I have often marveled at the Beauty of the Natural World, especially in my youth. My Heart still goes back to cherished moments in places that I hold so precious and dear to me. Every time I listen to the Beautiful songs of precious Birds, and see incredible and amazing animals in the wild, my Heart swells with Love and appreciation for my Creator and for the Peace offered to everyone, to help us withstand these troubled times.
What God has provided to us can have many meanings and touch people in so many different ways.
The Love of God speaks to everyone, if we listen. And, as we experience the trials and tribulations of this brief spark called Life, we are reminded by the Natural World that each of us is a Child of God, and that our Heavenly Father Loves us all.
My Dear Friend, there is always something we can do to feel our Creator’s Love.
Venture out into the REAL World, into His Natural World, and smell a Beautiful Wild Flower, watch the glowing Sun set, let your Heart soar into the magnificent Sky you simply cannot deny.
There is always Hope. And it resides in the Home created by God – our Beautiful, NaturalHome.
Communing with Nature is God’s way of letting us know, we are His Beloved Children. And He Truly Loves us.
“I hear the mountain Birds, the sound of rivers singing a song I’ve often heard, it flows through me now So clear and so loud I stand where I am and forever I’m dreaming of home I feel so alone, I’m dreaming of home It’s carried in the air, the breeze of early morning I see the land so fair, my Heart opens wide There’s sadness inside I stand where I am and forever I’m dreaming of home I feel so alone, I’m dreaming of home This is no foreign sky, I see no foreign light But far away am I from some peaceful land I’m longing to stand A hand in my hand forever I’m dreaming of home I feel so alone, I’m dreaming of home.” . – Artist: Libera Album: Hope click here to play this stunningly Beautiful Song
My Dear Friends, just close your eyes and imagine yourself in God’s Forest. Picture the Sun shining down upon you and a slow, warm wind blowing gently upon you. His Beautiful Birds are singing, and you hear a river somewhere not far from you, gently flowing. Your worries and troubles are gone, there are no problems, no regrets. . Does it not feel real?
All one has to do is close your eyes and realize where you really are, and you are transported to His Magical Kingdom, where there are no worries or concerns. Our World is Blessed with Beautiful Nature. It is a Blessing to see this Beautiful World. Let us Thank God for the Love He shares with us. . God is everywhere, He is in everything, and He can make you glad with so much Beauty and Wonder.
Just find a gently flowing stream in your Heart, in your mind. Sit there, beside the Sacred Waters and let it flow over your Heart and through your mind, and Dream.
The Love you will surely feel, is the only reality you should awaken to in this Life.
God’s Love is the only reality you will awaken to in the next Life.
Why not enjoy it now.
“When you Live from the Heart, you begin to touch into the Universal Experience of Love. LOVE is the source of everything – the Fabric which makes up our very existence.” – Dr. Gail Brenner
Yes, go out into God’s Glorious Cathedral of the Beautiful Outdoors. Look up at the night sky and see a shooting Star. There is a Prayer and a Message that resides deep within the Blessing of Sacred Awareness. God can touch your Heart while reading His Beautiful night sky.
May the shadows of thoughts, the overthinking, and the darkness of doubt leave your mind and allow clarity to replace confusion, and Peace and calmness fill your precious Life.
Goodnight.
7 Common Sense Tips That’ll Improve Your Life Right Away
While it’s good to cultivate intelligence, being aware and prepared are equally as important (if not more so, when it really counts). Here are a few common sense tips that otherwise clever people easily miss:
1. Keep a list of numbers in your wallet
If you were to lose your cell phone right now, how many numbers would you have memorized? Do you have a way of knowing where you are besides Google Maps or getting around other than Uber?
In a world where many of us truly rely on our phones for navigation, communication, transportation, and more, it’s smart to limit your total dependence on this one device.
Write 4-5 emergency contact numbers on the back of a receipt right now and stick it in your wallet. If you ever lose your phone, you’ll be glad to be able to get in touch with the people who matter most, right when you need them.
2. Get a phone mount for your car
I can’t tell you the number of friends I have who still hold their phones on their laps or try to prop them somewhere in the car. This is both inconvenient and dangerous (for you and for others). Distracted driving caused over 400,000 major injuries, and texting and driving is 6x more likely to get you in an accident than driving drunk.
It costs less than $10 to get a simple car mount on Amazon or at a big box store. Do it.
3. Keep an emergency $20 in your wallet
There are still places that post the sign that strikes fear into the heart of every credit card and Apple Payer: “Cash only.” And those places are usually ones in which you don’t want to be stuck.
The next time CVS asks you if you want cash back, get a $20, fold it up into a tiny little square and stick it in the back of your wallet. You’ll be glad you did.
4. Procure some plants
Science says plants cleanse the air of toxins, elevate your mood, release oxygen into the atmosphere (which helps you feel more clearheaded), humidify the air, and give you something to take care of, which stimulates the release of feel-good hormones.
This is a no brainer: Add plants for your bedroom and officefor an easy and cheap way to improve your life concretely and right away. Here’s a list of the top 10 NASA-recommended houseplants (some don’t even need to be watered for months).
5. Remember online exercise videos
If one of your new year’s resolutions is to improve your physical fitness, you probably have lofty goals like going to the gym 3-4 times a week. That’s great, but when it’s sleeting out and you had to stay late at the office, you may not make it.
When you’re short on time and motivation, use the abundant 10-20 minute exercise videos on YouTube to exercise quickly at home. You can easily strengthen your core, tone muscles, or simply stretch — all of which will help you prevent injury when you do make it to the gym.
6. Remember that you can always use your phone to share your location
Ever been on an Uber trip and felt uncomfortable with the driver? In this or any situation in which you want to let someone to know precisely where you are, you can.
Familiarize yourself with this now: On an iPhone, when composing a text, tap on the info button in the upper right hand corner, then hit Share My Location. You can choose for how long you wish to share it. If you have a droid, get the app Glympse.
Also remember that you don’t have to unlock your iPhone to dial 911. The bottom left of your locked screen says “Emergency” for a reason. Again, familiarize yourself with this now. Hopefully you’ll never need it, but if you do, you’re covered.
7. Buy these 5 emergency items
If there were a natural disaster, how prepared would you be? Snag these five items and you’ll be more prepared than 90% of the population:
Several gallons of water. If the water supply is compromised, this will be your biggest need. If you have a car, keep a few gallons in your trunk, too.
Hydrogen peroxide and bandages. If someone is injured, you’ll need to cleanse wounds until real help arrives. Know that honey can also be used as a sticky antiseptic (just pour it over a wound and then cover it).
Space blankets. They’re lightweight, so they work even if you’ve got to move locations.
Canned foods. Get both pop top (don’t require a can opener; good for when you’re on the go) and ones that require a can opener (the food lasts longer).
A solar-powered, hand-crank cell phone charger. If the grid goes down, you’ll be able to charge your devices with solar, or by hand if there’s limited sunlight. For just over $20, you can get one that doubles as a radio and flashlight.
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense.” – Thomas Edison
The motivation to learn, and to survive, lies through theHeart, not the mind. – Wm. C. Anderson
In frequent discortations with other educators, I found a highly con-substantial Love of what we call a relaxed and informal atmosphere, combined with a real commitment to academic freedom. If you are old enough, you may actually recall having teachers who were trusted enough to make decisions and conduct the business of counseling, motivating and teaching children. . Oh, these were the good old days! These were the generations of Educators that enabled the children of this Nation to make the United States the envy of other nations. These teachers empowered us to become the only remaining true superpower on earth, to acquire more than half the wealth of the World, while comprising only six percent of its population and to realize that not locating a Starbucks could be a significant, Life-altering dilemma. How does the saying go, “Only in America”!
We share an abhorrence of those things that distract children from academic andthoughtful pursuit. Their Love of reading meshes beautifully with our first Love. We forbid homework and ask our students instead, to spend this precious time establishing a Life-time habit and Love of reading – with a requirement that each child read or be read to, for at least one hour each evening.
As with the Finns, we believe that overly strict rules do not translate into dedicated scholars. We harbor only three rules: to be kind, to be kind and to be kind. And when you think deeply about it, that covers everything.
Moments that linger in the Heart excite us now and linger on in the mind. . Leave the Flowers of your precious Smiles at the entrance to each precious moment.
Without your Love, there is no day.
Health experts have been baffled by a rise in suicide among teens and young adults.
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for older teens and young adults.
The suicide rate has been increasing from 2007.
The rate went from 6.8 deaths per 100,000 people to 10.6, according to the CDC report.
A reportTrusted Source from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the teen suicide rate in the United States has skyrocketed in recent years.
