thinkarete.themanifesto.

looking great. now when will zaadz users have one their own? :)

nevermind. i just checked. i already have one :) suweet!.

My first comment :)

I’m living my dream, and Brian you helped.  Thank’s man. Totally rocks and I am going to share this with friends and family.

Those who enjoyed reading,  you can get inspired all over again with the audio version here
Back to sowing the seed …

WROK ON!

Now, somebody tell me how to incorporate hypertext!

Kelly

Brian, this site kicks ass! Nice work.

Sweet!  Love the site, the concept and the post!
Right around the New Year for those who like resolutions (and the few who keep them).
Keep up the good work and thanks
-Eric

Brilliant… just the message I needed to hear after my post this morning!  Thanks for the gentle nudge/reminder/kick-in-the-butt.  Much needed.

be well,
~K

Brian!
Gorgeous.
Thank you for sharing!
I can’t say enough how important what you’re doing is and how quickly your words (and energy) can uplift and inspire.
To fearless authenticity!

Brian,
I have been exploring your site.  I am really enjoying it too!  So far I think you have many words of wisdom - keep them coming.  Thank you for sharing your vision and your thoughts. 

It’s fun listening to your voice say all that stuff too.

thanx for providing a spark.

May love be our guide and protect us. Positive vibes RULE!!!

thnx brian let’s rock the planet :)

hmm, get paid to do what I love…. I have a degree in philosophy and that’s what I truly love. I also have a degree in computer science which I enjoy greatly. I wish I could work for zaadz because Google only hires people with multiple phd’s.

Brian!

Wow, I have learned so much at Zaadz!,  that I have been too busy manifesting all I have learned here to hang out much! But, the pods are really kicking up and YOU ARE DOING IT! You are totally changing the world…. the growth is expontential. Im honored to share zaadz with everyone I meet.

keep on keeping on, i do 

Brian, if you were here in Sri Lanka - I would give you a hug!  I dig it and believe it ~ really.  My last job was as a college professor/administrator in Korea - took a ludicrious pay cut to do what I love here in Sri Lanka, but I'm happy I did it. It is best for my kids.

I admire your work and mentality, but you already know that from the e-mail I sent you.

Loved  czarandom  comments too:-)

Gregg

Damn, you're infectious.  Thank the conglomorate Dream Team of Enlightened Beings for that blog!  How'd you get so fired up, anyhow?  Your site rulez, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.  What you said up there is truly what I believe, 24/7, and sometimes I even act on it, when I can chip away at my cynical veneer.  I think a big chunk of it just fell off.  Keep sharing, man!  We'll all get there too!

“thinkarete” has made me “thinkgreat” ——— this is really amazing!!! Thanks for planting the seeds!!!

WOW Brian! Thanks!

Dear Brian,

Yes! Yes!  Yes!  The next time someone calls you crazy, say “Thanks!”  This is where it is, where is was, and where it shall be.  We are going to go very far with this and save humanity, aren't we?  The time is now.  Thank you, Brian.  Thank you What Is Enlightenment.  Thank you Science of Mind.  Thank you God!

Faith, Hope & Love are the good things God gave us, and the greatest is Love,

Marie

BRILLIANT!

Right on, cowboy.

I re-read this every once in a while for a bout of fresh inspiration.
Been doing the good work for about a year. Digging it, even though I have not been able to completely can the stress. I'll get it right soon.
Thank you!

Smile at every one and spread  happiness

Salam!
Shaloom!

Great really great idea, and as far as I experienced during last and lost decades of my life
there not so many chance for those guys who want to change this crazy world alone.
Brian!
God bless you!
I can share my mind and heart.
Broken heart with violations and crimes and a vanished mind because of ignorance.
So So So Long
Long live

I'm a new member. The instant I read your remarks I knew this was the place for me.  I invite you and all to my pod “Esoteric Love” and Rothach's “Theosophy.”

Hi,
If I were not afaird, I would climb the mountain inside in which I come from.   I would sail on the Eagles Wings…. if I looked only up. I would Awake in a Awakening, that tells
you & me….. Wake Up to Change the World…Good Morning today I am changeling the World.March On….with no fears in Motion rather,
Vision of our Visions….. and the Walk of Being a Visionary,… when the Heart and the Vision
become One to knowing we Matter.
We are The Greatest Single  Differance that casts
it net to the sea gathering people like you and me….
The Vision Reflects its Light Upon the Water within you so Arise….

