Roger B. Burt's Blog, page 9

The Work Universe – 3

 

[image error]

An Obvious Need for Awareness

And now I have to come back to the rapidly changing global scene. Too often our focus as professionals has been limited. But now, change is rapid and the first thing we have to do is open our horizons, see how our special expertise must achieve new foci and be expanded at the same time.

Changing My Viewpoint

Most psychologists planned to do their evaluation in a clinical setting and it was thought it was about psychological conflicts and what we called “mental...

Nicolai’s Truth

 

[image error]

The World of Intelligence Intrigue

Lately there has been a lot off attention regarding Russia and its authoritarian regime. We have seen journalists and opposition leaders murdered. That process is not characteristic of just recent Russian history. I have a story from my past which is germane to current events and how we view our world.

Being in graduate school at Duke University working on my Ph.D. was fascinating in so many ways. The South was having a civil rights war, I found myself de...

We Created The Cartels & Crisis At Our Border

 

[image error]

On Our borders

It is important for us to step back and look at the real reasons we have a crisis on our southern border. We have people coming to our country seeking a new life in many parts of our country but our attention is focused on our southern border.

Stepping Back 

Again we need to step back away from the proclamations regarding politics. The reality is that this crisis has been building for decades and our lack of vision is primarily responsible for it. For much of my career as a...

Devoted to Vision

 

[image error]

Devoted People

Books have characters who are key to the story. In the case of the Gaia’s Majesty Trilogy there is a core people, the Tethyans, who are key to the story as well.

At the time the story started to develop we seemed in a hopeful period in our world. There were beneficial changes in many regions. But then it seemed we began a downward spiral and today we look at considerable risk.

Even during the more hopeful period, the existence of a people devoted to stewardship and the futur...

A Life Lesson – An Unsuspected Self

 

[image error]

Discovery

In a previous post I described an experience I had with a painful sinus condition. For fun I had taken a Tai Chi class and one evening I was in terrible sinus pain and had to sit down. Our instructor, Dell, came over and showed how I could use a Jin Shin Jyutsu flow to dissolve the congestion immediately. A few years later I went to her to work on another problem. It wasn’t particularly serious but she noticed that the energy in the left side of my body was considerably less.

I k...

Studying Our Future

 

[image error]

Being Taken Back

This past weekend has highlighted essential problems in our country. But what happened does not stand alone. Yes, we have a racist president who is fomenting hatred and discord.

But there is a larger context. I have been choking back tears the last few days. I am buffeted by conflicted feelings. I find myself reeling back to the 1960s when there was deep conflict and commitment to change and reform. At that time I was working on the impoverished streets of inner city Balti...

Speculative Fiction – Inspiration, Personal Growth and Authenticity

 

[image error]

Focus on Our Personal Meaning

Here is a difficult but intriguing question. What is your personal meaning? In the end the meaning of how the world is must be less important than our exploration of our own reality and meaning. In doing so, speculative fiction may aid us. And that fiction may involve a search through ancient mysteries that may be intriguing as we attend to our own growth and inspiration. One viewpoint is that such a focus is too self centered but if we don’t guide ourselves t...

Series eBook & Paperback Giveaway!

SERIES eBook & Paperback Giveaway!

(1) Winner of a KINDLE READER
(2) Winners of eBook “Gift Baskets” of Book #1 of All Participating Series
(40+) Winners of individual ebooks or paperbacks (randomly selected)

The Work Universe 2

A Call to End Passivity and Obstruction  

[image error]

Facing Facts

Human society is facing accelerating change and it seems we are in total denial. We are acting as if the job market and its requirements are fixed. In the United States we say we have a low unemployment rate but other data indicates 10% of our people have simply given up on the job market. We hear that coal jobs are going away and some people are saying we must save something that cannot be saved. We have to face the reality of climate c...

Stepfamilies – Struggle and Triumph

Do you know what a stepfamily is?

[image error]

A stepfamily is also known as a blended family or a remarried family. It happens when people who have children from a former marriage marry. If there are no children, it is simply a remarriage.

Years ago people used to hide the fact that they were a stepfamily. Children were adopted or the fact of the nature of the family was a secret. And then in the 1970s a stepfamily movement took shape and people began to discuss their existence and the problems they fac...