Suicide was recently ranked as the second-leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 24 years old.
Each year, about 7 out of 100,000 young adults between the ages of 15 and 19 die by suicide each year — and that number only seems to be growing. click here to read more
“Goodbye to you my trusted Friend We’ve known each other since we were nine or ten. Together we’ve climbed hills and trees Learned of Love and ABCs Skinned our Hearts and skinned our knees Goodbye my friend, it’s hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky.” – Terry Jacks click here to play the song
At the Anderson School visitors are sometimes mildly shocked to find such things as: barefoot boys (and girls) fluttering down the hall (they really do feel more relaxed and at home this way), or a child asleep during the school day (why fight Mother Nature – if you are tired, rest! After a nap, children are energized and ready again to learn and play) and a mild, low-grade level of chaos can naturally prevail.
Another Anderson School Scholar.
This is normalbehavior for the young and can become highly productive. It provides opportunity for the interplay of ideas and Hopes and Dreams as kids banter back and forth. . And there are intangibles that result: the modeling of Creative flux, improved self-esteem and self-confidence and the intrinsic motivation generated by the children themselves. Since our bright students are busy teaching and working with each other, the tendency is toward non-stop communication, as they group themselves according to interests, not age. Typically, you find a very young scholar teaching older types and excited to share knowledge.
At our school students keep the same teachers for many years. They actually get to know them and we treat each other like Family. Why not? . Are we not really related in many ways? . We promote self-reliance and autonomous learning, minimize competition, assail perfectionism, promote informality and a relaxed Ho Ho Ho Home-like atmosphere, remove the harmful and potentially devastating emphasis upon grades (nogrades or report cards are provided – scholars are expected to perform at a mastery level of 90% not 70%, without time constraints) and, importantly, we eliminate homework. As educators, we have had plenty of time during the day to get the job done.
Think about it! . Children NEED to be involved in many after school activities, such as Scouting (my favorite), Golf, Karate, Taekwondo baseball, piano lessons, and Choir. The list goes on and on.
A great after school activity helps children on many levels. Your child builds community connections, and makes a positive impact on something that’s important to him or her.. . Music should be an essential part of every child’s development. A great song can light up their Hearts, encourage them to move around and dance, and help instill a sense of confidence. We can enjoy the benefits of music from the moment we are born, but NOT if we are pestering our parents about homework, asking for help with things like Algebra, that one parent never took and the other one forgot decades ago.
And parents are essentially not qualified to teach at Home and do not have the time or patience. They worked hard all day and the boss did not assign them homework. Parents would not tolerate this. They would find another employer. But your children cannot simply find another teacher. They are riveted to a desk, with little Hope of finding the time they need to do the real work of Kids – they need to PLAY.
We also provide the freedom to do such things as: progress at your own pace, allow children to prepare their own meals and dine whenever they like (some “graze” throughout the day) and play whenever they complete morning or afternoon assignments (a few will work all weekend so they may play at school). This is real Academic Freedom and allows for the independent use of personal judgment. We want our children to practice making many, many decisions and mistakes, while they are young and under our guidance.
After all, they will be making every decision regarding their own lives, and our own lives, and in a few years. So be very kind to your children, for in the end, they will be all you have left.
And don’t be shocked if your children can’t survive on their own in the near future, if you did every thing for them and made their every decision. They may become so dependent that they NEVER survive. It happens.
Some schools are largely successful because they truly realize that, “Less is more”. To be less demanding equates to more time at home with Mom and Dad and more time to play and this always leads to a more psychologically healthy person – someone who really WANTS to go to school the next day (and more importantly, wants to Live and knows how to PLAY).
“Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.” – Joshua Becker
Children need to be more relaxed, energized and ready to study, rather than being burned out, bored, fatigued and more deeply depressedthan they will ever say– which can result in their becoming anxious, obnoxious, angry, rebellious and unwilling to continue what has evolved into drudgery and a loathing of going to school.
And when you think about it, wouldn’t you rebel if you were stressed out, overly assessed, classified, compared, bored, structured, and selected and sorted ad nausium. . Why, revolutions have occurred for less – revolutions of the mind and of the Family. We see many children today who are dropping out mentally, socially, emotionally, physically and in other ways that more frequently become SELF destructive.
Is Truth Ever a Lie? What if you are Living a lie?
I have been asked why the educational systems are imploding? What’s broken and what can we, as parents and educators, do to fix it?
Essentially, our educational systems are imploding because:
1.Our schools are now devoid of essential academic Feedom, 2. They are saddled with the ineffective and truly oppressive No Child Left Behind Act and its sinfully negative byproducts and 3.Schools lack the fiery furnace of competition in the free market place.
The solutions are simple but, in our present static state of mind, unavailable. However, if ever we do decide to act we know what to do:
We need to provide each student, through their parents, the funds to purchase their schooling wherever they choose to go. The natural and highly beneficial effect of competition for this money would produce results similar to every other commodity in the marketplace.
Beautifully crafted, thoughtful and productive products in the form of innovative and dynamic curriculums and remarkable institutions of learning would be engineered by our gifted educators in competition with each other. But importantly, regardless of the outcome, they would serve to please our Parents and Children.
But we have become imprisoned to the precept that government can extrinsically motivate schools and teachers, utilizing the negative bias of assessment and with such harsh and punitive prerogatives as the loss of employment for teachers and administrators, virtually worthless and shameful labels, accusations, inevitably harmful performance evaluations and even the unthinkable closure of entire schools. Such closures are so severe that one can imagine less damage being inflicted to a school community even in time of war.
This punitive, FEAR based system shall never produce overall sustainable positiveresults, especially for those children most in need. This system is far beyond broken. It poses a very real-time danger to our society. This obviatedly biased bent toward negative reinforcement is a conceptualization rejected many years ago in the study of Child behavior.
Our boat is now sinking by the bow and no longer in sight of the shore. We seemingly cannot even identify the real problems with our schools. But we act like we do really know who or what is to blame. So we keep felling the trees all around us in order to glimpse a sliver of the light of understanding from above and do not even know there is a fragile and endangered forest all around us.
For our underpaid, overworked and unappreciated Educators should never have been marked and targeted. They are not to blame! And our children should never have been used as pawns in this unintelligible game.
We now find it virtually impossible to patch our Ship of State, in light of the large, gaping holes created by FEAR, a focus upon self-serving and selfish interests and an inability to locate words such as equitable, fair or open-mindedin any dictionary to be found in our capitals of government in Austin or Washington.
What can parents do to help children attain success and be the best they can be?
Well, if your child is truly suffering (and can you believe you are paying for this abuse with your taxes or tuition?) I recommend removing them from any oppressive and harmful environment immediately (that means today!).
Then, you may want to take them for refreshments to a fun place (they may actually remember having fun). . There you can apologize for not sheltering them from the storm, for not protecting them or truly being their advocate and being there for them when you were needed. It helps to let a child know you are Human and make mistakes.
It will also help if you let them know that you will now and forever more be there for them and notallow anyone else or any other school to make them so unhappy and miserable again. . After you wipe the tears from their eyes, take a moment to wipe away yours. And remember, if your child forgives you, it is in the past. It is over. Now you can go forward and forgive all those who transgressed against your Beloved Children.
Just don’t vote for them again. Have mercy on the next generation.
Now, plan the future. Let your Child help you. . Explore the many other avenues available (and there are many). Remind yourself how thankful we all are that Thomas Edison’s Mother removed him from such a schoolat a very early age. Now that’s what I call – seeing the Light! With over 1,100 patents to his name, we can all be thankful that she removed him from school, which now enables us to watch a great movie tonight, with sound and the ability to record it. A compassionate decision for one deeply Loved child, has led us all out of the dark and into the light. Thank you Mrs. Edison! So just follow her example and start by stopping the pain.
Next, you will need to examine what happened to our schools and to your child. And that is a complex journey fraught with unbelievable intrusions into the coliseums and colloquiums of academia.
Special interests, and notso special lawmakers, intruded into the Sacred spaces of our Children’s classrooms, their Home away from Home, assuming they knew more than highly trained and devoutly dedicated educators about what your children needed. When in fact, teachers were well qualified and simply needed to be left alone.
Lawmakers could have helped the wonderful, beautiful, caring and ever-giving Teachers by paying them a decent wage and providing more money for materials (many, many teachers have spent their own meager funds on your children and without you ever aware of it). But we, as individuals, elected people who obviously did not know how to educate children, and much more importantly, how fragile they are or how to care for them.
Their pride went before our fall.
