I have done most all my chores, housework and office, accompanied in the background, by Andrea Boccelli and Il Divo albums. They are so heavenly that the chores speed by! There is nothing so passionate, intense and moving as Italian opera in my opinion. I have loved all music for nearly seventy years, and there is simply nothing music can't move!
Pandora radio does a wonderful job of supplying most any artist and genre you enjoy!
Since my own roots are Italian/Albanian, English, and Scotch, my experience is that there is simply nothing those musical roots will not cure!
Friday, August 17, 2018
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Recalling.......
Today was one of many of those wondrous days of aging. I heard ..what was triggering that….from a person I had dated about 4 years ago. (The advantage of having the same telephone # and email for years!)
When I picked up the receiver, I heard someone speaking some sentences which sounded so familiar. Well, that can happen a lot as you age, so I just paused as this brain did a “search”. The man’s voice…… it was so very familiar … I knew from the expectant knot in my stomach. I took a breath because I had stopped breathing as I listened.
I knew that memory is, in reality, something which remains longer than we believe. Is it a cellular memory? I know little about memory in a scientific way.
My eyes filled. Now that really hooked me. I literally became fearful this experience would end because…….well, was I too old to remember? Those song words stopped , and those from another song started.
Like lightening, I remembered, I thought. I whispered the name…
Then I heard the deepest, richest, laugh … and it all exploded! The wonder of the moment filled me as it connected with so many other memories about this person! So this was the reward of living so long, loving so long. Enjoying each and every moment, almost exponentially,
Monday, July 30, 2018
" Psychologist Explains How Trump Is the Exact Opposite of a Stable Genius"
A Psychologist Explains How Trump Is the Exact Opposite of a 'Stable Genius'
July 30, 2018, 5:39 AM GMT
Donald Trump (Screengrab)
Robert Epstein, the senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, penned an op-ed on Monday addressing Donald Trump’s numerous lies, reversal and contradictions. In it, Epstein argues that the president is not, as some suggest, mentally ill, but is instead “highly vulnerable to what can reasonably be called ‘sympathetic audience control.’”
As Epstein explains, “all normal people are subject to ‘audience control’ to one degree or another,” meaning they “regulate what they say and do based on who’s around them.” But while “audience control doesn’t usually cause problems,” for Trump it makes him “like a rudderless sailboat blown about by the wind.”
“When Trump is in the presence of someone he dislikes or distrusts, he attacks and will continue to lash out for a while, but not necessarily forever,” Epstein writes. “When someone he perceives as a threat becomes deferential (Rocket Man, for example), Trump not only stops attacking, he also becomes highly vulnerable to influence.”
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Meanwhile, the president is “rapidly influenced” by people he “perceives as supportive,” a concept Epstein refers to as “sympathetic audience control.”
“When Trump is in front of a large group of cheering people, his thinking is fully controlled by the crowd,” Epstein adds. “It might seem he’s in control, but the opposite is actually the case. The supportive audience completely dominates his thinking, causing him to repeat, over and over, things he believes the audience wants to hear.”
Trump also, according to Epstein, perceives the world in small time windows, leading hm to shift “his views frequently” — “without shame or even awareness.”
“All that’s shiny and real to him is what friends or foes are saying inside those small time windows,” Epstein writes.
“If I’m right, and I’m pretty sure I am, Trump is capable of only a minimal level of analytical or critical thinking,” the psychologist continues. “Perhaps more alarming, our president — the putative leader of the free world — doesn’t believe in anything and he rarely, if ever, means anything he says.”
“And if I’m right, Trump will continue to function this way — blindly, erratically and reactively, without principle or direction — for the rest of his life,” Epstein concludes.
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"There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves" /James Kavanaugh
"There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves"
by James Kavanaugh
“I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter.
We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love."
Friday, June 15, 2018
Children and Meditation
Working with children and showing them how to meditate, is an unforgettable experience. In addition, they will have a process they can use for their entire life.........
Before I retired I had the privilege of working with them. I let them speak. Not at all a problem for eight-year olds! What emerged from them, and the thoughts they shared with one another, was one of the most profound clinical experiences I ever had.
In most cases, they simply did not have the tools to do that, but once they gained tools and confidence they were absolutely amazing!
The process linked me to the Divine of kids ... unforgettable!
Monday, June 11, 2018
Truth
“I was in love with him. I knew that much was true. Love was the swelling, hopeful feeling in my chest every time I saw him. Love was the way I could forget about everything when I was with him. Love was the catch in my breath when he looked at me in his intense way. Love was the gasp he could draw out of me with the simplest of touches. Love was the way I could... I could be myself around him, know that I didn't need to be perfect or worry about what he was thinking, because he accepted me.” ― Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Problem with Forever
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Ed Sheeran - Dive [Official Audio]
So.... I just read that Ed Sheeran is now the most popular, most purchased male singer on the planet!
