Category Archives: Personal Growth
Posted by admin on September 19, 2008
I really enjoyed this talk and wanted to share it with you. If you haven’t explored TED yet, you’re missing more than you can imagine right now.
Posted by admin on August 27, 2008
Posted by admin on March 21, 2008
Consecration in its true sense simply means obedience to the soul. We have within us something that is always impelling us toward the upward and advancing way; and that impelling something is the divine Principle of Power; we must obey it without question. No one will deny that if you are to be great, the [...]
Posted by Turk Akbay on February 15, 2008
There is a Cosmic Intelligence that is in all things and through all things. This is the one real substance. From it all things proceed. It is Intelligent Substance or Mind Stuff. It is God. Where there is no substance there can be no intelligence; for where there is no substance there is nothing. Where [...]
Posted by Turk Akbay on January 22, 2008
Every action starts with a thought. This is what guides us and helps us deal with life on its own terms. When we have to make decisions we use our faculty of the brain to think and reason about what we are facing so we can come to some positive conclusion that is most beneficial [...]
Posted by Turk Akbay on January 16, 2008
Our brains, bodies, mind, faculties, and talents are the mere instruments we uses in demonstrating greatness; in themselves they do not make us great. A man may have a healthy brain and a good mind, strong faculties, and brilliant talents, and yet he is not a great man unless he uses all these in a [...]
Posted by Turk Akbay on December 21, 2007
LIKE a stone thrown into the water, thought produces ripples and waves which spread out over the great ocean of thought. There is this difference, however: the waves on the water move only on a level plane in all directions, whereas thought waves move in all directions from a common center, just as do the [...]
Posted by Turk Akbay on December 13, 2007
Steve and I must be sharing the same source of intuition. Every time I read his posts I feel like I’m reading my own thoughts. Even our wives have similarities. If I wasn’t born 7000 miles from the US I’d think we’re related in this plane too. On his new post he’s outlining how to [...]
Posted by Turk Akbay on November 26, 2007
Finally the computer technology has caught up with my vision, and I can finally teach. The biggest reason why I’ve been lagging on my posts is because I’ve been trying to learn about Interactive learning environments. Don’t get me wrong. I’m still learning, but I’m confident starting early 2008 I will have interactive classrooms for [...]
Posted by Turk Akbay on November 19, 2007
I just heard on NPR that reading numbers are down again. Less and less Americans are reading. Study cited 58% of the college grads who read books don’t pass page 18. This is great news for me other reader alike . As long as we’re willing to read and learn continuously we can’t help but [...]