Simplicity
I fondly remember many years ago my good friend, who was a State Representative, Homer Dear, a wonderful and Loving retired school teacher and administrator, calling to ask what should be done, in my opinion, legislatively.
My immediate response was mandate relief. The volumes of dictates from our zealous state agency and the legislature, were so voluminous that no one on this Planet even knew everything that was required of a school. . He then sponsored a bill to provide such relief. Naturally, it was defeated. No one is going to tell the legislature that much of what they did is actually too much and leading toward a dastardly day of self-destruction (this is the impending implosion). But in essence, Homer knew what needed to be done. And now you know.
Freedom
Simply stated: remove nearly all of the governmental laws, mandates (typically unfunded – thank you), guidelines and regulations relative to education, substantially realign and reduce the size, scope and budget of the state regulatory agency (eliminating well over a billion dollars that funds this unbelievable megalopoliptic and essentially counter – productive enterprise) and get every one, and I mean every one out of the teacher’s way and out of the teacher’s classroom. . On your way out, buy her (or him) a cup of well-earned coffee.
This can significantly contribute to the academic freedom that Dr. Reed Dawson, a beloved Baylor professor of mine, warned way back in 1973, was perilously close to death. He was right. The infamous and highly destructive Texas Assessment of Basic Skills test, and its destructive off-springs (T.E.A.M.S., T.A.K.S., etc.) was about to be unleashed upon our unsuspecting and naive populace.
Academic Freedom, as with all the productive and beneficial benefits that any freedom provides, was about to be targeted and totally destroyed. And it began with the blunt instrument of institutional sin in 1980. Simply stated, this oppressive test needs to be abolished and accompanied by an apology to all of its victims, and there are many.
Now, after you give back freedom to teachers to teach, come back in one year, and you and your child will be well on the road to being Happy. Trust me, teachers knew what to do all along. How many years did our educators spend in a College or University preparing to take an oath of poverty, so he or she could have the Honor of teaching your child?
Yes, the teacher can do the job. Just get everyone out of her (or his) way. Remember, in the successful schools, such as in Finland, less is more. And it always has been. Isn’t that in the Bible?
“Less is more and more is less.“ – Psalm 37:16-17
Simplicity must replace the absolute mess that we have today! By the way, the highest achieving schools in the entire World, value exactly this – simplicity.
Finance
Finland sets the example for us again, in providing roughly EQUAL per-pupil funding. The gap between the best and worst performing schools in Finland was the smallest tested.
So what happened to our free enterprise system and the competitive market place? . You know, the one we preach about from on high in every school in America. The system that created such wealth for us, that we have reached record levels of obesity, consumption and waste. Why is the competitive marketplace of our free enterprise system provided an exemption in the marketplace of knowledge? Do we not yet realize that competition is the primary catalyst for excellence in our economic society, that it is the engine that drives us to unsurpassed prosperity?
Or are we not willing to vote for people of courage and conscience or recruit those rare individuals to run for public office who are willing to sacrifice an innate defensiveness and desire for self-serving interests for the sake of what is most precious in our lives – our children.
To date we have not mustered enough courage or votes to really change anything. And my fear is that we may never do so! This boat full of unwilling and highly dependent people who will soon need to have everyone bailing the waters of indifference, and neglect. The perilous sea has already reached the water line and mighty Casey has struck out.
Stay tuned, the game will resume overseas. What’s that gurgling sound?
Can you even imagine educators from other countries observing that our system of public education strives to, “leave no child behind” while we post a drop out rate for Fort Worth I. S. D. of over 45 percent, according to the Editorial Projects in Education Resource Center.
Let’s compare that to less than 4 [that’s FOUR] percent for other countries.
My Dear Friends, we left halfof our children at the starting gate. And we did not just leave them behind, we abandoned them with no hope that they will ever truly flourish and prosper But, on the bright side, we meagerly raised the minimum wage with them in mind, didn’t we?
Ultimately, these lost children will never even be able to sustain themselves, much less impact this system that has been so neglectful to so many. And the system we created and perpetuate to this day will, one day soon, not be able to support them or their children. The weight of so much water will cause this listing ship to topple over. (Have you ever tried to live on the minimum wage?)
We left many of our children with little hope that they will ever truly thrive in our highly competitive economy. Our focus upon minimumskills for all has evolved into a minimum wage for many.
Our mediocrity has become merit to us, the mediocre. And our children did not deserve this! They are the victims of our now tired, cowardly, self-centered neglect.
It is a sad commentary that our fear to change what needs to be changed is now the driving force behind the fall of twenty-first century Rome.
Dr. William C. Anderson, Co-Director The Anderson Private School for the Gifted, Talented and Creative 817-448-8484 andersonschool.net
Barbara Saunders
submitted this comment on this post previously:
“I Love this post. My mother, a teacher and the daughter of a teacher who attended segregated public schools in the 1930s and 1940s, chose the private school to which she sent my sisters and I because, she said, “I could not stand the rigid desks and rows in the public schools. When I saw kids sprawled out in the halls, talking and laughing, that was the place I want you kids to go!
I have a hard time believing that “reformers” don’t notice that the schools for the intellectual and socioeconomic elite are more – not less – free, relaxed and playful.”
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Across the Evening Sky the Light is slowly leaving, pouring down like golden Honey, with Beauty aglow as we fall in Love Believing, but never truly knowing if we are dreaming.
‘Til every thread Is torn.
Our Lives we Live in such hues, as if what is revealed is real, until every thread is torn from the Fabric of Life and Living, in the Tapestry of our minds surreal.
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So much of what we know as Life, is not really Living at all. But in the brevity of our Being, in so Believing, Blessings abound.
Infinitely Loving Brushstrokes, with Beauty far beyond what we can behold, flung against the Canvass of the Evening Skies, reminded us that the Love of God opens our Hearts, as we open our eyes.
Poets and Writers of Song have always known, always felt deeply, our Hearts need to be Courageous and Free. Though we may be made blind by illusions so bold they appear infinite and immeasurable, by the Grace of God we can see.
“I’ve looked at Life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It’s Life’s illusions I recall. I really don’t know Life at all.”
Is it delusion to Believe the images in our minds are the real World? Is it unlike our experience of it?
The concept that reality is only in the mind, is found time after time after time, In the study of Philosophy, and in the Sciences that remind.
Physicist Sir Arthur Eddington notable said, “Matter is mostly ghostly empty space.” To be more precise, it is 99.9999999%empty space.
My friends, we faint and flickering shadows and shades are almost non-existent. Matter, of which we are made, Is coming into and out of existence Billions of times each second.
Your reality, which includes you, Is blinking constantly on and off at all times. Quantum physics has left scientists all over the world Baffled. Especially with the discovery that our physical material reality, Isn’t really physical at all.
Our Human brain is designed by natural experience (in order to survive), to sense the “on” frequency. Just as quickly, it blinks “off,” and everything, including you, disappears. However, your brain registers and connects only the “on” segments, and thus you have the sense or feelingof your reality being solid. What quantum mechanics reveals Is that there is NO true “physicality” in the Universe. read more
We faint and flickering shadows and shades . . .
Quantum theory predicts that every particle spends some time as a combination of other particles in all possible ways. These predictions (read more) are now very well understood and tested. . Yes my Friends, we are truly ONE with the Universe, with each other, with God.
“We don’t know what matter is anymore than we know what mind is.” Christian de Quincy, The Paradox of Consciousness
We have discovered in quantum physics that even subatomic particles are far, far from solid. They are nothing like matter as we think we know it. These particles, of which we are made, can never be precisely measured. And they are everywhere, Everywhere, In the same moment, Until observed.
Religion incorporates transcendent, immanent Omnipresence. The Divine is everywhere. The property of being present everywhere defines a Universal and fundamental substance, which is the source of all existence. God isomnipresent in a way that He is able to interact with His Divine Creations, with you, Child of God.
Our physical material reality isn’t really physical at all.
“Behold, Heaven and the Highest Heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house which I have built! – 1 Kings 8:27
Plato believed The real world was a world of ideas and Eternalperfect forms. . Is it?
Particles are, and we are, Clouds of potentialexistence, with no definite location. Whatever matter is, It has little, Ifany, Substance.
“We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.” – Thomas Edison
Our idea of matter as solid, as substance, is a quality appearing ONLY in our consciousness. It models what is real, but is unlike what is really, or, perhaps, NOT really, there.
German philosopher Immanuel Kant posited that time and space are not inherent qualities of the physical World; They are a reflection of the way our mind operates.
Weare the creators of the World we experience.
And so, We are NOT passive experiencers of the World; We are the Creators of the world we experience. We,my friends, are Children of God, and firmly at the centerof things. The Earth is not at the center of the Universe, WE are.
