Sharing the Ascension Experience
‘To be is to do’ — Socrates ‘To do is to be’ — Jean‑Paul Sartre ‘Do‑be‑do‑be‑do’ — Frank Sinatra — Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) Author This week’s Positive Qualities are Helpful and Forgiving. These are a couple of the big qualities. That is to say, so much is riding on them. Also, I had a lot … Read more
Obesity and diabetes are epidemic, and yet the only relevant fact on which relatively unambiguous data exist to support a consensus is that most of us are surely eating too much of something. In 1960, fewer than 13 percent of Americans were obese, and diabetes had been diagnosed in 1 percent. Today, the percentage of … Read more
Net-Neutrality is the principle that data packets on the Internet should be moved impartially, without regard to content, destination or source. Throughout the history of the United States “Freedom of the Press” has been touted as a fundamental right when, in fact, such freedom has truly existed only for the one who owns the press. … Read more
The Disruptive Influence of Microfinancing Ten percent of the world has access to traditional banking. And traditional banks often refuse to finance low-income or unemployed entrepreneurs, no matter how viable their ideas are. Now, enabled by the spread of mobile technology and wireless internet access, microfinancing organizations are attempting to eradicate this problem through small … Read more
There is a direct connection between what occurs in your consciousness and what occurs in your external life. — The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Fritz (1943 -), Entrepreneur, Author A lot has been said about goal setting. It all begins with a vision. Many will recommend you begin by seeing yourself living your dream. … Read more
It’s a tiny geodesic dome built for a grand total of two hundred bucks by Jeffery the builder at Aprovecho, ” a regional resource for researching, demonstrating, and educating the techniques and strategies of sustainable living” that will be a story on its own. “To begin the project I constructed a nine-foot, ten sided deck … Read more
From womb to tomb we are bound to others past and present … and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future. — Cloud Atlas, David Stephen Mitchell (1960-) Author In the extremes and the opposites we find the balance. We need a bit of stress to help us acquire a Stress Hardy … Read more
The past is already incorporated in me. — Dr. George Sheehan (1918-1993) Cardiologist We do have some language difficulties. This week’s qualities are Brotherly and Accommodating. In order to be accommodating I have also added “Sisterly” below. Maybe I should put both of them under siblingesque. Have a good week. Peace, Jim BROTHERLY Definitions: … Read more
A man [is] never just a man. A man [is] endless possibilities waiting to become. — William Kent Krueger (1950-) Author You may Deserve to be Celebrated, but if you are celebratory you gain an experience of internal bliss which will shine through your soul. Peace, Jim DESERVING Definition: worthy of merit; creditable … Read more
The United States is the world’s largest grower and consumer of genetically-modified (GM) foods. As of 2010, the United States had 66.8 million hectares of GM crops planted, covering 16.5 percent of our total agricultural area. Because GM foods are made with proteins from organisms that weren’t previously part of the food chain, GM foods … Read more