The following are my understandings and beliefs. I may have misunderstood some things, but nevertheless they are what they are. I have added videos (as appropriate as I could find), to where I think can help reflect what I am trying to explain.
I am both skeptical and spiritual by nature (as I understand everybody is a spiritual being whether they know it or not), but I find it incredibly hard to view my beliefs as absolute. And thus, I keep an open mind.
I try to understand in terms of possibilities rather than of actual beliefs.
I am not a religious zealot, although some of my views do line up with many aspects from scripture.
New scientific discoveries, personal spiritual evolution, renewed understanding, or a combination of those.
First of all, Along with spirituality, I also hold science in high regard. I understand science to be a vital practice for humanity in the pursuit of understanding.
To me, science and spirituality go hand in hand, and when the two work in harmony together, that is when real breakthroughs can happen. For example, I often see similarities between ancient spiritual wisdom and modern scientific theory. Understanding these sometimes amazing correlations can end up being profoundly enlightening.
To understand my spiritual views, I must look at my understanding of life itself and what reality really is. I must look into what I truly understand about what science has already answered, and all the possibilities it poses. I also must look into my spiritual understandings, check in with my intuition and correlate it all together and see what aligns.
If after under scientific scrutiny, my ideas still remain possible (or probable), then they become my views. Of course, I might not be understanding the science correctly (or even the spiritual for that matter), and so I could very well be deluding myself in this pursuit. However, because my mind is always open, I am able to alter these understandings if needed whenever I become aware of something I might have got wrong.
That said, the following are my findings. Some of these views may seem to contradict with others, but if you change the perspective slightly and see it as metaphoric, you might to be able to understand how I can hold both without seeming overly hypocritical.
It's possible there might not be a God who created the universe and all of existence. Perhaps some super advanced higher being from some Godlike race of aliens in a far away galaxy designed and created our reality.
Or.. perhaps nobody created or designed the universe or our existence at all, perhaps it just mysteriously happened all by itself, out of absolutely nothing.
If any of that is what you believe, that's absolutely fine with me, however I don't personally think it's very likely myself. It just becomes speculative imagination at that point. So all I can do is weigh up the evidence of what I do know, and then make up my mind on what I think is the most likely.
They say the big bang came out of a singularity. What the heck is a singularity, and how did that come about? Now, don't get me wrong, I believe in the big bang, I just think some sort of divine intelligence initiated it.
There is one God and this God created everything (including itself).
Keep reading and you might be able to piece together enough to see how I have come to have this view.
Reality is a massive quantum field designed by God and initiated through the big bang.
This field or domain may also be understood as the foundation of existence which includes infinite possibilities within the space time continuum.
BUT it only exists when it is observed.
Reality is actually God. Yes indeed… REALITY IS GOD!
But let's look at it as a field. That is easier to digest. I see it as a massive field of information. It is continually expanding by self creating new information. It also happens to be the most accurately correct scientific model of reality in existence.
Although the field consists of several realms or dimensions, only two are in the grasps of the human beings awareness. These are the familiar physical realm in which we physically live our everyday lives, and the spiritual realm which we also have the potential to be relatively aware of (which also happens to be our true reality).
The spiritual realm is divine and although connected to the physical realm (through our souls) it is also directly connected to the creator (God). However… the physical realm doesn't actually exist. There really is only one dimension in which we live, and that is the spiritual realm or collective consciousness.
The spiritual realm is actually made up of many different clusters of energy. These energies have frequencies that vibrate outside of what our physical senses normally allow.
Although change happens, it is not initiated in the spiritual world (change is determined by our actions in the physical realm), a lot of learning still takes place here.
The collective consciousness is just scientific way of describing the spirit world. I also like to combine both spiritual and scientific, and see it as the consciousness of God. In reality however, it is combined with Gods consciousness. It can be perceived as a combined consciousness field within the ultimate field.
The main components making up the collective consciousness come from a combination of many many different energy clusters (formed by individual units of consciousness with similar frequencies binding together), and Gods own consciousness. In other metaphoric words, groups of souls gathering together, at varying distances away from God, although still remaining connected to God.
Although the collective consciousness or spiritual realms are normally only accessed after the physical body dies, a human being in the physical world can become aware of it via various spiritual practices.
In fact, with practice, a human being is capable of experiencing the sensations of pure consciousness at any time they like. One of the best modalities to become aware of the greater consciousness, and indeed the higher self is meditation.
The collective consciousness can also be perceived as a smaller group of combined individual units of consciousness, and not as the entirety of all, like implied above. Any number as long as it's more than one, can be a seen as a collective consciousness. For instance, a group of people praying for the same thing, all at the same time, in the same room, could effectively create a collective consciousness.
In fact, there is a rather interesting study scientists are conducting called the global consciousness project. It effectively uses instruments to reflect the presence and activity of collective consciousness in the world. See the video directly below to see how the global consciousness project works.
Every human being has a soul, the part of us which connects to the spiritual realm. The soul is also known as the higher self which is our true self. This is the part of us which observes (and there by formulating the physical realm).
The soul is essentially vibrating energy which vibrates at a frequency beyond our physical senses. This energy directly melds into the larger consciousness which also has this same frequency (or part of it does).
As the collective consciousness is connected to God, so to is our soul.
The higher self can also be scientifically perceived as an individual unit of consciousness. Each IUOC is directly connected to, and part of, the larger consciousness or God consciousness (Christ consciousness).
When I say soul, I am talking of this.
There are various religious beliefs based on scripture which have some profound truth to them. One of the most significant of these (and the one that I identify with personally) is the story of Jesus Christ.
This is precisely why I hate religion. It is responsible for so much evil in the world. There is just so much injustice, cruelty, hate, and fear. It could be any religious denomination, they can all be radicalized. It's so awful. And this is why, I hate religion, but love Jesus.
Although my views of the Bible and Christianity differ from most Christians in many aspects, I do still believe that… Jesus Christ was indeed God in human form. He is not simply an important figure, teacher, prophet or messiah from our past, he really is God itself.
As a human being, Jesus lived a sinless life setting the ideal for us all. He indeed sacrificed his own life (he was crucified on the cross) for our sins, and then he was resurrected three days later. This was an incredibly selfless act and it is far more important than I first realized. The reason this act is so important is because he was the only human being capable of being accepted by God. And because it was indeed a sacrifice for us, we can indeed be saved also. It simply would not be possible otherwise. Lucky, aren't we?
So although this sounds pretty much like a conventional Christian understanding, my views start to alter a bit from that point on.
I do not believe in hell as most seem to perceive it. I do however, believe there are energies existing in the spiritual realm which have very low frequencies. Some of these low frequency vibrational energy clusters are indeed very unpleasant to experience (this is as close to hell as I believe). Because of karma, people who have led wicked lives and have committed atrocious sins will indeed find themselves in such a place after they die. However, I do not believe this experience is eternal. They will eventually reincarnate.
Similar to what Christianity states, if you sincerely repent your sins, and truly believe Jesus sacrificed his own life to save us from such a miserable fate (and understand how lovingly selfless an act this truly was, and are sincerely grateful), you will indeed be spared from ending up in these low frequency energy clusters. Instead, you will be transformed into a much higher frequency energy cluster.
I explain in more detail what happens after you die further on down this transcript, but essentially I believe there is an unlimited number of of energy clusters that make up the parts of the spiritual realm. They range from very high frequency vibrational energies to very low. The better you follow the teachings of Jesus, the more likely your soul will evolve and end up in a high frequency energy space.
Everybody (every soul) ends up in one of these energy clusters, and depending on various factors, they may stay there for some time before they reincarnate again.
The incredible story of Jesus Christ holds the key to understanding life itself.
Backed by often seemingly unrelated scientific findings and theories, the word of Christ can reveal incredibly profound answers to some of the most important questions mankind and science has ever considered.
"For the life of the flesh is in the blood" – Jesus Christ.
This of course refers to the DNA present in the blood (which holds the key components of what makes up the person).
I believe that by interpreting the bible in the right way, we can learn the truth of reality directly in line with modern science.
I am not sure of the reasons why God created this existence, it is far beyond my knowledge (although I do believe he did it out of pure love).
However I do know that he created an ultimate purpose for his creation. The purpose of existence as we know it is to evolve. No matter which way you look at it, evolution is the goal.
It is already very well accepted that evolution of the species is prominent in our physical realm, however it is evolution of the soul, which is the ultimate purpose for our existence. Spiritual evolution.
The following video from the yogi perspective has a lot of information I agree with, but not everything. It does however, reflect quite well my views in general.
Evolution is a spiritual phenomenon. As we evolve, our potential is gradually realized and actualized, until eventually we become one with God himself.
Within each and every realm or dimension, and indeed the field itself, there are two common influencing energies. Love and Fear.
