The Havoc in Nice
We were in Nice in June. Watching the sea from the bench in front of the Negresco hotel. We’d been talking of humane thigns. Coming here 20 years ago, the doner kebap waiter on main street who had come here from Hatay (a city in South East Turkey) and was complaining of his situation, what time the Galery Lafayette closed that day … Those kinds of things …
We will remember Nice differently from now on ….
Just like the Ankara train station, the Ataturk airport, the Gezi park and the others we remember differently as well …
The gap of awareness between people has increased dramatically. It’s an abyss. And so is the gap not only in awareness, but in income, access to resources, and conscious thought …
As long as those on top do not attempt to pull those less fortunate, the ones below are going to continue to hate the better to do ones, and even try to pull them down …
That’s the game …
Nice was just the last stop of this game … yesterday.
Love. Tamer.
July 15, 2016
My Country’s People
The people of this country want:
to these their friends, when his favorite team wins …
to have Frinedly conversation …
to bitch and moan about mother in law …
to have their child go into a good school, and get a job when he graduates …
to have their income increase …
to always be right …
for traffic to lessen …
to be popular …
for the national football team to win …
to not have headaches …
to consume, a lot …
to spend more time with those s/he loves …
for vacations to be longer …
to have both success and peace …
But, the people of this country
does not want to work too much …
does not want competition …
does not want to be criticized ….
does not want to deal with problems …
does not want to start with themselves for creating solutions …
does not want to accept it when they are in the wrong …
does not want to think deeply about situations …
And the people of this country …
either express gratitude or profanity …
when they after a plunder, they are stooped by those more cunning then them …
does not understanding things outside their little maps …
prefers being right to being happy …
And the people of this country – actually like people from other countries -:
do not realize that all of this depend on greed, laziness, shallowness, and ego issues …
And unless the people of this country realize that the solutions lie on the path of mind, labor, heart and balance …
Their children will continue to be like them …
The solutions are neither in leader look a like cunning politicians …
Nor in owning an IPhone 17 S Plus …
Nor in the discovery in new petrol sources …
Nor in gurus with imaginary powers …
Nor in consuming more …
Solutions are in awareness, intention, courage in the face of dealing with reality, and in our individual and collective capability to cope …
Everything we discuss and complain about are just reflections of these …
Love, Tamer
April 22, 2016
Our Options
The conditions we find ourselves in our country keep getting worse unfortunately. Almost every day I get messages from people who get scattered. Some of them are in a hole of hopelessness … they keep struggling and churning, some have given even that up. I want to repeat something I say in trainings here.
Remember that in all situations you have 9 choices as an individual. Four of these are related to the natural system:
– You can intervene in the natural system,
– You can remove yourself from the situation,
– You can accept it,
– Or you can close your boundaries and protect yourself for a while.
The other five options are related to the regulatory system. These you accomplish by changing
– Either your perception, meaning, state, capabilities, or behaviors.
And in so doing:
– First, you have to face the issue honestly.
– Then, you’ll need patience to understand the issue and develop options.
– Lastly, you have to gather yourself to learn the appropriate lesson and start over.
Defense mechanisms do not resolve problems …
We all need to learn this …
If not for ourselves, then for future generations …
Love, Tamer.
April 15, 2016