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Ohio Animal Slaughter

10/19/2011

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. ~Benjamin Disraeli

This picture just breaks my heart. I am a big cat <and little cat for that matter> lover. To see these animals shot down and laid out is a tragedy and it affects me viscerally.

Yes, I know the cops probably had to do it ... if for no other reason than the animals were mistreated and malnourished and would have attacked innocent people based on their survival instincts. It doesn't lessen the pain I feel for these beautiful animals.

I can take the objective approach and believe they were relieved from the misery of their existence. I can take the metaphysical approach and believe they came into this world with a contract to die like this in order for laws to change.

Someone looked at me today as I was reading about this and saw tears rolling down my face and asked why I chose to let it affect me. Upon reflection, I have concluded that I cried because I needed to cry ... because I couldn't stop crying and looking at the pictures. I don't need to know why: it was real ... it was cathartic ... it was in the moment.

It made me appreciate all life more and when I got home I spent a little extra time with my own cats, basking in their love and affection ... knowing with each loving stroke that I was somehow helping to heal the pain that those animals suffered.

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Warren Buffett on How to Fix Congress

10/16/2011

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I love this: according to Regis Trembley, Warren Buffett said in a recent interview with CNBC about the debt ceiling:

“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told CNBC. “You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election

The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months &8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That
was in 1971…before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.

Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land…all because of public pressure.

Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.

In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.

Congressional Reform Act of 2011:

1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

2. Congress (past, present &future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.

4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people.

7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.

If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Maybe it is time.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!

If you agree with the above, pass it on. If not, just delete.

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Story: The Little Soul and The Sun

10/15/2011

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I received this in an e-mail and thought it too good not to share with as many people as I could
The Little Soul and The Sun

Once upon no time, there was a little Soul who said to God, "I know who I am."

And God said, "That's wonderful! Who are you?"

And the Little Soul shouted, "I'm the Light!"

God smiled a big smile. "That's right!" God exclaimed. "You are the Light."

The Little Soul was so happy, for it had figured out what all the souls in the Kingdom were there to figure out.

"Wow," said the Little Soul, "this is really cool!"

But soon, knowing who it was was not enough. The Little Soul felt stirrings inside, and now wanted to be who it was. And so the Little Soul went back to God (which is not a bad idea for all souls who want to be Who They Really Are) and said,

"Hi, God! Now that I know Who I am, is it okay for me to be it?"

And God said, "You mean you want to be Who You Already Are?"

"Well," replied the Little Soul," it's one thing to know Who I Am, and another thing altogether to actually be it. I want to feel what it's like to be the Light!"

"But you already are the Light," God repeated, smiling again.

"Yes, but I want to see what that feels like!" cried the Little Soul.

"Well," said God with a chuckle, "I suppose I should have known. You always were the adventuresome one."

Then God's expression changed. "There's only one thing..."

"What?" asked the Little Soul.

"Well, there is nothing else but the Light. You see, I created nothing but what you are; and so, there is no easy way for you to experience yourself as Who You Are, since there is nothing that you are not."

"Huh?" said the Little Soul, who was now a little confused.

"Think of it this way," said God. "You are like a candle in the Sun. Oh, you're there all right. Along with a million, gazillion other candles who make up the Sun. And the sun would not be the Sun without you. Nay, it would be a sun without one of its candles...and that would not be the Sun at all; for it would not shine as brightly. Yet, how to know yourself as the Light when you are amidst the Light -that is the question."

"Well," the Little Soul perked up, "you're God. Think of something!"

Once more God smiled. "I already have," God said. "Since you cannot see yourself as the Light when you are in the Light, we'll surround you with darkness."

"What's darkness?" the Little Soul asked.

God replied, "It is that which you are not."

"Will I be afraid of the dark?" cried the Little Soul.

"Only if you choose to be," God answered. "There is nothing, really, to be afraid of, unless you decide that there is. You see, we are making it all up. We are pretending."

"Oh," said the Little Soul, and felt better already.

Then God explained that, in order to experience anything at all, the exact opposite of it will appear. "It is a great gift," God said, "because without it, you could not know what anything is like. You could not know Warm without Cold, Up without Down, Fast without Slow. You could not know Left without Right, Here without There, Now without Then."

