Do you ever wonder what makes people behave the way they do?

We are each special in our own way, as we each have our own individual expression and our own strengths. Clearly, we all came here with different bodies, but at our core, we are the same One.

We are all made of the very same Divine stuff. The Life and Breath in us is the same. Living Vitality is right here within and flowing throughout each one of us - Intelligent and Automatic (causing all of the systems of the body to function with one another), Vibrant, Harmonious, and Abundant.

Yet people behave so differently. Why?

Behavior

We see some people who are generally pleasant and well-mannered. These people appear to be pretty level-headed. Then we see others and think, “Why does he do that?” or “Why does she act like that?” or “Why are they so angry or loud or combative or possessive or controlling?” or “Why do they start so much trouble?” or “What’s her problem?”

A different set of questions could be, “Why he so shy or quiet” or “Why is she so self-effacing?” or “Why is he so unsociable?” or “Why is she so solitary?”

The vast differences between people can be baffling at times, especially when we look at situations and feel that certain responses are totally uncalled for.

Perception

We look around and identify most with people who think, say and do things like we do them. We unconsciously reason within ourselves, “OK, that’s reasonable. That’s normal.”

But then we see some people doing things we couldn’t imagine doing in 100 years. We see or hear of someone doing something that to our mind is so awful, insensitive, and sometimes even heinous.

And then there’s someone else who seems much more patient, tolerant, friendly, generous or sacrificing than we would ever imagine yourself being.

Or we see someone who is bolder, more confident, frank, forthcoming, open, honest, authentic, outgoing or outspoken than we’re used to.

One person seeing one of these people is inspired and full of admiration thinking, “Wow, I wish I could be like that!” Another looks at the same person and shakes his head, “What a sucker. What’s wrong with her? Is she stupid or just naïve?” Big difference in perception.

Learning

Yet despite our many differences, human beings are very much the same. We all pretty much have common sense. We all live and learn something from our experiences. “Ouch, fire is really hot! I won’t touch it anymore.” So what makes us different?

Somebody may say, “No I’m not sure we all do have common sense; nor that we all learn. Some people never learn.” Well, while I agree that it sure can seem that way sometimes, I’m going to have to disagree. I still think people are all basically the same, and they generally operate the same way.

Modus Operandum

“What do you mean telling me that people operate the same way?! Have you not seen the difference between the behavior of saints like Mother Theresa and devils like Jeffrey Dahmer? Do you think they operated the same way?”

Again: Yes, at a core level, I do. What’s the difference between a saint and a devil anyway? I have come to believe that only one thing makes our lives and experiences any different.

So what then is this difference between us all? Why do people behave so differently? Read more »

Do you read backwards?

With most blogs, unless the blog owner changes it, ‘next’ or “>>” moves to the next post in the past while ‘previous’ or “<<” moves back toward the future.

Kinda counterintuitive… until you get used to the idea that since it is a blog, you probably started from the most recent post… so then the ‘next’ one would be the ‘next’ most recent.

For most blogs, if they are daily-or-so “web logs,” I suppose that works… in a “bloggish” sort of way.

This blog, however, is a bit different. It is not a log of current events and ideas as they occur to me based on what’s happening this week. While there will be some of that here as well, the overall picture is that this is primarily a progressively reasoned piece of work. (At least that is how it is starting out.) One thought builds on previous thoughts.

Therefore this blog was meant to be read “backwards” … or, to be more clear, this blog is meant to be read from the beginning. The rationale for this is covered in more depth here, in Getting the Most from This Site.

So just a heads up:

The ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ arrows on this particular blog have been rearranged to make offline, real-time sense. Previous moves towards the past in real time, and Next moves towards the future.  You can start with the earliest post, and keep clicking the ‘Next’ arrows to move toward the most recent post.

Now that we’ve got that sorted out…

If you want to start from the beginning, or to pick up where you left off, visit our Archives, and guess what? Start from the BOTTOM, LOL. Kinda backwards, huh?

Happy reading!

Cheers,

SpiritFREE1^SM

Whew! Well, it sure is good to be back. Thank you for being patient.

Had a bunch of web hosting challenges from 6/1 through 6/11. Naturally, I spent the 12th on my “business resilience plan” lol.

To give you a bit of an idea:

First the server for my shared-IP hosting went down and I did not know why.

Having the feeds interrupted and knowing people had no idea where we were was very disconcerting.

Then I had challenges finding a suitable dedicated-IP host. This took a few days.

Then we had challenges getting the site back up and working properly. For a couple of days, it was working on the front end, but not the admin section.

Then I couldn’t access my domain, although the rest of the world could see it. I cannot tell you how frustrating it was. Had run antivirus and spyware detection, and still nothing. Had contacted my ISP to examine my network, and still nothing.

Then all of a sudden, I could access it.

Then I could not access it again.

Then I could access it again.

Imagine the confusion … not to mention, frustration. (Interestingly enough, when I ceased to be bothered about it, that was when things came together.)

So…

After multiple helpdesk tickets, the troubleshooting efforts with at least six people, and PLEASE let’s not forget prayer/meditation and keeping a calm head, I think we’re okay now.

And boy, am I glad to be back! I’m very thankful, indeed.

Stay in the Loop

If anything ever goes wrong and you cannot find this site, please visit my home site, Boundless Abundance (once I have it up) or my wordpress.com site SpiritFREE1. In the event of such situations, I will post updates at least one of these places until such time as we’re back up and running.

Another idea would be to join my MyBlogLog community, so I can keep you posted should anything like this happen.

Thanks for being here,

SpiritFREE1^SM