“Evolution is speeding up, not time. Consciousness is evolving, becoming aware of itself as creation's mentor. Children are evolution's front edge. They push at boundaries... challenge the status quo...irritate convention. That is their job...to set free all that sullies the human heart and blinds the mind to the relationship between the Creator and the Created." ~ P.M.H. Atwater~
MY WORK ... MY PASSION
• Certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist ; Past experiences: Dream Analysis /10 Years Experience •Psychotherapist / Use of Gestalt, Jungian, Zen, Reality and Energy Therapies /10 Years Experience •EMDR • Men and Their Journey: the neuroscience of the male brain, and the implications in sexuality, education and relationship • Women: Their Transformation and Empowerment • ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs) / 21 years experience •Ordained Interfaith Minister & Official Celebrant • Social Justice Advocate • Child and Human Rights Advocate • Spiritual Guide and Intuitive • Certified Reiki Practitioner • Mediation / Conflict Resolution • “Intentional Love” Parenting Strategy Groups • Parenting Workshops • Coaching for parents of Indigo, Crystal, and Rainbow Children • International Training: Israel & England • Critical Incident Stress Debriefing • Post-911 and Post-Katrina volunteer
MSW - UNC Chapel Hill
BSW - UNC Greensboro
With immense love I wish Happy Birthday to my three grandchildren!
May 22: Brannock
May 30: Brinkley
June 12: Brogan
All three have birthdays in the same 22 days of the year ....what a busy time for the family!
"An Unending Love"
This blog and video is devoted and dedicated to my precious daughter Jennifer, my grand daughters Brogan and Brinkley, and my grand son Brannock. They are hearts of my heart. Our connection through many lives..... is utterly infinite.
The Definition of Genius
"THRIVE"
"ONLY LOVE PREVAILS" ...."I've loved you for a thousand years; I'll love you for a thousand more....."
Don't it just look so pretty
This disappearing world
We're threading hope like fire
Down through the desperate blood
Night falling on the city
Quite something to behold
Don't it just look so pretty
This disappearing world
This disappearing world
I'll be by your side
Hit 'em 'tween the eyes
Through the smoke and rising water
Cross the great divide
Baby till it all feels right
This disappearing world
This disappearing world
"The degree of our enlightenment is the degree of passion that we will have for the whole world." ~The Greystone Mandala
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." ~ Winston Churchill
Kant: "We are not rich by what we possess, but what we can do without."
"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires." ~ Paulo Coelho
“It is not the critic who counts,not the man who who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”Theodore Roosevelt
TECHNOLOGY..........
In “Conversations with God”, by Neale Donald Walsch, there is a warning I think of. I refer to it as the Atlantis passage, and I've quoted it a few times before." As I have said, this isn't the first time your civilization has been at this brink,"
God tells Walsch. "I want to repeat this, because it is vital that you hear this. Once before on your planet, the technology you developed was far greater than your ability to use it responsibly. You are approaching the same point in human history again. It is vitally important that you understand this. Your present technology is threatening to outstrip your ability to use it wisely. Your society is on the verge of becoming a product of your technology rather than your technology being a product of your society. When a society becomes a product of its own technology, it destroys itself."
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Study: Why Teen Pot Smoking Could be a Good Thing (And What We Can Learn From Teens Who Choose Weed Over Beer)
Excellent Documentary On The Facts And Truth Of The Cults of Psychiatry And Psychology
"As I Began to Love Myself..."
"SCARCITY AT HOLIDAY TIME" Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist. He is available for coaching in any area
presented in "Practical Life Coaching" (formerly "Practical
Psychology"). Initial coaching sessions are free. Contact him: (970)
568-0173 or E-mail: DrLloyd@CreatingLeaders.com or LJTDAT@aol.com.
SCARCITY AT HOLIDAY TIME
By Lloyd J. Thomas, Ph.D.
During these holidays, people give gifts to one another for a
variety of reasons. Some give out of a sense of obligation. Some
give in order to receive. Some give to make themselves feel superior
to the receiver. Some give as a means of receiving appreciation. And
some give because of the joy it brings to both giver and receiver.
During this "season of giving," I wonder about those people who feel
they have nothing to give away. For them, the world is one of
scarcity. Kahil Gibran writes: "to be thirsty when your well is full,
is a thirst, which is unquenchable." Many of us grow up believing in
scarcity. If we didn't get enough of what we needed; if we had
competitive brothers and sisters; if we were poor, needy or frightened
of not having our needs adequately met; then we probably developed a
"scarcity" orientation or belief system...a scarcity mentality.
A scarcity mentality is demonstrated in one's attitudes. If you
believe there is "not enough to go around," you are likely to become
protective of what you have and/or competitive for more than what you
already have. No matter what the quantity, characteristic, object or
need, if it is believed to be scarce, it will be valued, kept, sought,
hoarded and consumed. If you believe there is not enough food, you
will hoard what you have, hide it, seek out more, and consume more
than you need. If you believe there is not enough of another's
personal attention to go around, you will become envious, demanding,
clinging and possessive. You may even give up seeking altogether what
you desire, if you believe it to be too scarce. Or you may steal it
from someone who has it...whatever "it" is. When you have a scarcity
mentality, the thought of giving rarely enters your mind.
The supposition of scarcity results in behavior which often
determines the very scarcity one seeks to avoid. If you believe
something to be scarce, even if you have it in abundance, you will
believe it to be in your best interest to limit your consumption.
Limiting your consumption reinforces your belief in scarcity, and
reduces your satisfaction.
When you have a scarcity mentality, no matter how much you have, it
is never enough. You remain continuously unsatisfied and frightened.
To reverse the psychologically damaging effects of a scarcity belief
system, one must engage in some rather paradoxical behavior. Examples
of such paradoxes include: If you are "just a little short" of
whatever, give whatever away; if you are lonely, become good company
to someone else; if you are needing love and acceptance, splash it all
around lavishly.
All the great spiritual teachers of history have essentially
prescribed paradoxical cures for scarcity:
"In order to live, you merely have to die;"
"He who seeks his life shall lose it;"
"If you wish to attain enlightenment, you must destroy the ego;"
"If you seek abundant living, sell all that you have;"
"He who loses his life shall find it."
Statements such as these seem meaningless or crazy, unless you
understand that the idea of scarcity is an abstract mental concept.
It does not exist in the external world. Its cure is to behave as if
whatever you believe is scarce, is in fact abundant. The truth is
that if you are alive, you always have something to give... your time,
your listening, your compassion, your service to others, your ideas,
your feelings, your beneficial behavior. Giving of yourself is a
powerful antidote for an attitude of scarcity.
When I was in graduate school, I failed "statistics". My teacher
demanded I teach statistics to undergraduates. If you don't know
something and desire to learn it... teach it to others. Live as if
life was fully abundant and you quench the "thirst that is
unquenchable."
If you don't understand any of today's column, simply explain it to
somebody else. I wish for you abundant and happy holidays.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
DIAGNOSTIC: Gingrich: I’ll ‘ignore’ any Supreme Court ruling I disagree with | The Raw Story
Sunday, December 18, 2011
"100 Ways to Become More Conscious: How to Raise Your Consciousness"
Saturday, December 17, 2011
"Send In the Clueless" by Paul Krugman
CLICK TO READ KRUGMAN'S ARTICLE.....
Friday, December 16, 2011
One People One Planet – We Are the 100%
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Bradley Manning Deserves a Medal
My 37 hours with the NYPD
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