Love is like a cosmic glue that bounds everything together. It fights against entropy.
Fear is the opposite of love and is what allows entropy to occur.
Both exist in every single dimension including the spiritual and physical dimensions, every single individual unit of consciousness, and every single physical living organism. However, it is only in the physical realm where these forces play out to instigate change.
In the spiritual realms, everything is much more balanced out, and although love and fear still exist, there is very little change. Energies are already in there right places. There is only truth in the spiritual realms and therefore there is no irrational fear. However, in the physical realm, irrational fear is rife.
In the physical realm, love and fear are much more effectual, and they bring about much change. The human being has massive influence in this, and his potential is far greater than most of us are aware of. This can be both positive and negative, so it must be gotten a grip of.
In all realms (but especially the physical), love must overcome fear to keep entropy at bay, allowing for evolution to proceed.
Our real home in this existence, is within the spiritual realms (the greater consciousness domain). This amazing domain contains billions of souls, all of which are interconnected.
This is where we end up after our physical body dies. It can also be accessed through various spiritual practices, especially meditation and astral projection.
The astral realms simply refer to the different clusters of energy (discussed earlier) existing in the spiritual world.
While in this dimension, our experience seems even more real than our time as human beings in the physical dimension.
Some people refer to this place as the astral realms or the astral plains, however it is not actually a different place at all. It is rather, a different dimension, but still the same place.
As souls (higher selves) in the astral plains, existence is void of anything physical whatsoever. It is fluid.
Communication is telepathic and thought is what dominates everything that happens. It's hard to imagine thought without a brain, but in this realm, your very thought is actually your very self.
Although everything is well balanced in the spiritual realms, and where it's supposed to be, it is still affected by love and fear and still has entropy.
Despite love and fear existing, change is very difficult to manifest in the spiritual realms, and thus must be tackled in the physical realm.
What happens in the physical realm is directly responsible for what happens in the spiritual. As love and fear play out in the physical world, determining a souls evolutionary development, the consequence is reflected in the spiritual realms.
Reincarnation is true. Souls enter human bodies to experience a physical life.
Being in a physical body within a physical environment, a soul may experience physical sensations and consequences not attainable otherwise.
Experiencing a human life offers a soul numerous opportunities to evolve.
This is where the saying Life is a gift comes from.
Souls will reincarnate several times, perhaps tens of thousands of times or more. Although I don't really know exactly how many times, it could very well be in the trillions. A soul will reincarnate as many times as necessary until it has evolved enough to reach a high enough vibrational level to move on.
Past lives can be remembered through various spiritual practices with hypnotherapy being the most convincing (as the following video depicts).
When a soul has evolved enough, it will no longer need to reincarnate. At this stage, a soul may take on a new role such as remaining in the spirit realm as a spirit guide. Spirit guides help other souls with their transgression from the physical to the spiritual. Among other things, spirit guides also known as Angels (very high vibration level beings) can enter into the physical realm to undertake various acts of mercy.
There are many more roles a soul can take on, all of which contribute to the overall goal of spiritual evolution.
Eventually a soul will evolve to the point where he is one with God himself.
Each time a soul returns to experience a human life, his memory, and understanding of his existence as a soul is blocked. This is by design so that the soul may make decisions without any bias.
Sometimes there may be residual memories of past lives or the spiritual realms (greater consciousness), but generally there are none.
However, as I already mentioned, a soul can sometimes remember. A soul can recover some of this information through various spiritual pursuits, meditations, and even psychedelic plant medicines. Depending on each souls individual intention, doing so may help or hinder their overall objective.
The pineal gland is regarded as one of the most important parts of the nervous system, but it's shrouded in mystery. However I believe it is the part of the physical being which is responsible for activating ones spiritual awareness.
Commonly referred to by spiritual and mystical traditions as the third eye, the pineal gland is essentially a spiritual antenna. It has been seen as a way to reach higher levels of consciousness while still being present in the physical realm.
This concept of the pineal gland being, the seat of the soul (coined by Rene Descartes), a spiritual gateway to all realms and all dimensions, is important to realizing its full functionality. Plato believed it was connected to the realms of thought and called it the eye of wisdom.
Shaped just like a pine cone, the pineal gland is about the size of a pea, and sits directly behind, and slightly above the eyes. It is behind and above the pituitary gland, and connected to the third ventricle. It works in harmony with the hypothalamus gland, which directs the body's thirst, hunger, sexual desires, and the biological clock that determines the aging process. Inside the pineal gland are rods and cones, just like that of our normal eyes.
The gland is activated by light, and controls the various bio rhythms of the body. It is said to produce DMT, a strong psychedelic chemical, known to help connect with the spirit world.
When the pineal gland awakens, one feels a frequency or vibration at the base of the brain. It becomes the line of communication to the spiritual realms. It stimulates the crown chakra which together creates prana or chi (vital energy). With practice the vibrational level of the astral body is raised allowing it to separate from the physical.
This amazing spiritual gateway can be activated by detoxifying the pineal gland (which is often calcified), implementing a special diet, using psychedelic plant medicines (Ayahuasca), and regular spiritual practices like meditation or tai chi.
The pineal gland is highly sensitive to fluoride which calcifies it, making it unable to be activated. It is believed many governments put fluoride their cities water supplies in order to keep the masses from awakening which if happened could threaten their levels of control. This is obviously a conspiracy theory, yet it makes sense to me.
If you want to decalcify and activate your pineal gland, stop drinking fluorinated water, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, and taking any foods with weird additives or toxins. A good rule of thumb is, if you can't pronounce it, don't put it in your mouth. Also, start taking lot's of raw cacao, and fermented skate liver oil. Of course on top of all that, meditate often.
There are many benefits to an awakened activated pineal gland including astral travel, psychic ability, multi-dimensional perception, and the ability to be in a constant visionary state. This is all due to the activated pineal gland producing DMT (Dimethyltryptamine).
As already stated, the purpose for existence is to evolve. For the ultimate field (existence itself) to evolve, the greater consciousness must evolve.
For the greater consciousness (spiritual realm) to evolve, each individual unit of consciousness must evolve.
For each individual consciousness (each soul) to evolve, each human being (us in body) must evolve.
In other words, we as human beings must endeavor to spiritually evolve. And that means we must live in accordance with love.
The following video shows an example of the type of effect a highly evolved soul can have on others.
The primary obstacle to spiritual evolution is entropy. If entropy occurs we may not evolve but we may even devolve.
Entropy occurs when love is overcome by fear. For spiritual evolution to advance we must overcome fear, and the only way to do this is to fully embrace love.
One of the reasons it is so hard (and there are so many problems in this world) is because entropy seems to be inevitable. Inanimate things eventually become dilapidated, and living things eventually die.
This results in fear that people very often are not even aware of.
Of course there are plenty more reasons for fear, almost all are based on sin.
Karma is the second most prevalent burden a soul must get rid of in order to evolve. Karma can be the catalyst for all sorts of negative states and a soul will sometimes carry karma around, even through multiple lifetimes.
Carrying fear and karma can also be perceived as a kind of spiritual suffering.
Regardless of the body, alleviating spiritual suffering is the first goal for every human being whether he is aware of it or not.
This can be achieved by letting go of fear and embracing love. Doing this is one of the most (if not the absolute most) important spiritual step a human being can make. Spiritual evolution will never happen without at least attempting to let go of fear.
Not only does karma and fear have a negative effect on the soul, but it also has negative effects on the body.
If these demons are not dealt with, they grow into hideous monsters like severe depression and even cancer.
Reality is information. Information is energy, and energy is frequency.
There is an infinite amount of frequencies (and frequency rates) in existence, and they all exist at the same time.
That is… up until they are measured… at which point they are transformed into matter.
Reality behaves in accordance with the expectation of the observer.
By focusing our attention and awareness on any particular possibility, we increase its probability (altering its frequency). In other words, at any instance in life there are always multiple outcome possibilities. The one which manifests, is the one being observed. If it were not observed, it would remain as multiple possibilities.
Rather amazingly, the process of observing also alters its previous state. Now, this doesn't make sense in a three dimensional physical world, yet in quantum physics it has actually been proven. (Delayed choice quantum eraser experiment).
To me, this is another indicator that a spiritual realm (or simulated domain) does indeed exist.
"There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force… We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter." Quote by Max Planck.
When the frequency of a vibration changes, its shape, sound, and very information, also changes.
We can further understand this by looking into the mechanics of sound. This is called Cymatics. We instinctively understand the vibrational connection of all things through sound, but it can also be scientifically proven through Cymatics.
There are two special frequencies that have a tremendous effect on the human mind and body. Those frequencies are 432hz (Verdis A – natures most consistent frequency), and 528hz (the miracle tone which resonates with the human body and nature).
