l analysis & appraisal, I said that there were obviously two directly opposed categories of criticism - constructive & destructive - to which he replied never ever apologise for offering constructive criticism- while all those around you perceive ALL criticism to be destructive.Reality is not just the bad; it is also the good.
The mind requires an awareness of both in order to work at its best.
For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends,but for one who has failed to do so, his/her very mind will be the greatest enemy.
- as Carl Jung so rightly stated -
THE most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
When one considers the actions of our "masters of the globe" - I invariably amuse myself by thinking about Leonardo da Vinci's take on them, which was that they were -
"as wise as the wind they fart from their arses"
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cal analysis & appraisal, I said that there were obviously two directly opposed categories of criticism - constructive & destructive - to which he replied never ever apologise for offering constructive criticism - while all those around you perceive ALL criticism to be destructive.Reality is not just the bad; it is also the good. The mind requires
an awareness of both in order to work at its best.
For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends,
but for one who has failed to do so, his/her very mind will be the greatest enemy.
- as Carl Jung so rightly stated -
THE most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
When one considers the actions of our "masters of the globe" - I invariably amuse myself by thinking about Leonardo da Vinci's take on them, which was that they were -
"as wise as the wind they fart from their arses"
…
w on I wish to dedicate this initiative of mine to THE IDEAS of he whom I would regard as my best friend ever, namely my father-in-law Ronald Yardley, who when I asked for his daughter's hand in marriage, exclaimed.. "WHY on EARTH would you want to DO THAT !!!???"
• but having built a digital calculator & a colour television receiver at home in a kitchen cupboard, it was he who had explained to me in-depth the purpose of using TRANSISTORS instead of VALVES at a TIME when, as part of a Physics 'A' level experiment, I was involved with the building of an analogue computer/calculator at Grammar School, utilising valves • I would dedicate the very concept of TRANSISTION to him, particularly with respect for the kindness of the hundreds of Post Office Staff who attended his funeral at Finchley Crematorium, following his untimely death at 54 years of age.
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o which I first became aware of in our Grammar School
Library • and one which has long since provided the guide to the
development of my IDEA for a an entirely New Model of the United
Nations, based on equal representation of the male & female of our
species, utilising Bucky's idea of the spatial harmony of a
Tetrahedron of four balls.
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Added by Michael Grove at 13:25 on December 24, 2019