It was a great honor.

My presentation was in the context of a larger event titled “Unlocking Your Emotions to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals” — which brought together presenters from the fields of Mindfulness, Emotional Intelligence, and NVC.

I was asked to explain what NVC is, why it matters, how people practice it and how they can learn more, and tie it into the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals… in less than half an hour!

Below is the video of my presentation, followed by some additional links to the video in other places as well as a link to the entire 4-hour event.

Additional links:

Youtube:

https://youtu.be/-IuV0-wE81o

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/seidalan/videos/10158676005688902/?hc_ref=ARQLusqpbOdzgT8WWvaXlaOaN04IkZkzzjlSsed2EFf-9wii3b-LHxl1IKBX7pGu0Nw

And the entire, 4-hour event:

http://webtv.un.org/search/could-emotional-intelligence-help-us-build-a-better-world-and-achieve-the-sustainable-development-goals/6038238119001/?term=&lan=english&page=3

Leave me a comment if you’d like!

A Vision Board is a creative or artistic representation, often in collage form, of the vision that you have for something specific: a dream home, a dream job, how you would like your business to be, or your ideal lifestyle.

Why would I want one? How does it help?

The thing I like most about this method is that it can help get you out of your head.
By getting creative, you can let your analytical mind relax and let images and words that inspire you make it into your collage.
It’s something to have fun with — to get into the energy of inspiration and creation.
And it’s something to hang where you can see it every day.

How do I do it?

Fairly simple! Check out this video:

Is there more?

Yes!

To go much deeper, check out this upcoming course!

CLICK HERE: How to find your life purpose and create your ideal life

That book gave me life-saving insights and clarity regarding drugs, and their constructive or destructive effects on personal development.

Add to that some insights from Ken Wilber’s Integral Framework, and decades more of life experience, and you get this video.

My intention is contribute some clarity in an area that is usually confusing and often painful — and one in which our society has not yet found healthy ways of relating to mind-altering substances.

Today I received a call from a friend. A Big Man — someone I look up to and admire.

And he was in tears, and just needed an ear.

And he shared that he recently almost committed suicide, things were looking so dark.

And it connected me with the fragility of life, and how things can change any instant, and how your conversation with a loved one — any conversation with that person — could be your last one.

I just called my ex, the mother of my children, and told her what an important person she is in my life. And I thanked her for what an amazing job she does with our kids.

I suggest you do the same: call ONE person today, OR DO IT NOW!, and tell them how much they mean to you. It’s never too late.

He’s got one of the two hallmarks of what I call life-serving marketing, but he’s missing the other.

The two hallmarks of life-serving marketing are empathy and being of service.

If you think about coal miners, steelworkers, middle aged white men who feel betrayed by the system — *they feel understood by him*! For that narrow demographic, he’s got the empathy factor down.

And that’s where being of service comes in — along with what we know from over 50 years of consciousness research.

To summarize:

Human consciousness grows from egocentric, to ethnocentric, to sociocentric, to worldcentric (and beyond).

Egocentric = only I matter.
Ethnocentric = only people who look like me matter.
Sociocentric = only people of my nationality matter.
Worldcentric = all human beings matter.
(And you can go beyond humans to all sentient beings.)

HOW WIDE IS YOUR COMPASSIONATE EMBRACE?

It grows to include more and more.

Who is worthy of moral or ethical consideration?

Who do you consider WE or US?

This is one of the biggest problems with Donald.

He’s coming across as a kleptocrat who cares only about himself, or his inner circle, or only white Americans….

…which makes the “product” he’s “selling” inferior and unsustainable.

Donald Trump wants to be of service to coal miners, steelworkers, middle aged white men who feel betrayed by the system, as well as billionaires and other financial elites, the military, and his own bank account.

WHATEVER YOUR GIFTS, TALENTS, AND SKILLS… make sure you ground yourself in the highest reality possible.

And act from there.

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Sobre Donald Trump, Marketing, Y La Evolución De La Conciencia

Donald Trump es un gran vendedor. Admitamos eso. (Creo que el producto que vende es una mierda, pero eso es un punto aparte).

Tiene uno de los dos sellos distintivos de lo que llamo marketing-al-servicio-de-la-vida, pero le falta el otro.

Las dos marcas distintivas del marketing-al-servicio-de-la-vida son la empatía y estar al servicio de los demás.

Si piensas en los mineros de carbón, los trabajadores de acero, los hombres blancos americanos de mediana edad que se sienten traicionados por el sistema – * se sienten comprendidos por él *! Para esa demografía estrecha, tiene bien dominado el factor de empatía.

Y ahí es donde viene el servicio – junto con lo que sabemos de más de 50 años de investigación de la conciencia.

Para resumir:

La conciencia humana crece del egocentrismo, al etnocentrismo, al sociocentrismo, al mundocentrismo (y más allá).

Egocéntrico = sólo yo importo.
Etnocéntrico = sólo las personas que se parecen a mí importan.
Sociocéntrico = sólo importan las personas de mi nacionalidad.
Mundocéntrico = todos los seres humanos importan.
(Y puedes ir más allá de los seres humanos a todos los seres sintientes.)

¿QUE TAN AMPLIO ES TO ABRAZO COMPASIVO?

Crece para incluir más y más.

¿Quién es digno de consideración moral o ética?

¿A quién consideras como “nosotros”?

Este es uno de los mayores problemas con Donald.

Parece ser un un cleptócrata que sólo se preocupa por sí mismo, o su círculo íntimo, o sólo los estadounidenses blancos ….

… lo que hace que el “producto” que él está “vendiendo” sea inferior e insostenible.

Donald Trump quiere servir a los mineros del carbón, a los trabajadores del acero, a los hombres blancos de mediana edad que se sienten traicionados por el sistema, así como a los multimillonarios y otras élites financieras, a los militares y, a su propia cuenta bancaria.

TODOS LOS DONES, TALENTOS Y COMPETENCIAS … asegúrate de hacer tierra en la realidad más alta posible.

Y actúa desde ese lugar.