection with Nikken and
> what it stands for.  To do this, I consider present day world events with
> you.  Then, with your permission, I want to take you back in time, to
> refresh your memory of days gone by, and to bring you back again, with a 
> new
> perspective.
>
>
>
> No, I am not Charles Dickens!  Nor am I Dumbledore's Pensive.  I am Paul
> Gabias, and you are important to me.
>
>
>
> On our journey, I consider:
>
>
>
> 1.        Current world events
>
> 2.       The erection and destruction of the Berlin Wall
>
> 3.       The Cuban Revolutionary takeover  of 1959
>
> 4.       The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
>
> 5.        The solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis
>
> 6.       The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
>
> 7.       Isamu Masuda, the founding of Nikken and its global vision for
> peace and prosperity
>
> 8.       An answer to contemporary world problems: Worldwide Nikken's 
> Humans
> Being More courses
>
> 9.       The effect of the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings
>
> 10.   From the world of Nikken, to your own world, to the world at large.
>
>
>
> I was thinking of the problems that President Obama faces right now. As we
> are reminded every hour of the day, when we listen to the news, he has the
> oil crisis to deal with.  I can't remember in my life time, anything that
> matches the magnitude of such a crisis.  They simply don't know how to 
> turn
> the oil off.  The president is expected to do something, but what can he 
> do
> but rely on others, who don't know what to do either.
>
>
>
> Then there is the crisis in the Middle East, which has been going on
> practically since the creation of Israel.  And  there are the powerful
> Muslim fanatics who hate the Jews and the West.
>
>
>
> It is encouraging that the Russian and other communist leaders have, 
> through
> various circumstances, been forced to settle down.  I am reminded of my
> feelings of amazement and elation  when I heard that the Berlin Wall was
> actually going to be taken down.  Oh! The Berlin Wall! A wall of death, 
> for
> those who dared to try to cross over it! A wall of laments, for all of us
> who mourned because of  the loss of freedom its presence imposed.  It was 
> a
> kind of profane "Wailing Wall" with a different perverse twist.
>
>
>
> The Berlin Wall was completed and put into effect  on August 13th 1961.  I
> was nine years old, and I remember discussing it with my mother.  We were
> horrified.  The Berlin Wall was a concrete demonstration of the impasse
> between two ideologies: capitalism on the West Side, and communism, on the
> east side.
>
>
>
> There had been the overthrow of communist dictator Batista by the Cuban
> revolutionary forces led by Fidel Castro on January 1st, 1959.  And then
> Castro had proven to be just as dictatorial as Batista, by, among other
> things, expropriating everybody's land, for government purposes, and
> executing anyone who opposed him. In Cuba, There were civilian government
> informants everywhere, leading to a state of deep fear and suspicion in 
> the
> entire Cuban population.
>
>
>
> On April 19th, 1961,The failed Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro, by
> Cuban opposition to Castro, covertly planned and supported by the CIA, did
> nothing to help matters.  The failure simply strengthened Castro's 
> strangle
> hold on Cuba. And, could it have also led to the erection of the hideous
> Berlin Wall, later that August?  Subsequently, It certainly  encouraged 
> the
> Russians to place nuclear missiles aimed at the United States, on Cuban
> soil.  Presumably, because of Cuba's strategic geographic position for
> attacking the United States, The Russians had decided to support Castro.
>
>
>
> These Russian missiles of mass destruction, were discovered by the United
> States on October 14th, 1962.  Their discovery led to the Cuban Missile
> crisis.  Both super powers stood on the brink of nuclear war.  Crazily,
> Castro was advocating nuclear attack on the United States.
>
>
>
> In 1962, I was ten years old, in the fifth grade, attending l'Institut
> Nazareth, in Montreal.  All of this world unrest had hit the school play
> ground.  We had heard through the grape vine that there could be what were
> referred to as "War Exercises".  They could involve, so we were told,
> hearing "sirens during  the night".
