Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
I think Rumi wrote this.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
The Beauty, Truth and Goodness Agreement
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Are we living yet?
Death Is Not The Biggest Fear We Face.
Our Biggest Fear Is Taking The Risk To Be Alive.
The Risk To Be Alive And Express Who We Really Are..
For Every Man Dies,
But Does Every Man Truly Live?
Our Biggest Fear Is Taking The Risk To Be Alive.
The Risk To Be Alive And Express Who We Really Are..
For Every Man Dies,
But Does Every Man Truly Live?
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Revelation, Time and Miracles
I just did my daily meditation, then I read from ACIM; "Revelation, Time and Miracles" It says;
"The Miracle minimizes the need for time ... the Miracle thus has the unique property of abolishing time to the extent that it renders the interval of time it spans unnecessary. There is no relationship between the time a miracle takes and the time it covers. The miracle substitutes for learning that might have taken thousands of years. It does so by the underlying recognition of perfect equality of giver and receiver on which the miracle rests. The miracle shortens time by collapsing it, thus eliminating certain intervals within it."
So, I don't know if that helps us to understand the mystery of "time," simply I think it says that; Miracles only exist in "time" eternity has no need for Miracles because there is no time. But when miracles happen, we have witnessed a glimpse of the eternal timeless nature of our true being.
In one of my past/future life regressions/progressions I met with the Lords of Amende. This was ten years ago and it has always stuck with me. I don't remember much of it but I better put my thinking cap on and see what I can come up with. What is the meaning and purpose of this. I too have signed my name as "Time" the odd time. Someone else has called me "Time", even Sigrid has (I doubt that they even noticed, but I sure did : )
Much Love and Light
"The Miracle minimizes the need for time ... the Miracle thus has the unique property of abolishing time to the extent that it renders the interval of time it spans unnecessary. There is no relationship between the time a miracle takes and the time it covers. The miracle substitutes for learning that might have taken thousands of years. It does so by the underlying recognition of perfect equality of giver and receiver on which the miracle rests. The miracle shortens time by collapsing it, thus eliminating certain intervals within it."
So, I don't know if that helps us to understand the mystery of "time," simply I think it says that; Miracles only exist in "time" eternity has no need for Miracles because there is no time. But when miracles happen, we have witnessed a glimpse of the eternal timeless nature of our true being.
In one of my past/future life regressions/progressions I met with the Lords of Amende. This was ten years ago and it has always stuck with me. I don't remember much of it but I better put my thinking cap on and see what I can come up with. What is the meaning and purpose of this. I too have signed my name as "Time" the odd time. Someone else has called me "Time", even Sigrid has (I doubt that they even noticed, but I sure did : )
Much Love and Light
Here in lies the Peace of God.
The Miracles and the Love are here everyday just waiting for us to notice another new on that we hadn't seen before, always guiding us and showing us the way to a perfect new reality that has always existed. lol : ) Peekaboo ... now you see it now you don't ... OH! But wait ... there it is ... everyday we see a little bit more of that beautiful reality.
"Nothing real can be threatened,
Nothing unreal exists.
Here in lies the Peace of God."
ACIM
"Nothing real can be threatened,
Nothing unreal exists.
Here in lies the Peace of God."
ACIM
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
All Truth passes ...
"All Truth passes through 3 stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third,... it is accepted as self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer.
If you have ever taken a stand on an unpopular but true issue; we find Schopenhauer's statement true both on an individual and a collective basis.
As teachers of the "unconventional" this is a common and obvious occurrence. First you're an crazy, then they are angry and finally they suddenly knew it all along. lol.
Some belief systems are tough to bring down even with; full conscious cooperation, NLP, hypnosis, EFT, or energy work especially where there is personal pride.
Love conquers all in the end but there is always free will. Some are just unwilling to see their world any other way. And that's another issue; they just aren't ready yet.
So, just look'm in the eye, smile, Bless them and wish them well : )
But always ask,"What is here for me to learn about myself and all others that is not immediately apparent?"
If you have ever taken a stand on an unpopular but true issue; we find Schopenhauer's statement true both on an individual and a collective basis.
As teachers of the "unconventional" this is a common and obvious occurrence. First you're an crazy, then they are angry and finally they suddenly knew it all along. lol.
Some belief systems are tough to bring down even with; full conscious cooperation, NLP, hypnosis, EFT, or energy work especially where there is personal pride.
Love conquers all in the end but there is always free will. Some are just unwilling to see their world any other way. And that's another issue; they just aren't ready yet.
So, just look'm in the eye, smile, Bless them and wish them well : )
But always ask,"What is here for me to learn about myself and all others that is not immediately apparent?"
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
"Okay. I am going to wake up now." ... Really ...
I don't know the responsibility of the leader; I don't know the responsibility of the led.
I know the responsibility of love. I know the responsibility of the beloved. When love calls you, listen to it. That's the only responsibility. When love says something to you, let it enter into the deepest core of your being.
When love knocks on your door, open the door.... See More
The real beloved, in fact, does not close the door at all, but waits at the door for the lover to come, so that he need not even knock.
Sannyas is a love affair. It has nothing to do with ruled and the rulers, leaders and the led. It has certainly to do with love and lovers.
And the beauty of love is: it does not create hierarchy.
I may be enlightened, you may not be enlightened, but because I love you, I am not holier than you. Because I love you, I declare that you have every capacity, ability, potentiality to be enlightened. It is just a question of your decision.
But I cannot impose the decision on you. At the most, love persuades. And love has many ways to persuade. It is only hate that imposes.
Just looking into your eyes is a persuasion, is a message.
Just the gesture of my hand is to touch your heart.
The silence that I love -- and I speak only to give you these few small pauses of silence. Just look at this silence, and we all have become one. All divisions are lost and there is an immense peace, a tremendous feeling of joy arising in you.
I want to give you the taste of enlightenment in as many ways as possible, so one day finally you say, "Okay. I am going to wake up now."
OSHO
Special Thanks to Maria Kalinina
I know the responsibility of love. I know the responsibility of the beloved. When love calls you, listen to it. That's the only responsibility. When love says something to you, let it enter into the deepest core of your being.
When love knocks on your door, open the door.... See More
The real beloved, in fact, does not close the door at all, but waits at the door for the lover to come, so that he need not even knock.
Sannyas is a love affair. It has nothing to do with ruled and the rulers, leaders and the led. It has certainly to do with love and lovers.
And the beauty of love is: it does not create hierarchy.
I may be enlightened, you may not be enlightened, but because I love you, I am not holier than you. Because I love you, I declare that you have every capacity, ability, potentiality to be enlightened. It is just a question of your decision.
But I cannot impose the decision on you. At the most, love persuades. And love has many ways to persuade. It is only hate that imposes.
Just looking into your eyes is a persuasion, is a message.
Just the gesture of my hand is to touch your heart.
The silence that I love -- and I speak only to give you these few small pauses of silence. Just look at this silence, and we all have become one. All divisions are lost and there is an immense peace, a tremendous feeling of joy arising in you.
I want to give you the taste of enlightenment in as many ways as possible, so one day finally you say, "Okay. I am going to wake up now."
OSHO
Special Thanks to Maria Kalinina
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Definition: Professional ... What? No way ...
“Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and religions destroy spirituality” --Michael Ellner
Love by Roy Croft
Love
I love you
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can't help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find
I love you
because you Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple.
Out of the works Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.
I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good.
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.
by Roy Croft
I love you
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what You are making of me.
I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;
I love you For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can't help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find
I love you
because you Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple.
Out of the works Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.
I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good.
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.
by Roy Croft
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Who's insane here? Is it me ... or the world ...
“Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and religions destroy spirituality” --Michael Ellner
There is no time like "NOW"! Really ....
“You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness, and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited.” — The Pleiadians
Monday, May 3, 2010
Is someone making your life Crazy ... Maybe this will help ...