Human Thought Determines Reality.
“You don’t need to feel alienated by being at the mercy of a blind material World; YOU are the World.“ – Riccardo Manzotti
Early in the 1900’s it was proven beyond a shadow of a doubt with an experiment called the double slit experiment. Researchers found the determining factor of the behavior of energy (particles) at the quantum level, is the awareness of the observer. (read more)
Literature, throughout the World, of a Spiritual Nature, proclaims that the whole world Is within.
We are truly ONE with the Universe, with each other, with God.
The question of God’s existence is the most important question of Human philosophy. One chooses either a self existent God or a self existent Universe, and the Universe is not behaving as if it is self existent. According to the second law of thermodynamics, the Universe is running down like a clock, cooling off like a giant stove.(read more)
My Dear Friends, Religion and science are merging, they are becoming one. Not as antithetically opposed as we may believe. Our discoveries suggests a far, far more enlightening meaning to this marriage.
Not just academic, not just philosophical, but personal, practical, meaningful. And as we think upon these things, as best we can, we become Blessed to realize:
“Those who dwell in the Beauty and the mystery of Life are never lonely.”
The Earth is not at the center of the Universe, WE are.
In our Human affairs we Live our precious Lives as if the material World Is the fundamental reality. And in this consciousness lay the root of our discontent, our misery, our unquenchable thirst.
My friends, we are losing our Humanity, not knowing WE are far, far more than Human.
The Human Spirit Is the very essence of Life In a Human Being. And knowledge of this can amplify the Joy of Living, and bring about Spiritual Freedom.
You are a Spiritual Being having a Human experience.
Your infinite capacity to create, to Love, to dream, to forgive and to be aware that you are far, far more than you can ever imagine, ultimately defines what it means to be Human. You are the most beautiful and miraculous Creation in the Universe. And you are Eternal.
What is missing, disappearing from Life, Is the most exciting, wonderful, exhilarating discovery of all: When we Love someone, and finally come to know that we are deeply Loved, God enters our Hearts, and what is dreamed becomes forever real. . Goodnight.
We, my friends, are Children of God.
“I need your Love, I need your Love, God speed your Love To me.” – Unchained Melody
From our friends at the Underground Health Reporter read more
Did You Know…
… that there’s a nutrient that could eliminate 50% of all deaths from cancer and prevent other diseases that claim nearly 1 million lives every year?
That nutrient is … Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin,” which is now recognized by traditional and natural doctors alike as one of the most powerful, inexpensive ways to prevent disease.
Vitamin D is found in small amounts in some foods, such as milk, eggs, fish, and fortified orange juice – but the most important, natural source of vitamin D comes from exposure to sunlight.
Vitamin D influences over 2,000 of the 30,000 genes in the body, which explains why it has been found to inhibit the onset and spread of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, autism, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis, to name a few.
Next to smoking, not getting enough vitamin D is the No. 2 risk factor of cancer! Every year, 30% – or two million people worldwide (200,000 in the U.S. alone) – could be spared of dying from cancer if they would just take the proper amounts of vitamin D.
According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, an Osteopathic physician and New York Times bestselling author, “Groundbreaking studies proved that 600,000 cases of cancer could be prevented every year just by increasing your levels of vitamin D. And without question, the best way to obtain your vitamin D is by UVB sunlight falling on unexposed skin in doses that do not cause sunburn. Beyond cancer, increasing levels of vitamin D could prevent diseases that claim nearly 1 million livesthroughout the world each year.”
Dr. Michael Holick, one of the world’s most respected authorities on Vitamin D and author of The UV Advantage explains that “Vitamin D is made in the skin, gets into the bloodstream, and then goes into the liver and kidneys where it is activated into a hormone called 125-dihydroxy (calcitriol). It is this activated vitamin D that has biological, disease-prevention effects, such as preventing prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and colon cancer.”
The proper amount of vitamin D in the body helps to:
stop mutated cells from forming and spreading;
cause diseased cells to commit “cell suicide” – i.e., cause them to literally self-destruct;
causes the differentiation of cells (Cancer cells are often undifferentiated, and this causes them to reproduce faster);
reduce the probability that dormant tumors will regenerate into cancerous cells by inhibiting the growth of blood vessels in those areas.
Absorption is the key. Dr. William Grant, Ph.D., Director of the Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center, and an expert on the effects of the environment and diet on chronic disease, recommends that adults get 2,000 to 4,000 IU’s of vitamin D every day from the sun or from vitamin D supplements to prevent cancerous or dysfunctional cellular activity. However, most people get less than 300 IU’s a day.
While it’s true that excessive amounts of unprotected UVA rays can increase your risk of melanoma skin cancer, there is an overwhelming body of evidence that shows that moderate sun exposure combats cancer and other disease without risk.
It is virtually impossible to overdose on vitamin D. In fact, there’s never been a reported case of vitamin D toxicity – so go outside and enjoy your daily dose of sunshine! If you’re unable to get sufficient sun exposure, taking a high quality vitamin D supplement is recommended by many health practitioners. Natural vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), or human vitamin D, is the type most often prescribed for therapeutic reasons because it is far superior to vitamin D2, which is synthetic.
Danica Collins, Managing Editor Underground Health Reporter
May God always abide in your Heart.
“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.” – R. Buckminster Fuller
Whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name – there is Love.
IT’S WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART THAT MATTERS (Every child need to see this.) Click here to see Thank you John Ecker for this precious information.
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When
you take a look
around,
can your eyes find
the Sun,
knowing the day
is not done?
All existence seems
to fade,
like the dimming
of the Light
when the Sun
takes flight.
But,
as God in our
thoughts
becomes Prayer,
we come to know
deep in our Hearts,
that day
is never done,
and all things,
all thoughts
become One.
When the Sun takes flight.
As long as
God
dwells in our Lives,
our Lives can be truly lived. .
My Friends,
the great Truths
are simple:
hold someone
by the hand,
and let the Light of Life
begin again.
It does not
take much Love
to keep you
warm
night and day.
We can Love
completely,
without complete
understanding.
Love does that. .
“Look at this man So Blessed with inspiration. Look at this Soul. Still searching for Salvation. I don’t know much, But I know I Love you. And that may be all I need to know.”
– Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow, Barry Mann play song
It does not take much Love.
My Dear Friends,
a Life
left to chance,
may never
dance.
“I have no desire to live comfortably, nor do I wish to be rich. To be happy is to wander freely, to study the Book of Nature with my feet over its Leaves.”
– Paracelsus
To taste the
Day,
it must be
sweet.
The bitter of Life,
is far too often tasteless
defeat.
Use your Love
to exhaust
your Hate.
Your happiness matters.
“If you stare into the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back at you.”
– Nietzsche
Both Thomas Edison,
father of recorded sound,
and Alexander Graham Bell,
inventor of the telephone,
stared into the abyss,
and made these discoveries while
researching into the
Spirit World.
Edison wanted to
listen in on the
Spirits.
Television
was invented as a result
of trying to capture psychic influences
on gases fluctuating in front of
a cathode ray tube.
The origin of the television set
was heavily shrouded in spiritualism and the occult,
writes author Stefan Andriopoulos in his book Ghostly Apparitions.
The television was intended as an almost magical box
through which we could watch distant events unfold,
a kind of technological crystal ball.
Andriopoulos’s book puts the TV
into a long line of other “optical media”
that go back at least as far as
weird Renaissance experiments
involving technologically-induced illusions,
such as concave mirrors, magic lanterns,
disorienting walls of smoke, and other
“ghostly apparitions”
and “phantasmagoric projections”
created by speciality devices. .
These were conjuring tricks, sure,
but they relied on sophisticated understandings
of such basic things as light, shadow, and acoustics,
making an audience see – and believe in
– an illusion. read more
.
Understanding
the origin of technologies
may help us
understand the allure
and the effect
they have upon our
children. .
Each new technology
is a whole new World.
And under every Flower there,
a serpent lies
coiled. .
Goodnight. .
“Of splendour in the grass,
of glory in the Flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears” – William Wordsworth “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”.
Many people think of healthy eating as consuming a certain number of calories per day. But the truth is, it’s not just about how much you eat but the quality of the food you eat, and how safely it’s been produced. Read on for some of the worst foods you can put in your body –
you’ll certainly be surprised by a few!
Workers in microwave popcorn factories have actually developed an extremely rare form of lung cancer from inhaling fumes. If that isn’t enough of a reason to avoid the stuff, here’s another: the lining of the bags contains perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a substance that has been linked to several other forms of cancer and infertility.
