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You Are Made for the Moment You Meet
This moment -- now -- is the timeless ground, seed, and fulfillment of all that is possible for us to be; to discover its riches is the first step in realizing, and then reclaiming our True Self. Learn More
Turn the Tension that Troubles You into the Truth that Frees You
Here's the real reason it's meaningless to oppose whatever opposes us, whatever the nature of that painful unwanted moment: there would be nothing for us to oppose in the unrelenting passage of time were it not for what we've become attached to during our passage through time. So that what we're really opposed to is how the passage of time reveals to us the parts of us that have outlived their... Learn More
Let Awareness of What You Feel Go Before You
What good is the love of Truth without standing up for the freedom it promises to those whom love it? This means that we must attend to, embrace, and then enact what is Light, Right, and True, even in the midst of all that may seem wrong within or around us. Only by daring to bring this intention into the midst of any such dark moment are we given to see -- first hand -- how His unfailing stre...
The Facts You Need to Free You From the Pain of Trying to Be Perfect
Only what is imperfect in us wants to punish (the) imperfections that it sees in someone else.
How to Have All that You Ask For Answered Before You Have to Ask
Classroom Talk: 2/27/2019 - Until we learn to see - and accept each moment as being perfect in its native appearance - regardless how unwanted it seems at first - we will never know the incorruptible peace and contentment that comes with knowing - and agreeing to embrace - the Truth that sets us free.
Strengthen Your Connection to the Truth that Sets You Free
Never fear the loss of what will, and must disappear in this world of passing time. The work of remembering this timeless, (but unwanted) truth is the same as connecting yourself to the love of an all-embracing, fearless awareness... that never dies.
A Tough Talk to Awaken You to Your True Self
The pull we feel to fulfill ourselves through any repetitive action, like seeking approval, mindless distractions, or worriedly 'counting' our riches -- whatever these may be -- is one and the same as being pushed along by an unseen fear that can never be consoled by those things it drives us to chase after for its sake. Learn More
Insights You Need to Stop Judging Yourself
Classroom Talk: 5/15/2019 The harsh, or otherwise cruel judgment of yourself feels like it's part of what's necessary to perfect yourself when, in truth, it's actually the mechanical action of an unconscious mind punishing itself for not being as it's imagined it ought to be.
Learning to Sit in the Stillness of All That You Are
Meditation Talk: 8/10/2018 - Just as all the qualities of the ocean may be found in a single drop of its water, so do all the infinite expressions of consciousness -- high and low, light and dark -- dwell within us, a drop of the Divine. (30-minute talk followed by a 30-minute meditation)...
Learn to Give Yourself to Life by Letting Life Give You Life
All of our imagined hopes and plans for the promising pleasures of "tomorrow" are crafted by the parts of us determined to keep us from seeing what we're being given to see about ourselves in each and every present moment. Learn More
Stop Fearing Whatever the Fact of Yourself So That It Can Free You
Not wanting to see the fact of the moment... is the same as refusing to realize the truth of one's self.
Why You Must Stop REACTING and Start REMEMBERING Yourself
Classroom Talk: 11/20/2019 In real life there are no "tracks" to follow, but thought runs along the tracks of memory, and memory always departs from, and returns to the same station: the PAST. This explains why it seems we never arrive at that divine station in life called "True Freedom"... because real freedom is not in time.
End All the Wars Within You With This One Action
Part 1: You can neither control, nor change any anxious thought or emotion that rushes in and sweeps you off of your feet because this 'I' -- this sense of yourself suddenly in a struggle to escape a psychological storm -- is itself a part of the squall it now so vigorously resists. Part 2: Every thought, a blockage. Every emotion, a limitation. Every movement, a hindrance to Thee. Learn More
Awaken the Timeless Individual that Lives Within You
True patience, the seed of being consciously kind, begins with the interior work of never forgetting the following: what someone else does, whatever the nature of his or her action, has no authority over who you are. Learn More
To Be Free "Think 3" -- You, Me, and Thee
The only way it's possible to be punished by some mistaken action on our part... is if we make the second mistake: allowing the same level of self that we followed into that 'pit' to condemn and then punish us for the very misstep that it first assured us was the right one to take!... Learn More
A Glimpse of the Truth Behind the True Timeless You
Classroom Talk: 7/24/2019 Part 1: In this world, in time, perfection is the ceaseless integration and transcendence of the imperfection inherent in all things created. Temptation is the futile -- and always painful -- attempt to prove that this perfection can be known before it's revealed. Part 2: Every form of verbalizing -- said aloud, or taken in thought...
The Right Use of Seeing Where You Are Wrong
Classroom Talk: 9/11/2019 When all is said and done...there is only one true freedom: it's called holiness. But we must not fail to note this evocative word is not the same as actually being whole any more than -- in and of itself -- the name "sugar" is...sweet!