What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

Wrong question and a negative assumption……however your response is positive. Is there a contradiction here????

Like who's afraid?

Roosevelt said, “The only thing you have to fear is fear itself.”

Come on…let's be positive here….Can I change the world if I'm afraid?

Negativism drains energy….

Gandhi got it. Einstein got it. Mother Theresa got it.

Tiger gets it. Gates gets it. Oprah gets it.

I bet they didn't ask, 'What am I afraid of?”   They just went and did “it”……….

I just became Senior Teacher in my linage of the Zen Peacemakers, Bernie Roshi Glassman presided, Dharma Transmission. I wish I would have viewed your offering before for I would have played for everyone. Social Action is our fuel, do your meditation and jump of that cushion and go serve  in any form  you  want. You say it so well. I will share it. Cool dude. be Blessed. See our site www. Zenpeacemakers.org

The Manifesto is AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME. What can I say? Totally resonates with me!

I just gave up my “wordly-monetary-trappings-ambitions” to do something I absolute LOVE:

writing actual real paper greeting cards and mailing them to anyone requesting them on behalf of someone suffering. It's free for everyone! It's my labor of love. I just love it. Living my dream! If you know someone who could use a note of encouragement, don't hesitate to go to my site: www.SmileMailer.com and request that I send them a card. No charge whatsoever.

Smiles
Rita, the SmileMailer
www.SmileMailer.com

Rita, that is just beautiful!

I'm checking out your site now. 

What a creative and inspring way of being-the-change!

Wow.  Amazes me everytime I see it.  It really needs to be on the front page of zaadz, this is what its all about.  Its our reason for being.  I love it.

Wow, Brian, fantastic pep talk! Love it! Thank you for sharing your light, vision, energy, and intention with the world! Love and hugs!

Wow. that gave me chills and goosebumps. truly inspiring. But what was that word… Do it 'Now'? but.. i got all this… ah other stuff…. i'll do it sooooon….  Ah! Now.

once i get off work i will

Afraid??? -What's that?

That was beautiful. I've been feeling down and discouraged lately, but that perked me right up. I feel re-energized, inspired and empowered thanks to that video and zaadz.

This is convincing,we (people) need a buster from times to times. thanks Brian

im at the edge of my ‘blah’ cliff !

wow..this is great……..I am very glad to be part of this community, and look forward to be inspiring, motivating and empowering one another to be-come the change we want to see in this world ;-)

Carpe Diem all the way, babyyyyyyy! ;] This site and all the people who contribute to it make living worthwhile<33 Truly inspiring for the younger crowd.  xxx

wow.. that's amazing.. i found your site through fastweb.com for the scholarships.. and that was all that i wanted… you know i was thinking.. ok, i'll apply, see if i get it.. that'll be it.. but after reading that and seeing your sight this is definately a sight i will keep… wow, i love it.. it's a perfect way for me to achieve my goals because people have always told me dream smaller because how i want to change and help the world will never happen… and i've always thought.. ok, if it can't happen now maybe later.. but i will make it happen now and that's my promise and goal to myself.. your awesome.. i love it!!!

I want to start an organization similar to  the “Make-a Wish” foundation that inolves fish :)
Well, actually the cetaceans…. the whales and dolphins. They have incredible healing energy. Perhaps you have heard of how well autistic children blossom when they swim with these beautiful animals?
My favorite job was working with children with “ADHD”. These children and others with “mental illness” are usually just extremely smart, energetic, psychically,  and enlightened souls, who need a little help to “see the light.” It is hard for them to function in this world because it can be a cruel and irrational one. Their behaviors shock the mainstream and push the world away.
I am a nurse and would like to be the inspiration, and am willing to be the “main Jane”, for
this project. I do not want any money personally from this. I can just continue to be a nurse in the ground I was planted. But I would like to volunteer.
I know of a warm and wonderful psychologist who has studied the whales and dolphins and their healing energy for 25 yrs. She swims with a pod of dolphins that “befriended” her off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. She never touches them, or tries to contain them. They come to her and the people she is with. 
I would love to take anyone with a disability, or needed nursing care during their visit to these fantastic creatures. I am a healer, and have no experience in business, or finance..law or things like that. It doesn't scare me, I just need some help to help. :)
Come see me at my profile if you have any ideas, or thoughts.

