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Pausha Foley
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“Some people help others just to make themselves feel better than they really are.” I read this sentence and thought: “helping others only to make yourself feel better is not a good thing. It is selfish, it’s cheating, manipulation. It is wrong to w…
May 3
Pausha Foley added a blog post
My husband and I had dinner last night in a little restaurant, right on the beach. It was a late evening, the sun was setting and the ocean glowed, blue and green with golden highlights. There were misty cliffs at the far end of the beach, there wer…
April 17
Christer Soderberg commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'Blind Spot'
You're blogs are inspiring, as always! Thank you.
April 10
Pausha Foley commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'Blind Spot'
We come back to being present, present to who we are in the world, yes. I believe that it is wonderful to see responsibility, as you do, as a way to create, to act, rather than as a blame, guilt, burden. The more I look the more I see that what and…
April 9
Christer Soderberg commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'Blind Spot'
I believe responsibility lies in action. No question, no choice, no judgment, just doing. Doing without harming, however, requires a presence and attention which is difficult in our noisy world. So we come back to silence; listening, observing. Yes?
April 9
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April 9
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I've decided to conduct an experiment on a friend of mine the other night. I told him to listen to two ways in which we can change the world into a paradise, where human beings can coexist with each other and with all of nature lovingly, delightful…
April 9
Pausha Foley commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'Don't waste your life'
Thank you Christer :)
March 3
Christer Soderberg commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'Don't waste your life'
I think that this strikes a chord in many people, and many are unable to put it into words, which you do so well; thereby giving us another tool towards personal understanding and awareness. Great writing, as always! Thank you!
March 3
Pausha Foley added a blog post
How can life be wasted? What does it even mean: wasted life? A friend told me today about her father informing her, that she wasted her life, and it stuck with me, because I could not see how she could do such a thing. I could not see how life could…
March 3
Christer Soderberg commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'An opportunity of being an idiot'
Thank you! Your friendly neighborhood superior idiot . . . :-)
January 27
Pausha Foley added a blog post
My husband sucks, I have decided last night. We walked the dogs, he said something that made me really upset. I wasn't sure why I was upset exactly, but I knew I was, and I knew it was because of what he said, or the way he said it. He wouldn't list…
January 27
Pausha Foley commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'This is just how it is'
Thank you Jacob :) Margottina, I feel that sometime when I cook the mountains come to me, as does everything else for that matter. Cooking involves my hands, and my mind to some extend I suppose, but it does mostly happens by itself, while I am fre…
January 9
Margottina Verch commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'This is just how it is'
Hey Pausha, when you are cooking, do you ever disconnect, go to the mountain, come back, and realize you made dinner on autopilot, while that peice of you was gone? Sometimes, for me, the food even turns out better. What mountain do you live near? P…
January 8
Jacob Rønnow Jensen commented on Pausha Foley's blog post 'This is just how it is'
I truely enjoy reading your posts ... keep them comming!
January 8
Pausha Foley added a blog post
"New world is here. Life opportunities are only how uniqueness opens a space for invitations for us to graduate from being good. Beyond uniqueness is the opportunity called originality in relationship, which redesigns what can be". Said Brooks. Fun…
January 6

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How did you hear about Open World Café?
From a comment left on my blog
About Me:
I read a book once, about 10 years ago. I don't remember much of it except for one idea it described: the oneness. Of nothing in particular, just oneness at large. No separation in reality. I still remember what I felt when I read it: I felt like I have just remembered a wonderful thing that I always knew, only forgot about for a while. I was so happy, so elated. I remembered that what I considered "real" really wasn't, that there was a whole different universe out there, in there, that I really had to get in touch with. From that moment on my life was guided by my search of it, the need to realize it and inhabit it. I moved to another country, worked with several spiritual teachers and finally found my home in Ojai, CA. Here I work with my current teacher, Brooks Greene-Barton, on becoming who I am only, fully and completely, and on redesigning my reality in a way that reflects me.
About my business:
There is a certain format that psychological theories follow: there is a personality theory, which explains the structure of mind/psyche/personality. Then there is a theory which describes what motivates behavior. A piece describing disfunction and disorder, another piece on human’s social interactions, and finally, therapy, which is the practical application of all the above.
This formula does not apply to God Psychology, because God Psychology does not deal with the psychology of mind, persona, ego, personality, character. Being God, being oneself in relationship to God, cannot be understood, analyzed, classified, but it can be described. It can be described through relationship, through God’s perspective on relationship.
This is the purpose of God Psychology. This shift in perspective on reality: from mind point of view to God point of view, in ordinary reality, in every day life. It is not about deep, enlightened states and wallowing in a golden light - it is about being God, as a human being, in this life, right now. It is about what happens after enlightenment has been achieved, it is about seeing reality as who we are, really, fully and completely. As God.
What I want:
I want to be myself. Not the story about who Pausha is - but me, the real me. I want to hold space for others to be who they are. I want a whole world filled with wild, unique geniuses.
What I´m doing about it:
Doing my best to lead by example.
For me, Leadership is . . .
Being fully present in one's authority.
For me, Sustainability is . . .
The opportunity of shifting human relationship to nture.
For me, Open World Café is . . .
An opening
My contribution to Open World Café is . . .
My thoughts and ideas
My Favourite Quote:
"A man cannot use another man's magic"
My passion is . . .
being
My website:
http://pausha.com

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The Sin of Selfishness

“Some people help others just to make themselves feel better than they really are.”

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Posted on May 3, 2010 at 8:09am —

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Action - Reaction

My husband and I had dinner last night in a little restaurant, right on the beach. It was a late evening, the sun was setting and the ocean glowed, blue and green with golden highlights. There were misty cliffs at the far end of the beach, there were little children playing in the sand, there were seagulls and pelicans swooping over the weaves and diving for fish, there were dolphins jumping in and out of the water - it was absol

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Posted on April 17, 2010 at 8:30pm —

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Blind Spot

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Posted on April 9, 2010 at 1:30am — 3 Comments

Pausha Foley

Don't waste your life

How can life be wasted? What does it even mean: wasted life? A friend told me today about her father informing her, that she wasted her life, and it stuck with me, because I could not see how she could do such a thing. I could not see how life could be wasted.




Am I

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Posted on March 3, 2010 at 1:24am — 2 Comments

Pausha Foley

An opportunity of being an idiot

My husband sucks, I have decided last night. We walked the dogs, he said something that made me really upset. I wasn't sure why I was upset exactly, but I knew I was, and I knew it was because of what he said, or the way he said it. He wouldn't listen to me telling him how wrong he was. When I tried to point out how he was making up stories, putting words in my mouth, he would tell me that I was getting aggressive - a smoke screen, I was sure, to not have to admit his own faults.

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Posted on January 26, 2010 at 9:22pm — 1 Comment

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At 8:11am on February 15, 2009, Christer Soderberg said…
Welcome Pausha! And thanks for contributing! I really liked the piece you wrote about Joshua Bell and the Washington Post experiment. And of course Ojai brings sweet memories; I spent two days at the Krishnamurti Retreat there in April (some pictures in one of the albums are here under "Photos"). Make yourself at home! Christer
 
 
 

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