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One of those Synchronicities

by Rick Baker
On Apr 14, 2011
The other day I was returning to the office. As usual, I was listening to an educational CD book.
 
The CD book was 'The Spontaneous Healing of Belief' by Gregg Braden:
 
The author was describing a fellow named Konrad Zuse, a pioneer in the computing industry.
 
Apparently, at one point Konrad Zuse posed questions (something like), “Does the universe operate on the same principles as a computer?" and "Is our reality actually a simulation?"
 
Apparently, these questions were posed 50 or more years ago.
 
The author then mentioned these Konrad Zuse thoughts were a precursor to the 1999 movie "The Matrix".
 
I remember that movie, my memory is - my sons watched it over and over….and over.
 
While I was thinking about Konrad Zuse and the Matrix movie, I was in a Tim Horton’s drive thru line...about to order. So, I turned off the CD so I could place my coffee order.
 
After my order was placed I returned to thinking about the movie "The Matrix". I was deep in thought and forgot to pull ahead...I looked up at the car in front of me and was amazed to see its model name - Matrix. It was a Toyota Matrix.
 
I was captured by the synchronicity so I took a picture of the car in front of me…here it is [with the licence number blacked out]:
 
 
Then I got my coffee and headed to the office.
 
Synchronicities always slow me down.
 
And I talk about them…this time with Robin.
 
Robin suggested I look at what I was holding in my hand.
 
I did that.
 
Here is what I saw…
 
 
When that happened I was really paying attention to this synchronicity.
 
So I started to tell Cecil my Matrix-synchronicity story.
 
As I started to tell the story Cecil warned me the Matrix-synchronicity wasn’t over…
 
When I finished telling him my story he told me he had bought a copy of the Matrix movie the night before I had my Matrix-synchronicity.
 
So…what do you figure all that means!
 
PS: do any of you know…
Is the universe a massive computer-program-generated simulation…like in that Matrix movie?

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Beyond Business

Sales Tweet #194

by Rick Baker
On Apr 14, 2011
Sales Tweet #194 Dr J. Haidt says people behave like - Riders [logic], on Elephants [emotions], on Paths [situations].
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Elephants are huge – they weigh 3 or 4 tonnes. Riders are about 1/40th the size of an elephants. 40-to-1. Elephants-to-Riders. Emotions-to-Logic. Yes – that is a good way to look at thre causes of behaviour. http://www.happinesshypothesis.com ‘The Happiness Hypothesis’, Dr Jonathan Haidt.

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thought Tweets

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