Sociopath (Antisocial Personality Disorder):
The Clinically Insane?
You don't care about rules. You don't care about inflicting pain. In fact, you don't care about anything besides fulfilling your own twisted desires, regardless of the cost to others.
This is what makes persons with Antisocial Personality Disorder capable of anything, and thus, the most dangerous of all crazies.
Maybe you're not a serial killer... maybe you just take advantage of people at any available opportunity.
Maybe you steal for the fun of it, maybe you enjoy hurting people's feelings, or manipulating those around you, pitting them against each other for your own amusement. In any case, you're a sick f***.
Get help.
The Clinically Insane?
You don't care about rules. You don't care about inflicting pain. In fact, you don't care about anything besides fulfilling your own twisted desires, regardless of the cost to others.
This is what makes persons with Antisocial Personality Disorder capable of anything, and thus, the most dangerous of all crazies.
Maybe you're not a serial killer... maybe you just take advantage of people at any available opportunity.
Maybe you steal for the fun of it, maybe you enjoy hurting people's feelings, or manipulating those around you, pitting them against each other for your own amusement. In any case, you're a sick f***.
Get help.
I am ...
Have you heard of the Merkabah Meditation,
I AM
I am infinite
I am spaceless
I am tireless
I am beyond body,
thought and utterance,
beyond matter and mind.
I am endless bliss
Lea
I'm an instructor and what you describe is about the best description of what I have experienced.
I AM
I am infinite
I am spaceless
I am tireless
I am beyond body,
thought and utterance,
beyond matter and mind.
I am endless bliss
Lea
I'm an instructor and what you describe is about the best description of what I have experienced.
One of the greatest family therapists ever has a message for you...
Virginia Satir:
The most EXCITING, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself.
And if you can find someone to love the YOU you love, well, that's just FABULOUS.
I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me...
The most EXCITING, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself.
And if you can find someone to love the YOU you love, well, that's just FABULOUS.
I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me...
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Clare, I have a question ...
Tim Benz: Clare, I have a question; Do you ever get the feeling that nobody, especially men, will ever really get and understand who you are?
Brent Roorda: Does anyone ever truly "get" and understand who another person really is? Until mind reading becomes the sixth sense, I think there's room for debate.
Tim Benz: Brent, Thank you for your view of reality.
Brent Roorda: You're welcome, Tim. But that was hardly my view of reality, just an observation.(Unless you were being sarcastic; if you were, that's cool. I get sarcasm, but it doesn't always come through on a keyboard.)
Tim Benz: No, I was serious that people can really connect on a very deep level. I meditate, I do yoga, I study breath work, I drink wheat grass everyday and I study deep psychology. We aren't separate; we are all one. Ego gives us the illusion that we are different, that we are islands, that we can exist alone in a lonely world. Don't believe it Brent. Love conquers all.
Brent Roorda: Wow. I'm kinda speechless right now. I do understand your position on this, but for now can we just agree to disagree?
Tim Benz: Sure
Brent Roorda: Does anyone ever truly "get" and understand who another person really is? Until mind reading becomes the sixth sense, I think there's room for debate.
Tim Benz: Brent, Thank you for your view of reality.
Brent Roorda: You're welcome, Tim. But that was hardly my view of reality, just an observation.(Unless you were being sarcastic; if you were, that's cool. I get sarcasm, but it doesn't always come through on a keyboard.)
Tim Benz: No, I was serious that people can really connect on a very deep level. I meditate, I do yoga, I study breath work, I drink wheat grass everyday and I study deep psychology. We aren't separate; we are all one. Ego gives us the illusion that we are different, that we are islands, that we can exist alone in a lonely world. Don't believe it Brent. Love conquers all.
Brent Roorda: Wow. I'm kinda speechless right now. I do understand your position on this, but for now can we just agree to disagree?
Tim Benz: Sure
Of course you can read... but can you learn...
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. - Alvin Toffler
Yo-Yo Ma ....
"Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together. " Yo-Yo Ma
What are the Gifts, Talents and Abilities you were born with...
"Keep a list of everything that interests and excites you, no matter how insignificant. Remind yourself that these are indicators or clues that both the talent and the necessary Spirit assistance exist to bring them into your reality" Wayne Dyer
Who are we if we don't do this...
"Appreciation and acceptance act like powerful magnets for miracles every moment of the day." Louise Hay
Friday, April 30, 2010
Is Love Good or is it Evil... It's not what you think...
"What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Chemisty anyone...
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." - Carl Jung
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Anger, Friends and Danger...
THE BOY WITH A BAD CHARACTER.
There once was a boy with a very bad character. His father gave him a box of spikes and told him to hammer one into the garden fence every time he lost his patience and got into an argument with someone. The first day the boy hammered 37 spikes into the fence. Over the next few weeks he began learning to control himself, and the number of spikes he had to hammer diminished day by day. He had discovered that exercising self control was a lot easier than hammering spikes. Finally the day arrived when the boy didn't hammer any spikes into the fence. He went to see his father and told him that he hadn't had to nail any spikes that day at all. His father told him to pull a spike out of the fence every day he didn't lose temper. Days passed, and finally the boy was able to inform his father that all the spikes had been removed. The father walked with his son over to the fence and said: "My son, you have done well, but look at all the holes in the fence. It will never be the same as it was before. "When you fight with someone and say terrible things, you create wounds just like these holes. You can stick a knife into someone and then pull it out, but the scar will always be there. No matter how many times you say you're sorry, the scar will remain." A wound caused by words is as bad as a physical wound. Friends are like precious jewels, they make you smile, they encourage you, they're there to help you and listen to you when you're in need. They offer you support, and open their hearts to you.
A FRIEND IS A TREASURE
by J.K.McManus.
A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy and grace.
And makes the world we live in a better and happier place.
There once was a boy with a very bad character. His father gave him a box of spikes and told him to hammer one into the garden fence every time he lost his patience and got into an argument with someone. The first day the boy hammered 37 spikes into the fence. Over the next few weeks he began learning to control himself, and the number of spikes he had to hammer diminished day by day. He had discovered that exercising self control was a lot easier than hammering spikes. Finally the day arrived when the boy didn't hammer any spikes into the fence. He went to see his father and told him that he hadn't had to nail any spikes that day at all. His father told him to pull a spike out of the fence every day he didn't lose temper. Days passed, and finally the boy was able to inform his father that all the spikes had been removed. The father walked with his son over to the fence and said: "My son, you have done well, but look at all the holes in the fence. It will never be the same as it was before. "When you fight with someone and say terrible things, you create wounds just like these holes. You can stick a knife into someone and then pull it out, but the scar will always be there. No matter how many times you say you're sorry, the scar will remain." A wound caused by words is as bad as a physical wound. Friends are like precious jewels, they make you smile, they encourage you, they're there to help you and listen to you when you're in need. They offer you support, and open their hearts to you.
A FRIEND IS A TREASURE
by J.K.McManus.
A friend is someone we turn to when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives with beauty, joy and grace.
And makes the world we live in a better and happier place.
Are we really conscious of our consciousness...
Sally A. Kaiser: Tim, I have visited the World without words .. in a vision, it was very like one might imagine the mind of G^d. It was awesome, and words were not necessary at all, in fact they would have been tedious.
For us Words have been evolution in time/space, not always a good path, but a better life for many (too many sometimes) .. and the fact that many can live if they choose to be wise and educated. When we have stripped the evil from the mix, we can be happy and educated once again.
Tim Benz: Hi Sally, I too have visited a similar world in meditation were words were just unnecessary. Learning was totally intuitive, based upon my intention. Solid structures where like empty line drawings. History was just there if I wanted it.
That is very interesting that you bring this up...Thank you.