>
>
>
> To a ten year old male mind, this was both exciting and frightening, all 
> at
> the same time.  We hadn't heard what we were supposed to actually do, if 
> we
> heard sirens during the night.
>
>
>
> In retrospect, what could nuns running a school for the blind actually do
> against a nuclear attack except pray!  And maybe, prayers around the world
> did work.  The "grown -ups" of the time, certainly were familiar with the
> horific aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, and 
> they
> would surely want  to avoid it happening again,  at all costs.  But more
> about that episode of history later.
>
>
>
> Through back room subterranean negotiations, Kennedy and Khrushchev came 
> to
> an agreement on October 28th 1962.  Kennedy promised to never attack Cuba
> again, if Khrushchev took away his nuclear arms from Cuban soil.  Also, a
> direct telephone hotline between Washington and Moscow was installed, so
> that the two resident leaders could talk - talking to each other is so
> important -- to  attempt to avoid future attacks against each other.
>
>
>
> Several circumstances, notably, the unworkability of the communist regime,
> and I think, a little miracle dust from heaven, operating in the minds of
> several leaders, led to the news that we heard on November 9th 1989.
> Amazingly, civilians  were actually allowed to cross back and forth again,
> between East and West Germany.  By October 3rd, 1990, The wall was no 
> more,
> actually taken down; actually out of existence.
>
>
>
> But, back in 1945, Japan was not spared a nuclear attack.  I can't even
> imagine what went through the hearts and souls of the Japanese children 
> who
>survived the nuclear attack, on that day.  And what about the feelings of
> their parents?  The history behind that attack is as follows:
>
>
>
> On December 7th, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in
> Hawaii. At the same time, Germany declared war on the United States.  The
> second World War raged on until 1945.
>
>
>
> On May 8th of that year, Churchill and Truman were able to declare V-E Day
> Victory in Europe day, as a result of Germany's complete surrender to the
> allied forces and the Soviet Union.  But the war was not over for the 
> United
> States.  There was still Japan to deal with.
>
>
>
> On August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.  On August
> 8th, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan.  On August 9th, the United
> States dropped another atomic bomb, this time on Nagasaki.  Japan finally
> surrendered on August 15th, 1945.
>
>
>
> It is estimated that each atomic bomb, counting all the after effects of 
> its
> devastation, killed at least 70 thousand people.  The bombs left big
> mushroom clouds of smoke over their target cities, and the humans affected
> had their clothing burned right into their skin.
>
>
>
> Isamu Masuda, the founder of Nikken was a child who survived the bombings 
> in
> Japan.  In order to find funding to help one of his own children who was
> born with no ears -- Isamu worked as a custodian at a bus company -- he
> founded Nikken in 1975, in Fukuoka Japan.  According to Nikken literature,
> He drew his inspiration from the pebbled surface at the bottom of a 
> Japanese
> public bath, added magnetism and the Magstep, the first Nikken product, 
> was
> born.  Magsteps are an example of a pioneering idea - wellness solutions
> based on the natural world. But the company and its founder were motivated
> by more than products. A vision of caring, of helping others, was central 
> to
> the corporate vision.
>
>
>
> In 1984, he selected his high school friend Toshizo (Tom) Watanabe, to
> direct the expansion of Nikken in North America and Europe.  Today, Tom
> Watanabe is the Chairman of Nikken.  He holds its highest ranking 
> position.
> Nikken does business in 38 countries.
>
>
>
> Isamu and Toshizo both lost their fathers in the second World War.  As a
> result of their intense personal loss, They vowed to dedicate their lives 
> to
> helping others achieve peace, financial freedom, balance and wellness in 
> the
> lives of other people, the lives of other people's families,  and society.
> Nikken was to be a global enterprise, built one person at a time.
>
>
>
> Through Nikken's financial incentives for  creating  like minded networks 
> of
> good honest people, who are willing to help each other, Nikken's influence
> of peace and wellness has continued to grow, since 1975.  did you know 
> that,
> among other places on earth, Nikken is now very active in Russia?  Through
> the influence of Nikken Consultants from around the world, and other
> benevolent forces, in Russia, we are a long way ahead from 1990, when the
> Berlin wall was torn down.
