Tigers Don’t Sing

I’ll deal with people who won’t respect the Three Gates, but I understand that, at the least, we do not see the world the same way, or have the same values. So I will not give them access to my “child” self without “daddy” present, and watchful. “Is it True? Is it Kind? Is it Useful?”

It is not that everything I say passes the three. I see things in my actions where I’m not being as honest as I could be, or not being kind. I’ve developed a couple of tactics for self-protection and monitoring my threads that are so powerful that without meaning to, I’ve triggered pain in others. I can afford to be kinder than that.

And that order of the Gates is not the original syntax (the original is: “Is it True? Is it Useful? Is it Kind?”) because I don’t think the order matters hugely, and putting “Kind” second allows me to match them with the Three Energy Centers: Belly Brain, Heart Center, Head Center.

The Belly Brain is the home of movement, physical mastery, instinct, survival drive, power, connection. “Truth” fits nicely here, because the body doesn’t lie. The heart and mind most assuredly WILL. When I ask: show me a role model for what you’re saying. Show me your results. Show me a group of people who have done what you say successfully, and I’ll agree it should be tried at a larger level — maybe 100% larger. But I’ve had people flat shut down when they tell me my world view is horribly skewed, and I politely ask to see the life results that reflect this superior perception of theirs: the more accurate your map, the more likely you…