.....I'm just sayin'..........

 I opened up the online papers this morning to "CIA ON GROUND IN LIBYA".  My first reaction was "Yup!  Git 'er done!"  (This "done" part, I might add,  easily rides along side my peaceful, loving nature.  And I fully embrace it!!!)  At the same time, I can count on one hand the number of times I have specifically chosen to give this side a well-deserved "15 miutes" of mental attack mode!

I had many clients, generally women, who would say, "Oh, I could never be that mean (as someone in the media we discussed)....I couldn't kill anyone .... blah ... blah ... blah!"  My next question would be speculative, and along the lines of asking, "what if someone were to come along, when we were out with our child or grand child, and physically threaten them in front of us .... to punch them .... to try to kill them? "

 Well, thus began some work on the dualities of our human natures....the Jungian shadow side, would now became available to the client for her own scrutiny.  I had extra therapeutic fun in asking the client, hypothetically, what they would actually do in that situation. 

 I might then even say, "Is that all?"  

Or if the person would reply that they are not physically strong enough to help, I might then query, "Well, let's just suppose you were very strong ... even stronger that the attacker ...what might you imagine you might do?

(Let the games begin, folks! ) 

The client's ability to "draw blood" started to become apparent.  In the end, the lesson was that we don't want to 'stamp out' that fierce side of us, but to honor, train, and respect it.......for future possible use if the occasion arises! 

So, back to the news.  I am a very marginal (if at all) CIA fan, but sheesh......there are times. Further, I believe in transparency ... most of the time!

I read about all the furor about Obama's not being transparent during these times in the Middle East, and not telling the citizens E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!  SERIOUSLY?  Have the shoeple lost their minds?!   Spell it  C-O-V-E-R-T, folks!  When will the common voter get that this part IS NOT our business....in the moment, at least.  That is, if we value our collective butts!

The common voter  ("shoeple") frequently reminds me of an out-of-control, unruly teen who runs their household, and has tantrums if he/she doesn't know the parents personal business!  Entitled, they want battles, forged skirmishes, and acknowledged primacy ..... announced and completed in FOUR days!  You're kidding me, right?!  Knee jerk need for satisfaction?!  Like folks on a cocaine quest!  Okay, I don't have enough coffee to go further.......but you get it, right?

Whether it's black ops or pink ops, CIA or any other necessarily covert group.....I wish them well, and have no particular need to know. We'll all know when the job is done.  Folks....let's sit back and "let go"....not of our power as a citizen, but about an area where full disclosure in the here and now........may be hazardous to our national health!!!

"Will the American Public Win the Race Against Big Pharma?" (We'd better be informed!!!)

You may have noticed that whenever I can I draw a censorious, scathing and derisive line in the sand when it comes to Big Pharma.  A while back, a friend provided me with the % of the rolls of the DSM-IV (previous and present) boards and the fact that almost 60% were tightly allied with Big Pharma.  Big Pharma dominates the DSM!


http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/does-pharma-dominate-psych-manual/2008-01-03?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=link

If you did not know, The DSM is mental health's primary Bible for diagnosing patients.  You with me here?

If you are, you see that there is a terrible conflict of interest in pretty much ANYTHING the DSM selects, discusses, etc., because there is an overlying agenda to "bring it all back" to ..........drugs!

The newest research is too long to print here,  but the article is at:
http://nutrientscure.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/will-the-american-public-win-the-race-against-big-pharma-3-28-2011/

"Everybody Fails" by Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D.

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Licensed Psychologist.  He is available for coaching in any area
presented in "Practical Life Coaching" (formerly "Practical
Psychology").  Initial coaching sessions are free.  


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EVERYBODY FAILS

By Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D.

       Someone once said, "The road to success is paved with failures."
Failure begins when the baby tries to crawl, stand, walk and run.  It
continues whenever anybody attempts something new that s/he has never
done before.  Rarely does anybody succeed at something new without
making mistakes (failures) along the way.  Those attempts and failures
we call a "learning curve."

       Michael Gersham, in his book, "Getting It Right The Second Time,"
writes of forty-nine product failures.  Among these were Kleenex,
Jell-O, and Pepsi, the opera "Carmen," the book "The Celestine
Prophecy," and forty-four others.  Walt Disney went bankrupt...five
times.  Now that is a lot of failure.

               The original Greek word for "sin" was an old archer's term,
"hamartia," which means to "miss the mark."  When we miss the mark, we
sin.  Does this mean we, as human beings are all "sinners?"  Are we
all failures?  No.  It means we all regularly miss the mark.  In the
Olympics, all but one miss the gold.  Are all those other athletes
failures?  Are they sinners?  Only if we judge them to be so.  Only if
they judge themselves to be so.