>
>
>
> I feel so privileged to know some of the people who are instrumental in
> expanding Nikken's influence in Russia.  And, the wonderful thing is that,
> anybody who lives in a country where Nikken is open for business has the
> same opportunity to expand Nikken's influence of peace and wellness, 
> whether
> in Russia, or anywhere else.  One way to start, is to experience and 
> promote
> Nikken University's course called "Humans Being More".
>
>
>
> Getting back to contemporary world problems, they really don't change much
> through the millennia.  They always involve inequity, greed, power and 
> war.
> The answer  is to always apply systems thinking, and more importantly,
> systems feeling, to their solution.  This particularly matters with 
> respect
> to the prevention of problems, but systems thinking can also go a long way
> in the solution to problems.  Systems thinking must be taught, before 
> people
> can gain practice in applying it.
>
>
>
> So, for example, if regulations and enforcement of regulations had been 
> more
> stringent, the oil spill could have been avoided.  And should there be 
> more
> government sponsored research on finding other less costly and dangerous
> forms of energy? Of course.  But, for all this to happen, there must be a
> primary prevention mind set, promulgated within  the world population, 
> made
> salient in the public mind and discourse at all times.  Because Nikken has
> the infrastructure to encourage any of its consultants to reach out to
> people in 38 countries, Nikken  and its consultants are in a unique
> position to encourage a prevention mind set in the world population.
>
>
>
> In Humans Being More courses, and at other Nikken events, Nikken teaches
> prevention all over the world, through its emphasis on the five pillars of
> health:  Healthy mind, healthy body, healthy family, healthy  society and
> healthy finances.  Nikken encourages  individuals  to focus on and set
> individual goals in these  pillars of health in our own lives, in its two
> day course on Humans Being More.
>
>
>
> And what about the crisis in the Middle East?  And the fanatic Muslims who
> want to take over or destroy the West?  Can Nikken's Humans Being More
> course help there too?  Of course.
>
>
>
> Nikken's Humans Being More can help with the Middle East and Muslim
> situations, because Humans Being More  helps people consider what might be
> going on in other people's lives.  The Humans Being More course helps us
> discover that there are certain universal concerns that bind us all
> together.  These concerns are more matters of the heart than matters of 
> the
> head. These emotional concerns can divide us or bring us closer together,
> depending on how we understand them.
>
>
>
> Now, let's consider the flap of a wing of the butterfly.  In his 1994
> banquet address to the annual convention of the National Federation of the
> Blind, Marc Maurer, the president of the National Federation of the Blind,
> considered the question posed by the "meteorologist and mathematician 
> Edward
> Lorenz, who asked in his 1979 address to the American Association for the
> Advancement of Science: 'Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil 
> Set
> Off a Tornado In Texas?'"  My understanding is that Lorenz believes that 
> it
> can.  I know without a doubt that, at least figuratively speaking, we, in
> Nikken do believe it.  And, I am quite certain that people  in the 
> National
> Federation of the Blind, also believe it too.  So what is the connection
> between the flap of the wings of the butterfly,  Nikken's Humans Being 
> More
> Course, your world, and world events?
>
>
>
> Each  flap of the wings of the butterfly can represent each loving thought
> that each person has toward him or herself.  Also, each flap of the wings 
> of
> the butterfly can represent each loving thought directed toward other
> people, even to those who don't appear to love us back.
>
>
>
> Also, our thoughts and actions toward primary prevention or improvement of
> discomfort for ourselves and others in the realm of the healthy body,
> healthy mind, healthy family, healthy society and healthy finances, can be
> represented by the flaps of the wings of the butterfly.  Each time we set 
> a
> goal for ourselves in one of these areas, the wings of the butterfly flap.
> A worthy world goal would be to have everybody's wings flapping in the 
> same
> direction, just like flocks of geese do.  And of course, the geese take
> turns helping each other get to where they want to go.
