The Musclecturer

Hello everyone

I was on my way home from work this evening and waiting at Monument Tube station for the connecting train, reading Victoria Lynn Schmidt’s book called 45 Master Characters. There were two trains coming through, a couple of minutes apart. The first arrived, and although I wasn’t going that far, I decided not to board. It was too packed. The other one arrived and I chose the second carriage from the front.

Shortly after boarding, I became aware of a young woman’s voice, exhorting us to give our lives to Jesus. Something burned within me. All those years of being in the Church came back to me and I felt I had to say something. This woman had a lot of zeal, but (seemingly) no real knowledge except for the verses of Scripture she was quoting back-to-back. When she said she took her Bible literally, I could hold back no longer.

“Question (not even, excuse me). What makes you think that this God you speak of is any different from any of us on this Tube?” She didn’t seem to understand the question and I repeated it, adding “you speak of this God as if He were separate or different from us”.

“Well, we are in the image of God,” she replied. I think she meant to go on but I interrupted, because I felt I needed to. And I needed to get off the Tube soon.

“Yes, we are and we have inherited who and what He is. What justification do you have for saying we are any different or separate from Him? We are the same substance, the same energy.”

Instead of answering, she got off the Tube and immediately ran into the front carriage. I had to get off anyway, so I did…

I wasn’t trying to get at her or embarrass her. Though, I did want her to shut up and think for herself, and at least give me an answer if she could. I guess she chose not to.

Even if she had quoted some verse like ‘all have sinned and come short of the glory of god’, I would have asked her: ” What does that mean? What is sin?”

I was on that Tube and in that carriage for a reason. I do not believe in coincidence for its own sake. Why? In this case, when Christians in this country go out to try to convert people to their religion, it is always during the summer. It was almost refreshing to see someone doing it out of season, so to speak. But I was also getting further confirmation that the Church as a spiritual body has not grown, or is seriously defective in some parts and thus hindering overall growth of the spiritual body and for that I am truly disappointed.

I sat at home whilst preparing this blog asking myself: what was her motivation? Why did she feel the need to try and convert anyone? I hope to see her again. Life has a way of bringing people together and I hope she will have an answer for me. Even if it is “I don’t know, I only know what the Bible tells me, but I will look into it”. And we can move on from there…

Peace…Fx

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Hello all!

I’ve been big on personal development and the power of faith in my own life and in the lives of others since the 1980s. Mind you, I’ve not made a career of it, per se, since I have always been a teacher. At the moment, I am a college lecturer teaching Business and IT subjects, as well as taking tutorials, in Further and Higher Education, and I am always encouraging my students to think big.

Although I am no longer in the Church, I still regard myself as a spiritual being, and I am always seeking ways to make my life better and improve myself as a human being, as well improve the lives of others. I’ve come across several tools and I am still using them because I find that they fit perfectly with my values, beliefs and goals.

The main ones I use are:

• the Silva Method
• the Sedona Method
• Bill Harris’ Holosync
• The Mind Box from Burt Goldman

There are, of course, other products I have found helpful, and that also fit in with my values, beliefs and goals, such as Karim Hajee’s Power of Believing book and his Creating Power system; also the Advanced Law of Attraction Mastery system, and, very recently, some excellent stuff by Pam Ragland.

I am merely sharing ideas about the tools I use (I am not a salesperson), and these are the best. Feel free to search for these online and if, like me, you like to try before you buy (or sometimes just splash out on something because you can), go for it.

Peace…

The Musclecturer

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I have finally managed to get the video edited for my first bodybuilding contest that I took part in last November.

It was the English Physique Federation Open Champs held in Halesowen, West Midlands. I did the First Timers Over 80kg class and came 2nd.

Check it out on YouTube!

My First Bodybuilding Contest

Peace…Fionn

One of my major interests is bodybuilding and fitness, so from time to time I will write an article here that is related to the field and, of course, is in keeping with my nickname.

I am sure that, by now, you must be aware of all the new programmes that encourage you to visualise (for example) in order to achieve your goals. There are several great programmes that teach you how to do this. I personally use the Silva Method. I will write a more detailed article about this process in the near future.

Right now I want to introduce you to a great guy. His name is Mike Geary.

I was doing some surfing and came across Mike Geary’s website. He is famous for his e-book called The Truth about Abs. Something that jumped out at me when I read his report is that he does listen to his clients. He also identifies the language used by men and women when describing the sme thing. For example, men say they want ‘ripped abs’ or ’six-pack abs’. Women say they want ‘a flat stomach’. Come to think of it, this is the language I heard when I was a fitness trainer in Amsterdam some years ago.

Mike’s website is quite impressive. He is a certified personal trainer and the site ios very easy to navigate. By the way, if you are reluctant to commit to the full programme, he offers a try-before-you-buy option as well.

Go check it out! The Truth About Abs - that’s the name of his website and his e-book.

Peace

Fionn

www.musclecturer.com

A Happy New Year to all of you and thanks for dropping by!

It’s been a while since my last post due to being ill over the Xmas period. Much better now and raring to go this New Year as I hope you are too.

I’ve been giving some thought to how I was going to do this online version of the Careers in Multimedia book and had an idea. There is a chapter where the case studies now would be woefully outdated. So what I propose is that anyone who has a career in Multimedia could make their contributions on that post (when I get around to putting it up). Just hold on till then. By the way, only genuine articles that others will find helpful. NO spamming will be allowed…:-)

For now I’ll be putting up a chapter every couple of days or so.

Peace

Fionn

PS: if you can’t wait for the pages to be posted sequentially, you can access the file at this link. Please note that you may need the Shockwave Player to play the file. If you need Shockwave, you can get it at the Adobe website.

You may also have a look at my other writings at musclecturer.com - happy reading!

Hi everyone

I am the musclecturer. I came up with this nickname while I was working at a further education college in Southend-on-Sea several years ago. Somehow, it has stuck with me, and since I am still both a bodybuilder and lecturer, I’ve decided to retain it and use it for the musclecturer.com domain name.

What can I say about me? I have taught in further, higher and adult education for about seven years. Went into teaching after being a secretarial temp for about 10 years, working my way from data entry to word-processing to being a PA to Directors of different organisations.

My degree is in Graphic Media Studies, obtained at West Herts College and I had done it after doing an HND in Printing Managment at the London College of Printing, with a view to getting into publishing and bookselling. This was before the Internet really took off with online booksellers such as Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.

I achieved my publishing dream when I self-published Careers in Multimedia in 1997. It had a rather high price tag of £9.95 and took about 3 years to break even with 250 copies, 10% which were issued for free as review books.

I’ve decided in recent months to develop this space, initially, as a resource for this book, as I place an updated version with links to relevant sites you will find useful should you wish to know more about getting into this field.

Feel free to browse each chapter as it is re-published and to make suggestions and comments.

Fionn