Stop Holding On to the Very Thing That's Hurting You
Classroom Talk: 5/1/2019 It may feel as if it's true, but familiarity is not safety... Any more than we might believe that some unfortunate creature -- protected by the cage in which it is confined -- finds comfort in its captivity.
Everything You Need to See - And to Know - to Start Making Real Changes in Your Life
Every revelation -- regardless its nature -- is the expressed momentary experience of a Divine perfection that belongs to a higher order of Being; (it is) a Oneness that dwells, unseen, in another order of time. Behind "each" of these revelations is the Divine will responsible for its appearance... a will that "seeks" to integrate the disparate parts of whatever it reveals, that it might bring...
Use the Low Places in Life to Realize the Higher Lessons Prepared Just for You
In the end, all true knowledge -- including the Timeless gifts it grants -- is self-knowledge; which means whatever the nature of our present set of limitations -- physically, mentally, emotionally, and ultimately, spiritually -- it exists only as it does because of what we have yet to learn about ourselves. Learn More
The Real Knowledge You Need to Let Go of Any Negative Reaction
We resist not what we see as being fearful, but rather what fear sees whenever we look at our life through its eyes. And the reason this fearful nature trembles, as it does, resisting its own dark vision, is so that it can feel unsuited to meet the very situation that it has imagined. Learn More
How to Turn New Year's Resolutions into Healing Realizations that Make You New
Classroom Talk: 1/2/2019 - Spiritual effort is not the opposite of grace; the former is how we invite the latter into our lives, which can be summarized as follows: As goes my intention, so comes revelation...And in its supernal light, self-realization.
Attract the Higher Influences that Free You from the Lower Self
No worldly acclaim or possession can ever make us feel whole, let alone free us from that irreconcilable fear that comes with feeling ourselves as apart from others, and from life itself. Only by consistent, persistent interior work to remain awake and watchful can we place ourselves in a conscious relationship with higher, eternal influences...under whose authority are we released, at once, f... Learn More
Use Conscious Persistence to Release You from Unconscious Resistance
Intelligent spiritual persistence always proves -- assuming we'll agree to go through its trial -- that whatever seems to be in our way is the same as the secret path to self-realization. Learn More
Use This Higher Self-Knowledge to Help You Shatter the Circle of Self
The only real resolution to any conflict in (our) consciousness is its release into a level of being above it; one that - though invisible to the "realms and their inhabitants" below it, we know exists for this simple reason: there must always be a kingdom - perceived or not - into which whatever is released...is released.
Allow the Moment to Bring You into a Peace that Passes All Understanding
Meditation Talk: 3/8/2019 - Here's the last thing we want to see, but that should be first on our list of things to realize: we create the experience of any unwanted moment in our life. How can that be true? Because our experience of life is inseparable from the level of (our) consciousness defining it moment-to-moment. And, if true, which it is, it goes to...
3 Words and 1 Action Guaranteed to Help You Change Any Painful Pattern
Part 1: We have no choice but to relive our past until we are present enough to see that we are about to do so... and then, have enough presence to step off of that time line. Otherwise, we will continue to run in unseen circles. Part 2: Here's the real reason why the idea of "starting life over" rarely -- if ever -- actually leads one to realize a truly New Life: for most of us, the whole ide...
Release Yourself From Your "self" by Being Responsible for its Revelation
To rise above our present level of self, we must outgrow its unseen limitation. To outgrow any limitation, we must become conscious of its nature. To become aware of any unconscious nature in us, we must learn how to impersonally witness it. To impersonally witness a lower level of self is to see it through a higher order of being... a ceaseless action whose realization is the same as the Trut... Learn More
See the Reflection of Yourself and Be Released from All Your Painful Questions
Meditation Talk: 11/16/2018 - It is a great paradox, but this is what one must "learn." Life is not something that one can know; it is the play of the unknown ceaselessly revealing its Divine nature, realizing and perfecting its infinite possibilities... all at the same time. (30-minute talk followed by a 30-minute meditation)...
Stop Setting Yourself on Fire
The fear-filled, anxious self loves one feeling, and one feeling only: getting all heated up over the "fire" it just ignited in the dark of its imaginary life, so that then it has something it must rush to... to put it out!...
Your Invitation to Enter Into Effortless Meditation
Meditation Talk: 12/27/2019 - Meditation is the interior art of quietly watching your whole life unfold, moment-to-moment, for "better or for worse"... Without trying to change, explain, or otherwise control whatever you see.