>
>
>
> Nikken's Human's Being More course, is an excellent mechanism for
> synchronizing a world direction, one person at a time.
>
>
>
> The most important aspect about Nikken, is that its personal development
> program - Humans Being More - is imbedded in a much larger framework that
> involves specific products that work, and a compensation plan that works,
> provided that you work it.   different from any other personal development
> program, is Nikken's  related business opportunity, available to people,
> virtually free of charge.  As a result of its business opportunity, Nikken
> does not leave finances  to chance, the way other development programs do.
> In trainings, separate from Humans Being More, available free of charge,
> There are actually, specific things to do, to obtain specific financial
> results.  There is, in fact,  a proven track record of success and
> mentorship for people who are prepared to plan their work and to work 
> their
> plan, along their way to financial success with Nikken.  There is nothing
> whimsical here.
>
>
>
> Nikken has a compensation plan that has no income ceilings. It can satisfy
> everybody, no matter what their level of ambition.  That's because Nikken
> can offer what everybody wants, in this day and age, and that's wellness.
>
>
>
> Wellness means different things to different people, but it is certainly 
> the
> case that everybody wants good sleeps, clean water, clean air, good food,
> more free time, and a sense of purpose.  Some may even be willing to work 
> to
> help others achieve  financial freedom, thereby, helping themselves in the
> process.  And, with greater time and financial freedom, Nikken can help
> people achieve other specific worthwhile personal and collective goals.
>
>
>
> Mary Ellen and I, and our Nikken friends, want to help people, all over 
> the
> world, achieve security, financial freedom, equality and opportunity for 
> all
> people.  Nikken can help us achieve that
>
>
>
> And where to start?  By encouraging you and your friends and family to
> attend Nikken's Humans Being More.  It all starts with you.  We can start
> the wings of the butterflies flapping all in the same direction.  We are a
> huge network of people.  If we use our network in an even more coordinated
> fashion, We can have a tremendous impact on our own neighborhood, city,
> province or state, country, and the world at large.  You and your friends
> and family,  working one person at a time, can have a tremendous positive
> impact on the world, never achieved by any  coordinated network before, 
> ever
> since the beginning of time.
>
>
>
> We have seen that human kind can have tremendous effects on the world, the
> erection and destruction of the iron curtain, the bombing of Hiroshima, 
> the
> bombing of Nagasaki and the giant oil spill, spewing over 5 thousand 
> barrels
> a day or more, into the gulf of Mexico, off the Louisiana coast.
>
>
>
> To offer solace, President Obama said in his speech broadcast from the 
> White
> House on June 15th 2010:
>
> "The oil spill is not the last crisis America will face. This nation has
> known hard times before and we will surely know them again. What sees us
> through - what has always seen us through - is our strength, our 
> resilience,
> and our unyielding faith that something better awaits us if we summon the
> courage to reach for it. Tonight, we pray for that courage. We pray for 
> the
> people of the Gulf. And we pray that a hand may guide us through the storm
> towards a brighter day. Thank you, God Bless You, and may God Bless the
> United States of America".
>
> Many people have discovered  that a Humans Being More class, is a good 
> place
> to find strength, courage, resilience, and an unyielding faith that, on 
> this
> earth, something better awaits us.  Indeed, in the network formed by 
> Nikken
> Corporate and  Nikken Consultants, there are many hands to guide us 
> "through
> the storm towards a brighter day".
>
> It is my fervent hope, that you, my friends and family, and the network of
> your friends and family, and the network of their friends and family, to
> many iterations, can become a part of those Nikken coordinated hands.
>
> For more information about attending Humans Being More in Your City, or
> organizing a Humans Being More Class in your city, Please contact me at:
> (250) 491-7256.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
>
> Paul Gabias, Ph.D., LL.D.
>
> Certified International
>
> Nikken
>
> Wellness Home Consultant
>
> www.nikken.com/paulgabias
>
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