Both these frequencies are healing for the body, mind and spirit. However, there are also frequencies which are detrimental to the mind, body, and soul. For example 440hz.
By altering the 432hz frequency to 440hz frequency, Nazi Germany propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels was able to manipulate sound to stifle creativity and dull emotion. Thus to some degree he was able to control the masses by keeping them subdued.
Although it's hard to know healing frequencies which we can not hear, it is extremely beneficial for us to be aware of those which we can. For example, a Mozart symphony is based on the 432hz frequency which effects can be easily noticed. Not only does it sound nice and soothing, it is physically, physiologically, and spiritually healing.
Likewise, you may think that listening to aggressive thrash music is energizing and fun, but it is also physically, physiologically, and spiritually damaging (especially if it's angry music).
We live in an ocean of motion.
If we could freeze time and then look at something (for example our self) with a super powerful microscope (that could reveal the smallest particles in existence), we would actually see empty space.
As I already stated earlier, this is because it is not physical. The physical realm does not actually even exist. It's an illusion.
The reason we see and feel physical stuff is because of vibration. All energy in existence is vibrating. It's moving very very fast to the point it appears as physical.
To me, this is a validation from super string theory that the spiritual realm is what determines the physical world.
Just as every snowflake in nature is unique with its own individuality, so to is each human being. His fingerprint is a stark indicator of this.
God also has a unique fingerprint. This is known as the Fibonacci code (Golden ratio) which is the fractal nature of reality.
Everything created by God has this same geometrical fingerprint.
Often forming the shape of a spiral, the golden ratio is found in everything in nature from plants and animals, to stars and galaxies.
Pi is also a number that frequently and incredibly shows up in nature.
By studying mathematics, Pi, and the Fibonacci code, we are again able to combine spirituality with science to reveal the language of reality and the fingerprint of God.
This amazing mathematical evidence is yet one more indicator that our physical realm may be a simulated virtual reality.
The video below explains this mathematical evidence supporting my views of the virtual reality very well.
I am what I have, I am what I do, I am what other people think of me, I am separate from everybody else, and I'm separate from what's missing in my life.
All of these things go against what is the truth of what and who you really are, and so it is necessary to be aware of the ego and not let it run your life.
There are several ways to do this including spiritual practices like meditation, alternative healing modalities, prayer, and even psychedelic experiences.
It is absolutely essential to keep the ego in check for spiritual evolution to take place.
Each one of us is comprised of a thousand trillion trillion atoms. Those atoms make up cells which together form our bodies. We are (each of us) in fact a community of cells.
However, until we directly measure ourselves as physical organisms, we are fundamentally just energy.
When we perceive ourselves in physical form, we must remember that we are just temporary manifestations of that energy.
In reality we are pure energy in motion.
Only when we are finally able to let go of the ego, are we able to recognize ourselves as energy.
Understanding this is the key to completely ending human suffering.
I believe that in the near future science and technology will find a way for us to really understand this concept, and make it possible to actually eradicate human suffering.
We must let go of the idea that we are separate from the world.
Although a soul can still evolve in the spiritual realms, it may evolve a lot faster by adopting the role of a physical human being.
Each incarnation presents a soul with new lessons which can significantly advance its evolutionary progress.
Depending on the role it has adopted, a soul may advance many levels in one lifetime.
Conversely, if lessons are not learned when presented with opportunities, a soul can devolve.
Because the memory and higher knowledge is blocked for each incarnation, each soul is presented with a predicament. The predicament he is faced with is known as the human predicament and must be overcome if any progress is to be made.
It really is a test.
How well the soul does in making the most of his experience, or in other words how well he does in being the best human being he can be for his circumstances.
It is all about how well we connect with, and adopt love to overcome fear and karma (and not take on any new karma). If we can achieve this and then go on to help others, we will be making the most of our opportunity.
This will result in significant spiritual evolutionary progress.
If not, and we succumb to the human predicament, we may very well stifle our own evolution, and effectively set ourselves up for an even more difficult incarnation to follow.
Of course, the difficulty of this challenge can vary considerably depending on the circumstances.
For instance if one is presented with the challenge of being in a handicapped body, the difficulty level may be particularly high. Dealing with something like this in the right way can reap huge rewards (in terms of spiritual evolution).
When actually in the spiritual realms, each soul may choose his next particular incarnation. Souls will communicate and contemplate with each other, and also higher beings, for how ever long it takes, before any decisions are made about the next incarnation.
The first thing that happens when our body dies is that we begin to realize something is different. We are no longer in the three dimensional physical realm anymore. The only thing left of our previous state is our soul.
Immediately we start feeling incredibly light, like a massive weight has been lifted from our consciousness. That is because that is exactly what has happened, we have just shed our heavy physical body. It's a huge relief.
However that sensation only consumes us for a short time, very soon after this realization, a new feeling overwhelms us. For most of us, this will be a feeling of confusion, even panic.
This next phase is the transition phase which we go through before we reach the spiritual realms. This is different for everybody and the way it plays out is determined by our beliefs and fears.
This can take a just a few minutes right up to a few weeks or more. It all depends on how attached we are to our beliefs and fears.
During our physical lifetime we may have developed very strong beliefs and fears which attached themselves to our soul. These need to be let go of.
This transition can be very confusing, and hard to come to terms with.
Luckily for us, there is actually a separate virtual reality frame designed especially for this transition period. It is designed to help us counteract the shock, and guide us through.
When our soul is thrust into this new realm, we may see our loved ones who have already passed on. They may comfort us and welcome us in. We may see Jesus, Allah, or the deity of our belief. We may see the bright light, be overwhelmed by unconditional love, be ingratiated by angels, all sorts of manifestations can happen here.
Depending on our fears and beliefs this transition realm could also involve darkness, demons, emptiness and damnation.
No matter what happens here, it all has to be let go of. The process of letting go of these beliefs and fears is necessary before we can enter the spiritual realms (our true home).
The whole process inside of the transition realm can be likened to waking up from a dream. Our whole life as a human being in a physical body is like a dream, and the transition period is like the process of waking up from that dream. If it was a relatively non traumatic dream with not a lot of attachment to fear or beliefs, we will wake up without too much residue or trepidation. We will be able to let go of it without too much trouble, and the transition period may be quite swift.
But if our dream was filled with emotional attachments and deep rooted beliefs, it could take quite a long time to shake it off. We may very well be filled with trepidation and fear which could take quite a while to dissipate.
I should add that during this transition period, there are also higher beings overseeing the process and guiding us through it. They can be of great help when letting go of our beliefs. We may or may not be aware of them, but they are there.
Eventually we will get through this, and enter into the greater consciousness realm, our souls go home.
After making it home, our souls can now evaluate their progress.
Have they evolved or devolved?
If they evolved they will find themselves in a higher space within the spiritual realm.
If they devolved they will find themselves in a lower space.
We can look at these spaces as levels. The higher levels are closer to God and the lower levels are further away from God. There are 7 higher realms above the physical realm, and 4 lower realms beneath.
Although the lower realms are beneath the physical, the physical realm still remains the hardest. This is because it is the only realm with physical sensations.
Each level is characterized by its vibrational frequency.
Regardless of whether or not a soul knows which level he is on (to begin with), he will know if he has evolved or devolved.
I can not emphasize enough just how huge and significant a feat spiritual evolution is. It is incredibly incredibly important.
A soul can stay in this space for as long as they like, but more often than not, a soul will at some point return to the physical realm (reincarnate) for another human lifetime.
The amount of time spent in the spiritual realm may be very short, especially if the soul has actually devolved from his previous incarnation. He will be eager to get down there and try again.
You may think, why does he bother? Why would he put himself through more suffering when he can stay in this beautiful space full of love and purity?
We need to remind ourselves that although it is full of love and purity, it still has entropy, and it is much harder to evolve in the spiritual realms as there are no physical consequences.
Our soul yearns to evolve. You see, every soul is created equal and is loved unconditionally by God.
Every soul is essentially good.
The consequences on the soul in the physical realm have a lot more weight, and thus have the potential to evolve much more effectively. So if a soul reincarnates and then goes on to live a sinful and atrocious life, he is effectively hurting his own soul. When he eventually returns to the spiritual realm (awakes from the dream), he becomes aware of the harm he caused. This essentially results in him wanting to make up for his errors. A soul who really did cause a lot of harm as a physical human will very likely choose a difficult incarnation the next time. This is purely a desire based on good intentions formed by that very soul on his own accord.
Finding himself in one of the lower spiritual realms (which is a karma thing), a soul feels like he has let himself down (and all the other souls, and God himself), and yearns to be in a higher one. Thus he may very well reincarnate again very soon choosing a difficult challenge (with a lot of potential to spiritually evolve).
All of those realms and levels are in fact one.