For us Words have been evolution in time/space, not always a good path, but a better life for many (too many sometimes) .. and the fact that many can live if they choose to be wise and educated. When we have stripped the evil from the mix, we can be happy and educated once again.
Tim Benz: Hi Sally, I too have visited a similar world in meditation were words were just unnecessary. Learning was totally intuitive, based upon my intention. Solid structures where like empty line drawings. History was just there if I wanted it.
That is very interesting that you bring this up...Thank you.
The Dalai Lama has a very interesting thought ...
What is the meaning of religion? What is your view? Have you deliberately and consciously taken the time to decide for yourself? Or do you have a "hand-me-down" religion from parents, teachers, friends and neighbors?
http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0Ab-9jz3zeKW0ZGMzNzNrZzVfMTJoZnRzOXZkOQ&hl=en
http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0Ab-9jz3zeKW0ZGMzNzNrZzVfMTJoZnRzOXZkOQ&hl=en
Does Language control your reality...
New Word Order: Libre Lingua www.vimeo.com
The World is made of language. The ability to control language imparts another capability, the control of reality itself, language creates reality. We are enslaved by the linguistic assignments of our culture. An alteration of language can transform our comprehension of the universe. Reality is not ...
Tim Benz: I have lived with some of the poorest and less educated as we would consider them. In comparing their culture with ours; they are some of the happiest people I have ever met. They were simply happy and happily simple. To them life was about life, not work. This is a "human being" rather than a "human doing". A lesson to us, and all our striving ...
The dilemma Western culture has is to return to simplicity and escape our "to be or not to be"/ should I or shouldn't I mentality of our beloved Hamlet. We are too educated, but there is no way to escape our education. One day we will make the leap of faith and once again accept the simple as desirable. We are the makers of our own demise.
500 words is uneducated like a drug addict. It's like a cave man. I don't see very many of them around. Even the Geico guys can do that.
Just for a moment if you would...imagine or visualize a world without words, there would still be a reality; without childhood, adolescent and adult conditioning we would not. Words hypnotize people. In most cases we have to de-hypnotize clients before we can actually work with them to help them out of their in internal conflicts; the result of negative conditioning.
Barbara Weaver: The frustration level of someone with poor language skills is immense. Thank you for sharing this, it is awesome.
Tim Benz: Yes, thanks for the distinction. There is a marked difference between un-educated and ignorance. The late Robert A. Johnson, a Jungian analyst, wrote four excellent short books; He, She, We and Transformation. He compares the intellect of Don Quixote (the two dimensional man), Hamlet (the three dimensional man) and Faust (the complete man that is most like Quixote who is transformed from Hamlet mentality of never knowing).
The World is made of language. The ability to control language imparts another capability, the control of reality itself, language creates reality. We are enslaved by the linguistic assignments of our culture. An alteration of language can transform our comprehension of the universe. Reality is not ...
Tim Benz: I have lived with some of the poorest and less educated as we would consider them. In comparing their culture with ours; they are some of the happiest people I have ever met. They were simply happy and happily simple. To them life was about life, not work. This is a "human being" rather than a "human doing". A lesson to us, and all our striving ...
The dilemma Western culture has is to return to simplicity and escape our "to be or not to be"/ should I or shouldn't I mentality of our beloved Hamlet. We are too educated, but there is no way to escape our education. One day we will make the leap of faith and once again accept the simple as desirable. We are the makers of our own demise.
500 words is uneducated like a drug addict. It's like a cave man. I don't see very many of them around. Even the Geico guys can do that.
Just for a moment if you would...imagine or visualize a world without words, there would still be a reality; without childhood, adolescent and adult conditioning we would not. Words hypnotize people. In most cases we have to de-hypnotize clients before we can actually work with them to help them out of their in internal conflicts; the result of negative conditioning.
Barbara Weaver: The frustration level of someone with poor language skills is immense. Thank you for sharing this, it is awesome.
Tim Benz: Yes, thanks for the distinction. There is a marked difference between un-educated and ignorance. The late Robert A. Johnson, a Jungian analyst, wrote four excellent short books; He, She, We and Transformation. He compares the intellect of Don Quixote (the two dimensional man), Hamlet (the three dimensional man) and Faust (the complete man that is most like Quixote who is transformed from Hamlet mentality of never knowing).
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Which is stronger... stone or water?
Which is stronger... stone or water? Stone is rigid and solid and unyielding, yet water, which offers no resistance, carves canyons through solid rock.
Anger is an emotion of resistance. It pushes against what exists in the moment. We can no more change what is around us in this way than we can move a mountain by pushing against it. Acceptance does not push. It allows, and in this allowing, it alters what it holds just as a river carves through canyon walls without effort.
We have the ability to change the frequency of anger within our bodies, and in so doing, to change its frequency around us, altering the dynamic of any situation and our entire environment.
From the Full Moon Meditation of FaceBook
Anger is an emotion of resistance. It pushes against what exists in the moment. We can no more change what is around us in this way than we can move a mountain by pushing against it. Acceptance does not push. It allows, and in this allowing, it alters what it holds just as a river carves through canyon walls without effort.
We have the ability to change the frequency of anger within our bodies, and in so doing, to change its frequency around us, altering the dynamic of any situation and our entire environment.
From the Full Moon Meditation of FaceBook
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Burundanga business cards ... Is it True. Are you in Danger?
Hi Mel,
I hope this is a bit helpful to you. What I have found ( and this is not totally conclusive) but I think it can serve as a fairly good guide. If I discover other situations I will let you know, as far as the Burundanga business card thing goes. You are wise to note that you weren't sure if it was right or not. I am sure you will be relive to know that it is not true. To have a potent psychoactive dose on a business card; that would have to be some powerful s_ _t!
When stories get out of hand like this it is known as a "Urban Myth". It is nothing but people just not knowing or at worst fear mongering based on a half truth. A far as I can tell, you have nothing to worry about with business cards. The active alkaloid in burundanga is scopolamine which has been known and used by medicine for years. It’s nothing new.
But there is much more to say. This drug (scopolamine) is real but one would need a much stronger dose to have the alleged effect. If it is in a drink or ingested in some manner is a very different matter. The rest I am sure you know, probably more about than I do. But it is interesting to know that women use these drugs on men; not for sex but for money. The abuse is apparently wide spread in Columbia where 1 in 5 poisoning cases at the hospital is from scopolamine poisoning. Norway is a lot closer to home for you in Germany which has had 20 documented cases where Rohypnol (Rohypnol comes as a pill that dissolves in liquids. Some are small, round, and white. Newer pills are oval and green-gray in color. When slipped into a drink, a dye in these new pills makes clear liquids turn bright blue and dark drinks turn cloudy. But this color change might be hard to see in a dark drink, like cola or dark beer, or in a dark room. Also, the pills with no dye are still available. The pills may be ground up into a powder) tablets contain scopolamine. Either way if someone has ingested rohypnol, scopolamine or something similar, they could have a problem. This is what you need to be acutely aware of. I've included a few links for you in case you want to look into this more.
I highly recommend you go to:
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/date-rape-drugs.cfm#b
This is a good resource about many aspects of date rape drugs. It lists the drugs that are commonly used; what they look like and how they are used or abused.
Best of Luck to you and all your goals and endeavors.
Please be safe
and take good care,
There are wolves out there
Tim
FYI Where I live here in the Arizona desert we have this plant they talk about. It has several names; Jimson Weed, Local Weed, Sacred Datura, and others. It has been used by the Native American Indians for centuries as a ritual ceremony. It is very dangerous if abused and can cause insanity. Hence the names. I don't know about Jimson, maybe he's crazy. I don't know. But the stories go that many miners were, some we are sure because of the Jimson Weed. It does have a very strong pungent and (and maybe intoxicating) smell when cut. It always reminded me of an interesting peanut butter (a little bit seductive) and yes the smell is almost enough to send you somewhere. The plant grows surprisingly fast and large all in one season. It is soft and fleshy and one chop with a spade kills it. Then you smell it. It has the most beautiful lily white trumpet shaped flowers.
