Diary of a Social Media Virgin – Part 6: “Charting our Destination” …
So here we are afloat! Even more, we are riding the waves on the High Seas. But have we got a clear plan for where we are going with this? And why? What’s the intention and why are we out there being buffeted and blown about when we could be comfortably at home, nodding by the fire? Well, the human spirit has never conquered new frontiers by doing that, has it? And let’s say (for the purpose of indulging me in this analogy that is receiving quite a bashing as the weeks roll on) that our destinations are the different sites where we will be posting our blogs which will hopefully result in the worldwide visibility, awareness, and credibility of my on-line brand and persona. (Applause please!)
Some of these destinations are : Ecademy, Social Media Tribes, Linked-In, Facebook, MumsNet, Twitter, and Fab-after-fifty (a new connection made this week ) - and quite a few more.
Fabafterfifty.com
Where is it best to get my message over? And the big one - Why? As you are possibly aware by now, I claim speaking rights on a number of soapboxes one of which is to inform and educate on matters of maintaining optimum health and energy for you and your family. That is because children nowadays are growing up in an environment that contains considerably more hazards than we were ever exposed to. Considerations around income for the elderly (women in particular) is another one. And the issue of what is being called - horrifically in my view - “End of Life Strategy”. What sort of a picture does that conjure up in your mind?
More Tw-Interview news …
Last Wednesday we had the visionary Penny Power, the founder of Ecademy being interviewed by Nick Tadd on the “#theNTshow”. These are becoming quite a feature of our working week. Penny’s philosophy - now the fundamental principle of Ecademy - is to be a friend, to be open, random and supportive, and to be congruent, erudite and polite. What inspirational guidelines these are to those of us going about the daily running of our businesses! I found it resonated with an article that’s been absorbing me all week which I read in the online version of “Networking Times” which I have subscribed to for quite a few years. This month’s edition is devoted to the concept of “Live to Give” - and is the essence of what we are exploring here. Talk about a groundswell of consciousness.
"A revolution in fairness – A conversation with Duane Elgin" (who is the author of “The Living Universe”) is where he talks of the end of the selfish, closed , controlling systems that have operated in the past, in all areas of business, politics, commerce, and the dawning of the new era of the human, sustainable liaisons and thinking.
“….. We’re in a global transition to a more relational, more community-oriented mindset, where we look out for one another. That doesn’t mean we will all do so. There will still be plenty of folks pulling back and looking out just for themselves. But I do think a culture and consciousness of greater maturity is emerging.
This means a new relationship with the Earth that’s more sustainable, a new relationship with one another that’s more compassionate, and a new relationship with the universe that’s more aware or reverential. With that, we become new kinds of people living on the earth, not the adolescents that we have been.
….There are a growing number of businesses that are learning to give, and build relationships, and in that process build a foundation for the long haul.
We’re just growing up as a human family. We’re growing in awareness of the physical world, and growing in awareness of the emotional and spiritual dimensions of life. And as we grow in awareness, we grow in capacity for love. This understanding is gaining real traction in the culture. Larry King and Oprah have people like Deepak Chopra on their shows, and the mainstream culture is becoming interested in consciousness, realizing that we are bigger beings, and that our happiness really grows from recognizing that.
…………….If there was ever a time in human history to step forth and freely give what we’ve got, this is it. This is a pivotal time. We are a transitional generation. This is a time to step up and offer our true gifts to this great turning. And that doesn’t mean offering up a little bit of money, it means offering up the whole works. ……… Small enterprise is on the cutting edge—it’s where a whole new wave of business is going. Yet at the same time, look at the Internet. We’re also becoming globally connected. Another delicious paradox.”
He quotes Simone de Beauvoir: “Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself: if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying.”
Read the article >>>>> here.
.... So much to write about!
And so to the practicalities of adopting Social Media to serve me in my quest? Well, the fingers still fumble where the brain is engaged in racing ahead as I attempt to harness all the issues that are seething in my consciousness and crying out for expression. And in a form that those on the receiving end (i.e. you my dear readers!) will readily accept.
On that note, I’ve just added up all the views of my “Diaries” on Social Media Tribes and Ecademy, and I am astonished to find that, at the time of writing, they total approx. 5,700! However, now I have generated all these “eyeballs”, I need to direct them to my own blog on my website. Nonetheless, it’s great to be building an archive of content that can populate my own blog when required, and leveraging other networks in the meantime!