Enter Into the Current That is Your Home
Everything moves in ITS time, as are we intended to within that same movement. Learning what it means to be in this accord with Life, doing what it gives us (to do and to be) in the moment appointed is our path, gradually leading us to a kind of perfection without pride even as it fulfills our purpose at the same time. Learn More
Your Part in Preparing a Place for the Divine
The compulsive 'need' to be constantly on the move -- ceaselessly occupied, either outwardly -- or inwardly, in some useless consideration -- is how the lower nature fills itself with the nothingness it needs to keep itself from seeing its own emptiness. Learn More
How to End Your Fear of Not Fitting into This World
Classroom Talk: 7/3/2019 The more we consent to see that whatever we've imagined as needed from this world to make us feel whole, and then sought after in some equally imagined time to come -- is no closer today than in any time before it -- the nearer we are to attaining a holiness realized no other way: by agreeing, consciously...
Freeing Yourself Starts by Seeing Through False Self Images
If someone can say something to you about yourself that causes you to crash and burn -- so that you never stop smoldering over what they have said -- it's only because you have yet to see the truth of yourself. Here's the fact that not only proves the above, but within it rests the only real solution to this kind of suffering: Any truth you realize about yourself cancels both the fear of that... Learn More
The Keys to Consciously Completing Yourself
Part 1: Conscious suffering is the seed and unseen action of rebirth; unconscious suffering is the seed and unseen action of death. Part 2: To do as one really wishes to do -- so as to not do what one knows one ought not -- one must remember one's original wish in each moment when life asks what is it that one wants more than anything else. Far better to remember this still frail wish and suff... Learn More
Negative States are Mindless: Learn to Think for Yourself
Negative reactions are mindless. Don't be mindless; learn to think for yourself. Learn More
Fulfill the Real Purpose of Your Life: Witness Without Judgment
Calling on, and then allowing a spirit of unrest to help guide you to the peace that your heart of hearts seeks...Is like hoping that a stiff winter wind has come, just in time, to help you gather all the leaves that lay scattered across your lawn. Learn More
What to Do When "Death" Knocks at Your Door
Every truth ever discovered -- each new light that will ever burn bright -- already exists in (our) consciousness. All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice -- the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows -- awaits us within ourselves. Hidden in this Gift of gifts, in its timeless truth is both the seed of our perfection, as well as its promis... Learn More
Realize This Truth and Release Yourself From Unconscious Resistance
Classroom Talk: 2/13/2019 - Part 1: Any "good" reason we have for why some weakness lives on in our character is inseparable from the unconscious level of self that offers it (to us). This means any time we feel compelled to justify our actions – and agree to do so – we're complicit in the continuation of that weakness excused. Our inner task is to see these...
Standing at the Gateway to Your Heavenly Home
The Kingdom of Heaven -- the True Self for which we seek -- dwells within us, and above us at the same time. To sense this as true, even in the smallest way, is an invitation and an instruction, all at once. For not only must we know 'where' these Divine forces meet and marry within us, but that we must also develop the attention we need to be able to stand 'there'...in the midst of their eter... Learn More
Fulfill Your Role in The Grand Design
Classroom Talk: 8/7/2019 Just as Great Nature effortlessly guides the life of all Her creatures -- ceaselessly perfecting them in the ever-present now -- so does Love know exactly what to do with us... if only we would learn how to ask, wait for, and then act in accord with (its) Divine instruction.
Find the Meaning of Your Life in Every Moment
Classroom Talk: 12/26/2018 - Here's the main reason we don't see -- let alone make as our own -- the "mother lode" of imperishable riches hidden in each moment of our life: we've yet to learn how to look for, let alone ask for anything beyond the "fool's gold" of our false sense of self that's always the first there... telling us what we see.
Learn to Listen for the Overtones of Your True Self
Meditation Talk: 9/28/2018 - Unless... and until we learn how to be still, and listen to the truth that Life wants us to "hear"... we remain "self-taught" -- caught within, and living as a captive of a lower level of self whose imagined freedom is its prison. (30-minute talk followed by a 30-minute meditation)...
The First Step to Seeing Your True Being
The Vine doesn't fear the passing of the branch; it was there before it. The Vine gives rise to the branch; it will be there long after the branch withers in winter winds, and falls away. The branch fears its own passing, knowing nothing of the Vine from out of which it has come... or that it will be born again come the light of spring. All is Vine for those who can see the branch for what it is. Learn More
Use Resistance to Reveal and Resurrect Your True Self
Unconscious resistance is a mounting suffering born of refusing to see the following: the only way to change what is -- unseen for the most part -- a string of unwanted life experiences...is to die to the level of self that lives to not want what it keeps creating for itself. Learn More
Learn to Ask the New Questions that Lead to Your Liberation
Until we learn how to ask ourselves right questions -- in the right way, and at the right time -- not only will we be unable to find real solutions to our suffering, but the very manner in which we formulate the questions we ask ourselves will serve, secretly, to keep us in a cage of our own making.