Doctors have used and chemical alkaloid, scopolamine at one time to assist birthing mothers with the delivery of her child. I had a number of beneficial effects for her. Mostly she forgot about it all because it can cause amnesia.
Other Useful Links You May Want to Look at:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/burundanga.asp
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/crime/a/burundanga.htm
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/burundanga-warning.shtml
http://earthops.org/scopalamine1.html
Scopolamine
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Burundanga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine
Indeed, the quantity of toxin diffusing through the skin barrier after one short contact of the fingers with an object is much too small to be readily absorbed in the body and to have any significant effect.
In recent years the criminal use of scopolamine has become epidemic in Colombia. Approximately one in five emergency room admissions for poisoning in Bogotá have been attributed to scopolamine.[14] In a bizarre case, a band of female thieves would impregnate their breasts with scopolamine and then would lure potential victims to lick their nipples. "Losing all willpower, the men readily gave up their bank access codes. The breast-temptress thieves then held them hostage for days while draining their accounts."[15] In June 2008, more than 20 people were hospitalized with psychosis in Norway after ingesting counterfeit Rohypnol tablets containing scopolamine. [3] There have been many reports of tourists robbed after having scopolamine slipped into drinks in bars, as well as food saturated with scopolamine being served to tourists in fast-food stands in various Asian countries. Most recently, these incidents have been reported in Thailand. [16]
Popular culture
The fictional use of scopolamine as a truth serum is featured in a number of works including Farewell, My Lovely, Where Eagles Dare and The Guns of Navarone. In 1957, scopolamine achieved a moderate level of notoriety via its mention in the film I Was a Teenage Werewolf, where Dr. Alfred Brandon uses it as part of his endeavor to regress the titular character to his "primitive roots." According to Dr. Liz Kingsley's film review site And You Call Yourself a Scientist, Brandon's line "Prepare the scopolamine!" is "the only scientifically accurate line in the whole film." In Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Dr. Gonzo mentions an incident in which he was given an entire datura root as a gift, ate the entire thing at once, and subsequently went blind, had to be taken back to his house in a wheelbarrow, and started making noises like a raccoon. In Carlos Castaneda's series of books The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, the datura plant is the favored shamanic, revelatory drug of the titular character. The book explores, in depth, Castaneda's alleged experiences under the influence of the drug, as well as the alleged rites surrounding its use and preparation. It was also used as an interrogation tool during Episode 9 of NBC's Kidnapped (TV series). It was also featured in the season 10 episode "Smut" of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit wherein a rapist was using the drug to prevent the women he raped from resisting him and from forming memories.
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/date-rape-drugs.cfm#b
a good resource about many aspects of date rape. Lists the drugs that are commonly used; what they look like and how they are used or abused.
I hope this is a bit helpful to you. What I have found ( and this is not totally conclusive) but I think it can serve as a fairly good guide. If I discover other situations I will let you know, as far as the Burundanga business card thing goes. You are wise to note that you weren't sure if it was right or not. I am sure you will be relive to know that it is not true. To have a potent psychoactive dose on a business card; that would have to be some powerful s_ _t!
When stories get out of hand like this it is known as a "Urban Myth". It is nothing but people just not knowing or at worst fear mongering based on a half truth. A far as I can tell, you have nothing to worry about with business cards. The active alkaloid in burundanga is scopolamine which has been known and used by medicine for years. It’s nothing new.
But there is much more to say. This drug (scopolamine) is real but one would need a much stronger dose to have the alleged effect. If it is in a drink or ingested in some manner is a very different matter. The rest I am sure you know, probably more about than I do. But it is interesting to know that women use these drugs on men; not for sex but for money. The abuse is apparently wide spread in Columbia where 1 in 5 poisoning cases at the hospital is from scopolamine poisoning. Norway is a lot closer to home for you in Germany which has had 20 documented cases where Rohypnol (Rohypnol comes as a pill that dissolves in liquids. Some are small, round, and white. Newer pills are oval and green-gray in color. When slipped into a drink, a dye in these new pills makes clear liquids turn bright blue and dark drinks turn cloudy. But this color change might be hard to see in a dark drink, like cola or dark beer, or in a dark room. Also, the pills with no dye are still available. The pills may be ground up into a powder) tablets contain scopolamine. Either way if someone has ingested rohypnol, scopolamine or something similar, they could have a problem. This is what you need to be acutely aware of. I've included a few links for you in case you want to look into this more.
I highly recommend you go to:
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/date-rape-drugs.cfm#b
This is a good resource about many aspects of date rape drugs. It lists the drugs that are commonly used; what they look like and how they are used or abused.
Best of Luck to you and all your goals and endeavors.
Please be safe
and take good care,
There are wolves out there
Tim
FYI Where I live here in the Arizona desert we have this plant they talk about. It has several names; Jimson Weed, Local Weed, Sacred Datura, and others. It has been used by the Native American Indians for centuries as a ritual ceremony. It is very dangerous if abused and can cause insanity. Hence the names. I don't know about Jimson, maybe he's crazy. I don't know. But the stories go that many miners were, some we are sure because of the Jimson Weed. It does have a very strong pungent and (and maybe intoxicating) smell when cut. It always reminded me of an interesting peanut butter (a little bit seductive) and yes the smell is almost enough to send you somewhere. The plant grows surprisingly fast and large all in one season. It is soft and fleshy and one chop with a spade kills it. Then you smell it. It has the most beautiful lily white trumpet shaped flowers.
Doctors have used and chemical alkaloid, scopolamine at one time to assist birthing mothers with the delivery of her child. I had a number of beneficial effects for her. Mostly she forgot about it all because it can cause amnesia.
Other Useful Links You May Want to Look at:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/burundanga.asp
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/crime/a/burundanga.htm
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/burundanga-warning.shtml
http://earthops.org/scopalamine1.html
Scopolamine
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Burundanga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopolamine
Indeed, the quantity of toxin diffusing through the skin barrier after one short contact of the fingers with an object is much too small to be readily absorbed in the body and to have any significant effect.
In recent years the criminal use of scopolamine has become epidemic in Colombia. Approximately one in five emergency room admissions for poisoning in Bogotá have been attributed to scopolamine.[14] In a bizarre case, a band of female thieves would impregnate their breasts with scopolamine and then would lure potential victims to lick their nipples. "Losing all willpower, the men readily gave up their bank access codes. The breast-temptress thieves then held them hostage for days while draining their accounts."[15] In June 2008, more than 20 people were hospitalized with psychosis in Norway after ingesting counterfeit Rohypnol tablets containing scopolamine. [3] There have been many reports of tourists robbed after having scopolamine slipped into drinks in bars, as well as food saturated with scopolamine being served to tourists in fast-food stands in various Asian countries. Most recently, these incidents have been reported in Thailand. [16]
Popular culture
The fictional use of scopolamine as a truth serum is featured in a number of works including Farewell, My Lovely, Where Eagles Dare and The Guns of Navarone. In 1957, scopolamine achieved a moderate level of notoriety via its mention in the film I Was a Teenage Werewolf, where Dr. Alfred Brandon uses it as part of his endeavor to regress the titular character to his "primitive roots." According to Dr. Liz Kingsley's film review site And You Call Yourself a Scientist, Brandon's line "Prepare the scopolamine!" is "the only scientifically accurate line in the whole film." In Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Dr. Gonzo mentions an incident in which he was given an entire datura root as a gift, ate the entire thing at once, and subsequently went blind, had to be taken back to his house in a wheelbarrow, and started making noises like a raccoon. In Carlos Castaneda's series of books The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, the datura plant is the favored shamanic, revelatory drug of the titular character. The book explores, in depth, Castaneda's alleged experiences under the influence of the drug, as well as the alleged rites surrounding its use and preparation. It was also used as an interrogation tool during Episode 9 of NBC's Kidnapped (TV series). It was also featured in the season 10 episode "Smut" of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit wherein a rapist was using the drug to prevent the women he raped from resisting him and from forming memories.
