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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>
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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
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> From: Gabias, Paul
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:39 AM
> To: Gabias, Paul
> Subject: Humans Being More
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> 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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