Realize Your "True Place" in Life and Be Free
There is no real solution to those "trials & tribulations" we're always trying to change, or somehow escape in life... other than to realize an Innermost Place (already within us) that shows us -- by it's Light -- two great truths whose singular wisdom sets us free at once: there would be no need to seek a solution to our pain if we hadn't unknowingly "fallen" into the wrong place (in ourselve...
Stop Complaining about Your Life and Start Changing It!
Most people would rather complain about "unwanted" moments than (agree to) meet, illuminate, and die to the lower - habitually negative - level of self responsible for their repeated appearance. Always having something to blame - and to complain about - is how this dark nature keeps itself out of the Light that alone has the power to reveal the lie that is its life; so that as long as we remai...
3 Simple Actions to Awaken the Whole of Yourself
Meditation Talk: 8/30/2019 - Mind is not intellect itself, nor is (our) Heart the seat of emotion alone; real mind is the marriage of a higher order of intellect and heart: wherein feeling is wisdom -- and wisdom is, in turn, feeling. These seemingly different parts (of us) were never intended to be separate... as they now are for the majority of humanity...
How to Answer the Need to Go Beyond Yourself
Classroom Talk: 11/7/2018 - We cannot -- of ourselves -- bring an end to the seemingly innate suffering inherent in the unfolding of our- story; such a story only comes to an end when -- by grace and effort -- we see that it has no real future, and never did because...it is as false as the unconscious level of self that dreams it into existence, moment to moment, time and time again.
The Power to Release Yourself from Painful Tension
Classroom Talk: 2/6/2019 - Part 1: Before we can have a conscious relationship with what is Timeless, before we can know a "peace that passes all understanding," there must come a series of (conscious) shocks that prove the truth of the following to us: any imagined time, power, or possession to come...
Use Painful Reactions to Release Yourself from the Past
Classroom Talk: 11/13/2019 All unconscious reactions are useless except to serve the mechanical man who believes the involuntary sensations produced by his own familiar clanging and clanking... somehow prove he is alive, thriving, and most important of all... real.
Start Seeing and Begin Living the Story of Your True Self
Classroom Talk: 11/14/2018 - Here is why rushing from place to place -- from thought to thought -- is the same as going nowhere at all: in one's constant haste to reach the end of some self-spun story -- where he dreams he will, at last, claim the peace he imagines awaits him there -- he runs right by the truth he must see...that is, if he wishes to be set free: there is no story he can tell himself that doesn't develop,...
Stop Useless Self Talk From Stealing Your Life
It is impossible to hear the "Voice of Heaven" -- to be in any level of communication with real conscience -- and to be talking to yourself at the same time. Learn More
The One Solution to the Suffering Born of Living in Unseen Contradiction in Yourself
Learning to use the appearance of a conflict -- whether with a friend, family member, or for an unwanted moment -- as a reminder that what you're really experiencing in that moment is the presence of some unseen contradiction in your own consciousness -- is the beginning of the end of ever again being made to act against yourself, or anyone else.
The Real Reason Why the Pain of Your Past Repeats Itself
Despite our resistance to it, no unwanted moment in passing time -- in and of itself -- is ever "wrong", or "out of place." Our incomplete understanding of the reason for its appearance not only tends to color such moments "dark," but our unconscious identification with this false conclusion then acts to drag us down into that same imagined darkness.
Liberate Yourself from the Loneliness, Fear and Torment of the Thought Self
Classroom Talk: 12/5/2018 - No (psychological) self exists without memory; no (psychological) memory exists without thought; no thought exists by itself. And yet, nothing is more alone and isolated than is the thinker-... regardless of how many thoughts may emerge to support and sustain the appearance of its temporary identity.
Rise Above the Pain Born of Unseen Contradictions in Your Consciousness
Classroom Talk: 3/13/2019 - The only authority the past has over us comes with our unconscious consent to be its captive each time we identify with its "objects" of thought, and all of their old associated emotions. The more clearly we see the truth of this kind of captivity -- inherent in living from this level of consciousness...
Transform the Pain of "Not Wanting" Some Moment into the Peace of Transcending Yourself
Meditation Talk: 6/28/2019 We cannot learn the truth of ourselves -- let alone hope to be set free by it -- as long as even one part of us refuses that revelation -- regardless of how impossible it may feel to stand there... in its Light.
Detect and Dismiss the Lying Voices of the Dark Forces That Want to Steal Your Life
Classroom Talk: 7/17/2019 May as well try and explain to a door that its total possibility is nothing more than being open or closed - by a force not its own - as hope that a sleeping human being will be interested in seeing the futility of a life consigned to the swing of the opposites.
