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FEED YOUR HEAD 

 

It is 1969,  I am seated on a large wooden box painted

blue, all of 17 years old, only steps from the stage of  

Philadelphia's hottest rock music venue, the Electric

Factory, watching Grace Slick, lead singer of the

Jefferson Airplane, hypnotize us all with her model

beauty and the lyrics of White Rabbit,  (offered below

with a download of the song for those who need a

refresher,) mystically telling us what the dormouse 

said - "Feed Your Head, Feed Your Head, Feed

Your Head." I am not sure whether the dormouse 

ever said this in the book, but it is the poetic thought 

that counts.

  

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WHITE RABBIT -- Jefferson Airplane One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar Has given you the call Call Alice When she was just small When men on the chessboard Get up and tell you where to go And you've just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving low Go ask Alice I think she'll know When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead And the White Knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said: "Feed your head Feed your head Feed your head"

That night I may have thought the song was promoting

altered states of consciousness, and oddly enough,

after all these years, I believe we can use it to do 

the same, this times without the use of hallucinogens.

 

I suggest we use positively crafted affirmative Memes -

planting these evolving and self-replicating thoughts, 

that will easily pass from brain to brain, hopefully 

replacing the existing negative or destructive

thoughts with more empowering purposeful 

 thoughts. An idea that has taken a life of its own

in my mind with the reading of Susan Blackmore's

book,  The Meme Machine.  

 

Since many of us have been using affirmations all along,

it is not anything startlingly new, it just that with Meme

Theory it seems to make more sense - its more plausible

now with some science behind it. So let's continue to

"feed our heads" daily with positive, affirmative 

thoughts until we gain full control of our minds.

 

Let us start with the Affirmative Thought below titled

Fall Into Place. I suggest reading this note, or any

positive note of your choosing, once each morning

until this note becomes a fixed positive expectation, 

and everything in your life does habitually fall into

place. 

 

FALL INTO PLACE

 

Know that all things fall into place

today without effort or needless

energy, with each step supporting

the next, with each positive and

fruitful experience building on the

one before until you realize success

is guaranteed.

 

As all things fall into place today

you are able to capitalize on each

encounter, every interaction, all

positive effort with complete

confidence and balance knowing

you are perfectly positioned at

the right place in time to thrive.

 

Today let all things fall into place

freeing you to focus on ensuring

the world experiences your complete

and perfect contribution - with open

arms and a welcoming attitude let

all realize what wonder and joy you

proudly have to offer!

 

AT G. 4.30.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

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The best advice that I received from my Mother 

growing up was when I was overcome by anxiety 

about a presentation, social gathering, or interview,

she would just smile lovingly and say, "just be

yourself."  There was no preparation needed, 

no skills to learn, no magical formula. All I

really needed was to just be me!

 

Today's note reflects this sentiment, simple but

effective advice for succeeding.  When you

think of it, who is better suited to manage 

and excel at living your day than you? 

 

SIMPLY BEING YOU

 

Just be yourself today and shine,

nothing else is needed but for you

to show-up as you offering your

successful approach to being you -

decisive, dedicated, and compassionate,

always creative, always ready to do

your best.

 

Just be yourself today allowing you

to thrive, making the most of each

encounter, pushing towards the

maximum effort for each endeavor,

knowing with you at the helm all

is well with success fully ensured.

 

Just be yourself today, free of doubt,

concern, or second-guessing, realizing

you are the solution, the one who has

the answers and the inner qualities

needed to scale the summit of the

challenges presented – moving beyond

by simply being you.

 

AT 4.29.13

 

Thank you for reading.

With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

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It is easy to confuse ourselves with what others

have assessed us to be - including our well meaning

loved ones, our friends, and especially our parents,  

but mostly our less than perfectly evolved ego.

 

We have have consumed and digested these labels

as truth and often find ourselves trying to live to a

cacophony of ego based warnings and disclaimers

regarding our shortcomings and misdirection,

leading us away from our dreams rather than

towards them.