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/date-rape-drugs.cfm#b
a good resource about many aspects of date rape. Lists the drugs that are commonly used; what they look like and how they are used or abused.
Bits of Wisdom...authors unknown...Does it...
Many people will walk in and out of your life, But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
To handle yourself, us you head; To handle others, use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
If someone betrays you once, it's his fault; If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art.
Great minds discuss ideas;
Average mins discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
He, who loses money, loses much; He, who loses friends, loses much more; He, who loses faith, loses all.
Learn from the mistakes of others
You can't live long enought to make them all yourself.
Friends, you and me ..... you brought another friend.... and then there were three.
We started our group...
our circle of friends...
and like that circle...
There is no beginning or end.
YESTERDAY IS HISTORY.
TOMORROW'S A MYSTERY.
TODAY IS A GIFT
To handle yourself, us you head; To handle others, use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger.
If someone betrays you once, it's his fault; If he betrays you twice, it is your fault.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art.
Great minds discuss ideas;
Average mins discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
He, who loses money, loses much; He, who loses friends, loses much more; He, who loses faith, loses all.
Learn from the mistakes of others
You can't live long enought to make them all yourself.
Friends, you and me ..... you brought another friend.... and then there were three.
We started our group...
our circle of friends...
and like that circle...
There is no beginning or end.
YESTERDAY IS HISTORY.
TOMORROW'S A MYSTERY.
TODAY IS A GIFT
Maybe...Somehow...I'll Truly Love...
Maybe we were supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
Maybe when the door of happiness closes, another opens; but often times, we look so long at the closed door that we don't even see the new one that has been opened for us.
Maybe it is true that we don't know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it arrives. Maybe the happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Maybe the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; after all, you can't go on successfully in life until you let go of your past mistakes, failures, and heartaches.
Maybe you should dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you dream of, and want to do.
Maybe there are moments in life when you miss someone -- a parent, aspouse, a friend, a child, your girlfriend/boyfriend -- so much that you just want to pick them up from your dreams and hug them for real, so that once they are around you appreciate them more.
Maybe the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
Maybe you should always try to put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that something could hurt you, it probably will hurt the other person, too. Maybe you should do something nice for someone every single day, even if it is simply to leave him or her alone.
Maybe giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but if it doesn't, be content that it grew in yours.
Maybe happiness waits for all those who cry, all those who hurt, all those who have searched, and all those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of all the people who have touched their lives.
Maybe you shouldn't go for looks; they can deceive; don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one who makes your heart smile.
Maybe you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy.
Maybe you should try to live your life to the fullest because when you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling, but when you die, you can be the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
By: Divine Love
Maybe when the door of happiness closes, another opens; but often times, we look so long at the closed door that we don't even see the new one that has been opened for us.
Maybe it is true that we don't know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it arrives. Maybe the happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Maybe the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; after all, you can't go on successfully in life until you let go of your past mistakes, failures, and heartaches.
Maybe you should dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you dream of, and want to do.
Maybe there are moments in life when you miss someone -- a parent, aspouse, a friend, a child, your girlfriend/boyfriend -- so much that you just want to pick them up from your dreams and hug them for real, so that once they are around you appreciate them more.
Maybe the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
Maybe you should always try to put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that something could hurt you, it probably will hurt the other person, too. Maybe you should do something nice for someone every single day, even if it is simply to leave him or her alone.
Maybe giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but if it doesn't, be content that it grew in yours.
Maybe happiness waits for all those who cry, all those who hurt, all those who have searched, and all those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of all the people who have touched their lives.
Maybe you shouldn't go for looks; they can deceive; don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one who makes your heart smile.
Maybe you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy.
Maybe you should try to live your life to the fullest because when you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling, but when you die, you can be the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
By: Divine Love
Friday, April 23, 2010
What can Gratitude do for Me...
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what
we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into
acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can
turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger
into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings
peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
~ Melody Beattie
we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into
acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can
turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger
into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings
peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."
~ Melody Beattie
Thursday, April 22, 2010
The Ripple Effect...
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." Aesop
Science has proven the remarkable sense of well-being felt by witnesses to a "random act of kindness." The Ripple Effect got you today. What have you given?
Science has proven the remarkable sense of well-being felt by witnesses to a "random act of kindness." The Ripple Effect got you today. What have you given?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Who Can You Fool...
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." Abraham Lincoln
But you can fool yourself all of the time.
What are you really thinking?
What is it that you really want?
But you can fool yourself all of the time.
What are you really thinking?
What is it that you really want?
Do We Love Each Other ...
I Believe...
That just because two people argue,
It doesn't mean they don't love each other.
And just because they don't argue,
It doesn't mean they do love each other.
That just because two people argue,
It doesn't mean they don't love each other.
And just because they don't argue,
It doesn't mean they do love each other.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
What are we teaching our children ...
"When we teach a child to draw, we teach him how to see. When we teach a child to play a musical instrument, we teach her how to listen. When we teach a child to dance, we teach him how to move through life with grace. When we teach a child to read and write, we teach her how to think. When we nurture imagination, we create a better world, one child at a time." ~Jane Alexander
Thursday, April 15, 2010
A Vision is ... Defined... Within... Have One Now...
A vision is an exciting possibility of a future desired state ... A vision is a vivid mental picture you see with your mind's eye... A vision evokes powerful emotions... A vision is something you care deeply about and is aligned with you deepest values and desires... A vision contributes... A vision attracts and inspires... Johnny Regan
Anger is not negative......holding onto it is...
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey,we are spiritual beings on a human journey.
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
The truth shall set you free but first it will piss you right off!
Give light and people will find their own way.
Ignorance is bliss but only for a while.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
If you think you can, you can. and if you think you cant, your right.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Anger is not negative......holding onto it is.
If you dont say what you feel - it doesn't matter what you say.
Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give--which is everything.
Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships.
If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
If you tell the truth,you don't have to remember anything.
About Me:
I am a free thinker in search of truth. Andy Monk
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
The truth shall set you free but first it will piss you right off!
Give light and people will find their own way.
Ignorance is bliss but only for a while.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.
If you think you can, you can. and if you think you cant, your right.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Anger is not negative......holding onto it is.
If you dont say what you feel - it doesn't matter what you say.
Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give--which is everything.
Some people will not tolerate such emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships.
If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
If you tell the truth,you don't have to remember anything.
About Me:
I am a free thinker in search of truth. Andy Monk
Ever wake up and wonder "Where do I start?" ...
“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
St.Francis Assisi
St.Francis Assisi
Monday, April 12, 2010
Half Truth...Is That Enough. One life to live... how is yours???
We have all been told, and it is intuitively true that we are the sum total of our experiences ...
Which is to say that we are burdened and a product of our pasts.
Release yourself today.
Forgive everyone especially yourself,
Then live the life you were born to live.
Which is to say that we are burdened and a product of our pasts.
Release yourself today.
Forgive everyone especially yourself,
Then live the life you were born to live.
How to develop your gifts, talent and abilities in Two Easy Steps ...
"The road to success is paved with accelerated failures."
Michael Masterson
What he means is:
First; you must be willing to take a risk and make a mistake.
Second; You must make most of your mistakes at the beginning or your career and then correct them immediately.
Then be sure to never repeat it. But if you do, and that might happen, immediately correct it.
So, in a short time you will be making "smarter" and "smarter" mistakes.
In fact, you are away a head of your peers.