All the levels I mention are metaphoric, as although explaining it this way is useful, in reality there isn't any separation at all. It is actually just one big realm.
Just as all individual units of consciousness are part of the larger consciousness, so to are all the levels of the astral realms just parts of the larger spiritual realm.
We must remember it is still just an illusion.
Perhaps a better way to perceive our place in the spiritual realms is to imagine one large field of energy and then smaller clusters of differing vibrations of that same energy within it.
Our individual unit of consciousness (our soul) would then be attracted towards the regions with the most similar vibration to our own.
After joining, it becomes just a part of the whole thing, a massive cloud of energy in motion.
I am still trying to understand how each level in the spiritual realm, and indeed each IUOC in the greater consciousness, distinguishes itself apart from the whole. The concept of how it is, that being its own thing, while at the same time being all one, is still a mystery to me.
It seems the Kabbalah and the tree of life, correlates with my spiritual views (regarding God) in many ways. It says there is a God who is a part of everything or the All.
It created the different plains and it created us, (Just as I believe). As a result we are the reflection of God or the all looking out at itself.
Because we are a reflection of the all or the true God, we have the ability to create our own reality, all though many of us don't realize that.
The reality around us is changed and shifted by our own mental energies which are believed by the Kabbalah to be linked to the original mental energies of God or the all.
The Kabbalah gets pretty complicated, especially within each of the sephirot, however, this is something I believe might fit nicely into my current understandings, so it seems this is something I will be looking more deeply into.
You harm yourself, as dust thrown against the wind comes back to the thrower. – Quote from the Buddha.
Every single action has a consequence. The influencing energy between the action and the consequence is how I see karma. It is the law of cause and effect.
For us human beings, some karma, and its eventual consequence, is realized during the physical lifetime, and some is not.
However, it is all of the karma added together during ones lifetime (the collective karma), that determines our spiritual fate.
There are two types of karma… good karma and bad.
Good karma is selfless. It comes from the soul, our higher self.
Bad karma is selfish and comes from the ego. (bad karma can also be considered as evil where evil simply means coming from the self).
So good karma is created from loving acts, and bad karma from selfish (evil) acts.
The human predicament lends itself towards making selfish acts and gathering bad karma far more frequently than we are aware of. It in most cases happens in the subconscious and is based around focusing on, and protecting our self.
I am walking along the street and come across a beggar. I give him a couple of dollars and carry on. Now, that might seem like good karma right? But it's not good karma if the reason I gave the money was so that I could pat myself on the back for doing a good deed. If this was the case, the action would actually be bad karma because it came from a selfish cause. Now, if I gave him the money because I genuinely wanted to help the man, then that's a different story. It would then indeed be good karma. However, all too often it is the first instance which plays out in our lives.
Now, more times than not, the consequences of karma do actually play out during our lifetime. Bad karma results in suffering and good karma results in joy. Depending on the extremity of the action, the consequences can greatly affect our spiritual well-being (how happy our soul is).
When our physical life comes to an end and our good karma and bad karma is added together, which way do you think it will sway? How well did we do in this game we call life? Did we do enough to make any headway in our spiritual evolution?
Karma is like baggage and garbage that we carry around. It stifles us and it holds us back. It even makes us sick.
We must learn to let go of karma. Until we dump our karma, we will not be able to move forward into a new dimension (higher frequency).
Karma is often carried around for many lifetimes. One of the common ways it manifests is in unhealthy relationships we have with the same people over and over again. By not letting go of that karma, the same consequences manifest time and time again.
One of the best ways to release karma is through forgiveness. Karma can easily be let go of by simply forgiving the person and just letting it go. It sounds so simple and straight forward, yet… very often it is harder than it sounds. This is because people find it very difficult to forgive things which are unfair or wicked. However, holding on to these issues produces bad karma, and it really needs to be released.
We must look deeply into each situation or issue to identify the karma. The way to do this, is to first look at the fear involved. How does fear impose itself within the dynamics of the situation? By identifying the fear, we can then realize the love which will also be prevalent. By looking at the situation this way, we have a much better chance of identifying, and working out a way of letting go of the karma.
Getting in touch with our higher self (our soul), and then following its advice (intuition), we are able to determine the steps needed to finally let it go. Those steps may very well include letting the entire relationship end, or it may just require a certain forgiveness on its own. Each circumstance will be different, but no matter what it is, it will probably require forgiveness in some form or another.
The process of letting go of karma is indeed incredibly difficult, but is one of the most important things to take care of during our physical lifetimes. It must be achieved if we are to successfully evolve.
Fear is the strongest emotion that a human being has. It holds us back, and it cripples us.
You will have heard the acronym for fear… F= false E=evidence A=appearing R=real. False evidence appearing real. Well, it's true. In other words, fear is essentially… an assessment there is a threat lurking.
a physical threat (a threat to our physiology), such as being hit by a speeding car.
a threat to our sense of self (our ego), such as not being considered worthy.
Fear is in the eye of the beholder, and is totally interpretational. For example, if we encounter a large growling dog on the street, we might experience fear because we would see it as a threat. On the other hand, if we grew up with large dogs and understood the dogs growls to be friendly, we would not experience any fear because we would not see it as a threat.
If it does happen to be a valid physical threat, then we should immediately spring into fight or flight mode. However most of the time this will not be the case, and we must try not to be overcome by the feeling.
To deal with fear we must first see it as a challenge rather than a threat. By doing this, we avoid the infusion of hormones and chemicals which make us overly defensive or protective (afraid).
Safety is just the absence of fear and fear is just an interpretation, so if we are not interpreting the moment as fearful then safety is prevalent. In most cases we really are a lot safer than we realize.
So, if the fear is based on something irrational, we must step back and avoid flight or fight mode. Then we must replace our fears with challenges. Next we need to see those challenges as opportunities. If we do all that, then… hey presto, we have just let go of fear.
We all know the world is in pretty bad shape right now. There are wars, poverty, starving children, evil crime, climate change issues, corporations using their customers, suppliers, and everybody else, to accumulate more and more wealth. There's self centeredness, nastiness, and all sorts of horrible things going on.
I'm sure everybody would agree, there needs to be more love, peace, and caring going on, right?
Well, the way to achieve this and to change the world is to change ourselves first. We must start with our self.
All the negative things that we see going on in the world that are upsetting to us, are symptoms. They are symptoms of a low quality, high entropy consciousness.
When we understand that our physical world is not our true world. That it is a virtual reality… a virtual construct made up from our true spiritual selves, and that our purpose is to spiritually evolve, then people will begin to change.
And when people change, the symptoms of low quality of consciousness will change all by themselves. You see it's the quality of consciousness that's the problem. It's not the dictator, not the president, not the CEO of the corporations who are abusing people, not the politicians. Those are just symptoms of the problem.
The problem is low quality of consciousness.
This is what will change the world.
We have to change ourselves first.
As we realize the human body is not our true self, and the physical realm is not the true realm, we begin to understand how the spiritual realm is in fact the true realm. As already discussed, understanding this, is key to changing the world and bringing more peace, love, and understanding to our everyday existence.
Nevertheless, this virtual reality we have created, is still our most imminent reality and can not simply be disregarded. What is required here, is a new understanding of it. An understanding that includes a spiritual relation to every aspect of it.
What happens within the physical body is actually a reflection of our spiritual state. We can determine our spiritual well-being (the state of our true self) by evaluating our physical state, and vice versa. However it is usually easier to look at our physical state to read the signs rather than the other way around, simply because most of us are not spiritually advanced enough to analyze from the spiritual perspective.
The first thing we need to realize, is that although it is rarely achieved, we do actually have the potential within us, to understand every single possibility in existence. Yes, we can know everything, we are that incredible!
This is what spiritual evolution is all about. We already possess all that we can be, we just haven't realized it yet.
The first thing we need to do to help us understand our spiritual reality, is to connect with our higher self, our higher state of consciousness (our soul or IUOC).
A body and mind functioning at optimum potential, makes the process of connecting spiritually a breeze. However, physically reaching that level is extremely difficult, so the process usually takes much effort, and time.
Below is a guide I made for myself. It contains a list of all the basics, which I and all physical human beings in the third dimensional reality on earth, can do to greatly increase the odds of fulfilling our purpose. I personally use this as a guide to try and live by.
1/ Love – The first thing we do, think, or feel in life is love. In the womb we felt complete and all consuming love. As soon as we were born, it was love we immediately craved for. Love is the number one thing we must be aware of, at all times, during our physical life. The better we connect with love, and learn to let it all consume us again, the better our life will be overall. Everything we do must be in accordance with love. Love is the most important thing in life unreservedly.