Plus, so many microwave popcorns are loaded with bad fats and sodium. Homemade air-popped popcorn can actually be a health food, believe it or not, so stick to that for your next movie night.
Last year, apples won the dubious honor of being the most pesticide-laden produce. Because they aren’t very resistant to pests, apples tend to get sprayed more. They’re also treated with pesticides to extend their shelf life. If you’re an apple lover, always, always, always buy organic – or don’t buy ‘em at all. Your body will thank you!
3. Soda
Several studies have directly linked soda consumption to higher instances of cardiovascular disease, cancer, depression, obesity—you name it. Diet soda isn’t off the hook, either. Here are 9 Disturbing Side Effects of Soda.
Many brands of chips contain unimaginable amounts of sodium and fat—one bag can often be more than a day’s worth. But it’s not just the nutritional concerns to think about here – chips also contain acrylamide, a chemical that comes with an increased risk of several forms of cancerand infertility. You can also find the scary stuff in french fries.
Aside from being far less delicious than the real thing, canned tomatoes have the added “perk” of bisphenol-A (BPA) on the cans’ lining. This is the stuff nightmares are made of: BPA has been linked to fetal abnormalities, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, thyroid issues and even cancer.It’s been banned for use in baby bottles, and overall bans are being considered nationwide. You can get up to 50 mg of the stuff from canned tomatoes; the acidity makes them more difficult to package than most products, so a safe alternative has been difficult to find. Your best bet, though, is to avoid them all together. Stick to fresh tomatoes or, if need be, tomatoes packaged in glass jars.
6. Non–Organic Celery
Celery is one of the dirtiest of all vegetables—the Environmental Working Group has founded dozens upon dozensof different pesticides on the non-organic stuff. As with apples, go organic or don’t go at all.
7. Milk with Artificial Hormones
Many farmers give their cows artificial hormones so they will produce more milk — good for their bottom line, not so good for our health. These hormones lead to higher rates of another hormone, IGF-1, which is thought to increase instances of cancer in humans. Look for milk that is certified organic, or labelled with either BGH-free or BST-free.
If margarine didn’t have any food dye in it, it’d be a delightful shade of gray. If that isn’t evidence enough, what is?! Though margarine is often thought of as a healthier version of butter (there’s no cholesterol, right?) it’s also a wonderfully terrible source of trans fats – stuff that does, indeed, raise your cholesterol. Here’s your excuse to go back to the real stuff – or, of course, olive oil!
“Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money.”
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“We are not passive experiencers
of the World; we are the Creators
of the World
we experience.” – Immanuel Kant
Objects are the shadows of thoughts.
“The Atom now appears to be a form of Music. Thus the underlying order of the material World displays a Mathematical order that suggests that it is an embodiment of
Beauty and Intelligence.”
– Donald Hatch Andrews
The deeper Science
penetrates into
the nature of Reality,
the more we find intricate Mathematical Harmonies.
Such insight
means that we are coming Home
to our true place
in Nature.
The Unity and Beauty
of precious Life
is being revealed.
“With every breath we take, we become Host to myriads of atoms that once danced within the gigantic structures of the Great Whales, or provided the transient substance of the Tropical Rain Forests.” – E. Lester Smith
Pulitzer prize-winning writer Marilynne Robinson published an essay
in which
she challenged
the nature and relevance
of modern Science.
The essay argued
that quantum entanglement “raises fundamental questions about time and space.”
She went on to say
that this calls into question
the ability of Science to explain reality.
“Thoughts and ideas are more REAL than objects. Objects are the shadows of Thoughts.”
– Mark Booth
The shadows of thoughts.
We have discovered
that Quantum-mechanically, two electrons are part of
a single quantum state,
no matter how far apart they are.
They are not independent, well-separated objects.
In fact,
quantum mechanics tells us that, until
we measure the position of either electron,
we cannot say for certain where it is located.
And
it can be everywhere at once.
“The Eyes of the Lord are everywhere.” – Proverbs 15:3
Yes,
objects can be in two places
at the SAME time,
affect each other’s movements
at the OPPOSITE
ends of the Cosmos
and interact with the
Human Mind.
“Not only is the Universe
stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.” Sir Arthur Eddington English astronomer (1882 – 1944)
Reality is appearing to be
far different than
what we thought,
and exactly
what we have felt – Love
expressed in the
Music
that is our being.
The Music or Harmony
of the Spheres
is an ancient Philosophical concept
that looks at the movements of Celestial bodies
such as the Sun and Moon and Planets
as a form of Music.
It is not thought to be literally audible,
but Harmonic, Mathematical and Religious
in its concept.
Scientific exploration has determined
some orbital motions can be described
as orbital Resonance.
“With you Eternally mine, In Love there is no measure of Time We planned it all at the start That you and I
live in each other’s Heart.
We may be oceans away. You feel my love,
I hear what you say.” – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb
We are ONE
with everything
and everyone
on Earth.
And the Beauty
of this Truth
lies beyond
our comprehension.
“We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.”
– Thomas Edison
My Friends, as we reflect upon the humbling thoughts of Life and Living, we paint our own Portraits from a palette of lighter and darker shades of gray, and look with eyes at shadows of the days gone by, for which we often grieve.
“I’d like to make myself believe That planet Earth turns slowly. It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay,
Awake when I’m asleep ‘Cause everything
is never as it seems.” – Adam Young
My, how our people have suffered for their sanity,
never knowing Colors change their hues,
and weathered faces
lined with pain
can be soothed
by our Artist’s
Loving Hand.
Colors change their hues.
The dark, flat land upon which we often stride, can beablaze in morning’s eye,
and abide with Flowers flaming
brightly and clouds swirling
lightly.
Yes,
our World was created to be Beautiful for YOU.
Flowers flaming brightly.
Let God hold you in His Embrace, and fall in Love with Life
again.
“God is more me than I am myself.”
– St. Augustine
Heaven
is in the moment,
the precious moment, when you become real,
and understand
the Love
that is YOU,
and that, My Friend,
is all
you really need
to know.
Goodnight.
How our people have suffered.
“There’s nothing you can do
that can’t be done, Nothing you can sing
that can’t be sung, Nothing you can say
but you can learn how to play
the game.
It’s easy.
Nothing you can make
that can’t be made, No one you can save
that can’t be saved, Nothing you can do
but you can learn how to be,
YOU
in time. It’s easy.
All
you need is
LOVE. – Paul Mccartney, John Lennon
“God gave us memory so that we might have Roses in December.”
– J.M. Barrie
In recent years and decades,
scientists have studied the effects of coffee
on various aspects of health
and their results have been nothing short of amazing.
Here are 7 reasons why coffee
may actually be one of the healthiest beverages on the planet.
1. Coffee Can Make You Smarter
The active ingredient in coffee is caffeine, which is a stimulant and the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance in the world. Caffeine’s primary mechanism in the brain is blocking the effects of an inhibitory neurotransmitter called Adenosine.
By blocking the inhibitory effects of Adenosine, caffeine actually increases neuronal firing in the brain
and the release of other neurotransmitters
like dopamine and norepinephrine.
Many controlled trials have examined
the effects of caffeine on the brain,
demonstrating that caffeine can improve mood, reaction time,
memory, vigilance and general cognitive function.
2. Coffee Can Help You Burn Fat
and Improves Physical Performance
There’s a good reason why you will find caffeine
in most commercial fat burning supplements.
Caffeine raises metabolism
and increases the oxidation of fatty acids.
3. Coffee May Drastically Lower
Your Risk of Type II Diabetes
Type II diabetes is a lifestyle-related disease
that has reached epidemic proportions,
having increased 10-fold in a few decades
and now afflicting about 300 million people.
In observational studies, coffee has been repeatedly associated with a lower risk of diabetes. The reduction in risk ranges from 23%
all the way up to 67%.
A massive review article looked at 18 studies
with a total of 457,922 participants. Each additional cup of coffee per day lowered the risk of diabetes by 7%.
The more coffee people drank,
the lower their risk.
4. Coffee May Lower Your Risk
of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Not only can coffee make you smarter in the short term,
it may also protect your brain in old age.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common
neurodegenerative disorder in the world
and a leading cause of dementia.
In prospective studies,
coffee drinkers have up to a 60% lower risk
of Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Parkinson’s
is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder,
characterized by death of dopamine-generating neurons in the brain.
Coffee may lower the risk of Parkinson’s by 32-60%.
5. Coffee May be Extremely Good
For Your Liver
The liver is a remarkable organ
that carries out hundreds of vital functions in the body.
It is very vulnerable to modern insults
such as excess consumption of alcohol and fructose.