Use Unwanted Moments to Free Yourself From Useless Stress and Suffering
Classroom Talk: 9/25/2019 Just as... it's the nature of water to "want" whatever path it's provided, so does True Self flow into and through whatever may seem to momentarily obstruct its will -- and its work -- to return to its Celestial Source.
How to Stop Being Manipulated by Unseen Parts of Yourself and Others
Classroom Talk: 7/31/2019 The futility of ambition hides behind the pain of false pride... save for those inevitable, inescapable moments of seeing how we have labored for a "treasure chest" to come that was empty, barren in the same moment of its imagined conception.
The Great Law of Loving Kindness That Protects and Perfects All of Your Relationships at the Same Time
All of our relationships, in particular the one we have with those we love, exist for a dual purpose, along with its great promise: first, most of us understand that our partner in life is there to help us grow, to awaken and stir in us, accordingly, an awareness of love's highest possibilities. But the other -- and equally important half of this same purpose and promise -- without which the f... Learn More
What Are All These Voices in My Head and What Can I Do About Them: Reclaim Your Authority Over All Fearful Thoughts and Feelings
Constant inner dialogue -- that infernal internal conversation running through your head -- is the fear-driven manifestation of a lower nature that first imagines a threat of some kind, and that then can't stop talking to itself about how to protect itself from its own dark dream. Learn More
The Start of the End of Human Sorrow
Remember this one idea, whatever the circumstances you must face, and the day will dawn when you will know the freedom for which you seek: Your struggle is with yourself, and yourself only. Learn More
Enact This New Knowledge and Enter Into Real Freedom
The present moment is the door of perception -- and if, when you look through it, you see something you recognize -- or otherwise think you know -- then all you're really seeing is a reflection of your self upon the mirrored surface of the door. The true door of perception opens... only into the unknown. Learn More
Go Beyond the Temporary Experience of Self
Meditation Talk: 10/25/2019 - Be here. Be still. Quietly remember the Divine presence that dwells within you... and you will know -- without taking thought -- the following truth that sets you free: Even as all around you everything changes, your True Self is unchanging. Fearlessness follows this discovery in much the same way as....
How to Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
Here is a great unseen Law: never ask someone to do for you what you haven't first struggled with, mightily, to do for yourself... For in adherence to this Law not only will you be open and willing to admit your present set of limitations, but you will also be forever grateful to whoever steps forward to help you see how to transcend them. Learn More
A Higher Lesson in Learning to Listen
Part 1: If you can't give the whole of your attention to someone -- or anything, for that matter -- then you can't listen. If you can't listen, you can't possibly hear the whole story. And if you can't hear the whole story, then it's impossible to understand your role in its telling. Part 2: There are no lazy hearts or minds in heaven.
How to Recognize and Escape the Unseen Trap of Living in the Past
Classroom Talk: 11/27/2019 Part 1: The more you remember this one great Truth in times of trial, the sooner will its power help set you free: Each moment of life unfolds as the seed of a brand-new possibility... But only if, and as, you allow it to show you who and what you can no longer agree to be! Part 2: To observe the moment...
I've Been Everyone But Myself
Classroom Talk: 12/19/2018 - Judging yourself for coming up "short" is like believing that somehow you increase your height each time you feel compelled to measure it.
Realize the Power in Repose
Catch the Negative Reaction of the Self-Centered Kind
The spiritual search for the 'old nature' set against you... isn't a 'snipe hunt.' The source of human misery is not a myth; so that if you've yet to see the beast of self-centeredness, if you don't recognize this creature for what it is -- and where -- it lurks within you... then at least learn to look for its tracks. That way, you might one day trace them back to its dark lair, where lie all... Learn More
Start Seeing and Being Part of a New Creation
It isn't your moment... unless you like doing time; real Life is a single movement. Whatever stirs you is a portion of the dance; whatever you hear is a single line from a verse or song with neither beginning nor end. Even these hints about heaven have already moved along. Creation is unceasing, so don't linger; for whatever seems to be here... isn't. Learn More
See Through this Unexpected Source of Pain and Be Set Free
Trying to change, or otherwise control the unexpected appearance of some unwanted moment -- whose anticipated outcome you negatively imagine must be avoided at all costs -- actually helps create the unwanted conditionthat you had feared was coming!...