Eat well. Healthy diet with plenty of fresh veges, nuts, grains, fruit, and fish. No matter what the food is, the fresher it is, the better. Maintain fluids including plenty of water. Although the vegan, vegetarian diet/lifestyle is optimum, it is not mandatory. Avoid junk food, excessive meat eating or sugary foods.
Connect with your higher self. Take time out every day for meditation, yoga, mindfulness, prayer, or self reflection. Practice sitting alone with oneself without any outside stimulation. Maintaining a regime with any of the above is a fantastic way to keep stress levels down, and to connect with your higher self and the greater consciousness.
Exercise regularly. Get the blood circulating, including short but intense aerobic work outs, plenty of body stretches, and lot's of walking. Build muscle where needed with appropriate exercises.
Spend plenty of time in nature. Go to the beach, walk in the bush, climb the mountains, swim in the rivers, and generally just get out in the great outdoors. Go barefoot as often as possible as earthing (grounding) is very healing. Wear sunscreen.
Socialize and have fun. It is important to spend time just enjoying yourself. Laugh, go out for dinner, watch a movie, go skiing, swimming, picnic or any leisure activity. Spend time with others with the intention of having fun. Experience pure joy in the now without attachment.
Keep your brain active. Keep curious and interested. Keep learning and maintain high brain activity. Do puzzles, read books, learn new theories, study, investigate, research, and ask questions. Whatever you do in this area is fine as long as it challenges you, and makes you think.
3/ Love Your Work – Get involved with a career, craft, hobby, vocation, or any pastime you love, and work at it. Work hard at whatever it is you have chosen and never quit. If you don't know what it is you love, keep trying new things until something resonates. If you can make money with this, then that is ideal, but if not, you will need to take care of finances another way.
4/ Be Financially Stable – Find a job, or other means to make money. Make sure you earn enough to cover all the basics, but keep your desires as humble as you can. Never sacrifice your values for the sake of making more money than you need. Avoid greed at all costs, and if you find yourself slipping, make up for it by being charitable. This does not mean you must be poor, it just means you must not be greedy. The closer you become to your higher self, the better your understanding will be of all the sins, including greed.
5/ Think of Others – Think of others before yourself as much as you are able to. Everyday, try to help somebody else in some way. Even if it is just a small way (such as helping an old woman across the road), just make sure you do it. Be empathetic to those around you, and help out as you see fit. Spend plenty of time caring for, and just hanging out with your family. Be the best father, mother, wife, husband, lover, son, daughter, friend, neighbor, or associate you can be. This simply means treat people as you would like to be treated, and be there for them when they might need you. Be kind, and generous. Give what you can (especially your time), and do not expect anything in return. Make sure a day does not pass where you have not helped somebody. This particular recommendation is all about the other. Try to infuse anything you do for others with love.
6/ Hold Your Space – Understand what you stand for. Know your values, keep them high, and live up to them. Be firm but fair. Never let people walk all over you, or take advantage of you. Do not stand by in the face of injustice. Speak up and defend yourself. Defend the other who can not help himself, but do not force your will onto others. Be strong in spirit. Be clear and thoughtful. Listen with the intent of listening. look the person in the eye. Maintain a high standard of politeness. Be respectful. Be understanding and patient. Be aware of ego and do not let it dominate over your better judgement (higher self). Let yourself be from a place of love.
7/ Be Divinely Grateful – Take the time to recognize your mistakes, and take action to redeem yourself. Confess your sins to God, Jesus, or your higher self (your soul). Be grateful to the universe for providing you with abundance, and giving you this opportunity of life. Express your gratitude from your soul and rejoice in the beauty of creation. Be mindful of Jesus who sacrificed his own life to spare yours. Really appreciate how amazing that is, and be sincere in letting his divinity consume your soul. Let go, and let Jesus lead the way. If you can't do that because you can't seem to get over the challenge of seeing Jesus as God, then allow your intuitive soul to lead your journey.
The universe is perfectly balanced by natural and moral laws which are regulatory vibrations to maintain order. When you work within the laws, you can be assured of eventual positive outcome. When the laws are transgressed, you can be assured of suffering. The only purpose of which, is to teach a better way.
I believe in the following spiritual laws.
Nothing on earth happens unless through these laws. Each law is interconnected and entwined with the next.
1/ The Law of Divine Oneness – Everything is connected to everything else. All is energy, and all energy is an extension of source energy. Everything we do, say, think, and believe affects others in the universe around us. We are microcosms of the macrocosm. We are all parts of the same source.
2/ The Law of Vibration – Everything in the universe moves, vibrates, and travels in circular patterns. The same principles of vibration in the physical world apply to our thoughts, feelings, desires and wills in the etheric world. Each sound, word, object, and even thought, have its own vibrational frequency, unique unto itself.
3/ The Law of Action – The law of action must be applied in order for us to manifest things on earth. Therefore we must engage in actions which support our thoughts, dreams, emotions, and words. Action is energy in motion.
4/ The Law of Correspondence – This law states that the principles or laws of physics that explain the physical world, energy, light, vibration, and motion, have their corresponding principles in the spiritual world or etheric. What happens on the inside will affect the outside. If you are hectic and stressful, your world will be also. If you are in total bliss, the outside world will mirror that bliss. As above, so below, As within, so without.
5/ The Law of Cause and Effect – This universal law states that nothing happens by chance or outside the universal laws. Every action has a reaction or consequence. If I am thinking successful thoughts, speaking like I am already successful, feeling like a success, and taking successful actions, the end result will have to be success. We reap what we have sown.
6/ The Law of Compensation – This law is the the law of cause and effect applied to blessings and abundance that are provided for us. The visible effects of our deeds are given to us in gifts, money, inheritances, friendships, and blessings. The good that we do eventually comes back to us in different forms, matching the same energy. If you want to increase your compensation, you must increase the value of your contribution. Do more of what you've been asked, and you will be compensated abundantly.
7/ The Law of Attraction – This law demonstrates how we attract the objects, events, and people that come into our lives. Our thoughts, feelings, words, and actions produce energies which in turn attract like energies. Negative energies attract negative energies, and positive energies attract positive energies.
8/ The Law of Perpetual Transmutation of Energy – This is a very powerful spiritual law. It states that all people have within them the power to change the conditions in their lives. Higher vibrations consume and transform lower ones. Thus each of us can change the energies in our lives by understanding the universal laws, and applying the the principles in such a way as to affect change. At any time, you can switch vibrations from negative to positive. You can always change your conditions. You are never stuck.
9/ The Law of Gestation – The law of gestation or also known as the law of divine timing states that everything has its gestational period or time to manifest. Every thought, word, feeling, and action is a seed. Once nourished with enough focus and energy, that seed germinates into life's situations and circumstances. Your desires, goals, and innermost thoughts will manifest in divine timing, and not a moment sooner.
10/ The Law of Relativity – This law states that each person will receive a series of challenges (tests of initiation), for strengthening the light within. We must consider each of these tests to be an opportunity and remain connected to our hearts when proceeding to solve the problems. This law also teaches us to compare our problems to others problems, and put everything into its proper perspective. No matter how bad we perceive our situation to be, there is always someone who is in a worse position. It is all relative. It is all respective.
11/ The Law of Polarity – This law states that everything is on a continuum and has an opposite. There can not be hot without cold. There is no up without down. There can not be extreme negative without extreme positive. We can suppress and disperse of negative thoughts and energy, by concentrating on its opposite. If we are negative, we can always switch our vibration to attract positive energy by focusing on the positive. What we focus on expands in our reality.
12/ The Law of Rhythm – This law states that everything vibrates and moves to certain rhythms. These rhythms establish seasons, cycles, stages of development, and patterns. Life is a series of ebb and flow. The tide goes out, and comes back in again. Each cycle reflects the regularity of Gods universe. Masters know how to rise above negative, or challenging seasons by never getting too excited, or allowing negative things to penetrate their consciousness. They focus solely on what they want and so their reality reflects just that.
13/ The Law of Belief – This law states that whatever we fully believe with thought, emotion, and conviction, eventually becomes our reality. We are always creating laws for ourselves based on what we believe to be true. Even if a thing isn't factually true, our belief will make it so. As Jesus said, it is done onto you, as you have believed.
14/ The Law of Gender – This law states that everything has its masculine (yang) and its feminine (ying) principles, and that these are the basis for all creation. The spiritual initiate must balance the masculine and feminine energies within herself or himself to become a maser, and a true co-creator with God.


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Jelf Racing set to jostle for Chasewater Crown
The Kent based Powerboat Racing Team this weekend (16/17 July) head back to Staffordshire for the Powerboat GP Chasewater Grand Prix. This weekend is the penultimate championship round for three of the classes the team compete in, so there is vital campaign points up for grabs as well as the Chasewater Grand Prix Crowns.