You will know this is 100% true when you see professionals making the very mistakes you use to make.
This is the power of Accelerated Failures.
When you consider mistakes or failures in this light, you begin to see what a precious and
irreplaceable gift they truly are.
Where would we be without them?
Accelerated Failure makes us face up to ourselves by looking for a better approach, a new angle or a clear direction to facilitating our ongoing learning as we come to "Master" our; gifts, talents and abilities. Successful people no matter what they do, are not afraid to be "wrong" and make mistakes.
Now can you see that being wrong, making mistakes; failure are the all important
guideposts along your particular path to great success.
"To swear off making mistakes is very easy.
All you have to do is swear off having ideas."
AWAI
Now we suddenly want to make more mistakes; have more failures. How weird.
But how do we do it? By asking for criticism from people wiser and more experienced than ourselves. Constructive criticism and helpful caring advice allows us to grow and learn much faster than we ever thought possible. Taken from this view point we can broaden and strengthen our understanding of ourselves and all others too.
Now take a brief moment to meditate on the idea of Accelerated Failures.
Take 3 deep breaths and as you exhale say,
"I am a person who makes mistakes and that is OK."
Michael Masterson
What he means is:
First; you must be willing to take a risk and make a mistake.
Second; You must make most of your mistakes at the beginning or your career and then correct them immediately.
Then be sure to never repeat it. But if you do, and that might happen, immediately correct it.
So, in a short time you will be making "smarter" and "smarter" mistakes.
In fact, you are away a head of your peers.
You will know this is 100% true when you see professionals making the very mistakes you use to make.
This is the power of Accelerated Failures.
When you consider mistakes or failures in this light, you begin to see what a precious and
irreplaceable gift they truly are.
Where would we be without them?
Accelerated Failure makes us face up to ourselves by looking for a better approach, a new angle or a clear direction to facilitating our ongoing learning as we come to "Master" our; gifts, talents and abilities. Successful people no matter what they do, are not afraid to be "wrong" and make mistakes.
Now can you see that being wrong, making mistakes; failure are the all important
guideposts along your particular path to great success.
"To swear off making mistakes is very easy.
All you have to do is swear off having ideas."
AWAI
Now we suddenly want to make more mistakes; have more failures. How weird.
But how do we do it? By asking for criticism from people wiser and more experienced than ourselves. Constructive criticism and helpful caring advice allows us to grow and learn much faster than we ever thought possible. Taken from this view point we can broaden and strengthen our understanding of ourselves and all others too.
Now take a brief moment to meditate on the idea of Accelerated Failures.
Take 3 deep breaths and as you exhale say,
"I am a person who makes mistakes and that is OK."
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Can you realate to this? Have you ever felt this way...
"I loved the feeling of being stranded...but I was very creative and I would sit alone in the forest with my dog and a guitar and would just write songs"." Shaina Twain
Who's in your live? Do you approve ...
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints on your heart! I'm very blessed with the people i have in my life!
Louise Bauer
Louise Bauer
I heard an interesting quote the other day .. I'm still mad ....
A reasonable man adapts to his environment.
The unreasonable man persists,
Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable minds.
Author Unknown
The unreasonable man persists,
Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable minds.
Author Unknown
Stand Up ... Be Someone... You Like...
Divine Love
Be Someone
Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares,
and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be
someone who comforts, and you will know peace.
Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be
someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be so...
someone
who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes
action, and you will move life forward.
Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich. Be someone
filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which
you'll be thankful.
Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly
shines. Be, in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to
be.
Be Someone
Be someone who listens, and you will be heard. Be someone who cares,
and you will be loved. Be someone who gives, and you will be blessed. Be
someone who comforts, and you will know peace.
Be someone who genuinely seeks to understand, and you will be wise. Be
someone kind, someone considerate, and you will be admired. Be so...
someone
who values truth, and you will be respected. Be someone who takes
action, and you will move life forward.
Be someone who lifts others higher, and your life will be rich. Be someone
filled with gratitude, and there will be no end to the things for which
you'll be thankful.
Be someone who lives with joy, with purpose, as your own light brightly
shines. Be, in every moment, the special someone you are truly meant to
be.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
I thought there is magic like a secret the mind...but, maybe I'm wrong...
"The great law of the Universe, however, is just this-- that what you think in your mind, you will produce in your experience. As within, so without. You cannot think one thing and produce another. If you want to control your circumstances for harmony and happiness, you must first control your thoughts for harmony and happiness, and the outer things will follow." Emmet Fox
what happened to the man who ...
“But Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. What happened?
He lived happily ever after.”
From the classic movie Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
He lived happily ever after.”
From the classic movie Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
You probably wouldn't beleive this if a man told you ....
This is from my favorite, "Liberated Woman" Kathleen
The Zen of Sex (Tantric Sex,That Is)
This is the FIRST from my "Listen and Learn" Series, just listen...
http://www.thekathleenshow.com/Listen/tabid/56/Default.aspx
I find this approach very rare and wonder why?
Because there are certain people that would prefer men and women are very very different ... even from different planets. I say bull. Life is meant to be shared. Men and women "fit" together. Pun definitely intended. Understand what it takes to fit before you are a miss-fit. Post your comments about what it takes to fit and why that is important to you and yours.
This is the FIRST from my NEW "Listen and Learn" Series.
I'm tired of reading...
Aren't you?
The Zen of Sex (Tantric Sex,That Is)
This is the FIRST from my "Listen and Learn" Series, just listen...
http://www.thekathleenshow.com/Listen/tabid/56/Default.aspx
I find this approach very rare and wonder why?
Because there are certain people that would prefer men and women are very very different ... even from different planets. I say bull. Life is meant to be shared. Men and women "fit" together. Pun definitely intended. Understand what it takes to fit before you are a miss-fit. Post your comments about what it takes to fit and why that is important to you and yours.
This is the FIRST from my NEW "Listen and Learn" Series.
I'm tired of reading...
Aren't you?
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Dalai Lama and Compassion = Happiness
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” ~Dalai Lama
It's all so Simple; Choose...Love. The only choice you have.
The only choice we ever really have is the choice between love and fear.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power,
We will live in Peace.
Jimmy Hendrix
Here are a few facts to face and a glimpse into were we are all going unless we wake up. Please watch the 5 short videos on the bottom right side:
http://www.boomercoffeehouse.com/index.php/self_expression/
If for some reason you don't like what you see; skip ahead to the 5th video so you can see that it is all about love and seeing past the apparent differences the powers of control would have us believe in.
Your life may change forever once you understand the how.
It's all so Simple; Choose...Love. The only choice we really have.
If you are aware of a higher truth and better facts, I would be interested in knowing about it.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power,
We will live in Peace.
Jimmy Hendrix
Here are a few facts to face and a glimpse into were we are all going unless we wake up. Please watch the 5 short videos on the bottom right side:
http://www.boomercoffeehouse.com/index.php/self_expression/
If for some reason you don't like what you see; skip ahead to the 5th video so you can see that it is all about love and seeing past the apparent differences the powers of control would have us believe in.
Your life may change forever once you understand the how.
It's all so Simple; Choose...Love. The only choice we really have.
If you are aware of a higher truth and better facts, I would be interested in knowing about it.
What do Eggs and Rabbits have to do with Easter... rabbits don't lay eggs.
Great Question Nadine!
We Germans have a great tradition of creating Many Great Traditions. My Mom is Dutch my Dad German, but I don't speak it : (
According to Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, the Easter Bunny as an Easter symbol bringing Easter eggs, seems to have its origins in Germany, where he was first recorded in a German publication in the early 1600s.... See More
The first edible bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s and were made of pastry and sugar.
The Easter Bunny was introduced to America by the German settlers who arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 1700s. The arrival of the German osterhase or hare was considered one of “childhood’s greatest pleasures.”