Love is in the water too,
Your snorkeling nurse,
Janie :)

that was so good! the words and tone remind me of a guy that gives advice online with attitude. I can't quite remember his name though.

Random acts of kindness…try it….it works.  Spread the word.  Positive vibes only.  We have a chance every second of every minute of every hour of every day to make things right.  How many chances have we missed? 
Jimi Hendrix said it best…When the love of power is replaced with the power of love, the world will know peace.  Spread the word…..spread the love.   Peace ya'll

Joanie
nature freak

i like this. alot.

I would be FREE!

Wow that is really motivating for me to do something. I think i am gonna go and buy some seeds to plant (seriously)

 I thought that the video was Awesome! It gave me encourment to go out and do something wonderful instead of….. Sitting here mopping about how I'm going to pay off my Tution for this semester and next here at Keuka College. So…. I have decided to make my credit a little more of a hassel by applying for another Credit Card. In order to get out of my Debt and Depression about staying here at Keuka for the next 2 to 3 years.
   Also, I will continue to have faith in GOD ALMIGHTY, and begin to think Arete' as the Greeks did. Instead of the way we Americans think….. Work Hard, Sit on our asses ALL DAY, and never get any where in life. Except for to Bitch and Moan about what's happening now in life and having anxiety about the future. Why? because, of the insecurities and anxieties we face in our daily lives.
 An example of a scripture in the Bible that says; “Think Arete' ” is

Jeremiah 29: 11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

well dam, you put my butt on the spot with a  question, a second to ponder this. Right now I'm caught in the battle to unfurl a new roll, somehow, somewhere we'll advance enough to solve the problem of two layers unwinding at once, where's Mr whipple when ya need'em. Well that worked, I mean why waist the wrapper the roll came in, same end to a messy job. Ok, mmmmmmmmm I see, hits me like a pep rally, I'm kinda shocked, the bold way you get your point over, your my hero, ah, er, can we take over the world now, I'm free till noon, any longer we'll need to wait for the weekend. I feel it!

THANKS A LOT! my wife watch the clip, oh yeah, she's not afraid anymore, jumped up motivated, now I need to cut the grass, clean the shed, and wash the dog, and she's wearing my shorts! I don't think the concept was clear enough for her to grasp! She's taking over my world, I may need to find a neutral country. Yours Truly, in the Dog House

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood”, (Marie Curie 1867 – 1934) Too answer the question we must first have fear to know what we would do if we weren’t afraid. Let’s explorer my fears; I have several fears as I am sure we all do, fear of failure, fear of death, and fear of the unknown. Looking at all my fears they all are linked together.

So, to face the question at hand “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” I feel that this is a hard question for me personally to answer. I have had to learn that fears are something you use to feed your want for knowledge, if you understand something you are less likely to fear it. With out fear I wouldn’t be driven to overcome and learn things, I think fear drives most of us to find answers. Fear of the unknown is a pretty universal fear it’s the force that drives us as humans to find answers. So, I think the better question is “What will you learn from being afraid?”

My fear of the unknown and of change has made me examine why that is. It is because of behavioral disorders I have, that fear has now molded my life and given me a direction to help others with the same kinds of problems to educate them on how to over come and learn from there fears. To help people with Autism function with their fears and not let there fears rule them but be there guiding forces instead of hindrances.

Wow! It's so obviously true, why has no one done it already?! Imagine thinking your way to a stress free loving state of mind. It's nice isn't it..? And so it begins,….. the as the Age of Aquarius comes to an end, we begin to see tyhe lasting effects. I just joined, and Brian, I have to say: THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET SINCE IT BEGAN! Thank you so much!

Hi Brian,
found your invitation in my inbox after I joined yesterday. Just read your post and the comments today - what a welcome!

Great invitation, printed it, will read it again and take it to my blog - can't wait getting started! :)
Loved Shanth's one-liner: I would be FREE!

Yeah.
Lovely stuff.

Hallelujah and Amen!!!

Thanks Brian:) It's my fortune indeed to be a Zaadster!
Finally…phew!  A place where I could meet like minded people globally 24/7.
Thanks to the Divine
Thanks to Brain, the brain child of this community
Thanks to science and technology
and the rest…indeed is up to us to create, innovate, motivate
and instill change!
Every single bit counts regardless of how much we put in
Every effort matters regardless who and where you are….
Remember, you are no longer alone….
We are now Zaasters…..let's put out heads together and change the world!
A world filled with love and peace
A planet that is healthy and happy to live in!

