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this as individuals... And, I say, what you can do..... I'm repeating something I said to you earlier..... that we are really in the final examination..... I did get, last night, to you that we are a function in the universe. We're here for local universe information gathering, local problems solving in support of the integrity of an eternally regenerative universe. But integrity is the essence. In an invisible world there's no visible aesthetics. In an invisible world the only aesthetic is integrity - in our great computer world we're going into. So, I simply say, I am really confronting you with the way..... I've lived through all that..... because I was a comprehensivist, I've kept the records; that's the only reason I'm able to say all these things to you I am up to. I am giving you a very faithful record of what's going on economically. So, I simply say, what you can do, personally, is commit yourself to what is the truth. That's all. You have to remember that we didn't invent..... design the universe, and we're not running the universe. I'm absolutely willing to give credit to..... to the..... I like what the Indians say - "The Great Spirit." The word "God" tends to infer a human being's form, so I say "Great Spirit" so you realize that I don't mean the anthropomorphic when I say "God." But, if you operate with integrity, God wants to know right now whether human beings have the courage to go along with their own minds, or do you have to go along with the crowd? Do you have to go evenly with the game or are you going to dare? If we really dare to go with our minds, we'll stay here. We'll go into an entirely new era in humanity. It will not be a matter of earning a living. You'll be doing what you see needs to be done because you'll feel you want to do it..... you'll want to qualify to be able to serve one another. There will be nothing..... you will have no question at all about earning a living. At any rate, personally then,... it comes back to each one of you, as the numbers multiply of individuals who are really going to commit themselves to integrity..... whatever the truth may be..... and really commit themselves to making all humanity a success. You have to ask yourself a question: "Are my reflexes so conditioned that I resent someone else enjoying themselves? Am I really willing to really love my humanity, my fellows?" If you do that, we will win. If you can do it, if it is spontaneously arousable in you, to operate with integrity, and really go along to love..... to love comprehensively. That's it. Thank you very very much. Bless your hearts. August 1981 reprinted with permission from Randolph Craft / Fuller Edutainment Co. Back to Jerry Weinerth Philosophies Page
UNTIL ONE IS COMMITTED THERE IS HESITANCY, THE CHANCE TO DRAW BACK, ALWAYS INEFFECTIVENESS. CONCERNING ALL ACTS OF INITIATIVE [AND CREATION] THERE IS ONE ELEMENTARY TRUTH, THE IGNORANCE OF WHICH KILLS COUNTLESS IDEAS AND SPLENDID PLANS: THAT THE MOMENT ONE DEFINITELY COMMITS ONESELF, THEN PROVIDENCE MOVES TOO. ALL SORTS OF THINGS OCCUR TO HELP ONE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER HAVE OCCURRED. A WHOLE STREAM OF EVENTS ISSUES FROM THE DECISION, RAISING IN ONE'S FAVOR ALL MANNER OF UNFORESEEN INCIDENTS AND MEETINGS AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH NO MAN COULD HAVE DREAMT WOULD HAVE COME HIS WAY. I HAVE LEARNED A DEEP RESPECT FOR ONE OF GOETHE'S COUPLETS: "WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, OR DREAM YOU CAN...BEGIN IT. BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS, POWER AND MAGIC IN IT." -W.N. Murry Back to Jerry Weinerth Philosophies Page
Excellence is never an accident. It is achieved in an organization or institution only as a result of an unrelenting and vigorous insistence on the highest standards of performance. It requires an unswerving expectancy of quality from the staff and volunteers. Excellence is contagious. It infects and affects everyone in the organization. It charts the direction of program. It establishes the criteria for planning. It provides zest and vitality to the organization. Once achieved, excellence has a talent for permeating every aspect of the life of the organization. Excellence demands commitment and a tenacious dedication from the leadership of the organization. Once it is accepted and expected, it must be nourished and continually reviewed and renewed. It is a never-ending process of learning and growing. It requires a spirit of motivation and boundless energy. It is always the result of a creatively conceived and precisely planned effort. Excellence inspires; it electrifies. It potentializes every phase of the organization's life. It unleashes an impact which influences every program, every activity, every committee, every staff person. To instill it in an organization is difficult; to sustain it, even more so. It demands adaptability, imagination and vigor. But most of all, it requires from the leadership a constant state of self-discovery and discipline. Excellence is an organization's life-line. It is the most compelling answer to apathy and inertia. It energizes a stimulating and pulsating force. Once it becomes the expected standard of performance, it develops a fiercely driving and motivating philosophy of operation. Excellence is a state of mind put into action. It is a road-map to success. When a climate of excellence exists, all things come easier. Excellence in an organization is important....because it is everything.. Back to Jerry Weinerth Philosophies Page
MASTERY in one's career and consciousness growth simply requires that we constantly produce results beyond and out of the ordinary. Mastery is a product of consistently going beyond our limits. For most people, it starts with technical excellence in a chosen field and a commitment to that excellence. If you are willing to commit yourself to excellence, to surround yourself with things that represent this and miracles, your life will change. [When we speak of miracles, we speak of events or experiences in the real world which are beyond the ordinary.] It is remarkable how much mediocrity we live with, surrounding ourselves with daily reminders that the average is the acceptable. Our world suffers from terminal normality. Take a moment to assess all of the things around you that promote your being "average". These are the things that keep you powerless to go beyond a "limit" you arbitrarily set for yourself. The first step to mastery is the removal of everything in your environment that represents mediocrity, removing those things that are limiting. One way is to surround yourself with friends who ask more of you than you do. Didn't some of your best teachers, coaches, parents, etc.? Another step on the path to mastery is the removal of resentment toward masters. Develop compassion for yourself so that you can be in the presence of masters and grow from the experience. Rather than comparing yourself and resenting people who have mastery, remain open and receptive; let the experience be like the planting of a seed within you that, with nourishment, will grow into your own individual mastery. You see, we are all ordinary. But a master, rather than condemning himself for his "ordinariness", will embrace it and use it as a foundation for building the extraordinary. Rather than using it as an excuse for inactivity, he will use it as a vehicle for correcting, which is essential in the process of attaining mastery. You must be able to correct yourself without invalidating or condemning yourself, to accept results and improve upon them. Correct, don't protect. Correction is essential to power and mastery. -Stewart Emery |