"And so," God concluded, "when you are surrounded with darkness, do not shake your fist and raise your voice and curse the darkness. Rather be a Light unto the darkness, and don't be mad about it. Then you will know Who You Really Are, and all others will know, too. Let your Light shine so that everyone will know how special you are!"

"You mean it's okay to let others see how special I am?" asked the Little Soul.

"Of course!" God chuckled. "It's very okay! But remember,'special' does not mean 'better.' Everybody is special, each in their own way! Yet many others have forgotten that. They will see that it is okay for them to be special only when you see that it is okay for you to be special."

"Wow," said the Little Soul, dancing and skipping and laughing and jumping with joy. "I can be as special as I want to be!"

"Yes, and you can start right now," said God, who was dancing and skipping and laughing right along with the Little Soul.

"What part of special do you want to be?"

"What part of special?" the Little Soul repeated. "I don't understand."

"Well," God explained, "being the Light is being special, and being special has a lot of parts to it. It is special to be kind. It is special to be gentle. It is special to be creative. It is special to be patient. Can you think of any other ways it is special to be?"

The Little Soul sat quietly for a moment. "I can think of lots of ways to be special!" the Little Soul then exclaimed. "It is special to be helpful. It is special to be sharing. It is special to be friendly. It is special to be considerate of others!"

"Yes!" God agreed, "and you can be all of those things, or any part of special you wish to be, at any moment. That's what it means to be the Light."

"I know what I want to be, I know what I want to be!" the Little Soul announced with great excitement. "I want to be the part of special called 'forgiving'. Isn't it special to be forgiving?"

"Oh, yes," God assured the Little Soul. "That is very special."

"Okay," said the Little Soul. "That's what I want to be. I want to be forgiving. I want to experience myself as that."

"Good," said God, "but there's one thing you should know."

The Little Soul was becoming a bit impatient now. It always seemed as though there were some complication.

"What is it?" the Little Soul sighed.

"There is no one to forgive."

"No one?" The Little Soul could hardly believe what had been said.

"No one!" God repeated. "Everything I have made is perfect. There is not a single soul in all creation less perfect than you. Look around you."

It was then that the Little Soul realized a large crowd had gathered. Souls had come from far and wide ~ from all over the Kingdom ~ for the word had gone forth that the Little Soul was having this extraordinary conversation with God, and everyone wanted to hear what they were saying. Looking at the countless other souls gathered there, the Little Soul had to agree. None appeared less wonderful, less magnificent, or less perfect than the Little Soul itself. Such was the wonder of the souls gathered around, and so bright was their Light, that the Little Soul could scarcely gaze upon them.

"Who, then, to forgive?" asked God.

"Boy, this is going to be no fun at all!" grumbled the Little Soul. "I wanted to experience myself as One Who Forgives. I wanted to know what that part of special felt like."

And the Little Soul learned what it must feel like to be sad. But just then a Friendly Soul stepped forward from the crowd.

"Not to worry, Little Soul," the Friendly Soul said, "I will help you."

"You will?" the Little Soul brightened. "But what can you do?"

"Why, I can give you someone to forgive!"

"You can?"

"Certainly!" chirped the Friendly Soul. "I can come into your next lifetime and do something for you to forgive."

"But why? Why would you do that?" the Little Soul asked. "You, who are a Being of such utter perfection! You, who vibrate with such a speed that it creates a Light so bright that I can hardly gaze upon you! What could cause you to want to slow down your vibration to such a speed that your bright Light would become dark and dense? What could cause you ~ who are so light that you dance upon the stars and move through the Kingdom with the speed of your thought--to come into my life and make yourself so heavy that you could do this bad thing?"

"Simple," the Friendly Soul said. "I would do it because I love you."

The Little Soul seemed surprised at the answer.

"Don't be so amazed," said the Friendly Soul, "you have done the same thing for me. Don't you remember? Oh, we have danced together, you and I, many times. Through the eons and across all the ages have we danced. Across all time and in many places have we played together. You just don't remember."

"We have both been All Of It. We have been the Up and the Down of it, the Left and the Right of it. We have been the Here and the There of it, the Now and the Then of it. We have been the male and the female, the good and the bad; we have both been the victim and the villain of it."