Thanks again Brian, you are indeed an Angel.
Love the name, love the site, love the entire infrastructure
Very unique indeed.
Am very proud Zaadster
Can you see me beaming from Singapore:)

It's all in the way we do.

Don't pretend it…be it.  really

What would I do if I weren't afraid?

Let go of all the pain that has built up inside of me and recognize the reality that it came from outside of me. I was always in control of the depth I let it go. Stop masking the pain and motivate positive change. Charge the vibrations of consciouness so we all elavate our whole being into a state of never ending bliss. Shut out the negative and focus on the best possible goal… to be enlightened in this form, here and NOW! Well… after saying that I better get to work on it :) 

Pranams Brian

I dont have an issue with fear rather lack of time and money:)

The answer to the question would be keep calling Oprah and Martha untill they say yes to funding and an on TV interview.  So far tried 5 times each, gonna just keep plugging till they say yes.

What would I do? I'd check my pulse. What's wrong with fear? It is a reasonable response to the world today. Doesn't mean I have to get stuck in it or act fearfully. You just have to keep on in spite of having it. It's like outrage and the famous bumpersticker. Are you paying attention? Are you in a rosey prison of unexamined assumptions, like everything will be the same or even better forever? We are all on the threshing floor and the sooner we get it the sooner we will be able to deal with the reality we are in.

i am doing it right now! just LIVING! being here for me and being there for my daughter. no fear. no safety net. just life…wish me luck?!

i would climb the tallest  mtn in the would

Bright and Wonderous Day Everyone,

To not have fear is to have actualized your return HOME, You will have completed your Salvation.  YEAH!!!! for you and for everyone. WEI will have benefited from your victory because WEI are one and your deposit of TRUTH of WHO WE ARE will now be mingling with every other person's sense of who they are influencing and reminding them how WEI are LOVE.  Your wonderful deposit will be powerful because it IS REAL and critical mass you'll be adding unto in HU+manity's  collective unconscious is our collective gift making our return that much easier.  YEA! YEA! YEA!

Or to say this a different way, since fear is the opposite of love (diametrically so), to not possess fear is to be Sourcing only LOVE.  Carpe Diem! and share it onward!  We recognize that this world needs that understanding so much so that it is the beat of the heart at zaadz that chants, 'Lets change the world by being the change: LOVE”

That's my take.

Oh yeah, I got so caught up in my big response, I almost forgot to give my little response.   Honestly, i don't know if I could say I'm with NO fear.  I've a lot LESS fear, maybe….ummm…

 At any rate, I take fear off its pedestal of, “look at me.,” and dethrone it, de+fuse it, overcome it, and do what I want to do anyway.

And, in that doing, I follow the visions, inspirations, insights, and actions my InwardSelf compels me to do.  I re-work education, I'm preparing to present publicly the revelations of healing via alchemy that my InwardSelf is here to share onward.  Very exciting…

My personal self is interested to see what this will actualize as in concrete manifesting!

All to Love,  Sharon
Again, Brian, Thanks for asking.

You know, people think I'm crazy when I tell them that this is EXACTLY how I live my life: moment to moment. to moment. I used to be afraid all the time: “what ifs” and “maybe laters” filled my entire existence. I couldn't take a single step without worrying about the consequences, and without worrying about what other people would think about me if I did or said such-and-such a thing. Slowly but surely, I began to learn to let go of the fear, because I realized that no, life isn't a dress rehearsal. I also began to realize that the more I remained silent and motionless, the more regret I felt about not saying or doing the things that I wanted to! Now, I take each moment as it comes. Life is what you make of it; live it to the fullest!

People also think I'm crazy when I tell them that my dream is to be an English teacher and a writer; the main opposition to that is that it won't make me enough money. You should see the looks I get when I tell them that it's not the money that matters to me! I'd rather have a minimum wage job but love what I do than have a million-dollar salary and hate every minute of it.

My life is amazing, and so are all the people here. I love Zaads, its opened up new areas of my mindI didnt even know I had.
Thanks

Hi Brian,

It was really Awesome. Thanks for such a nice welcome. Keep providing these kinds of Sparks.

There are so many ways that we all can help to motavate our youth , and the vidio I just saw, was someting I want to remember because, IF I get to continue in my quest to become a teacher, I truly believe that watching that piece of inspration would be a great way to inspire any student. I know it worked on me this evening.
Thank you, Susan Myers