[nabentre] FW: Humans Being More
Loren Wakefield
isaiah5719 at mchsi.com
Sun Jun 27 19:51:29 UTC 2010
In general, this sounds like it might be an interesting course. One can
always benefit from personal development. If I never sell another product,
I will have benefitted immensely from the development I have received from
the trainings in Shaklee.
We all can advance from taking a look at where our mind is. What are we
telling ourselves? What are our goals? What do we expect from ourselves?
It is my humble opinion that how we motivate ourselves, and others, can play
a huge role in the success we have in whatever endeavor we are engaged in.
Much of this can also spill over in what we tell ourselves and believe about
what is possible for ourselves to accomplish as a blind individual. I was
glad to see this issue brought up. Thanks.
Loren Wakefield
"The best way to predict your future is to create it." Dr. Forrest C.
Shaklee
www.shaklee.net/ultimatehealthwithtlc
319-433-0145 866-433-3969
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Ellen" <gabias at telus.net>
To: "'NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List'" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 8:59 PM
Subject: [nabentre] FW: Humans Being More
>
> Dear LE
>
> You write: "I think this is appropriate for the list in that it addresses
> personal growth at work, which is where people spend a good portion of
> their
> time and energy. A blind entrepreneur would presumably have to deal with
> people, so anything like this in my view would be of interest." You ask
> if
> you are wrong in thinking this way. I don't think that you are. Indeed,
> a
> person's life, including his or her working life will always benefit from
> personal growth, and Nikken's Humans Being More will be helpful in that
> respect.
> You also write: "I say
> this because I spent too many waking hours at my old job worrying about
> the
> wrong things because there was disfunctionality and uncertainty all
> around.
> I had a supervisor tell me not to get emotionally attached to my work, but
> my thought was that after all the hours and energy I had put into it, how
> could I have done it without investing a little piece of myself, and how
> could it not hurt to just dump it?" Nikken's Humans Being More is partly
> about setting and following up on goals for the future, taking the past
> into
> account, so it doesn't hold us back.
> You also write: "How would I as a good manager in my own startup business
> handle a similar
> experience of an employee working under me?" Nikken's Humans Being More
> helps us get into the habit of considering what other people's experiences
> might be, behind their overt behavior, which might not always be
> pleasant.
> So, it is an excellent course for managers.
> If you want to discuss your specific situation in more detail, or if you
> want more information about Nikken's Humans Being More, you can always
> call
> me at:
> (250) 491-7226, or my husband Paul at: (250) 491-7256. You can also email
> me at: Gabias at telus.net or Paul at pgabias at gabiaswellness.com.
>
>
> Mary Ellen
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Ellen [mailto:gabias at telus.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:06 PM
> To: pgabias at gabiaswellness.com
> Subject: FW: [nabentre] {Spam?} Re: FW: Humans Being More
>
> How do you think we should respond to these questions? I'd be glad to
> answer, but this is a good time to bring you in. There are two parts of
> the
> answer, what we say to this person directly and what we put on the list,
> since his/her letter went to the whole list. I don't know who this person
> is. All I have is the e-mail address and LE at the end of the message.
> What
> do you think. It was an affirming response. You struck a chord.
>
> Mary Ellen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of qubit
> Sent: June 24, 2010 3:32 PM
> To: NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List
> Subject: [nabentre] {Spam?} Re: FW: Humans Being More
>
>
> I think this is appropriate for the list in that it addresses personal
> growth at work, which is where pepople spend a good portion of their time
> and energy. A blind entrepreneur would presumably have to deal with
> people,
> so anything like this in my view would be of interest. Am I wrong? I say
> this because I spent too many waking hours at my old job worrying about
> the
> wrong things because there was disfunctionality and uncertainty all
> around.
> I had a supervisor tell me not to get emotionally attached to my work, but
> my thought was that after all the hours and energy I had put into it, how
> could I have done it without investing a little piece of myself, and how
> could it not hurt to just dump it?
> How would I as a good manager in my own startup business handle a similar
> experience of an employee working under me?
> How does this seminar address issues like this? or is it completely
> different?
> Just some thoughts.
> --le
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Ellen" <gabias at telus.net>
> To: "'NFBnet NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List'" <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 10:39 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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