Take the True Path That Leads to Being 'Free From All Men'
Part 1: You are responsible for every impression you make on others; however what they make of your work is no longer your responsibility. Part 2: Nothing is easier than to be offended; it is the dark expression of an unconscious level of self that believes feeling indignant toward those who fail to show it proper deference proves its superiority over them. This is like believing that jumping... Learn More
6 Characteristics of the Unconscious Ambitious "Self"
Classroom Talk: 7/10/2019 Part 1: There is nothing you can possess in this world of passing time that will not eventually prove itself worthless... And yet, as unwanted as this indisputable fact of life may be, that's its value! So then, why wait to see the truth of this when, by embracing it, you might just be set free. Part 2: Powers, possessions, all forms...
Find the Gateway to Heaven
Without something within you to unconsciously oppose it, a negative state is a wind without a sail that has no choice but to blow itself out, returning into oblivion. Learn More
Find the Beginning of the Life That Never Ends
'If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas:' The only reason that we agree to be in a relationship with any punishing thought or feeling is because -- each time -- we become so immediately identified with not wanting to feel its painful presence that we keep forgetting to remember -- and to practice -- this one spiritual fact that can free us from all dark states: it's in our power to k... Learn More
Escape the Circle of Suffering Born of Unconscious Identification
It is a big mistake to believe that the operation of imagination requires you to be present in order for it to produce either the illusion of a pleasure or pain to come, along with some temporary corresponding sense of self; in fact, quite the opposite is true. Almost our entire present sense of "I" is thus created and -- as the offspring of a lower level of being -- is largely responsible for... Learn More
Enter the Flame of Meditation and Be Set Free
Meditation Talk: 9/7/2018 - Meditation is watching yourself "happen"... Without trying to change what you see. (30-minute talk followed by a 30-minute meditation)...
A Higher Lesson in Learning to Listen #2
There's only one way to stop being deceived by the empty promises of others -- including those produced from out of your own desires... And that is to know that nothing promised to you -- or by anyone -- has the power to "add one cubit to your stature."...
Four Keys to Being Pure of Heart (and For Entering the Kingdom of Heaven)
Learn the love of seeing what's right and true -- regardless of any darkness revealed by standing in the Light of revelation -- and surely the rest of your days, now and ever after, will be nothing other than the bright, Divine journey of discovering the best in you. Learn More
The Right Answer to Reconcile Every Moment of Life
Best keep your eye on the interior life; let it be first and foremost. If the direction of outer life interferes with the awareness of the inner, follow the inner. Better they marry, but never allow what is outer to have precedence over the inner... and should this be so, if you're not yet able to do otherwise, then let this (state) be as a sorrow to you until, from out of it, comes the discip... Learn More
Two Simple Steps to Walk Away From Fear, Anger and Any Sorrow: Part 1
Part 1: False certainty is a fool's certainty: it is based in the illusion that the more strongly we feel about any given moment -- in particular, the more negative we are over whatever may have transpired -- proves not only the truth of our unique perception... but also why we're so certain that whatever conclusion we reach goes well beyond the measure of any doubt. Part 2: The reason that it... Learn More
Step Off the Wheel of Sorrow
We may pity the hamster on its wheel in a cage, perhaps even feeling superior to such a clueless creature that keeps running in the same place, going nowhere with no clue of its captive state. But the fact is -- and may God help us to see it as so -- there is little difference between this hamster wheel and the "wheel" of negative thoughts and feelings that, on one hand, tell us how to escape...
Find the Missing Feeling of Life and Be Free
Part 1: Humility comes only with our capacity to feel our own nothingness and, at the same time, to feel all that we are given to be. Part 2: It's impossible to feel real life and to fear it at the same time. Learn More
Discover the Single Greatest Cause of All Psychological Suffering
Classroom Talk: 10/2/2019 What is the instant denial of any moment in life... other than an unconscious agreement to live under the dark thumb of some unseen, conflicted part of us that refuses to see itself as it is in reality.
Exploring the Unseen Wisdom Called "Self-Sacrifice"
Looking for the meaning of any experience by taking thought about it is like focusing your attention on the single thread of a magnificent tapestry and hoping to understand the story it tells by analyzing that one thread. The story is so much bigger than that and... so is your true Self.