According to the tradition, children would build brightly colored nests, often out of caps and bonnets, in secluded areas of their homes. The osterhase would, if the children had been good, lay brightly colored eggs in the nest. As the tradition spread, the nest has become the manufactured, modern Easter basket, and the placing of the nest in a secluded area has become the tradition of hiding baskets : )
Everyone should be proud of their heritage. It is good to honor all our ancestors. No one is all good or all bad. But certain sugars are. Read up on it in my blog. Be GOOD to your Kids.
We Germans have a great tradition of creating Many Great Traditions. My Mom is Dutch my Dad German, but I don't speak it : (
According to Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, the Easter Bunny as an Easter symbol bringing Easter eggs, seems to have its origins in Germany, where he was first recorded in a German publication in the early 1600s.... See More
The first edible bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s and were made of pastry and sugar.
The Easter Bunny was introduced to America by the German settlers who arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 1700s. The arrival of the German osterhase or hare was considered one of “childhood’s greatest pleasures.”
According to the tradition, children would build brightly colored nests, often out of caps and bonnets, in secluded areas of their homes. The osterhase would, if the children had been good, lay brightly colored eggs in the nest. As the tradition spread, the nest has become the manufactured, modern Easter basket, and the placing of the nest in a secluded area has become the tradition of hiding baskets : )
Everyone should be proud of their heritage. It is good to honor all our ancestors. No one is all good or all bad. But certain sugars are. Read up on it in my blog. Be GOOD to your Kids.
The Goddess of fertility
Jai Briggs
the word Easter is actually derived from an old goddess named Ishtar, and she was the goddess of fertility, which is where the rabbits and eggs come into play...fyi lol
What is in a Myth? Ishtar; Who is that?
Myths are wonderful metaphors in that they distill the wisdom of the ages. I really wish I had more time for them. Correct me if I am wrong but as I understand Ishtar is a mythical goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex from a fragmented story of some 5000 years ago in ancient Iraq. She is described as an ill tempered spoiled brat/prostitute that enters the underworld and makes certain demands of the gate keeper. She says;
If thou openest not the gate to let me enter,
I will break the door, I will wrench the lock,
I will smash the door-posts, I will force the doors.
I will bring up the dead to eat the living.
And the dead will outnumber the living.
Maybe this is some sort of nighmarish resurrection but I do not see where any of this connects to Easter, bunnies or eggs. I see a structural similarity between Easter and Ishtar and of course bunnies and fertility, But I don't know when it was discovered that women carried eggs but I am sure that modern medicine has the credit rather than myth.
Traditions, history and myth intertwine and things get lost. But, I don't know and I wouldn't claim to. It seems the best we can do is speculate. So, if what you say is true; what is the story and how does it relate to Easter as it is celebrated today? Who is it about? What is the deeper meaning? What can we learn from it?
If thou openest not the gate to let me enter,
I will break the door, I will wrench the lock,
I will smash the door-posts, I will force the doors.
I will bring up the dead to eat the living.
And the dead will outnumber the living.
Maybe this is some sort of nighmarish resurrection but I do not see where any of this connects to Easter, bunnies or eggs. I see a structural similarity between Easter and Ishtar and of course bunnies and fertility, But I don't know when it was discovered that women carried eggs but I am sure that modern medicine has the credit rather than myth.
Traditions, history and myth intertwine and things get lost. But, I don't know and I wouldn't claim to. It seems the best we can do is speculate. So, if what you say is true; what is the story and how does it relate to Easter as it is celebrated today? Who is it about? What is the deeper meaning? What can we learn from it?
Religious wars still exist
Hi Jai,
Thanks for your response and honesty. It seems to me that honesty is at the heart of all "religions" and may I call them 'belief systems' that help us make sense of a complex world which in itself often leads to the problems we see in our daily lives.
Someone believing they are right and "God" is on their side and some how loves them more than the rest of us 'infidels' 'non-believers' 'gentiles' 'heathens' 'pagans' etc etc. seems more than a bit off to me.
Here's and oxymoron; more people have died in the name of religion than for any other reason; even though nearly all religions condone killing! Yet, they kill. Religious wars still exist, even though we are told they don't.
My point of view; this 'ego' problem stems from a deep seated need to be "right" in order to deny the deeper problem of insecurity within their own belief system. In this regard; religion has failed them but then again these are tough lessons to learn when we follow others rather than our hearts.
Have a Blessed Day.
Thanks for your response and honesty. It seems to me that honesty is at the heart of all "religions" and may I call them 'belief systems' that help us make sense of a complex world which in itself often leads to the problems we see in our daily lives.
Someone believing they are right and "God" is on their side and some how loves them more than the rest of us 'infidels' 'non-believers' 'gentiles' 'heathens' 'pagans' etc etc. seems more than a bit off to me.
Here's and oxymoron; more people have died in the name of religion than for any other reason; even though nearly all religions condone killing! Yet, they kill. Religious wars still exist, even though we are told they don't.
My point of view; this 'ego' problem stems from a deep seated need to be "right" in order to deny the deeper problem of insecurity within their own belief system. In this regard; religion has failed them but then again these are tough lessons to learn when we follow others rather than our hearts.
Have a Blessed Day.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Agave Syrup Health Fraud; ! Worse than HFCS
Many people interested in staying healthy have switched to agave as a safer "natural" sweetener. They want to avoid well documented dangerous sweeteners like HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) but are unaware that agave is actually WORSE than HFCS. Dr. J. Mercola
CBC News: High Fructose Corn Syrup-Your Health
This is a short video about the sugar industry and your health from CBC News. My next post will be from Dr. Lustig and expert on sugar and our biology. He will explain in great detail how unbelievably harmful HFCS High Fructose Corn Syrup is and much much more. It's more than an hour long but well worth the time spent when you consider the damage all forms of fructose are doing to your health and that of your family.
Watch this first by copy and pasting it to your browser, (only about 2 minutes long):
http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&clipid=1444422465
Watch this first by copy and pasting it to your browser, (only about 2 minutes long):
http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&clipid=1444422465
Fructose in it's Pure Form is a POISON
Dr. Robert Lustig, a respected researcher who studies the link between sugar and obesity.
This first presentation is 20 minutes long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=277MKP7uV5g
This second is a video of his lecture of only 8 months ago. Here he explains in great detail how fructose in it's pure form is a POISON.
1 1/2 hours long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
Also see from Dr. J. Mercola the same video with additional information and research:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/01/02/HighFructose-Corn-Syrup-Alters-Human-Metabolism.aspx
This first presentation is 20 minutes long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=277MKP7uV5g
This second is a video of his lecture of only 8 months ago. Here he explains in great detail how fructose in it's pure form is a POISON.
1 1/2 hours long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
Also see from Dr. J. Mercola the same video with additional information and research:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/01/02/HighFructose-Corn-Syrup-Alters-Human-Metabolism.aspx
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Power of the Spoken Word
Your word is the power that you have to create. To Express your truth and manifest everything you desire. How will you use your words today. Lisa Cefalu
Saturday, March 27, 2010
What is Love? Here's a Great Answer ...
“Love is misunderstood to be an emotion; actually, it is a state of awareness, a way of being in the world, a way of seeing oneself and others.” ~~ David R. Hawkins
The world isn't suffering from a lack of LOVE.. The LOVE has always been there and always will be.. The world is suffering from a lack of AWARENESS!! Many forms of FEAR are miss recognised as LOVE.. When people become AWARE they gain more understanding of REAL LOVE and begin to recognise the type's of FALSE love that are actually stemmed from FEAR...Sharon L. Tucker Caldararo
The Greatest Attitude of All ... Gratitude. Here's How!
Hi Tim,
Would you like to hear my secret on how I became
really good at manifesting?