 

How perfectly absurd it is that we  - who I

believe have been endowed with divine power

and potential - fall prey to this inner confusion,

often left stunned by our own fear, indecision,

and internal inane chatter.  

 

There are powers within each of us that 

wait to be tapped and brought to play in our

lives - these perfect powers need only to be 

connected with and revealed. This note below 

is another reminder that within us we have

been endowed with all we need to flourish and

thrive in this life, waiting for us to clear away

the noisy confusion and forge forward instead.

 

FORGE FORWARD AND THRIVE

 

Let us reach within the confusion

of our lives to find our perfect peace,

a serenity so vast we easily immerse

our cares and concerns in its placid power –

transforming panic into calm, distress

into workable, usable, enthusiasm.

 

Let us reach within the fear holding

us back from living fully to find our

perfect strength – our courage so

defined that no anxiety real or

imagined may hold it back or contain

its sure-footed power to overcome

all concerns.

 

Let us reach within our muddled

intentions to find our perfect clarity,

where all steps taken lead to our

envisioned dreams and desires,

where all thoughts support and cheer

us on to our intended destination –

forever able to muster our perfect

peace, strength, and clarity –

to forge forward secure and thrive.

 

AT 4.26.2013 

 

Thank you for reading.

With love, G.

George Bryant Cronk

NewThoughtNoteForThe Day - ONE POWERFUL NOTION - Finding God On The Train - 4.19.2013

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Famed evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins,

initiated the concept of ideas and cultural phenomena

having a life of their own, coining the term "Meme" -

short for "mimeme"  from the Ancient Greek, meaning

"imitated thing." Memetics - the study of Memes - 

which postulates the replication of these idea memes,

and captivating the imagination, most recently

mine. 

 

Memetic Theory, unintentionally,  supports

the New Thought notion that has been held

for over two hundred years - our "positive 

memes" or thoughts are powerful creations, 

that we can learn to harness for our own 

personal and spiritual good,  by giving them

an internal life of their own through constant 

repetition. Coining my own phrase, we would 

do so by using a carefully crafted, positive 

"MemMantra." 

 

OK, I am reading two books regarding Meme

Theory, one is titled MEMES - Exploring New

Religions, a free iBook by Andrea Diem-Lane, 

and The Meme Machine, by Susan Blackmore,

who has popularized all things Meme. 

 

So you may be asking, what does this have to

with today's post. As I was transcribing the note

below for Ann this morning,  I grew in excitement

waiting for the special wisdom phrase that I was

sure would be offered, but instead, I received an 

instruction for creating my own personalized

MemMantra.

 

The note, which when I think of it is also a Meme,

instructs us to listen and open ourselves up to

the internal guidance that will assist us in the

construction of a personalized, affirmative

mantra, that hopefully will take on a positive,

meme life of its own. 

 

ONE POWERFUL NOTION

 

Today let us allow a single thought

to inhabit our consciousness, to actually

take hold of our attention, invade our minds

knowing this one notion will set in motion

all the good needed for us to flourish –

to soar – to climb new heights.

 

Today let us phrase this powerful thought

into a working mantra – simple but succinct -

delicate but profound – mystical yet

grounded in basic truth, enabling these

words to captivate our attention and

define our existence.

 

Today let us listen closely, watch intently,

live heartily, connect completely, opening

ourselves up to the whispered message

on the faces of all we encounter, the

universal voice within ready to share our

unique crafted wisdom, opening our hearts,

minds, and souls to this magnificent thought!

 

AT G. 4.19.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

Affirmative Thought For The Day - BEST VERSION - Finding God On The Train - 4.17.2013

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Some notes I receive for Ann are soft and

accepting, others are challenging, like the

one I transcribed for her this morning and

is offered below. As I read and review the

note in reference to my own life, I find my

mind coming up with a number of excuses

why this is just too difficult for me to live up

to, as if I in some way, at least in my mind's 

perspective, I would normally just sloth

through this day.  