Cirrhosis is the end stage of liver damage
caused by diseases like alcoholism and hepatitis,
where liver tissue has been largely replaced by scar tissue.
Multiple studies have shown
that coffee can lower the risk of cirrhosis
by as much as 80%, the strongest effect for those
who drank 4 or more cups per day.
Coffee may also lower the risk of liver cancer
by around 40%.
6. Coffee May Decrease
Your Risk of Dying
In two very large prospective epidemiological studies,
drinking coffee was associated with a lower risk of death by all causes.
This effect is particularly profound in type II diabetics,
one study showing that coffee drinkers
had a 30% lower risk of death during a 20 year period.
7. Coffee is Loaded
With Nutrients and Antioxidants
Many of the nutrients in the coffee beans do make it into the final drink, which actually contains a decent amount of vitamins and minerals.
ONE cup of coffee contains:
6% of the RDA for Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5).
11% of the RDA for Riboflavin (Vitamin B2).
2% of the RDA for Niacin (B3) and Thiamine (B1).
3% of the RDA for Potassium and Manganese.
May not seem like much,
but if you drink several cups of coffee per day
then this quickly adds up.
But this isn’t all.
Coffee also contains a massive amount of antioxidants.
In fact, coffee is the biggest source of antioxidants in the western diet, outranking both fruits and vegetables combined.
Even though coffee in moderate amounts is good for you,
drinking way too much of it can still be harmful.
To make sure to preserve the health benefits, don’t put sugar
or anything nasty in your coffee! If it tends to affect your sleep,
then don’t drink it after 2 p.m.
If anything, coffee may literally be the healthiest beverage on the planet.
And so, My Friends,
instead of allowing your children
to drink deadly and addictive soft drinks,
why not introduce them to something healthy?
Yes,
like coffee.
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Important Dates Dec. 23 – Jan. 8 Christmas Holidays Jan. 9 (TUESDAY) Second Semester Begins Jan. 15 (Monday) Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Holiday Feb. 19 (Monday) President’s Day Holiday March 12 – 19 Spring Break Holiday April 13 & 16 (Fri. & Mon.) Good Friday and Easter Holidays May 22- 25 Adventure Trip May 25 Last Day of Semester
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“Only your Heart Knows the way, Because
It is the Way.” – Wm. C. Anderson
Dedicated to our very own Professor of Epic Literature, Latin and Greek, Mr. Lacey. Among the greatest Blessings in my life, and the lives of so many others, is knowing this gentle Heart, this Loving Soul. What an Honor toknow Mr. Harry H. Lacey. Human kindness is overflowing in the life of this truly remarkable man. Thank you for all you do.We Love you too.
“Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible
and untouchable.” R. Buckminster Fuller
Yes, we are almost nonexistent.
Now combine that knowledge
With this observation from
from another of the
most powerful minds
to ever exist:
THOMAS EDISON
“Its obvious that we don’t know one millionth of one percent about anything.”
Unbelievable. A bird raised her young inside our cast iron Rabbit welded to the railing. “Uh, what’s up Doc?”
And it becomes apparent that we,
who are almost
nonexistent,
know next to nothing
about anything.
But we keep
wondering
about everything,
not realizing
that the things
we think about,
may not even
exist at all. read more
It may be time,
which really doesn’t exist, read more
to realize that we need to
truly enjoy
what little there is
to this life.
No wonder life is so short.
Our birds have been bathing, feeding and protecting us as Natural pesticides. Thank you! Please do NOT poison your precious children with pesticides. Replace these toxins with knowledge, compassion and new, happy feathered friends. They love Life too.
There is so very little
to reality,
and it is so fragile
and so filled with illusion.
Yes, it may indeed
possess the qualities
of a dream.
So, let’s either wake up or go back to sleep,
we dream either way.
But what ever you choose to do,
give thanks to your Loving Creator.
He made you out of
virtually nothing,
nothing but Love.
Which leads me to believe
that Love
is all there really is.
And if you think about it,
that is a truly powerful
and unbelievably beautiful Gift. You areLove.
And you are deeply Loved.
Perhaps saying
“I Love you”
has a much deeper meaning
than we will ever
be able
to fully realize.
Tree House Masters move over! Dr. A through imagination (and a lazy streak) simply let this tree grow under the ham shack. He thinks it will gently lift it into the air. – Genius! OK. Just lazy.
Saying
“I Love you”,
may truly mean
“I am you.”
Yes,
we are one.
And such awareness
can open the door
to all the loving
compassion
that dwells in your
Heart.
Great truths are simple.
Perhaps, they are so simple
that we shall never
comprehend them.
After all,
they come from
God.
Nothing but Love
“The nature of ‘reality’ is not only stranger than you imagine, it’s stranger than you can imagine!
There is a saying that “truth is stranger than fiction” and this certainly applies to the nature of reality, because in the light of increasingevidence, what we have accepted to be the ‘truth’ about our everyday reality is much more like the ‘fiction’ of our everyday reality.” – Dawn Lesterread more
Our students honor the Loving memory of Anne Frank and over a million precious Jewish children lost to the evil of the holocaust. No. We shall never forget. Never. And we shall never stop Loving you.
The precious winds of time
Sometimes blow
Only one way,
Sometimes, we feel,
Not at all.
Such a gentle flowing breeze
At dawn of day,
Reminds us of our brief stay,
Whispering your name,
Beckoning you to stay
In Love
With this Precious Gift of Life
One more day.
“The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.” – Victor Hugo
“Kindness in words creates confidence; kindness in thinking creates profoundness; kindness in giving creates Love.”
– Lao Tzu
Should you pause
And close your eyes,
Your heart
May see again,
Past the darkening nights
Of transgression,
Into the Light
Of forgiveness,
Into the soft, glowing
Eternity
Of your precious Heart.
And as you feel
The passing gentle breeze,
Across the beauty
Of the morning sky,
You cannot deny,
The very Breath of God.
“Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.” – David Grayson
Dr. A with Annie and Alex (a few years ago. OK. Maybe a few more than a few.)
My Dear Friends,
Reach beyond who you are.
Live in the lives of those around you.
Move your mind, body, and spirit.
Step out of your comfort zone,
Open up the vast,
Unexplored space
Inside your Heart.
It too
Has no horizon,
No boundary,
No limit.
Your Love Is Infinite.
It flows through you
From the Infinite Love
Of God.
“We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.” – Agnes Repplier
Highly magnified photo (80x) taken of light from a street lamp on I-20 from the back deck of the school, a distance of over four miles. Perhaps the nature of reality is stranger than we can imagine.
2015 Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented Annual Conference December 2 – 4 in San Antonio
TAGT 2015 will bring together nearly 2,000 educators who share a passion for gifted education! Attendees will have the chance to create vital connections, engage in and lead important conversations, and become empowered to continue to make a difference in the gifted community.
This unique experience features over 150 training sessions in 15 strands of designated subjects. Remember December 2-4 at the San Antonio Convention Center and the Grand Hyatt San Antonio!
Superfoods for Coping with Stress – By Lindsay Funston, Health.com
When it comes to combating stress levels,
what you eat may help relieve your tension.
Some foods may help stabilize blood sugar
or your emotional response.
Here are12 foods to reach for
(GREAT for KIDS):
Green leafy vegetables
Like spinach they contain folate, which produces dopamine, a pleasure-inducing brain chemical, helping you keep calm,” says Heather Mangieri, RDN, of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. A 2012 study in the Journal of Affective Disorders of 2,800 middle-aged and elderly people and found those who consumed the most folate had a lower risk of depression. A 2013 study from the University of Otago found that college students tended to feel calmer, happier, and more energetic on days they ate more fruits and veggies.
Turkey breast
Tryptophan in turkey is to blame for that food coma on Thanksgiving. The amino acid, found in protein-containing foods, helps produce serotonin, “the chemical that regulates hunger and feelings of happiness and well-being,” In a 2006 study published in the Journal of Psychiatry Neuroscience, men and women who were argumentative (based on personality tests) who took tryptophan were perceived as more agreeable compared with when they didn’t take it. (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) Other foods high in tryptophan include nuts, seeds, tofu, fish, lentils, oats, beans, and eggs.
Oatmeal
According to MIT research, carbohydrates can help the brain make serotonin, the same substance regulated by antidepressants. A complex carb like oatmeal won’t contribute to your already potential spike in blood glucose.”
Yogurt
A 2013 UCLA study revealed that consuming probiotics in yogurt reduced brain activity in areas that handle emotion, including stress. You really can’t go wrong by adding more of it to your diet.