First back in action will be the Jelf junior racers of George Elmore and Jonathan Brewer in the GT15 class. George will be looking to make up for a poor round at Kingsbury which saw him take an early bath in the Saturday's heat. Back racing on the Sunday George put in two strong performances which he'll be looking to improve up on this weekend.
Jonathan will be searching for clean water during qualifying in a bid to steal pole position from rival Thomas Mantripp and local racer Harvey Smith. Knowing that pole could just give him the advantage he needs to knock Thomas from the podium top spot he dominated at the Kingsbury round.
Next up will be Ben Jelf who will be looking to make amends for a disastrous round two weeks ago that saw him disqualified from one of the heats. Ben will be looking to make a quick return to winning ways in search of his 12th British Championship title. Local girl racer Tiegen Goodfellow will once more make things extremely difficult for the teenage Jelf Racer but Ben's ready to fight back.
Ben will also be back out competing in the F4 Catamaran class and following a third place finish at Kingsbury will be pushing himself even more in his new baba hull. Having got to grips with the new hull at Kingsbury Ben will be really looking to put both the boat and him through the paces at Chasewater in the build up to the British Sprint Championships in August.
Following a 6 week break Colin Jelf can't wait to get back in his F2 Catamaran racing. At Kingsbury Colin took the teams 2nd F4 Catamaran out on water to compete for fun in the F4 Championship finishing 4th in the Grand Prix. But currently tied on points in the F2 British Championship Colin this weekend it will be back to business. With nothing separating the former World and British Champion from former British Champion Paul Balfour all eyes will be on these two as the lights go out for the first race of the weekend.
Pole position will be a vital in the Chasewater campaign with clean water to the first turn always providing an advantage in this tightly fought class so concentration will be key.
Team Manager Colin Jelf knows the team have a hard weekend ahead of them.
Kingsbury was a disappointing weekend for the team but we've put that behind us now and we're looking forward to another busy weekend on and off the water. Claiming pole position in each class will be the first aim for all of us this weekend. A good start from pole and you can control the race. We're still in contention for Championship Podium finishes for each racer this season but this weekend we're just going to focus on the Chasewater Grand Prix crowns. We're just taking it each event at a time and doing our best to secure silverware to reward our sponsors, team and supporters in the best way we know how.
The on water action will commence at 10.30 on both Saturday 16th and 17th July with competitors each competing during qualifying and then over three heats to claim the prestigious 2016 Chasewater GP crowns.

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Recordings from archaeological conferences from around the world by the Archaeology Podcast Network.
0042 - GBAC 2016 - David Yoder - New Utah Site Form
35th Great Basin Anthropological Conference, Reno, Nevada, Oct. 6 - Oct. 8
YODER, DAVID (UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY) IMACS and Site Recording in Utah: A Retrospective of Trying to Change an Entrenched System
Four years ago I set out to bring together interested parties to update or replace the Intermountain Antiquities Computer System (IMACS) for recording archaeological sites in Utah. After 30+ years of using the same form, I believed (and still do) that updating the system would make management of our cultural resources more efficient and effective. But I also believed it would be a relatively straightforward process. I was wrong. In this presentation I discuss the four-year effort, lessons learned, explain why we have the system we do, and what site recording in Utah will look like in the years to come.
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0039 - GBAC 2016 - Chris Webster - APN
Podcasting as a Way to Promote Archaeology and Engage the Public, or, Archaeology - Straight from the Trenches to Your Ears!
Podcasts have been around for over 10 years now and only in the last couple years, since the release of the popular This American Life spin-off, Serial, has the American public been interested. Until Serial, it seemed that you were either a podcast listener or you weren't. Now, people are incorporating them into their lives as trusted sources of information and entertainment. The Archaeology Podcast Network was founded as the first season of Serial came to a close and our downloads quickly hit 20,000 a month. Podcasts on the APN range from niche shows about specific topics related to professional archaeologists to popular shows that can reach a wider audience. Every show, however, is free and accessible to anyone on the planet. It is clear that podcasting is a great way to engage the public and that more archaeological endeavors, from projects to field schools to contract projects, can use podcasting to present data, inform and educate the public, and start conversations.
Tagged: crmarch, podcast, GBAC2016, public archaeology
0038 - Pecos 2016 - Pecos Poster: Fuels Removal from Cultural Resources
"Thinning of a New Future: The Benefits of Removing Fuels from Cultural Resources in Santa Fe National Forest, Jemez Ranger District" By Rebecca Baisden, Stephanie Mack, Jason Millet, Carlyn Stewart, Kandi Voss, and Mary Allison Wolf
The buildup of fuels, such as tree branches, on archaeological sites is a major concern in the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest due to the potential for wildfire in the area. Since 2013, the SW Jemez Mountain Landscape Restoration Project-Archaeological Site Thinning has endeavored to remove fuels from sites, creating a unique treatment plan to prevent damage to archaeological sites.
http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/santafe/recarea/?recid=75444
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Tagged: crmarch, pecos, poster, jemez, fuels, cultural
0033 - Pecos 2016 - Pecos Posters: College vs. The Work Force
"College Vs. The Work Force" By Alyssa Colan and Vincent Gentile The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests Are college graduates ready to work in the field of archaeology? Were they adequately prepared to survey, write reports, and dig shovel tests? Colan and Gentile explore these questions, focusing on whether or not the skills taught while obtaining a bachelor's degree are applicable to the working world. The majority of the material taught prepares students for academia, not necessarily for working in cultural resource management. The poster highlights the skills not typically taught in the majority of undergraduate programs, including personal anecdotes, as well as suggestions for improving said programs to better prepare students.
Pecos Conference
Conference Host: Emily Long - TrowelTalesPodcast@gmail.com
Tagged: pecos, crmarch, work force, job
0032 - Pecos 2016 - The Pecos Experience
The Pecos Conference, created in 1927, is an outdoor extravaganza of presentations and posters highlighting current research in southwestern archaeology. Archaeologists descend on the chosen location for the year, camping together, sharing research and stories, and carousing for a couple of days. This year the Pecos Conference took place in Alpine, AZ, hosted by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
Tagged: pecos, crmarch
0028 - CAA2016 - Laura Roskowski
Bridging the Gap between Cultural Resources Management and Academia: A Consultant In Residence's Perspective
Roskowski-Nuttall, Laura
University of Calgary, and Stantec
Archaeology as a discipline was initially conducted by academics who investigated only the most significant sites. Over time, government bodies recognized the heritage value of archaeological sites to their citizens, and began requiring industry to conduct archaeological assessments to mitigate impacts to known sites and to identify new sites of varying significance. Thus, the need for the archaeological consultant was born. More recently, Traditional Land Use sites have also received protection and a rise in Traditional Knowledge studies has logically followed. As the disciplines of archaeology and Traditional Knowledge become increasingly regulated by local governments, they have grown away from their academic roots, leaving students without much guidance in the consulting careers offered by Cultural Resources Management. Today there is a growing trend in Canada to reacquaint academia and consulting. This talk will present the successful results of the University of Calgary's first steps toward bridging this gap.
Tagged: CAA2016, crmarch
0024 - NAA2016 - Webster - Future of Field Survey
This is the paper presented by Chris Webster at the Nevada Archaeological Association conference in Ely, Nevada on April 22, 2016. Here is the abstract:
In 2015, DIGTECH surveyed 45,000 acres in desert and "Great Basin" like environments. We used Apple iPad Minis to record over 250 prehistoric and historic sites and over 1500 isolated finds. We had field technicians using California DPR forms that we created for $9 software from the Apple Appstore. Now, we're helping to re-invent the first phase of digital archaeology and will bring ALL phases of archaeology and beyond into the forefront of field data collection and management.
Special thanks to Michael Ashley for joining up my audio and my slides!
Tagged: conference, NAA2016, crmarch, digiarch, survey
0007 - SAA2016 - Open Context and DINAA
We talk to the people behind Open Context and the DINAA project about site records in the US.
DINAA
Tagged: archaeology, crmarch, DINAA, digital, open context
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A lot of people ask me about this path to financial freedom and how to follow your passions. They see how happy I am and say I'm lucky to live this lifestyle.
It is absolutely amazing to be an entrepreneur and own your own time. However so many people want things but they're not willing to work towards those things.
My ability to chill on Monday morning at 11am is because I work the entire weekend. I work from 8am-8pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
What people don't understand is you get rewarded in public for what you practice and sacrifice in private.
If you're working hard every day from morning to evening then you get to the point where you get to enjoy having Monday morning off for a few hours.
But if we live expecting everything around us to change all the time then we're constantly controlled by external forces.
There's no confidence in that. Self-confidence comes from your ability to acknowledge, reward and recognise yourself.
If your life isn't where you want it to be it's your fault.
If it is where you want it to be it's also your fault.
When you have undying persistence and determination nothing can stop you.