"Thus have we come together, you and I, many times before; each bringing to the other the exact and perfect opportunity to Express and to Experience Who We Really Are. And so," the Friendly Soul explained further, "I will come into your next lifetime and be the 'bad one' this time. I will do something really terrible, and then you can experience yourself as the One Who Forgives.

"But what will you do?" the Little Soul asked, just a little nervously, "that will be so terrible?"

"Oh," replied the Friendly Soul with a twinkle, "we'll think of something."

Then the Friendly Soul seemed to turn serious, and said in a quiet voice, "You are right about one thing, you know."

"What is that?" the Little Soul wanted to know.

"I will have to slow down my vibration and become very heavy to do this not-so-nice thing. I will have to pretend to be something very unlike myself. And so, I have but one favour to ask of you in return."

"Oh, anything, anything!" cried the Little Soul, and began to dance and sing, "I get to be forgiving, I get to be forgiving!"

Then the Little Soul saw that the Friendly Soul was remaining very quiet.

"What is it?" the Little Soul asked. "What can I do for you? You are such an angel to be willing to do this for me!"

"Of course this Friendly Soul is an angel!" God interrupted. "Everyone is! Always remember: I have sent you nothing but angels."

And so the Little Soul wanted more than ever to grant the Friendly Soul's request. "What can I do for you?" the Little Soul asked again.

"In the moment that I strike you and smite you," the Friendly Soul replied, "in the moment that I do the worst to you that you could possible imagine ~ in that very moment..."

"Yes?" the Little Soul interrupted, "yes...?""Remember Who I Really Am."

"Oh, I will!" cried the Little Soul, "I promise! I will always remember you as I see you right here, right now!"

"Good," said the Friendly Soul, "because, you see, I will have been pretending so hard, I will have forgotten myself. And if you do not remember me as I really am, I may not be able to remember for a very long time. And if I forget Who I Am, you may even forget Who You Are, and we will both be lost. Then we will need another soul to come along and remind us both of Who We Are."

"No, we won't!" the Little Soul promised again. "I will remember you! And I will thank you for bringing me this gift ~ the chance to experience myself as Who I Am.

" And so, the agreement was made. And the Little Soul went forth into a new lifetime, excited to be the Light, which was very special, and excited to be that part of special called Forgiveness.

And the Little Soul waited anxiously to be able to experience itself as Forgiveness, and to thank whatever other soul made it possible. And at all the moments in that new lifetime, whenever a new soul appeared on the scene, whether that new soul brought joy or sadness--and especially if it brought sadness--the Little Soul thought of what God had said.

"Always remember," God had smiled, "I have sent you nothing but angels."
by Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations With God

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Are You a Keeper?

10/10/2011

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I received this in an e-mail this week and thought I would share as a reminder of what's important.

Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away. I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress; lawn mower in his hand, and dish-towel in hers. It was the time for fixing things. A curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep. It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more. But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more. Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away ..never to return. So ... while we have it ....it's best we love it ... and care for it. And fix it when it's broken ... and heal it when it's sick. This is true ... for marriage ... and old cars ... and children with a bad report card ... dogs and cats with bad hips ... and aging parents ... and grandparents, brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles and friends. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it. Some things we keep. Like a best friend who moved away or a classmate we grew up with. There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special. And so, we keep them close in heart and mind and spirit.

Good friends and family are like stars .... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.

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6 Obstacles to Becoming Your Own Reality Architect

10/9/2011

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According to The Silva Method, there are 6 obstacles to becoming your own Reality Architect:

1. you haven't been holistically educated
2. your belief system has been sabotaged
3. you've been ignoring your subconscious mind
4. you don't have an optimized daily routine
5. you don't have a strong support network
6. you're moving too slow

The link is: http://www.silvamanifesting.com/manifesting-with-the-silva-method/?eid=sm-oct-sls-video3

At the end of this link, there is a great process called "Mirror of the Mind" that I recommend listening to ... it's BEFORE the sales pitch at the very end.

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RIP Steve Jobs

10/5/2011

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Three apples changed the world forever. The first one seduced Eve, second one fell on Newton & the 3rd was offered to the world by Steve Jobs.