Salmon
Ratchet up anxiety hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. The omega-3 fatty acids in salmon help counteract the negative effects of stress hormones,” according to Lisa Cimperman, RD, of the University Hospitals Case Medical Center. In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, Oregon State University medical students who took omega-3 supplements had a 20% reduction in anxiety. One 3-ounce serving of cooked wild salmon can have more than 2,000 milligrams of omega-3s, double the daily intake recommended by the American Heart Association for people with heart disease.
Blueberries
The antioxidants and phytonutrients found in berries help improve your body’s response to stress and fight stress-related free radicals.” Research has also shown that blueberry eaters experience a boost in natural killer cells, “a type of white blood cell that plays a vital role in immunity according to Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD, Health’s contributing nutrition editor.
Pistachios
When you have an ongoing loop of negative thoughts playing in your mind, doing something repetitive with your hands may help silence your inner monologue. Think knitting or kneading bread—or even shelling nuts like pistachios or peanuts. The rhythmic moves will help you relax. Pistachios have heart-health benefits. Eating pistachios reduce acute stress by lowering blood pressure and heart rate. They contain key phytonutrients that provide antioxidant support for cardiovascular health.
Dark chocolate
Just a bite, not a whole bar, of dark chocolate can help to regulate your stress levels. Research has shown that it can reduce your stress hormones, including cortisol. The antioxidants in cocoa trigger the walls of your blood vessels to relax, lowering blood pressure and improving circulation. Dark chocolate contains unique natural substances that create a sense of euphoria similar to the feeling of being in love!” Go for varieties that contain at least 70% cocoa.
Milk
Fortified milk is an excellent source of vitamin D, a nutrient to boost happiness. A 50-year-long study by London’s UCL Institute of Child Health found an association between reduced levels of vitamin D and an increased risk of panic and depression. People whith sufficient vitamin D levels had a reduced risk of panic disorders. Other foods high in vitamin D include salmon, egg yolks, and fortified cereal.
Seeds
Flaxseed, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds are great sources of magnesium (as are leafy greens, yogurt, nuts, and fish). Loading up on the mineral helps regulate emotions. Magnesium has been shown to help alleviate depression, fatigue, and irritability.
Avocado
This superfruit helps shut down stress-eating by filling your belly and making you feel more satisfied. In a 2014 study by Loma Linda University (which we MUST note was sponsored by the Hass Avocado Board), reduced desire to eat more by 40% for the three hours.
Cashews
Researchers gave zinc supplements to people who were diagnosed with anxiety symptoms (irritability, lack of ability to concentrate) and patients saw a 31% decrease in anxiety, according to Nutrition and Metabolic Insights. Zinc affects the levels of a nerve chemical that influences mood. Other zinc-rich foods are oysters, beef, chicken, and yogurt. Cashews are also rich in omega-3s and protein, so they’re a smart snack.
“Amazing grace,
How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found Was blind but NOW I see.”
Pouring down like golden honey
Across the evening sky All the light is leaving, Pouring down like golden honey, With beauty so aglow That we fall in Love, Believing, Not really knowing If we are dreaming.
‘Til every thread Is torn.
Our lives Are lived in such hues, As if what is revealed Is real, ‘Til every thread Is torn From the Fabric of Living, In a Tapestry of mind Surreal.
So much of what we know As life, Is not really life at all. But in the brevity of being, In our believing, Blessings abound.
Infinitely Loving Brushstrokes, With beauty beyond What we can behold, Flung against the canvass Of the evening skies, Remind us, The Love of God Opens our hearts, As we open our eyes.
Poets and writers of song Have always known, Always felt deeply, In hearts taught to be Courageous and free, Though we may be made blind In illusions infinite, By the Grace of God We can see.
“I’ve looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It’s life’s illusions I recall. I really don’t know life at all.”
Is it a delusion to believe The images in our minds Are the real world? Is it unlike Our experience of it?
The concept that reality is Only in the mind, Is found time after time after time In the study of Philosophy, And the Sciences remind.
Physicist Sir Arthur Eddington notable said, “Matter is mostly ghostly empty space.” To be more precise, it is 99.9999999% empty space.
My friends, We faint and flickering Shadows and shades Are almost non-existent. Matter, of which we are made, Is coming into and out of existence Billions of times each second.
Your reality, which includes you, Is blinking constantly on and off at all times. Quantum physics has left scientists
All over the world Baffled, Especially with the discovery
That our physical material reality, Isn’t really physical at all.
Our human brain is designed By natural experience (in order to survive), To sense the “on” frequency. Just as quickly, it blinks “off,” And everything, including you, disappears. However, your brain registers and connects only The “on” segments,
And thus you have the sense Or feeling of your reality being solid. What quantum mechanics reveals Is that there is NO true “physicality” in the universe. read more
We faint and flickering shadows and shades . . .
Quantum theory predicts That every particle spends some time As a combination of other particles In all possible ways. These predictions (read more) Are very well understood and tested. Yes my friends, We are truly ONE
With the Universe,
With each other,
With God.
“We don’t know what matter is anymore than we know
what mind is.” Christian de Quincy, The Paradox of Consciousness
We have discovered in quantum physics Even subatomic particles Are far, far from solid. They are nothing like matter As we think we know it. These particles, of which we are made, Can never be precisely measured. And they are everywhere, Everywhere, In the same moment, Until observed.
Religion incorporates transcendent, immanent Omnipresence. The Divine is everywhere. The property of being present everywhere Defines a universal and fundamental substance, Which is the source of all existence. God isomnipresent in a way That He is able to interact with His Divine Creations, With you,
Child of God.
Our physical material reality isn’t really physical at all.
“Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house which I have built! – 1 Kings 8:27
Plato believed The real world Was a world of ideas And Eternal perfect forms. Is it?
Particles are, We are, Clouds of potential existence, With no definite location. Whatever matter is, It has little, If any, Substance.
“We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.” – Thomas Edison
Our idea of matter As solid, as substance, Is a quality appearing ONLY in our consciousness. It models what is real, But is unlike What is really, Or, perhaps,
Not really, There.
German philosopher Immanuel Kant Posited that time and space Are not inherent qualities of the physical world; They are a reflection Of the way Our mind operates.
We are the creators of the world we experience.
And so, We are NOT passive experiencers of the world; We are the creators Of the world we experience. We, my friends, Are Children of God, And firmly at the center of things. The Earth is not At the center of the Universe, But WE are.
Human Thought Determines Reality.
Early in the 1900’s it was proven Beyond a shadow of a doubt With an experiment called The double slit experiment. They found the determining factor Of the behavior of energy (particles) At the quantum level, Is the awareness Of the observer. (read more)
Literature,
Throughout the world,
Of a Spiritual nature,
Proclaims that the whole world
Is within.
We are truly ONE with the Universe, with each other, with God.
The question of God’s existence Is the most important question Of human philosophy. One chooses either a self existent God
Or a self existent universe,
And the universe is not behaving
As if it is self existent. According to the second law of thermodynamics, The universe is running down like a clock, Cooling off like a giant stove. (read more)
My Dear Friends,
Religion and science are merging,
Becoming one.
Not as antithetically opposed
As we may believe.
Our discoveries suggests
A far, far more enlightening meaning
To this marriage.
Not just academic, Not just philosophical, But personal, practical, meaningful. And as we think upon these things, As best we can, We become Blessed to realize:
“Those who dwell in the beauty And the mystery of life Are never lonely.”
The Earth is not at the center of the Universe, but WE are.
In our human affairs We live our lives As if the material world Is the fundamental reality. And in this consciousness Lay the root of our discontent, Our misery, Our unquenchable thirst.
My friends, We are losing our humanity, Not knowing We are far, far more Than human.
The human spirit
Is the very essence of life
In a human being.
And knowledge of this can amplify
The joy of living,
And bring about Spiritual freedom.
You are a spiritual being having a human experience.
Your infinite capacity To create, to love, to dream, to forgive And to be aware that you are far, far more Than you can ever imagine, Ultimately defines what it means to be human. You are the most beautiful and miraculous Creation In the Universe. And you are Eternal.
What is missing, Disappearing from life, Is the most exciting, wonderful, exhilarating Discovery of all: When we Love someone, And finally come to know We are deeply Loved, God enters our hearts, And what is dreamed Becomes forever real.
We, my friends, are Children of God.
“I need your Love, I need your Love, God speed your Love To me.” – Unchained Melody
May God always abide in your heart.
“We are called to be
architects of the future, not its victims.” – R. Buckminster Fuller
Whenever two or more of you are gathered in His name – there is Love.
IT’S WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART THAT MATTERS
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A child passes through our lives Like a celestial object in space, Dancing through the universe Rapidly past our small, lonely planet,
Past a lonely heart in need.