So am I making any progress with the mechanics? Well …. “ish” is what my children say. Seesmic has become quite a good little friend now, sitting there at my feet, eyes rolling and tail wagging waiting for instructions. I’ve discovered that wonderful text-shrinking widget at the top which kind of does a lot of the thinking for you when trying to compress yards of verbiage into the equivalent of a matchbox. Google Reader has finally opened up its pages for me and is an unending source of material to blog about….. if I needed it! There’s so much going on in everything I’m doing currently that more material is the last thing on the wish list. And, do you know what? Call me old-fashioned (you are probably calling me a lot more than that!) but ……… I do love the feeling of newsprint in my hands. If not exactly a narcotic, it’s definitely a daily craving.
However, the technicalities of publishing the message out onto what are the most appropriate platforms is still something of a closed book to me. I know it can be done. I know I am probably capable of doing it. But at the moment I need Nanny’s comforting, guiding hand (Nick & Vanessa) until I can weave my way solo through the serpentine maze that confronts me. So tomorrow I should have more light shed on the subject and ……… I’ll keep you posted.
Health benefits of magnetic energy ....
I’m going to touch very briefly one of the core technologies I have been working with for the past 12 years or so, which helps with rest, relaxation and deep, regenerative sleep. We retain a lot of stress in our bodies; this can of course be caused by anxiety, working too hard, lack of exercise and a number of causes. However, it can also be substantially due to absorbing constant amounts of low-level radiation from electromagnetic fields around us. I’m talking about computers, microwave ovens, mobiles, cordless telephones – even the electric wiring in the buildings we inhabit. Can we live without these in our lives? No. Not now that our entire existence has evolved so that life is virtually centred on them, particularly if we are small businesses operating from a home base. You may not be aware of it but you are functioning in a smog of pollution that is one of the underlying causes of fatigue, sickness and a variety of conditions that can have alarming consequences for our long-term health. And according to some research published this week, cancer death rates here in Britain are 20% higher than in Europe, and getting worse.
The fact is that our physiology was not designed to sustain the constant impact that this is having on us. What I have learned over the past 12 years or so, what I have spent time exploring, experiencing and talking publicly about is that it is possible to counteract some, if not pretty well all of this intrusion into our state of wellbeing. I have seen in so many cases that if we restore natural magnetic influence, i.e. the regenerative, gentle, aligning energy of natural magnetic fields to the body while we walk, sit and sleep that it works towards balancing out the stress held in the muscles and tissues and allows the body to relax and to function as it was designed to do.
Note to all parents: I strongly advise you not to have a baby alarm in the same room as your child. I recommend that you place it outside the door. Also, turn your wi-fi off at night and do not keep a cordless phone near your bed as the electro-magnetic fields will disturb your sleep patterns!
I know that my lifetime, chronic insomnia was sorted out immediately I encountered all this and started using the sleep system and other products to relieve stress and help me to function at optimum level. I do not doubt that this is where my wellbeing comes from. Even my children say “Where does she get all that energy from?” And I hasten to add that it is not a case of adding something “unnatural” to the body. This is restoring what our contemporary lifestyle has eroded. There are many testimonials to the effectiveness. One such is from one of my mentors Nick Tadd, who sits everyday in front of a computer that could launch a space shuttle!
Nick has recently been suffering from “acute torticollis” which is a severe and painful spasm-ing of the neck and upper back muscles that make it painful for him to move. Nick is pleased to report that my products have helped alleviate the pain. Says Nick: “By using a combination of Joy’s Nikken pillow and her magnetic power massager, I have gone from “Ouch to Ahhhhh ....!”. I travel a great deal around the U.K., and I now take my pillow everywhere with me, as I find hotel pillows exacerbate my condition. I won’t leave home without my Nikken pillow now as it supports my neck in the correct position and I find it helps me have a restorative night’s sleep”.
Eyes on the Horizon …!
Photo credit: Cornelis de Meijer
As I write this, it’s Saturday evening and “The X-Factor” is not summoning me to watch. Nor is “Strictly”, I’m afraid. So it’s a movie or a good book and a glass of nice warming red. John Jochimsen, who I met on Tom and Nick’s blogging course, has asked to read his wartime story “Three Stayed Home” and I’m really enjoying it. I think it could make a terrific movie. I won’t be updating you on progress in my romantic life either because I’ve had feedback that it’s not relevant to this blog. Actually, in my view, it’s another aspect of Social Media and one that is opening up entirely different horizons, for me anyway! However ………..! And I shall probably have to chop these diaries in half and publish twice weekly because some say that they are too long. Yes, they probably are. But once I get started I find there’s so much I want to get in. What do you think??
Until next week ……..
This blog is dedicated to those who have given their lives, and still are, for our freedom, and our freedom of speech, which alas now is being taken away from us.
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