Leave the Tender Moment Alone as the Path of True Transformation
Part 1: Real-life is the ceaseless expression of converging celestial forces as altogether they manifest what 'cries out' to be harmonized in creation by the (merciful and loving) will of the Creator. Part 2: Most everything that we think we 'see'... isn't as it appears to be; that's why 'wait and watch' is the true path that leads to the summit of higher self-knowledge. Learn More
The First Step to Realizing True Self-Command
The fact that we can't see how, too often, we follow a part of ourselves that is blind -- as evidenced by the eventual pain of having to pay for its missteps -- proves that this 'I' -- this part of us must surely be as blind as our guide, or else we would be able to see the blindness of this 'self' in whose footsteps we have placed our trust!... Learn More
How to Find and Enter the Place of Lasting Peace
No unwanted, painful condition in life can be separated from the parts of us that resist its appearance... anymore than what we see in a mirror can exist without what's being reflected within it!... Learn More
See Through This Secret Form of Self-Induced Suffering
There is likely nothing more painfully mistaken -- no greater impediment to the realization of our freedom than the feeling that we are somehow entitled to it; we are entitled to nothing, and yet -- even in this world of spellbound souls who can only dream of being free -- we may have anything for which we're willing to make the appropriate payment. Learn More
Don't Mix Worlds
There are some things in this life -- in this world of passing time, governed as it is by the illusion of opposites -- that cannot grow up side-by-side; by their nature, the lion and the lamb never lay down together. So it is with love and self-pride, for love of self denies obedience... While love demands it. Learn More
A Commentary on "Blessed are the Poor in Spirit"
Truth is Imperishable; its timeless kingdom is untouchable. Therefore, the more truthful we can be with ourselves -- especially as concerns our present level of being -- the more we enter into a living relationship with Truth's Imperishable realm... wherein (we too) become untouchable by the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," and find ourselves beyond the ravages of passing time.
Stop Denying Life and Start Learning What it Means to Be Alive
All forms of psychological -- and ultimately, spiritual corruption is rooted in some imagined idea about the true nature of freedom; this aberration is a miscreation that gradually takes on a life of its own, metastasizing each time we resist the revelation that any sense of self derived from an imagined freedom makes us, at once, both a prisoner of that dream and its inherent suffering each t...
See and Be Free of All Negative Reactions
Classroom Talk: 1/8/2020 - Where is tomorrow's fear other than in today's troubled imagination? And, if this is true, and IT IS... Then, what to do with our attention now? Let it be swallowed up in the dark shadow of what "may be"... Or, hold it in the Light of higher awareness where no shadow can dwell, let alone its fear?
How to End the Haunting of Endless Wanting
Classroom Talk: 12/4/2019 Most of us are filled with wants that change nothing about who we are, let alone answer the emptiness inside. If we must ask for something, let it be for greater Wisdom; for possessions and powers come and go... but Wisdom is Now, and forever.
Awaken the Will to Walk Away From False Thoughts and Feelings
There is no right wrong emotion; there is no true false feeling; there is no positive negative state: End of story. To begin seeing this spiritual truth is the first step in walking away from -- and then dying to -- a lower level of self; the part of us that doesn't care what it feels ... only that it has some kind of emotion with which it can be identified. Learn More
The Path and the Power of Divine Discernment
The sense of a timeless unity, the feeling of beauty, including an awareness of its delicate balance, is inseparable from the purity of one's heart, mind, and soul in the moment of that same perception. Learn More
For the Good of All (3 Lines of the Work)
He who serves himself only serves less than nothing, because whatever he takes from the world to fill that hungry hole in his soul...only enlarges it. Learn More
See the Truth and Be Set Free
Classroom Talk: 10/16/2019 Allowing any part of self to act in such a way as to deny yourself a new awareness of yourself -- whatever its quality -- is the same as refusing your right to realize the limitless depth and breadth of your true Self.
The First Step in Coming Out of the Unconscious 'self'
There is only one-way to change who, and what we have been: we must set a conscious intention to observe ourselves... as we are, under any and all circumstances. This means that moment-to-moment, we choose, consciously, to see what's unfolding within us through the 'eyes' of a higher part of us that knows -- even as it enters the fray -- that our freedom begins with ending our identification w... Learn More
Catch and Drop Useless Self-Talk
Classroom Talk: 5/22/2019 The sure way to guarantee that your suffering goes on unabated is to keep talking to yourself about it!
The First Great Law of Spiritual Development
Part 1: Awakening to the presence of some weak, or otherwise painful character at large within us marks the beginning of the end of its command over us. Part 2: The longer one is able to observe oneself -- all parts of oneself, unadorned -- the less interest one has in being identified with any of these (separate) parts while, at the same time, the more willingly does one commit to do the inne... Learn More
Run the Great Race and Win Timeless Love
One of the greater misunderstandings about our existence on earth is that most believe, in one way or another, that it is intended to be a place of rest; but it is not. Our life on earth, like everything created upon it, is a test... Where not only are we weighed as to what we can and will agree to bear, but so is our heart being constantly examined as to what it loves and places above all els... Learn More
It is virtually impossible to consciously bear the unpleasant manifestation of any other human being until we have awakened to the same manifestation in ourselves, and learned to consciously suffer it. In other words, we can only bear in someone else what we have learned to bear in ourselves... which means none can be truly compassionate until we know what it means to suffer ourselves for the... Learn More
Slow Down, See, and Be Free
Here's an insight into the real reason why virtually everyone is always in an internal rush of some kind: The false self is but a fleeting identity appearing as the momentary opposite -- a transient reflection -- of whatever is seen in the stream of passing time amidst its ceaseless impressions. This temporary sense of self fears its own disappearance, and so it rushes to consummate its relati... Learn More
Solved: The Mystery of True Spiritual Strength
Human arrogance -- its entire dark and painful pretense -- exists only as it does because of how distanced we've become from the immense and Divine mystery of our own being. The more we awaken to the depth of this mystery, the more we see our life through the eyes of a whole new level of being endowed with a natural, yet supernal humility. Learn More
Learn to Listen for the Unheard Unholy Voice of Temptation
As we awaken, one thing becomes clear about our suffering, and our endless struggle to bring it to an end: by ourselves we cannot complete ourselves, anymore than a puzzle has the power to assemble itself. So that whatever we're tempted to do, plan, or become to make ourselves whole must belong to a lower level of self that seeks what it does to avoid seeing its own incomplete nature. There is...