 

Wait a minute, this is not an accurate

description, I think I do approach every day

to make the most of it, maybe not the best

version because I never quite thought of it

in this way, but I do try to make the most

of it. Ok, maybe I can push a little harder 

in a few areas, but overall it is a pretty

good version. 

 

As the debate rages on in my head,

I realize this is why these notes are so

fascinating for me, they make me think

and reassess. Let me know how your

version is going.

 

BEST VERSION

 

Let today be the best version of your life

ever lived – robust, full to the brim,

spectacular, momentous – better than

any day that has gone before, one where

every thought, emotion, or sentiment

is well placed – where each action is clear

and purposeful.

 

Let this best version of your life today

be inspired, truly inspirational, where

each move taken and line delivered

resonates your character and inner

strength – your integrity and sense

of justice – your compassion and

kindness.

 

Let today’s best version of your life

leave you, the universe, and all you

encounter better off for this experience –

in some way challenged to be more,

to strive harder, to push farther

than conceived doable, possible – fully

prepared to excel and flourish.

 

AT G. 4.17.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

NewThoughtNoteForTheDay - PATIENCE - Finding God On The Train - 4.16.2013

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For the past few days, I have been thinking

about patience. Possibly, it is my inner guidance

reminding me that I need patience as I work

through the incredible journey of writing and

publishing a book like Finding God On The Train. 

 

So I decided this morning I would publish

a note that addressed patience. I picked 

a journal at random, and I came up with this

meditation guidance below titled simply, and

I would say appropriately, Patience.  

 

PATIENCE

 

Have patience and let God work through your life.

Have patience and allow what is meant to happen,

to actually happen. Relax and wait without anxiety,

frustration, or anger. Open your mind to recovering

the full joy of the day and your existence.

 

Have patience, for patience reveals and affirms your

faith and belief in God. Your fear and apprehension

display a lack of trust in the divine order of life. Lack

of patience causes you to take missteps and create

anxiety and ill will.

 

Lack of patience is disguised unbelief – it is not

letting God do the work that is necessary and right.

You want immediate action – immediate results -

but this is not possible.  Moving events quicker or

out of sequence is impossible.

 

You need to focus on the positive outcome that

you wish to appear, the solutions you request.

Vision or envision the solution you wish with

a force of strong emotion and it will be cocreated –

in time - within the flow of expectation.

 

Be patient, pray, meditate, and relax into

your faith in God.

 

NOE G. 1.20.2010 7:40 AM

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

 

 

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RISE ABOVE

 

Let us refuse to allow our lives

to be impacted by petty annoyances,

expectations that don’t work out,

or routine challenges – choosing instead

to rise above any and all potential

disturbances today.

 

Let us recall who we really are and

what we stand for knowing at our

very center nothing can disturb or

disrupt our confidence, our sense

of quiet self-assurance today –

realizing our power and purpose will

guide us through unscathed.

 

Let us march onward, always forward

alive and ready to glean every ounce,

each morsel of joy, peace, love, and

happiness that is ours to have today –

never wavering or compromising our

position of strength and determination.

 

AT G. 4.15.13

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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Ok, I wake up this morning and it is pouring rain

and my mind shifts into overdrive on the dark side

of life - "ah hell, what a mess, the dogs will be wet

all day, traveling will be impossible, won't be able

work in the yard this weekend - got to finish my

taxes, what a lousy day" - and so on, and so on,

negative heaped upon negative, you get the gist.

 

I sit down to write Ann's note, close my eyes to ask

for inspiration and what comes to mind - "Let us

be positive today, fully optimistic," I roll my eyes

and think, easy for you to say, you're just a spirit,

no need for you to be impacted by the rain. Easy

to spout this positive stuff when you have a dry gig

in my head, or in my soul, or wherever you really

reside anyway. 