       Great baseball batting averages are above .300.  That means six out
of ten times, the best players fail to get to first base.  Now that is
a lot of failure!  Or is it?  Only if we judge them to be so.  By the
time football's "Super Bowl" is over, every team in the NFL has missed
the mark of winning all their games ...at least once.  Does that mean
every player in the NFL is a failure?  Only if we judge them to be so.

       In his book, "Should You Quit Before You're Fired?," Paul Pilzer
tells the story of a father observing his little boy throwing a
baseball up in the air with one hand, then swinging his bat to hit it.
 The boy missed three times in a row.  After the third time, he spun
around and fell to the ground shouting, "Strike three, I'm out."
Trying to hide his disappointment, the father ran over to help his son
up.  Before he "failed" to get to him, the boy jumped up and said,
"So, what do you think?  Not bad for a pitcher, huh, Dad?!"  To his
son, three misses out of three attempts was not a lot of failure.  Or
was it?

       Failure is a judgment.  It's definition is based upon a verb...to
fail, which means "to fall short of success in something expected,
attempted, desired."  In order to avoid failing, many people never
expect anything, never risk attempting anything new, sometimes never
desire anything.  Their own fear of being judged "a failure" leads
them to never attempt anything without a guaranteed successful
outcome.  And in life, there are no guaranteed outcomes!
Consequently, those people who are fearful of criticism or "failure"
never attempt anything, and the outcome is precisely the same as if
they had tried and missed their mark...failure.  If the archer never
shoots the arrow, he never ever hits anything, let alone the target.
Is it a greater "sin" to miss the mark having shot the arrow, or is it
more "sinful" to have never drawn back the bow?

       Rather than never attempting anything, perhaps the fearful need to
change their expectations.  Band leader, Les Brown once said, "Always
shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you land among the Stars."
Perhaps we need to fail at judging ourselves to be failures.  Perhaps
we should not judge ourselves at all.

       When we stop judging ourselves as failures, we are set free to enjoy
life.  We all miss the marks we set for ourselves.  Perhaps the
greatest target for psychological health is to take delight in being
alive, in being who we are no matter how often we "miss the mark."
You are a failure or success only if you say so!

       We all find goals useful in focusing our attention.  We are all free
to create and change our goals.  Keep in mind we all fail depending
only on our perceived goal and judgment.  Failure and success are
states of mind.  They exist only if you mentally say so.  And we are
each free to choose whether or not we say so.

       One key to happiness is to enjoy the process of living, to take
delight in playing the game regardless of the outcome.  Choose to
actively enjoy the challenges of the life-long game called "Life."
Keep in mind, as long as you are alive, you cannot fail unless you
choose to.  Success or failure in living is always your choice.

"Parents Have to Re-Invent Their Wheel"....Labels notwithstanding!

http://www.brighthill.net Much has been written about the children who are coming into the world today. Essentially, these kids are coming in with the life purpose of helping us to ascend. Indigo children The Indigo children are so called because of their indigo-colored auras. They have been coming in for about a hundred years (or more), really, helping to raise the consciousness of the world and break down old paradigms. Much of the social changes in the U.S. in the 1960s were due to these early pioneers, who dared to break the rules. Many of the older spiritual leaders and psychics are Indigos themselves. Crystal, rainbow, and crystal-rainbow children The crystal children are a later wave of souls, here to show us how to be Christ-conscious, and live in joy. They, and the rainbow children, have magnetic personalities. Their vibrations are irresistable to most people. The crystal-rainbows, for want of a better word, are just now coming in, and they bring a higher vibrational frequency with them. These kids are raising the vibration of the planet by degrees; a crystal-rainbow is no better than a crystal, or an indigo, or any other kid, for that matter. It's just that their purpose, their divine timing for entry into this world means they are what they are. Basically, these kids are all highly psychic, highly spiritual, have healing abilities, are empathic, and are inherently Christ-conscious. These are not your mother's kids The new children do not learn the way kids did 30, 20, even 15 years ago. They have different needs. This is why the old school paradigm is failing them. These kids do not have disorders, and they do not need drugs to help them calm down. What they do need is to be understood. To learn in a way that works for them, not for the beaurocracy built by local and federal governments. To be loved, exactly as they are. Your children don't belong to you I understand that some people will take exception to this statement, but our children do not "belong" to us. They are God's gift to us. It is our job, our responsibility, to meet them where they are, and to love and to accept them for who they are. I am not advocating a lack of discipline, mind. Of course children have to learn how to share, how to eat nicely, how to say "thank you," and all the rest. But it is not our job as parents to mold them into mini-me's. They are not us. They are who they are, already perfect, as God sent them to us. What about other kids? (The problem with labels) It's really, really important to understand that ALL children are gifts from God, and that ALL children are special, regardless of whether they seem to fit the description of an Indigo, a crystal, or anything else. If they're here, they have a divine purpose, and one divine purpose is not better than another. If we were without the experience of even one child, we would be diminished. The experience may last an hour or 100 years; either way, their divine purpose is a gift.