The following are some links to him: he was an innovator that lived outside the box and who changed the world ...

really good summary on his life ... Apple co-founder, Chairman Steve Jobs dies news.cnet.com

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address www.youtube.com

Here's to the crazy ones: Tribute to Steve Jobs. [VIDEO]www.wimp.com

http://youtu.be/4oAB83Z1ydE the actual commercial for the above quote Think Different www.youtube.com

Some quotes:

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important." - Steve Jobs, in 2005 remarks to Stanford graduates

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most i...mportant, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.”
“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”

“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

Thank you for all you did for the world ... you will be missed ...

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10 Cool Facts about Music and Brain Wave Entrainment

10/4/2011

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From Cyndi and Iain of www.MindPowerMp3.com <I love their music ... very empowering and inspiring ...beautiful music and cutting edge brainwave entrainment combined.>

1. Music makes you happy

Of course it is common knowledge that music can make us feel good. Music can effect hormones, encourage the production of cortisol, testosterone, and oxytocin. Music can even trigger a release of endorphins - 'feel good'chemicals which occur naturally in the brain. This effect was seen by Zbigniew Kucharski at the Medical Academy of Warsaw who studied how music effected the feelings of dental patients. Those who listened to music had 5X fewer negative feelings than those without!

2. Music relieves stress and anxiety

A study published in the journal of Depression and Anxiety showed that listening to relaxing music for an hour has the same effect as getting an hour long massage!

3. Music heals you

Did you know there are music therapy options in many hospitals? and a positive link has been found for those suffering from things like autism, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Tourette's. Music can also help heal other ailments by stimulating certain areas of the brain which speed up healing and increase optimism.

4. Music protects you

Dr. Mike Miller of the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore used high-tech imaging to measure blood vessel size while listening to music. He found that the lining of the blood vessel relaxed and opened up. It also produced chemicals that help protect the heart. There is a catch here. It has to be music the person enjoys!

5. Music can make you smarter

Gordon Shaw and Frances Rauscher from the University of California at Irvine decided to study the Mozart effect. It turned out that those who listened to Mozart had an improvement on the Stanford-Binet IQ test. There are a lot of people who have latched onto the use of music to improve intelligence. For instance, Zell Miller, who was the governor of Georgia, decided to provide every baby born there with classical music. What a wonderful way to start people off with a love of music!

6. Brainwave entrainment is not a modern discovery

Brainwave entrainment was discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove in 1839, who discovered the effect of playing two different frequencies into each ear. This technology was further progressed in 1973 by Dr, Gerald Oster who has recently been accredited with its discovery.

7. Brainwave entrainment can reduce anger and irritability

By tuning the brainwave rhythms of the person to specific frequencies, people can experience specific emotional and cognitive outcomes. e.g. 6.5 Hz - This frequency is said to be perfect for reducing anger and irritability, as well as accelerated learning, increased memory retention and even mental and astral projection.

8. Brainwave entrainment increases your brain's processing power

Listening to brainwave entrainment builds new neural pathways which encourages new dendritic growth within the brain. As these dendrite fibers grow, they increase the surface area available for receiving incoming information. Therefore the more dendrites the brain has at its disposal, the more quickly and smoothly your brain can process information.

9. Brainwave entrainment can counteract the effects of aging

The more you listen to brainwave entrainment, the more the dendrites grow on an ongoing basis. This allows your brain to operate at its full potential rather than only using a portion of its potential. Long term benefits can counteract the debilitating effects of aging.

10. Brainwave entrainment helps you reach extraordinary levels of performance

Another major benefit of brainwave entrainment includes the balancing of the brain's electrical activity - whole brain functioning. As various parts of your brain start to work together, neural pathways begin to fire more rapidly. This can help your brain to reach extraordinary levels of performance and higher thinking ability, which in turn produces intense creativity, clarity and inspiration.

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Ohio Animal Slaughter

Warren Buffett on How to Fix Congress

Story: The Little Soul and The Sun

Are You a Keeper?

6 Obstacles to Becoming Your Own Reality Architect

RIP Steve Jobs

10 Cool Facts about Music and Brain Wave Entrainment

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