Positive change may take a quantum leap to achieve
PCEC member Ren Lexander
explains how his Law of Quantum Leaps can be used to achieve positive change
in your life.
Positive change may take a quantum leap to achieve. Try
watching a slow-motion video of a horse racing. You will see that there are
moments when the horse’s feet don’t touch the ground. The horse is not
really running; rather, it is taking a series of jumps. That’s an example in
nature of the law of quantum leaps, according to Ren Lexander, speaker at
the Sunday, August 3, meeting of the Pattaya City Expats Club. Ren is an
Australian with a PhD in philosophy and a varied work career, including
running a large property-development business. He is the author of seven
books.
Ren Lexander illustrates to
the PCEC his point about the need to overcome inertia if you want to make a
quantum leap.
Ren said that he had been thinking for many years about
what factors lead to success and what factors result in failure, and that’s
when he came up with the idea of the law of quantum leaps (which also
includes the law of quantum slumps). Further, that the law of quantum leaps
is one of 25 laws of life that he has identified. Other laws of life include
the law of attitude, the law of individuality and the law of will.
Ren’s theory is that if you want to change anything for the better - a
business, your fitness, your health, your skill level, a relationship;
anything - understanding and applying the law of quantum leaps can help you
make effective positive change. According to the law of quantum leaps,
things don’t change by sliding up or down; they jump up levels and fall down
levels. Also, to instigate positive change, one needs to apply large amounts
of energy in a condensed time frame.
PCEC Chairman Roy Albiston
(right) gives a certificate of appreciation to member Stuart Saunders (left)
in recognition for his six years as the Club’s Vice Chairman. Stuart stepped
down from the Board of Governors this year because of other commitments.
The conventional wisdom is that nature does not jump. Ren
said that the law of quantum leaps challenges that assumption. In quantum
mechanics, for example, to get an electron to move from one shell to another
requires a sudden burst of energy. Objects and people resist movement
because of inertia. Try to push a car that is standing in one spot, or
trying to get a friend to change a particular behaviour, requires overcoming
this inertia. It requires a burst of energy in a condensed time frame - a
quantum leap. Ren felt that people don’t tend to recognize jumps. The human
brain smoothes things over, rather like watching a film which gradually
unfolds in front of your eyes.
Ren identified five stages of quantum leaps: 1) The pre-existing stable
ordered state; 2) The concentrated input of energy/effort/nourishment; 3)
The time lag; 4) The quantum jump to a higher level; and 5) Stability at a
higher level (if you can maintain it there).
The opposite of a quantum leap is a quantum slump. The five stages of
quantum slumps look like this: 1) A pre-existing stable ordered state; 2) A
period of deprivation (mis-nourishment, under-nourishment, hostile
environment, etc.); 3) A time lag where the thing holds onto its current
state until it can no longer do so; 4) Quantum slump to a lower level; and
5) Stability at the lower level (if you can keep it from falling further).
PCEC Vice Chairman Richard
Smith invites everyone to join him in a tour he arranged of the Holiday
Inn’s new Executive Tower to take place immediately after the PCEC meeting.
One example of a quantum slump is: You have osteoporosis; your hip breaks
and you take a bad fall. Another example is related to relationships: You’re
married and things seem to be going okay; then, suddenly, husband and wife
realize they are not connecting anymore.
To explain quantum leaps further, Ren brought up the so-called “10,000 hour
rule.” Experts have estimated that it takes about 10,000 hours of practice
to become “elite.” Ren said that rule only applies if the practicing is done
in a condensed time frame. A student who practices 30 hours a week for
six-and-a-half-year period (total: 10,140 hours) could become an elite
violinist. But someone who puts in that many hours of practice over 30 years
won’t ever become an elite violinist.
Ren said that when, early in their career, the Beatles got an opportunity to
play in clubs in Hamburg, Germany, they played for at least five hours a
day, seven days a week. In his opinion that this kind of concentrated effort
is what made the Beatles so good; a quantum leap.
When it comes to health and fitness, Ren stated that quantum leaps are not
about maintenance. Rather, they are about short, condensed bursts of energy.
Quantum leaps can mean different things for different people. For a couch
potato, Ren said, a quantum leap can mean taking a walk around the block.
Ren said that we was working on a screenplay and not making much progress.
He decided to do it in quantum bursts and that got the job done. Ren showed
a short video of him performing a dance with a partner. He said that he used
short but significant bursts of effort in a concentrated period to learn how
to dance.
Ren said that you can apply the law of quantum leaps to all areas of your
life to make a positive change. For more information about Ren, visit his
website www. renlexander.com.
After Ren answered many questions from the audience, Master of Ceremonies
Richard Silverberg brought everyone up to date on upcoming events and called
on Roy Albiston to conduct the always informative Open Forum where questions
are asked and answered about Expat living in Thailand, especially Pattaya.
For more information on the PCEC’s many activities, visit their website at
www.pcecclub.org.
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Child protection training given at Regents
Margie and Jiap from the Hand to
Hand Foundation provided training in child protection at the Regent’s
International School Pattaya for their Thai staff members.
On August 5th and 6th the Hand to Hand Foundation provided a
training seminar at the Regent’s International School Pattaya for the Thai staff
members.
