About

Real Talk World, the Real Talk World Library, the Reality Creation Project and the Real Talk World (RTW) Yahoo Forum support the Human Evolution Revolution taking place right now. Like many others, we believe conditions in the world demand a rapid growth in human understanding to improve humanity’s chances for long-term survival. Hi! My name is Roger “Pete” Peterson and standing next to me on the bridge is my wife, Sandy. We started Real Talk World out of a lifelong desire to make peace within ourselves and the world. Our goal is to live life with more love, truth and joy. Welcome!

At home alone one day, many years ago, I had a moment of profound frustration. It seemed none of my efforts to change myself and the world for the better were working. I felt helpless and hopeless at the same time. In desperation, I threw my hands up in the air and asked the universe- What do I want more than anything else in All That Is? A strong male voice, about six inches in front of my forehead, said, “Love.” Although startled by the presence of a disembodied voice so close to my face, I knew it was true and affirmed it by shouting to myself, Yes, that’s it, all I want is to love and be loved, unconditionally! In that moment, I knew everything I had ever done in life was for love, whether it was to give love or receive it. My worst experiences always happened when I felt farthest away from it.

When we’re young, we’re taught many things that are well-meaning but not necessarily good or wise. Some are wise but most are passed on because it’s traditional and thought to be necessary. When all is said and done, much of what we’re taught is meant to contain and control our behavior. Popular cultural beliefs tell us we’re basically bad and we can’t trust ourselves (See: What I learned in Catholic School and My Recurring Superman Nightmare) so, what else are we to do? Too often much of what we’re told and how we’re treated makes us feel shameful, fearful, self-conscious, insecure, angry, hostile and/or defensive. Too many of us bend to the demands made of us by others (parents, friends and cultural institutions) without question while some of us rebel in objection. Neither reaction makes us happy because neither supports us in becoming our true selves. We all have a responsibility to the world and ourselves to develop our own powers of perception and understanding, to challenge and test all ideas, to see what works best for us and what doesn’t, what makes us happy and what doesn’t. Responsibility (accountability and self-development) is the key to freedom.

What can we do today for the selves we’ll be tomorrow?

Real Talk World is about seeing where we are, deciding where we want to be, and getting from here to there safely. It is not about right and wrong, good and bad, guilt and punishment. It is not about comparing ourselves to one another. It is not about comparing ourselves and one another to outside standards of being and performance. It is not about fear, separation, competition and survival of the fittest. It is not about seeing ourselves as victims and armoring ourselves against a hostile world. It is not about sleepwalking through life or taking it for granted by mindlessly following the “rules”. It is not about living by value judgment and being controlled from the outside, in.

It is about paying attention to our own unique experience and developing internal values over a lifetime of living and learning. It is about playfulness, experimentation and paying attention to what works for us and what doesn’t, what makes us happy and what doesn’t. It is about accepting our own unique being and authority. It is about actively seeking the qualities of life and being we value most, our ideals, and actualizing them to the best of our ability. It is about valuing our oneness as much as our individuality. It is about the value of YOU, ME and US. It is about surviving. It is about consciously changing ourselves and the world for the better. It is about living by value fulfillment and learning how to control ourselves from the inside, out.

An external value system of right and wrong, good and bad, guilt and punishment is to a child as training wheels are to a bicycle. They help us function until we learn how to walk on our own, or in this case, think on our own.

Our Family of web sites:

• Real Talk World (Home Site)- is where the world comes to talk about the root cause of human behavior, or the reality behind reality. Most media comment and report on what’s already happening in the world but few examine the role core beliefs (how we define ourselves and “reality”) play in the creation of our experience. Join the discussion as we explore and develop knowledge and understanding of ourselves that will enable us to change our experience from the inside, out, beforeit happens. Thought processing is what we do, even after much of our understanding has settled into programmed patterns, or recipes for living. It (a “Decider”) is who we are! It is how we imagine and create each new moment, both in life and in dreams. We become the victims of reality only when we fail to see or take responsibility for our role in creating it. The success of this website can lead to an expansion into radio and television, giving even more people access to this discussion.
• Real Talk Library– for the study and evolution of human consciousness. Study or add your own (visit the Real Talk Library for examples) informational accounts of experiences in life, dreams and altered states of consciousness. Philosophical and religious views that help us understand who we are and what reality is are welcome too. However, no dogma is allowed. Every belief submitted to the Real Talk Library is open to examination and question.
• Reality Creation Project– for getting from here to there. This site combines technologies with support for change. Encourage and support others by sharing your own thoughts, questions, insights and stories of success.
• Real Talk World (RTW) Yahoo Forum– for easier sharing and discussion.
• The LifeSong Store – where the world comes to shop for inspirational and life-changing ideas on T-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, hoodies and more. Change the world and yourself for the better with Philosophy On T-Shirts! (POTS).

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

How you define yourself, and the world around you, forms your intent, which, in turn, forms your reality. – Seth

In other words, we create our own reality from what we choose to believe about ourselves, and the world.

If we do not CONSCIOUSLY choose our beliefs, we UNCONSCIOUSLY absorb them from our surroundings.

If we must live with the consequences of our beliefs, how can we afford NOT to question them?

The more we love ourselves, the better we treat ourselves, and the world.

Blessings of love and understanding be to us all.

Change yourself, and the world, for the better with Philosophy On T-Shirts! (POTS)

© Copyright 2009, Roger A. “Pete” Peterson