I feel I love you.
Is that love?
I yearn for your becoming.
Not who I want you to become.
Is this Love?
Do I really know Love?
Monday, January 07, 2013
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Sunday, January 06, 2013
Man's Search for Meaning.
A prisoner can be reminiscent of what
Viktor Frank writes in his book,
'Man's Search for Meaning',
about his fellow prisoners in the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau.
Some of these prisoners, who yearned so desperately for their freedom,
had been held captive so long that,when they were eventually released,
they walked out into the sunlight, blinked nervously and then
silently walked back into the familiar darkness of the prisons
to which they had been accustomed for such a long time.
"More than 90 percent
of all the prisoners
in our prisons
have been abused
as children."
John Powell
Frankl's concentration camp experiences thus shaped both his therapeutic approach and philosophical outlook,
as reflected in his seminal publications.
He often said that even within the narrow boundaries of the concentration camps
he found only two races of men to exist:
decent and unprincipled ones.
These were to be found in all classes, ethnicities, and groups.
Following this line of thinking, he once recommended that the Statue of Liberty on the East coast of the US
be complemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West coast,
and there were reportedly plans to construct such a statue.
Another important conclusion for Frankl was:
If a prisoner felt that he could no longer endure the realities of camp life,
he found a way out in his mental life
– an invaluable opportunity to dwell in the spiritual domain,
the one that the SS were unable to destroy.
Spiritual life strengthened the prisoner,
helped him adapt,
and thereby improved his chances of survival.
This book by Frankl, I find, is one of the best books for a prisoner to read.
It is about survival and becoming.
It is about living a healthy mental and spiritual existence.
When the body is trapped.
We can live positively in our head.
QUOTE::
On 25 September 1942, Frankl, his wife and his parents were deported to
the Nazi Theresienstadt Ghetto.
There Frankl worked as a general practitioner in a clinic.
When his skills in psychiatry were noticed,
he was assigned to the psychiatric care ward in block B IV,
establishing a camp service of "psychohygiene" or mental health care.
He organized a unit to help newcomers to the camp overcome shock and grief.
Later he set up a suicide watch, assisted by Regina Jonas.[2][6] On 29 July 1943,
Frankl .... offered a series of open lectures, including
"Sleep and Sleep Disturbances",
"Body and Soul",
"Medical Care of the Soul",
"How to keep my nerves healthy?"
I have tested out his conclusion in some everyday circumstances.
Some stressful circumstances.
Thinking of the positives to come.
Not dwelling on the positives of the past.
Beyond Beyond Beyond - the now.
MORE ABOUT HIM::
On 19 October 1944, Frankl and his wife Tilly were transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp,
where he was processed.
He was moved to Kaufering, a Nazi concentration camp affiliated with Dachau concentration camp,
where he arrived on 25 October 1944.
There he was to spend 5 months working as a "slave-laborer".
In March 1945, he was offered to be moved to the so called rest-camp Türkheim, also affiliated with Dachau.
He decided to go to Türkheim, where he worked as a doctor until 27 April 1945,
when Frankl was liberated by the Americans.
QUOTE
"The salvation of man is through love and in love."
Viktor Frankl
we are afraid of the unknown
The greatest friend of the soul is the unknown.
Yet we are afraid of
the unknown
because it lies outside our
vision and our control.
We avoid it or quell it by
filtering it through our protective barriers
of domestication and control.
The normal way never leads home."
A Definition of YOUTH.
A definition of a youth.
A youth is a person who is going to carry on what you have started.
She is going to sit right where you are sitting, and, when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are important.
You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they will be carried out depends on her.
She will assume control of your cities, counties, and nations.
She is going to move and take over your churches, schools, youth work, universities and corporations.
All your books are going to be judged, praised or condemned by her.
The fate of humanity is in her hands.
So it might be well to pay her some attention!
Saturday, January 05, 2013
More Pip Wilson kinda music.
Listen now180 mins
First Day on the Job
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- Duration:
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- First broadcast:
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Mary Anne Hobbs joins BBC Radio 6 Music with a handpicked breakfast soundtrack, blended beautifully with cultural stories and guests.
Snuggle into the weekend with a track that warms the very depths of your being in The Heater, and join us in our philosophical, cultural, warm bubble..
Coffee idea/LOVE IT/#BoycottStarbucks
funny
generous
community
and
it fits my passion to #BoycottStarbucks
Kick Start - The Human Vending Machine from A & J. on Vimeo.
Friday, January 04, 2013
I have had my Juke Box mended today. 1950 Rock-Ola
I have had my Juke Box mended today.
1950 Rock-Ola which I have had since late 60's when I was running a Rockers Club.
I bought it for £25 quid all battered and bruised.
Since then it has been with me in East London at the Mayflower, Romford YMCA
(I remember it going up in the lift to our 2nd floor flat when we moved in with the Sheilas/Gloria and two cats! - 11 floors in total at this Y)
I have a real attachment to it. Humans first - then Juke Box!
It was kicked to death in the East End. It had to have a plywood from and plastic glass to survive.
It was refurbished three and a half years ago for a special birthday of mine but got itself jammed this last year so became out of use - but now...................!
It illuminates my office and has a sound to die for - what a bass. I will have to see if I can get any dubstep on 7' vinyl - I love the bass.
Anyway - enough swooning - I must kick on ..........
YOUTH WORKERS, be encouraged.
Youth Workers
You may not get any appreciation BUT
ENJOY this
30+ years later
It feels really good!
From::
Wendy Ingle Muscat
dear pip just wonna say a big thank you for putting all these photos on here they have been a pleasure to look at and the memories well were can u start ,,
when i 1st started to come to the mayflower i had to lie about my age just so i could join think it cost 10p i would beg my mum to let me go
i simply loved it there because of you i meet so many friends ,,
even tho we woz sooo bad
u never sore the bad in any1
you always had time for everyone thank you for that ,,,
i loved our weekends away camping ,,
wales loved every minute of it
so just to say thanks ,,
loved joan such a lovely lady ,,
and old mary remember her so well always making tea
bless so big thanks to pip
for our youth and our youth club
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FROM
Suzanne Read
So many wonderful memories Pip impossible to pick just one but used to love the coffee bar and listening to the music and learning the dances with Carol, Gill and the rest used to have a great laugh in the big room with all the pillows havnt got any bad memories.
Remember all the hard work you and your team put in.
I am often saying to my children and grandchildren what a shame that there arent any youth clubs in Hastings like the Mayflower.
I have told my children and grandchildren many many stories about the Mayflower, you, your team.
Also remember going away on youth weekends in the old bone shaker of the ambulance, do you remember that what a laugh we had.
Would be pleased for you to put this on your website would be great if others did the same.
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