Margie and Jiap led the training, which included defining types of abuse, how to
recognize abuse and also ways that the staff can ensure that it is prevented in
the first place.
The Regents has a very comprehensive ‘Child Protection Policy’ already in place
and the conference was a good opportunity to revisit the school’s policy and
assess the potential risks in various situations.
The training also including looking at child protection issues in the wider
community and how the staff can be advocates for child safety in the areas where
they live.
Pattaya City Expats Club got
a whole lot younger recently
The Club welcomed its youngest member in July 2014. Justin
Melnick, age 10, has been a regular at the meetings for some time and finally
decided to make it official.
Justin splits his time between Pattaya and Los Angeles, California. When asked
about his decision to finally join the club, he said, “The speakers are pretty
good, but I have to admit, it is the breakfast buffet, hanging with some of the
members and then after meeting I get to go get donuts at Central. It is a great
way to start a Sunday.” Justin expects to be a member for years to come.
A look inside the Human Help Network Thailand
Radchada “Toy” Chomjinda chats with Pattaya Mail
Radchada Chomjinda has become a
central figure in Pattaya’s network of social-welfare organizations.
Jetsada Homklin
As head of the Human Help Network Thailand and the Child Protection and
Development Center, Radchada Chomjinda has become a central figure in Pattaya’s
network of social-welfare organizations. She sat down recently with the Pattaya
Mail to outline HHN’s mission and projects.
A nanny cares for a young child as
if it were her own.
PM: What is the Human Help Network Thailand?
Radchada: HNN works with children who have been assaulted and abused,
particularly, girls who have suffered physically and sexually. Human Help
Network was founded in 1990 to help unfortunate children worldwide and has been
fighting for children for more than 20 years. In Thailand, we founded the Child
Protection and Development Center in Pattaya as an important channel to fight
against childhood violence and human trafficking.
PM: Do you care for the females and children yourself?
Radchada: Most of those under our care are pregnant females who cannot raise
their children. Our foundation takes the children in, but some of the females
are students within the foundation. Therefore, we take responsibility for their
pregnancies until delivery. Some have relatives who can help with raising the
child but some don’t even have one cousin and cannot even care for themselves or
their child. We accept them under our care.
(L to R) Volunteers Alena Hayer
and Katharina Hoesler tell Radchada Chomjinda how happy they are to help the
foundation.
PM: What is the most common abuse suffered by children that the center
encounters?
Radchada: Children today face problems from the age of four or five. Some
continuously until they reach puberty and those who commit these acts against
children are their close relatives or even their own biological fathers. All
these problems arise because, these days, vices are everywhere such as drugs,
alcohol and many more, causing individuals to lose their wits and commit immoral
acts. Hence, children suffer from emotional and physical issues. The problems
are just terrible.
PM: What are the measures taken by the foundation to help these children?
Radchada: At our center, apart from counselors, we have nurses and teachers to
care for these children like their own. At Ban Auay-aree (the Child Protection
and Development Center), children are cared for like family because in each
house, children live like brothers and sisters with nannies. When a new child
arrives at the home, the resident children will shower the new child with
warmth. The attending teacher is like a mother to the child providing the child
with love and understanding because these are what the children need most. When
the child enters the emotional-counseling phase, we send all students to school,
where they make friends and will enjoy better things in life.
“Who are you?” A youngster is only
distracted from playing with the colorful balls for just an instant.
PM: How does the foundation educate children?
Radchada: We teach all about life, morals, and ethics. We encourage children to
live naturally because one day, these children will return to their families
when they graduate and live in society. Therefore, we try to get the children
out of the area littered with drugs, gambling or vices. We have to educate them
because education is the key to differentiate between right and wrong. Moreover,
for these children to live the society and live a safe life, we have to teach
them of moral values, ethics, and survival skills while the society should
understand and give love to these children as they will be able to live
correctly not depending on the various vices and can depend on themselves with
the knowledge.
PM: How many children and women are under your care at the moment?
Radchada: Currently, at Ban Auay-aree we care for 65 children, all of whom are
at school and we even have foreign children, who were left by their parents.
These children face even more issues than the local children because they can
barely communicate in Thai and we have to send them to English-language schools
since they need the language for future. They will one day return to their
country because they are foreigners, not Thais.
PM: Where does the foundation receive support?
Radchada: Most of the support is in the form of donations but the parent
foundation, which is in Germany, also helps us with almost all of our expenses.
Therefore, 100 percent of the donations reach the children because we do not
need to deduct employees’ salaries as those are handled by the main office in
Germany.
PM: What are other projects to help children and females?
Radchada: Our future projects include construction of a home for children, which
will be the first for pregnant women who are not ready to be a mother. When
these women come here, we will provide help from pregnancy through delivery
until they can care for the child themselves and will be released from the
foundation. But for mothers that cannot care for their child, they will be
advised to give their child to the foundation as we will search for adoptive
parents and even look for jobs or send them for further education.
PM: What would you like to say to the society, which is surrounded by dangers
and abuse to children and females everyday?
Radchada: I believe that solving problems in society is absolutely complicated.
We have to start within the family since Thai families in the past decade have
rushed in making families and are materialistic. Parents work all day and have
no time for their children. Children should receive warmth to have a better
life. I believe that we have to start from within the family before we work on
societies and families are their solace.
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