Think about a baby. A baby first learns to crawl before they walk. How many parents have you heard say, "Listen Jimmy you've tried this walking thing three times already. You're embarrassing yourself. Don't try walking it's not for you." What parent would say that?
What they say is, "Jimmy keep trying you're almost there. I'm proud of you." With that ongoing encouragement the baby tries and eventually walks.
I'm invested in a lot of opportunities and I'm not sure if all will work out. However persevering through obstacles builds strength and courage you never knew you had. You gain insight.
That's what life is about for me. It's not always about the money.
It's about who I become as a person.
If you don't like something, either make a change in your behaviour, your perception or how you approach it.


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Sen. Richard Lugar
Former United States Senator Richard G. Lugar is the President of The Lugar Center, a non-profit organization focusing on global food security, WMD nonproliferation, aid effectiveness, and bipartisan governance. Senator Lugar serves as a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar at the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University. He also serves as a distinguished faculty member in the Department of History and Political Science and leads the Richard G. Lugar Symposium for Tomorrow's Leaders at the University of Indianapolis.
A fifth generation Hoosier who left the United States Senate as the longest serving member of Congress in Indiana history, Senator Lugar is recognized as a gifted local and state leader, as well as a respected national and international statesman. During his tenure in the United States Senate, he exercised leadership on critical issues such as food security, nuclear non-proliferation, energy independence, and free trade. He holds 46 honorary degrees from colleges and universities in 15 states and the District of Columbia, and he was the fourth person ever named Outstanding Legislator by the American Political Science Association. He was the 2005 recipient of the American Foreign Service Association Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy Award and the 2016 recipient of the J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding. Her Majesty The Queen of England bestowed upon Senator Lugar the rank of honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in honor of his work to make the world more secure from weapons of mass destruction and his commitment to the U.S.-U.K. alliance. President Barack Obama named Senator Lugar a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Senator Lugar graduated first in his class at both Shortridge High School in Indianapolis and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He attended Pembroke College at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, studying politics, philosophy and economics. Lugar volunteered for the U.S. Navy in 1957, ultimately serving as an intelligence briefer for Admiral Arleigh Burke, chief of Naval Operations.MORE


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Diagnoses and assesses client needs. Prescribes, designs and implements strategic interventions using the full range of existing or custom Franklin Covey content, products, and / or programs.
This position requires a minimum of 5-7 years of experience in corporate sales, preferably in a professional services environment selling to Fortune 5,000 companies. A stable work history and successful track record of personal sales performance in a large corporate environment is essential. Requires a consultative sales background with demonstrated skills in the areas of lead generation, forecasting, prospecting and driving opportunities to closure.BA/BS in business or related field is required. A well-developed pattern of achievement, competitive skills, energy, motivation, enthusiasm, and integrity is critical to success in this role. Strong verbal and written communications skills are essential; must be able to create and deliver compelling, polished sales presentations to both line leadership and senior corporate executives within target companies.


Global Sources (Hong Kong), a b2b media company that targets Chinese and foreign importers and exporters in all major sectors, plans to launch the Sports & Leisure b2b web site in October, a monthly sourcing magazine in November, and a Sports & Leisure pavilion at the October 2007 China Sourcing Fair in Hong Kong.
This year, we expect 20% growth in B2B Web site revenues.
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ANTM Alumni Hannah Jones is featured in the September issue of Elegant Magazine. Shot by Candice Ghai, Jones wears a selection of ethereal gowns and accessorised with mermaid-esque jewellery and headwear.
Jessica Chastain stars in upcoming political thriller 'Miss Sloane', that sees her character lobby against gun control.
The film also stars Mark Strong, John Lithgow and Alison Pill. The current teaser trailer is a snappy and sharp preview of Chastain's opening scene interspersed with clips of political sabotage and tense confrontations. Could this film gain Chastain her third Oscar nom?
'Morgan' is son of Ridley Scott, Luke's, directorial debut, also in sci-fi. The plot follows a risk analyst Lee Weathers (Kate Mara) who is sent by a renowned corporate research company to investigate an incident regarding one of their projects, 'Morgan' (Anya Taylor Joy), who starts showing violent behaviour.
Lee must make the decision of whether or not to terminate Morgan, whilst living amongst the researchers and staff who may have grown too attached.
The first trailer to the highly anticipated Oscar contender 'Collateral Beauty' has been released.
Starring Will Smith as Howard, a man who suffers a personal tragedy slowly going into a cycle of social withdrawal, he meets different people who helps him confront love, time and death, also personified in its all star cast, featuring Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Michael Pena, Kate Winslet and Naomie Harris.
A suburban couple, living their normal lives, become curious about their new neighbours, only to become swept up in an international espionage plot, when they discover they are actually spies.
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How to Prepare for UGC NET Economics Subject 2017: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announces holding of the National Eligibility Test (NET) for the post of Assistant Professor or junior Research Fellowship in Indian universities and colleges. CBSE is going to conduct NET exam on behalf of UGC in the month of November.
This article will help candidates to prepare for the upcoming UGC NET examination. The Subject code for UGC NET Education subject is 01. Let's us first revisit the UGC NET Exam Pattern 2017.
UGC NET Exam pattern is definitely necessary to answer every candidate's most common question i.e How to Prepare for UGC NET Economics Subject. Let us go through the UGC NET Economics Subject Exam Pattern of Paper I, Paper II and Paper III.
All the three paper will held on a single day i.e on 5th November 2017. Paper I will be common for all candidates whereas Paper II and Paper III will cover questions on the concerned subject i.e. Economics.
Given below is a list of some important selected topics for UGC NET Economics subject which help candidates in covering syllabus of UGC NET Paper II and Paper III.
Try to align yourself with these important topics to get a hold over UGC NET Economics Subject Paper II.
These are some important topics for UGC NET Economics subject Paper III. Candidates need to focus on these topics for better results.
UGC NET Economics Paper-II & III Previous Year Solved Papers mock test series has been prepared meticulously developed for the UGC NET Aspirants. It would be very useful for All UGC NET aspirants to check their preparation. This series consists of 24 Previous Years Solved Papers. Try this Mock test to get a high score in your upcoming exam. Comprehensive Approach for Success in UGC NET.
Let us now highlight some important reading material and topic source for UGC NET Economics Paper II and Paper III.
Money Supply in India: Concepts, Compilation and Analysis : Functions and Working Reserve Bank of India.
Go through these books to enhance your problem solving skills and clear all doubts regarding How to Prepare for UGC NET Economics Subject.
Now, let's have a look at some vital preparation tips for UGC NET Economics subject.
It is time to list up some important tips for How to prepare UGC NET Economics Section. These important tips will definitely help aspirants in achieving their desired goal.
Go through the Exam pattern thoroughly. Its important to answer all the questions in total that you can solve rather than answering more as the only first attempted questions will be evaluated regardless the correctness of the later ones.
Study the basic fundamentals for Economics from various reference books that have been listed above.
Practice as many sample papers/previous year papers as you can to gain speed and accuracy. Analyse sample paper/previous paper soon after completing it to identify and improve your weak areas.
Candidates are requested to follow these preparation tips for UGC NET Economics Subject to strengthen their chance of getting shortlisted. Here we conclude our article on How to Prepare for UGC NET Economics Subject.
Sir/Ma'am should I cover the entire syllabus which is given on UGC website for p3a and p3b? P3b has been given as elective and it's portion also has not been covered by many publication books like upkar, arihant.


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He's got a nose and a tummy for technology.
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We are excited to share the next installment of Glazed Suspicion by Allison Pearl, the first book in the Love and Danger in St. Claire series. Follow along with us each week for new chapters!
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Chapter Twenty-Seven
JOSH TENSED AS THE TRAITOR waved a gun at them. What he wouldn't give for his ankle-holstered thirty-eight right now. But that didn't stop him from stepping forward to place his body between Nikki and the barrel of the pistol.
Vaughn lifted his chin in a commanding gesture and adjusted the strap of the black bag slung over his shoulder.
The rest of the pieces clicked together in Josh's mind. Don't panic. Just keep him talking. "It was you this whole time. That officer made you as a cop and so you killed him. Then you tried to chase Ryan down for the tape, but he gave you the slip, and when he got picked up by other cops, he kept quiet about the murder, scared you'd retaliate against him or his girlfriend. You must have thought you were safe when he went to jail and the video never surfaced."
Vaughn frowned. "I was safe. At least, until he escaped. Seems he found out from some of his contacts on the outside that chance had brought her and me to the same town." He sneered past Josh at Nikki. "I guess he figured I'd find her out eventually and broke out to save her."