Works for me! Also, I mostly like the general way he purports himself in interviews, etc. For a young man experiencing this global degree of popularity, he is immensely humble and grateful. When an interviewer asks him questions that seem to push him beyond his personal boundaries, he is clever and respectful, but firm about "not going there". His fan base covers all ages, a fact which says much.
Sheeran is mischievous, as well as reverent, and undoubtedly his close family ties have contributed to this all of this. The friends he allegedly keeps seem to be much the same caliber. He is about to mary a young women, with North Carolina ties, who also seems authentic, caring, and down-to-earth.
It will be fun to watch his development and path!
Monday, June 4, 2018
What is Biocentrism?
Biocentrism (from Greek βίος bios, "life" and κέντρον kentron, "center"), in a political and ecological sense, as well as literally, is an ethicalpoint of view that extends inherent value to all living things.[1] It is an understanding of how the earth works, particularly as it relates to biodiversity.
It stands in contrast to anthropocentrism, which centers on the value of humans.[2] The related ecocentrism extends inherent value to the whole of nature.
Biocentrism does not imply the idea of equality among the animal kingdom, for no such notion can be observed in nature. Biocentric thought is nature based, not human based.
Advocates of biocentrism often promote the preservation of biodiversity,[3] animal rights, and environmental protection. The term has also been employed by advocates of "left biocentrism", which combines deep ecology with an "anti-industrial and anti-capitalist" position (according to David Orton et al.).[4]
Sunday, June 3, 2018
"Benefits of Meditation with EquiSync@
imitless Benefits of Meditation Quickly, Safely, & Easily With EquiSync®
Did you know that people who meditate are scientifically proven to be happier and healthier? It's true. And they have greatly extended life spans, too. As a matter of fact, there have been numerous studies showing that meditation dramatically reduces, and even reverses disease of all types.
But the benefits of meditation don’t stop there. Studies also show that experienced meditators – those who are able to achieve the deepest levels of meditative states – are able to tap into dormant levels of brain function they never thought possible - levels that exist in each and every one of us - resulting in increased intelligence, creativity, and success in life.
In fact, if you do your homework, you’ll discover that many of history’s greatest inventors, philosophers, and scientists received their revolutionary, future-changing ideas during their daily meditation sessions.
Upon closer examination of their brains, meditation practitioners consistently show to function at a higher level than the average person on seemingly every test, measurement, and assessment the scientific community has created.
Just imagine what you could do if you had easy access to deep levels of meditation!
One of the reasons meditators experience greater levels of happiness and health is because meditation significantly increases the brain's production of several euphoric chemicals — the same chemicals that flow through your bloodstream on those days when you've never felt better. Even more, meditation allows these euphoric brain chemicals to be produced constantly.
Meditators also sleep much better than those who don't meditate. As a matter of fact, they have shown to need fewer hours of sleep every night because their minds and bodies are completely refreshed and rejuvenated during their highly pleasurablemeditation sessions.
Meditation is also known for providing its practitioners with superior mental and emotional health, it rids our minds of subconsciouslayers of anger, depression, anxiety, fear, phobias, addiction, and sadness, and produces a seemingly perfect mental and emotional balance.
If that was not enough, people who meditate are also known to have more friends, maintain healthier relationships, and feel a great deal more satisfied and contentwith their lives.
The Benefits Of Meditation Are Incredible, How Long Will It Take To Learn?
What would you say if we told you that with just a press of a button, you could have access to the same deep, highly pleasurable, extremely beneficial meditative states as those with decades of experience? And get the same results in much, much less time, plus a host of other life enhancing benefits?
Well, thanks to EquiSync®, you can achieve precisely the same electrical brainwave pattern (also see this page) of profoundly deep meditation safely, simply, and effortlessly. A few minutes of your day is all that is necessary to transform your life!
Harness Meditation's Many Benefits With EquiSync®'s Precisely Designed Brainwave Technology
Back in 1839, Dr. Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, a Prussian physicist and meteorologist, discovered that when you introduce tones with certain frequencies into each ear, you could actually entrain the electrical patterns within the brain to resonate in very specific patterns, called brainwave states. The last two decades have seen an amazing amount of scientific interest in this world transforming field of study, laying the foundation for the hundreds of studies conducted since then, boosting the technology’s significance and importance immeasurably.
With these studies in mind, EquiSync's revolutionary, multi-layered, multi-tiered approach was born. Designed to synchronizeand harmonize your brainwaves while allowing you access to the deepest, most pleasurable, most beneficial states of meditation — much faster than the traditional route, EquiSync® has made mastering meditation easier than ever!
