Anchor: Ben Swann (thx Malavika for sharing video) This is one of the clearest explanation I’ve heard depicting the backstory of ISIS…with the finger pointing back at the United States government. It is laid out in a very straightforward path that is difficult to contradict, whatever one’s political affiliation. The point of watching isn’t to…
Four Deep Flaws with Psychometric Testing
I’ve been applying to a variety of accelerator programs to create a viable business venture from my work with Perspective Mapper. One of them involved a highly advanced psychometric test designed by leading social scientists to predict entrepreneurial success. After going through a bunch of painful, demeaning, and manipulative questions for a couple of hours, I ended up…
The Great Wrap Up
The summary of 20 years of introspection, meditation, and contemplation…right here people! 🙂 God = Love = Intelligence = Wisdom = Gravity = Totality = Source = Clarity = Peace = Compass = Intuition = Consciousness = Mind Source = Joy = Adventure = Unlimited Potential = Space = Balancer = Respect = Teacher =…
Does Studying Really Cultivate Intelligence?
We often equate studying with intelligence. The more we study, the more of a subject we learn, the greater our intelligence…or so we assume. So parents and teachers encourage kids and students to study more, study harder, study deeper…assuming that this will make them smarter. But is this really true? Studying can certainly help us understand…
It's not about TRYING, it's about TRUSTING
You might relate to the experience that when you finally stop trying to force things to happen, progress happens as it should. But you might also note the contrary to also be true. You might have experienced that when you don’t put requisite effort into a given situation that things do not work out either. So the…
The Beautiful Perspective
The beautiful perspective is one where we can see the goodness in another human being, and in the world around us, and in ourselves. A beautiful perspective is not just a nice thing to have in personal and social transformation — it is absolutely essential in personal and collective transformation. For someone else, or ourselves, to reach…
Perspective Mapper / Verve Radio Show Interview – With Michael Hoeft and Jenn Langlow
I was interviewed earlier this summer for the radio program Verve! with hosts Michael Hoeft and Jenn Langlow. The 30 minute interview gives a really good overview of my work and approach…and my own lifelong commitment to reconciling the intricacies of human perspectives. Enjoy! Ranjeeth Thunga rkt@perspectivemapper.com
Owning an Unpopular Perspective
Many of our perspectives are popular. In other words, they are shared with the people around us, our friends, our colleagues, our loved ones. They are easy to share, talk about, and validate with each other. When we share a popular perspective, we might get rewarded by those around us. For example, in our social…
Public Apology for Offense Backfires
It’s becoming clearer and clearer to me that apologizing for an offensive perspective rarely seems to help us. In the Internet age, we are accustomed to seeing videos or hearing recordings of famous celebrities or public figures saying ‘innappropriate’ things…and subsequently watching their legacy marred and careers torn apart. From Michael Richards to Mel Gibson to Don…
Even Good Advice can be Toxic
There’s a part of our soul that wants to look out for others. That’s why we are compelled to give each other advice. Advice is often coming from a sincere place and caring heart. However, giving advice can also be (intentionally or not) motivated by a variety of negative factors including frustration, arrogance, or fear. Looking back on my life, the…
Perspective Mapper In a Nutshell
I’ve created an animated presentation of Perspective Mapper to express our work to the public at large. It is a snapshot of my life work. I’ve presented it at an IndianStartups.com Entrepreneurs conference. It was well received for sure. Make sure to enlarge to full-screen. Enjoy! (Adobe Flash required.) Ranjeeth Thunga rkt@perspectivemapper.com
Finding Solace in Our Own Perspective
When we encounter a convincing, heart-warming, and beautiful perspective, we naturally get inspired. However, at some point, we might get so inspired that we cede our own point-of-view. That is the moment where we might temporarily bask in the comfort of a powerful perspective…but also feel a deeper gnawing that something’s not gelling. It is a gnawing…
Seven Potent Lessons from the First Half of 2015
Happy 2nd half of 2015! Hope you had a great celebration…and to my USA friends, hope you have a great Independence Day weekend. It’s been 6 months since the year started. This has truly been a most phenom 6 months. My efforts with Perspective Mapper are far more laser-like than ever. My site and message…
Archiving My Original "Perspective Mapper 101" Course
I’m shelving my original 5-minute Prezi Perspective Mapper 101 Course. I’m designing brand new intro course material at this point. Nonetheless, I’ll post this course in my blog where it can live in perpetuity. Ranjeeth Thunga rkt@perspectivemapper.com
What it Means to Be Me? An Alternate Definition
Who are we, ultimately? What does it mean to be me? I take this question on from the angle that who are is simply a reflection of an expansion process within ourselves. It doesn’t sound like a definition…but probing a little deeper, I’ve been finding that the very process of personal evolution of our perspective…
Tenet #1 — Valuing our Own Perspective
This audio is a preview of a 4-part audiobook I am creating describing the four tenets of Perspective Mapper — namely, the first tenet: Valuing of our Own Perspective. Enjoy! Ranjeeth Thunga rkt@perspectivemapper.com
Transforming Trauma Into Joy
A lot of us have experienced abuse in our lives, on various levels. This might have led to trauma, also of different levels. That trauma however needs to be transformed — and transformed into joy. In this audio, I give a description of how that works. Ranjeeth Thunga rkt@perspectivemapper.com
Craving vs Desire
[fbvideo link=”https://www.facebook.com/rkthunga/videos/10153538928879796/?pnref=story” width=”500″ height=”400″ onlyvideo=”1″] Craving is a blind instinct or conditioned reaction. It has no space. Genuine desire is our natural inclination and appreciation of what is. It is filled with space. They are very, very different. However, we mix them up in our spiritual practice. We often dump desire into the same pool as…
The Dangers of Absorption
Absorption in some activity, environment, passion, or person is often thought to be a spiritual experience. We lose our sense of self and our consciousness finds itself in an alternate state, and space. We might find a loss of suffering, and a loss of sense-of-self, during this process. We might confuse this for a heightened…
Higher-Level Logic vs. Lower-Level Logic
Lower-level logic forms the bedrock scientific, rational, material, cartesian paradigms that make up much of the current worldviews we live in. Higher-level logic comes from a multidimensional perspective. Measuring tools don’t quite exist yet that capture data from higher-level sources, so we rely on intuition, meditation, and heightened sensitivity to be aware of this logic,…