"So." Josh glanced at the door, estimating the distance. "You broke into her shop, trashed the place and made it look like she was storing drugs so that Gary would order a search warrant, giving you the perfect opportunity to plant the cash from the drug deal and search for the video. And killing her would have just made the story you were creating even easier to believe. All of this—all of the framing—it was all just a distraction. Something to make the sheriff's department look at anyone but you—" He feigned shock. "You were the one who gave me back my gun. You must have used it to kill Ryan first."
Vaughn laughed like he was disappointed that it had taken Josh so long to figure it out. "Yeah. The marshals may have lost him the night I burned down the doughnut shop, but I sure didn't. And once I had your gun, the rest was easy. I kept Ryan locked up a while. But once you left the hospital and had a weaker alibi, I took care of him and tossed a blood covered bullet I fired from your gun next to the body."
Nikki gasped behind him. "You're a monster."
Vaughn rolled his eyes. "Don't be melodramatic."
He's too confident. Maybe if I keep him going, he'll let down his guard and lower the gun enough for me to lunge. "There's something I don't get, though."
Vaughn quirked an eyebrow. "What's that?"
"The 911 call. There's no way you were mistaken for a woman. So… who was the girl?"
Vaughn whistled. "Now that is great story. And one I'd love to tell, but he made me promise I wouldn't." He gestured toward Nikki with the barrel of his gun. "If you think I'm a monster… "
That new revelation was disconcerting but he couldn't worry about it now. Time was running out.
Suddenly, Koby started laughing. The sound bounced around the room.
"Shut up." Vaughn snarled. "Just shut up." He turned toward Koby, his gun going with him. Josh inched forward. If Koby could keep him distracted, Josh might get close enough to make a move.
Koby bit his lip to stop his chortling. "I'm sorry, man. I am. It's just… you had to do all that diabolical planning just because you couldn't find a cell phone?"
Swinging the gun back towards Josh and Nikki, Vaughn took an angry step forward. "And too bad for her, I didn't find it. If I could've destroyed it, there would have been no evidence against me. It wouldn't matter that she'd managed to escape every one of my attempts to kill her. It would be her word against mine, and I've already destroyed her reputation. No one would have believed a drug dealer and she wouldn't have had to die. None of you would have had to die." His eyes darted around the room. "Now where is that dumb phone?"
Josh shrugged. "Maybe we gave it to the marshals."
"Stop playing around."
Josh scoffed, his nails digging into his palms. "Even if you find it, you'll never get away with this. You're obviously a good liar, but how do you expect to explain away the murders of four people?"
"With this." Vaughn sloughed the bag off his shoulder and swung it at the table. The bag came down with a thundering boom and unzipped. The top fell open and Josh saw bags of white powder. Like the missing drugs from the night Ryan was arrested. From the night when Vaughn murdered another cop in cold blood.
"I don't get it." Koby pursed his lips.
Josh knew that his friend probably did get it and was just trying to keep Vaughn talking long enough for Josh to take another step forward. He needed to make a move. His eyes darted from Vaughn to Koby, to the door, and went the rounds again.
"I've been tailing you guys all weekend and when I saw you come into the bank and heard her say something about a safe deposit box, I had my story. And… it is a good one. Knowing that the sheriff's department was getting close to making an arrest, you guys came to get the drugs that Ryan gave her before being locked up so that you could make a run for it. If you sold them on your way, you could make it all the way to Mexico."
"No. People around here know Josh." Nikki pushed around Josh but he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back against him. "They know he would never do the things you're saying. No one will believe this."
"They will believe it." Vaughn shouted, his eyes darting around the room like one of them was about to charge.
Nikki had chipped away some of his confidence. He was spiraling but trying to rally. "Look how quickly they believed the worst about you." He scowled at her. "It's simple. I'll say that I spotted you and Josh forcing the bank manager inside and followed you to make an arrest but—being that I'm off duty and unarmed—you and your hick friend overtook me and then, after killing Tom to get rid of any witnesses, you took me hostage."
Josh glanced at the bank manager. Sweat beaded on his forehead.
"Hostage?" Koby laughed.
But Vaughn didn't miss a beat. "Then you took me out into the woods to kill me but, during a struggle, I was able to get the gun and was forced to kill you all in self-defense."
"And then you'll be the hero who rid St. Claire of a drug dealer and a dirty cop? You're grasping at straws here. You just followed us in here without calling for back up? You really think Gary will buy that?" The pistol started to quiver in Vaughn's hand. Good. Fluster him. "It's over, man. You started off good, but now your story's full of holes. Just drop the gun. You lost."
"No." Vaughn shook the gun.
"No one is going to believe you."
Vaughn paced the floor.
Josh tried again. "This won't work."
Vaughn stopped cold. "Well, deputy, I guess we're going to find out." He pointed the gun, now steady, at the bank manager. "I'm sorry, Tom, but you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time."
He was going to fire. Their time was up. God, help us.
Josh shoved Nikki out of the way, then lunged to put himself in front of the bullet, but the bang of gunfire never came.
Instead, a flash of fur barreled into Vaughn, who cried out and fell forward to the floor. The gun slipping out of his grasp during the descent, clattering against the tile, and Josh scrambled to retrieve it.
Jumping to his feet, Josh trained the weapon on Vaughn who now whimpered and squirmed beneath the snarling beast on his back. It was Charlie, with Gary Thompson himself standing in the doorway with his own weapon out.
"Gary. It was Vaughn. He was behind it all."
"I know, son." Gary nodded. "I heard it all."
The chief looked down at the incapacitated perpetrator. "Things have been fishy since the break-in. I quickly suspected someone in my department, but—I'm sorry to say—I was leaning towards you, Josh. But then Bill Trumple told me that he'd gotten an anonymous call from someone who told him Nikki reported him to child services. I knew you wouldn't put her in danger like that, so it was clear I had the wrong man in my sights. It looks like I owe you both an apology." He glanced at Nikki.
"How about you save it until this jerk is in cuffs?" Nikki pushed her hair out of her face and got to her feet.
"You got it, ma'am." The old man chuckled as he pulled the hand restraints from his belt.
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San Diego Source > Commentary > Are the storms in Texas 'biblical'?
As reported in Reuters, "about 11 inches of rain fell in Houston on [Memorial Day] while parts of Austin have been hit by as much as 7 inches." At least 17 people have died thus far in those terrible floods.
Certainly Texas is experiencing a very big storm with a lot of water falling in a short time, causing a significant number of fatalities attended by great personal tragedy, but akin to the biblical account of Noah and the flood it is not!
Using such terms indiscriminately diminishes a true understanding of the scale, scope, intensity and duration of the wrath of God as occurred during Noah's time.
The Bible teaches in Genesis that the biblical storm lasted 40 days and nights and was invoked because "God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." Genesis 6:5.
Thus, the biblical flood Noah experienced was one intended to destroy the whole of humanity, not merely to bring tragedy to unfortunate Texas families caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.
During 2013 about 2.6 million people died in America, 611,105 individuals from heart disease and 584,881 of cancer, and more than 32,000 dying in car accidents. Yet somehow, no one refers to such collective vehicular carnage as "biblical" in nature despite its enormous toll-taking scale.
That said, biblical narratives often focus on a select few individuals acting in the world and directed by a single God whose view of his creations changes with experience, even as that deity seeks to circumscribe the consequences of originally granting free will to humans by educating them toward a favored path of conduct.
Part of that education rests in grand collective events such as the biblical 10 plagues set out in Exodus that beset Egypt when the leadership of Egypt, the pharaoh, repeatedly refused to listen to Moses and would not release the Hebrew slaves.
Perhaps in that sense the Texas floods are not "biblical" as a standalone physical event, but are part of a series of physical lessons, a mounting chronicle of losses we are experiencing as our leadership fails to listen, learn and act wisely with respect to a particular message.
Insight into the consequences of the ignorance and evil of powerful and wealthy people is far more a topic of the Bible than events in the natural world, even as those events communicate God's will and guidance.
Could the Texas floods be a divine message or lesson? Perhaps. Certainly those who might wish to see it could find a phrase or two in the confusing, taunting and frightening language of the Bible's book of Revelation.
Unfortunately, what is happening in the minds and hearts of our leaders is what is truly biblical. As they become detached, hardened, insensitive, blasé and filled with trifles about celebrity, money, power and games, then we are truly encountering a biblical event, though one not readily acknowledged as such in news or commentary recounting physical tragedies.
What we do in our lives has lasting consequences, collectively and individually. We know more now about the physical consequences of those actions and failures to act than ever before in human history and yet show increasing signs of cloistering our thoughts in order to avoid understanding these adverse physical consequences in advance.
Ironically, Houston's mayor in 2014 called for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and recently expressed satisfaction about bayou enlargements to convey stormwater more quickly. It seems even adaption to an acknowledgement of the overarching role of global warming is not enough to forestall the adverse effects of record-breaking rainfall.