Many psychologists, doctors, teachers, and other professionals have endorsed the technology while personally taking advantage of the limitless benefits that accompany EquiSync's precisely designed brainwave synchronization/ entrainment technology. It is such a profound field of study that many of the metaphysical benefits, those beyond our current scientific measure and technological & philosophicalunderstanding, have yet to be discovered
Spiritually Awakening?
Are you longing for more than a life of unfulfilling work, nightly TV watching, and material possession accumulation? If so, you aren't the only one, as more and more people understand the many illusions within our limited reality, certain very necessary inner transformations are happening to people all over the planet.
Are you one of these people? Are you unsatisfied with your current life and/or the outside world?
It's quite possible that you are now undergoing, or might soon undergo a “spiritual awakening”? Like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, once your inner transformation to a higher level of consciousness is complete, likely benefits:
• A bulletproof sense of inner peace.• True happiness, no matter the circumstances in your life.
• Feeling at one with everyone & everything.
• Unconditional love for all living beings.
• Finding your true self and your true path.
• A worry/stress/anxiety free natural existence.
• A very fulfilled, meaningful life.
• Deep healing of mind, body, and spirit.
• A permanent higher shift in consciousness & understanding.
Before we tell you the very best tool during this critical time of transition (which happens to also the best tool for triggering a SA), it is important to understand a spiritual awakening's common signs, symptoms, and stages:
• Letting go of once tightly held beliefs and views. • Zoning out for extended periods of time, feeling "spaced" out.
• Sensitivity to negative people and events, especially the news.
• Feelings of “tingling” electrical-like energy running through parts of the body.
• Having more meaningful dreams, being able to decipher dreamstate imagery and messages.
• Becoming aware of and seeing the meaning behind “synchronicities”, the seemingly unrelated events & signs we see & experience (but mostly ignore).
• Wishing to break away from blind conformity, outdated institutions, unnecessary customs, & the overall status quo.
• Unexplained changes in appetite & eating habits, weight. May sometimes look younger.
• Wishing to spend more time in nature.
• Spontaneous healing of long held ailments.
• Changes in what you read, do with your spare time, or watch on TV (even cutting the cord altogether).
• Greater “awareness” of yourself and the outside world.
• A greater sense of inner peace and interconnectedness, with intermittent periods of emotional upheaval.
Note: This is not a test, it is perfectly natural and normal to experience just a few of these signs and symptoms. Not every stage must be "passed" for a true spiritual awakening, we are all different.
However, once your consciousness upgrade has been achieved, once the whole process is "in the books," your life will be 100% revolutionized, with countless benefits seen on all fronts.
Then, what's the secret? How do we initiate and fully "achieve" a spiritual awakening?
Meditation. The only way to train/upgrade the body to absorb the massive influx of scientifically proven quantum energy present during a spiritual awakening (especially at this time on the planet), meditation is the number one tool before, during, and after this wonderful process.
Aging and Emotions / Becky Ready, PhD, ABPP
Verified by Psychology Today
Aging and Emotions
Mellowing out or stronger reactions?
Posted Aug 29, 201
Emotion regulation skills appear to increase during adulthood. Older adults report fewer negative emotions than younger persons. Older adults report more emotional stability and well-being than younger persons. Older adult may be more savvy at navigating interpersonal disagreements than younger persons. Older adults may pay more attention to the good and less attention to the bad. When older adults experience a negative emotion, they may be able to recover more quickly than younger persons.
Thus, at first glance, there seems to be an emotional “mellowing out” with maturity and an increased and potentially deliberate ability to see the world through rose-colored glasses. Given these data, it is interesting to learn that older adults may react with stronger emotions than younger persons in some situations.
Indeed, bad events may hit older adults harder than younger persons. In studies in which researchers try to create a negative mood in their participants, older adults can react with stronger emotions than younger persons. This is particularly true if the investigators use negative stimuli that are relevant to older adults, such as stimuli about loss or injustice. In my research, we find that older adults react to films about loss with greater negativity than younger persons.
A recent study by Streubel and Kunzmann (2011) suggests that emotional arousal is a factor that needs more attention in aging research. That is, a focus on positive and negative emotions and aging may be too limited; rather a focus on the strength of emotions also is needed. In circumstances in which strong emotions are aroused, older adults may not be able to regulate their emotions as well as younger persons. Indeed, in our data, where we see older adults reacting with stronger negative emotions than younger persons, the films are very powerful and highly relevant to older persons.
Changes in emotions with age are complex. Older adulthood is not simply a time of emotional well-being and tranquility. Strong emotions exist and reactions to important life events may increase with age, rather than diminish. More research along these lines is needed for practitioners to learn how to help older adults navigate emotionally powerful events in their lives
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