 

I realized I sounded like my younger brother 

Stephen, who loves to get my posts so he can come

up with a witty negative comment on facebook. 

So I took a few deep breaths and realized that this 

was just not a message for Ann, but one for me as

well - the enlightened one - what my bother Stephen

refers to me as - and I started to transcribe.

 

Well, as you may have guessed, it is hard to 

maintain a negative perspective when you are

writing and publishing a positive note. So the

dogs are wet, and all the rest is still true, but I

feel like I could actually pull off a "YES" 

approach to life today. How about you?

I wonder what my brother will have to say

about this post. 

 

THE BRIGHT SIDE

 

Let us be positive today, fully optimistic

that the world is aligned to create our

greater good – ready to support our every

tangible effort – set in motion to ensure

all things work out in our favor – for our

benefit.

 

Let us say “YES” today, leading with a

truly affirmative attitude in our thoughts,

words, and actions – replacing no with

a hearty “YES” with each opportunity,

refusing to let less, lack, or not possible

replace more, plenty, and of course, show-

casing a true “YES” approach to life.

 

Let us think and speak today positive, life

affirming, thoughts and words – looking

for the bright side, the encouraging

aspect, the supportive gesture in each

and every interaction or encounter –

being an example of positive purpose

and spirited action.

 

AT G. 4.12.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

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In all my years of business and life planning,  

I would never fail to be surprised at what

appeared in real life to shake my false sense

of order, that even with a totally obsessive-

compulsive focus, I  frankly could not 

have foreseen. 

 

Yet, after many years of cursing my fate,  

I have learned not be shaken by the

unknown variable, or as is often the case,

variables, but to find a way to incorporate

and use it to my favor. 

 

The art of life, I have found, is to make

friends with the unknown variable when

it or they arrive, pick yourself up, go with

the flow, remaining forever hopeful. 

 

FOREVER HOPEFUL

 

Life in perfect order exists only within

our dreams, a fleeting hope that comes

to mind then evaporates in an ever

changing and evolving reality – refusing

to be fixed in time or place – moving

instead chaotic forever onward.

 

Life, as planned, is a non-sequitur –

a hope wrapped up within a wish

that refuses to take into true account

the unexpected, thwarting even the

most carefully conceived foundation

and constantly requiring continual

adjustment.

 

Life well lived takes all this into the

calculation, knowing the unknown

variable will leave us guessing and

scratching our heads long after our

well orchestrated attempts go awry,

leaving us with only a heartfelt laugh

to see us through unscathed but

forever hopeful.

 

AT G.  4.11.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G. 

Affirmative Thought For The Day - THE GOOD FIGHT - Finding God On The Train - 4.9.2013

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As the hands and feet of God in the world,

there are times in our personal and professional

lives when we may be called on to fight the good

fight.

 

I have learned that there is nothing passive

about positive spirituality - in fact, it seems

to require an assertive activism by its very

nature, since at its very core, it is based on

fostering an honest interpretation of what

is occurring in our lives. 

 

Not sure why this message came to me today,

but I hope it helps someone who will find these

words inspiring.  

 

THE GOOD FIGHT

 

Stand firm today for what you believe in

and know is true, refusing to alter your

opinion or budge from your stance,

knowing an intractability is a worthy

approach when there is truly no room

for compromise.

 

Stand firm today courageous and bold in

your conviction, refusing to accept a

distorted sense of reality, knowing that

honesty and integrity must be defended

and given a chance to thrive, especially

when misdirection and subterfuge become

the order of the day.

 

Stand firm today, bringing all your

strength to bear to rectify what must

be seen as egregious, ready to fight

the good fight in the sake of those

incapable of mounting a sufficient defense –

knowing in your heart - right must win

over might, if justice is to exist

triumphant.

 

AT G. 4.9.2013

 

WITH LOVE, G.