The secret is actually very simple. I live my life
with my eyes and ears wide open. The universe operates
with certain laws that ALWAYS work. One of them is
that the moment you ask for something, the universe
has to answer.
Small signs will start appearing everywhere. The
trick to go from small items to bigger items is to say
thank you whenever something magical happens in your
life. This is where most people completely get it wrong.
They start asking the universe for bigger and bigger
things without ever appreciating the present. There
is so much for you to be grateful for and to appreciate
RIGHT NOW.
If you cannot see that, then there is no way you will
ever be able to turn the cycle around in your favor.
So, start to make gratitude a daily habit and say thank
you every single day for all of the miracles that are
already in your present. Once you do, and you have to truly
mean it, then the doors of the universe will swing wide
open and you will become more and more powerful at
manifesting.
So, start right now and let the universe know what
you are grateful for.
http://www.GratitudeLog.com/lvaman
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you,
Mike
Would you like to hear my secret on how I became
really good at manifesting?
The secret is actually very simple. I live my life
with my eyes and ears wide open. The universe operates
with certain laws that ALWAYS work. One of them is
that the moment you ask for something, the universe
has to answer.
Small signs will start appearing everywhere. The
trick to go from small items to bigger items is to say
thank you whenever something magical happens in your
life. This is where most people completely get it wrong.
They start asking the universe for bigger and bigger
things without ever appreciating the present. There
is so much for you to be grateful for and to appreciate
RIGHT NOW.
If you cannot see that, then there is no way you will
ever be able to turn the cycle around in your favor.
So, start to make gratitude a daily habit and say thank
you every single day for all of the miracles that are
already in your present. Once you do, and you have to truly
mean it, then the doors of the universe will swing wide
open and you will become more and more powerful at
manifesting.
So, start right now and let the universe know what
you are grateful for.
http://www.GratitudeLog.com/
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you,
Mike
Friday, March 26, 2010
free is not merely to cast off one's chains
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains,
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
Nelson Mandela
but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others.
Nelson Mandela
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
who dares to risk is free
To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To go forward in the face of over whelming odds is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.
He has forfeited his freedom.
Only a person who dares to risk is free.
author unknown
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To go forward in the face of over whelming odds is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave.
He has forfeited his freedom.
Only a person who dares to risk is free.
author unknown
Monday, March 22, 2010
A Rich Man's Secret
"If you keep looking for "help" that just fits in and agrees with what you believe, that never leads you beyond where you have been, what good can it possibly do for you? It can't do you any good! Aren't you fed up with sweet-talk and lies? You need something new, something different, something you've never tried before if you want to make the real changes you desire. Again, you need strong medicine, not a gum drop! If you think success is easy, that it's going to just magically appear as you wake up from a nap one day, you're in for the disappointment of your life - literally." A Rich Man's Secret by Ken Roberts
Your Tires: THIS IS SCARY! Please watch
Don't know how many of you knew about this, I never did. Please watch the video. There's a short commercial before it, but watch the video to the end. Go check your tires now... Pass on the info!
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/
Sunday, March 7, 2010
It is so Hard for Us Humans.
That's great Nadine and there are people that want to help. May I suggest that the power of intention can help you attract: the things, the people and the money you need.
Intention is the most powerful force in the entire Universe. All of Creation is here because of intention.
Create in your mind a vision so powerful, so real and the Universe out of the vast unending abundance will provide everything the shelter needs. Create (you are a Creator too) not out of "brute force" but out of faith.
You need do nothing but; day by day, build the vision in faith. I have trouble with this too and I am certainly not good at it; it is so hard for us humans. We think we have so many limitations.
The Universe does not understand limitation or lack; only abundance. This is the way to enlightenment and you are well on your way.
When you have trouble (and you will, we all do), just tap your way through. Did you hear the Tapping Summit? I was so good.
Thanks for asking the great question. I need to teach this so I will learn it at deeper levels. Please take care and keep up the great energy and let me know how it all goes. Remember, the simple faith that we can learn from animals and all small children, that "every thing's gonna be alright". Bob Marley
Peace be with you always,
Tim
Intention is the most powerful force in the entire Universe. All of Creation is here because of intention.
Create in your mind a vision so powerful, so real and the Universe out of the vast unending abundance will provide everything the shelter needs. Create (you are a Creator too) not out of "brute force" but out of faith.
You need do nothing but; day by day, build the vision in faith. I have trouble with this too and I am certainly not good at it; it is so hard for us humans. We think we have so many limitations.
The Universe does not understand limitation or lack; only abundance. This is the way to enlightenment and you are well on your way.
When you have trouble (and you will, we all do), just tap your way through. Did you hear the Tapping Summit? I was so good.
Thanks for asking the great question. I need to teach this so I will learn it at deeper levels. Please take care and keep up the great energy and let me know how it all goes. Remember, the simple faith that we can learn from animals and all small children, that "every thing's gonna be alright". Bob Marley
Peace be with you always,
Tim
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Are You Healthy? How would you know?
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Unknown
Friday, February 12, 2010
If you want to be happy,
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Dear Sigrid; Calderon Dolphin Slaughter in Denmark
Hi Sigrid,
This is unbelievably a very bad scene. It is without doubt important for people to know about slaughters like this and it is equally important to let people know what they can do about it to release that energy back to the universe toward a solution. What can be done other than to feel helpless? What organizations are interested? What government in Denmark can we voice our disapproval to?
See: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/denmark-whaling.shtml for the full story. See my comment and my blog too.
Here's a petition you and your contacts can sign. There are more than 15,000 now, I put up a goal of 100,000. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-the-calderon-dolphin-slaughter-in-denmark
Here's another petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/Dolphend/petition.html
Anyhow I have to get on with things. I hope this helps a bit. You always send such important and interesting things. Thanx
TTYL
Tim
This is unbelievably a very bad scene. It is without doubt important for people to know about slaughters like this and it is equally important to let people know what they can do about it to release that energy back to the universe toward a solution. What can be done other than to feel helpless? What organizations are interested? What government in Denmark can we voice our disapproval to?
See: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Here's a petition you and your contacts can sign. There are more than 15,000 now, I put up a goal of 100,000. http://www.thepetitionsite.
Here's another petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/
Anyhow I have to get on with things. I hope this helps a bit. You always send such important and interesting things. Thanx
TTYL
Tim
Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord's Prayer
Since the Pledge of Allegiance and the Lord's Prayer are not allowed in most public schools, But 'God' is allowed, a 15 year old from Arizona re-wrote the Lord’s Prayer as follows:
NEW School prayer :
Now I sit me down in school
Where praying is against the rule
For this great nation under God
Finds mention of Him very odd.
If Scripture now the class recites,
It violates the Bill of Rights.
And anytime my head I bow
Becomes a Federal matter now.
Our hair can be purple, orange or green,
That's no offense; it's a freedom scene.
The law is specific, the law is precise..
Prayers spoken aloud are a serious vice.
For praying in a public hall
Might offend someone with no faith at all..
In silence alone we must meditate,
God's name is prohibited by the state.
We're allowed to cuss and dress like freaks,
And pierce our noses, tongues and cheeks...
They've outlawed guns, but FIRST the Bible.
To quote the Good Book makes me liable.
We can elect a pregnant Senior Queen,
And the 'unwed daddy,' our Senior King.
It's 'inappropriate' to teach right from wrong,
We're taught that such 'judgments' do not belong.
We can get our condoms and birth controls,
Study witchcraft, vampires and totem poles.
But the Ten Commandments are not allowed,
No word of God must reach this crowd.
It's scary here I must confess,
When chaos reigns the school's a mess.
So, Lord, this silent plea I make:
Should I be shot; My soul please take!
Amen
If you aren't ashamed to do this,
Please pass this on.
Jesus said,
'If you are ashamed of me,
I will be ashamed of you before my Father..'
Not ashamed. Pass this on.
God is love
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