The light of your life, The stories you and only you Can share, Stories that should be, Must be told, Will truly become a treasure More valued than gold.
Yes, the arteries from your heart
Are the richest veins
Of gold.
Reveal to your child How you see the Universe, What tomorrow can bring, And all the joy Their Life hasgiven you. And as you tell Of so many Blessings, Let your heart sing.
The Love of our beloved children Can only wither and die In the emptiness of space, In the loneliness of time, If we do nothing.
Nothingness
Is a destroyer of worlds.
Gather the flowers of love From the Garden Of life that remains, And fill the void Felt inside.
Yes, there are many
Shattered and empty hearts,
Created by simply Never knowing, Never being told, They were truly loved.
All around us Are the tattered remains Of so many fragile hearts, Broken by the waters Of so many tears That have flowed, Standingat the foot Of so many graves.
Ever late, They could have loved Those left behind With the flowers of their Spring,
With the joyful tears
Of Life and Love.
In sharing your time, And the hidden treasures of your joy With your precious children, You create such beautiful moments together, That this time will become worth All that is of any real value To you and them
In this world.
Do not wait, For the time shall never be right, It will escape you! Time creates its own illusions, Shattering the hourglass, That by pretense of its being,
Feigns to measure
That which does not exist.
Yes,
Tomorrow will always be too late. So please stop. Make the world as you imagine it to be, Go away. Place your loving arms around the real world, Your child of so many dreams. Fill the heart Of such longing and desire With truth, With your deep and abiding Love, Love everlasting, The Love that flows through you By the Grace of God above.
And after all the deeply heartfelt feelings, Of knowing, surely knowing, That your child is all that matters
In this world to you, That you are in Love, In Love with the dream come true, The Gift of your child, The beautiful Blessing of birth,
Of Life and Love renewed, There will blossom, Like a flower in the wind, Such a depth Of unbelievably beautiful emotion, That you will rediscover the joy in life, And the bountiful, beautiful Love That has been ever so
Quietly, Patiently,
Waiting, Just for you.
Chris Leech with Premier Safety demonstrates CPR for babies.
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend, inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” – Grocho Marx
Carter knows what to do.
SMART METERS?– from our friends at NaturalNews.com. read more
When Thomas Edison began wiring New York City with a direct current electricity distribution system in the 1880s, he gave humankind the magic of electric light, heat, and power; in the process, though, he inadvertently opened a Pandora’s Box of unimaginable illness and death.
Smart meters send and receive wireless RF/MW signals throughout homes and businesses. These smart meter RF/MW levels are far higher than those already reported to cause health risks.
Compliance is not safety, since the existing FCC safety limits are under challenge, and have already been called ‘insufficient to protect public health’ by some federal agencies.
Dirty Electricity tells the story of Dr. Samuel Milham, the scientist who first alerted the world about the frightening link between occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic pollution, and human disease. Milham takes readers through his early years and education, following the twisting path that led to his discovery that most of the twentieth century diseases of civilization, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and suicide, are caused by electromagnetic field exposure.
Wyatt is the dog whisperer.
Dr. Milham warns that because of the recent proliferation of radio frequency radiation from cell phones and towers, terrestrial antennas, Wi-Fi and Wi-max systems, broadband internet over power lines, and personal electronic equipment, we may be facing a looming epidemic of morbidity and mortality. In Dirty Electricity, he reveals the steps we must take, personally and as a society, to coexist with this marvelous but dangerous technology.
Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer and expert in nuclear policy at University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), has written a report that reveals smart meters emit 160 times more cumulative whole body exposure than cell phones.
Dr. Magda Havas, associate professor and researcher at Trent University, has studied dirty electricity since 2003.
Some of her findings when dirty electricity is removed:
• Improvement in the symptoms associated with MS
• Diabetic’s blood sugars stabilized
• Decreased breast cancer risk
• Body’s efficient use of calcium restored
• Appropriate melatonin distribution returned, improving sleep patterns
.
Dr. Milham’s findings led him to contact higher-ups in the military and the government, with no response. This prompted him to author his book. Dr. Milham’s work found correlations between communities using little or no electricity and those using dirty electricity. The communities exposed to dirty electricity had a much higher incidence of many chronic diseases and other health afflictions.How does this happen?The body is an electrical being. Every cell, tissue, and organ transmits information through tiny electrical currents which are disturbed by these high frequency fields, setting the body up for disease.When suffering from exposure to dirty electricity the symptoms are wide ranging and diverse.These symptoms may manifest through:
• The skin
• Sleep disturbances
• Muscle and joint pain
• Physical and mental exhaustion
• Migraines
• Light headedness
• Nausea
• Loss of cognitive function
• Irritability
• Anxiety
• Muscle spasms
• Numbness and tingling
• Pain in the lower extremities
• High temperature
The Creation of Dirty Electricity
An example of how dirty electricity is created stems from how cell phone towers utilize energy. The towers operate on direct current. However, the electrical current supplied to the tower is in the form of an alternating current; therefore, the supply needs to be changed or converted. This is accomplished using an inverter. Inverters interrupt the alternating current and are a source of dirty electricity. This dirty electricity is put back into the power supply lines, which in turn, can enter a building through their electrical wiring.
Dirty electricity also affects electronic equipment.
Exposure in the average home comes from:
• Cell phone chargers
• Computers
• Office equipment
• Television sets
• Dimmer switches
• Wireless technologies
• Energy saving devices
• Electrical wiring in walls
• Candescent fluorescent light bulbs
Avoiding Exposure (Here is where you can take notes.)
• Change all CFLs to candescent or LED bulbs
• Keep a good distance away from wiring and other sources of dirty electricity
• Limit the use of “dirty electricity appliances”
• Replace unsafe electrical devices with safer alternatives
• Purchase a GS meter and, filter out electromagnetic pollution as necessary with GS filters
Dirty electricity is everywhere. Undiagnosable illness can be a result of exposure to this source of electromagnetic pollution. Implementing these changes may eliminate symptoms, thus eliminating illness. Limiting or avoiding exposure to dirty electricity is beneficial for everyone, avoiding sickness in the first place.
Lloyd Burrell is the founder of http://www.electricsense.com/. Since falling prey to a violent reaction to his cell phone in 2002 Lloyd has spent more than 10 years researching the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on health. He is the author of an eBook entitled “How To Beat Electrical Sensitivity” which offers a solution to the growing number of people whose health is being compromised by exposure to wireless and similar technologies.You can download his free EMF Health Report and subscribe to his newsletter by visiting his website ElectricSense.com.
By the way, there are two ways you can shield yourself and your family; you can either use an absorbent shield or a reflector shield. The absorbent shield absorbs RF radiation and the reflector shield deflects the RF radiation away from your home. Whichever you choose, you will need to install it between your home and the meter. read more
You may be interested to know: these are the average life spans in the U. S. since 1900 according to The Dept. of Health and Human Services. We have increased our average life span more than 30 years since 1900! Today, however, we are now decreasing our average lifespan. I wonder why? OK. Now you can go back and read previous weblogs and read the above. Do you think technology has anything to do with the recent decline?
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VOTE: Saffy for President (Hey, everything else has gone to the dogs!) She promises not to read any of the bills either and to veto all of them. She will trim the Federal Budget down to zero. Now that’s a conservative! Only ten percent of Americans approved of the job Congress was doing recently, while 87 percent disapproved. Saffy can roam the halls of the White House doing nothing but sniffing for treats (you know, bribes) and do better than that. Don’t think there is no hope,other dogs have been electedto office. read more
Foods to avoidby the Mayo Clinic Staff
Foods containing the following can work against your goal of a heart-healthy diet.
Saturated fats. High-fat dairy products and animal proteins such as beef, hot dogs, sausage and bacon contain saturated fats. Get no more than 7 percent of your daily calories from saturated fat.
Trans fats. These types of fats are found in processed snacks, baked goods, shortening and stick margarines and should be avoided completely.
Cholesterol. Sources of cholesterol include high-fat dairy products and high-fat animal proteins, egg yolks, shellfish, liver, and other organ meats. Aim for no more than 300 milligrams (mg) of cholesterol a day.
Sodium. Aim for less than 2,300 mg of sodium a day. read more
Only in America … can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in America … are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
Only in America … do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America … do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a diet drink.
Mason is ever ready to dial 911.
Only in America … do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in America … do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put, our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America … do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we will not miss a call from someone we did not want to talk to in the first place.
Only in America … do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
When Dr. A does this, he has had enough!
Only in America … do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
They knew better than to feed him a hot dog. But Diana now knows what to do. (Remember, they bite!)
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