The Need Itself Speaks What It Seeks
This, our world... is a virtual desert, but not because the earth herself is infertile. Rather it's because we -- human consciousness itself -- are barren: we bear no Light, let alone the Child within us... meant to be born out of its abiding Presence.
This Talk is for Anyone Who Wants to Be Real
Classroom Talk: 12/12/2018 - Part 1: We fear whatever we don't understand, and then blame the thing feared... Instead of seeing the real source of it: (unconscious) self-ignorance. Part 2: There is no fear now.
Stop Looking for Trouble!
Classroom Talk: 8/14/2019 Living within us... is a lower level of consciousness. This "in-the-dark" nature does not want to know itself, and resists any form of light that reveals its highly conflicted character. Fortunately -- by grace -- within us also dwells a Living Light whose awareness not only reveals the dark realm of this unconscious "self"...
Go Beyond Worldly Appearances to Real Spiritual Substance
Part 1: We are convinced that if there's anything lacking in us, then the answer must be to acquire it, as has always been our go-to solution when suffering over some discontent. But as long as our hope for contentment is remanded over to a search for something outside of ourselves, we will never see the fact that this discontent is inseparable from our present level of self, let alone come to... Learn More
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From little seeds…
Our story started 3 years ago when we discovered a dilapidated plant nursery next to an allotment site off Cricket Road in Oxford. It was disused for 10 years and was overgrown with brambles. But there was something magical about the place and with a cabin, poly-tunnels, an orchard and growing areas, we saw there was huge potential to unlock.
A group a parents, community members and educators formed a Cooperative and set about to transform it into a beautiful educational space for families to be outside and connect with nature.
We want to offer childcare from our site, for early-years foundation stage children and up, with a focus on Forest School, food-growing, outdoor play and self-directed learning. This will be run cooperatively by parents and staff, making it affordable for families.
The space will also be a welcoming local resource, a place where local families can spend time with their children, meet other parents and build social networks. Alongside regular childcare, we will offer community activities and events.
Following the closure of many children's centres, the lack of wild spaces for outdoor play in the city, the climate crisis and the escalating costs of childcare, we know our project is what families are looking for.
Fertile ground for growth
We secured a peppercorn lease on the site from the City Council and have held over 40 volunteer work-parties since March 2018, with 1,243 volunteer hours given, to cut through the bramble jungle and clear the rubbish.
Luckily, we've attracted a committed band of volunteers who have been willing get their hands dirty! We've built an amazing community and have welcomed families to our site through our successful summer Forest School pilot and enchanting seasonal events. Already, we've achieved a massive visible change on the site. We now have a blank canvas and big plans for our next stage.
Cultivating our site
We are planning grand improvements to the site including eco-renovating our cabin, recovering our polytunnels, building a compost toilet, reconnecting our water and energy and creating beautiful play and growing spaces. The renovation work will be an educational opportunity in itself, as we'll do it through community work-parties and workshops for families to build skills over next Spring and Summer.
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Cyndy attended Harmony Path School of Massage in Rocky River and has been a licensed therapist since 2006. She is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association. Certified in infant massage, including premature infants as well as a certified Infant Massage Teacher, she enjoys teaching parents to massage their infants which promotes parent-infant bonding. Cyndy has additional training and certification in Pre-Natal Massage, and Hot Stone Therapy. She is also trained in medical massage by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. She believes people are so conditioned to live in a stress filled environment that they lose touch how to feel in a normal, relaxed state.
Desi is a graduate of The National Institute of Massotherapy and has been performing massage therapy for the past 8 years. The massage she has crafted over the years is a therapeutic massage helping people relieve their pain in particular areas of the body and also relieving stress. Desi's specialties and certifications include Deep Tissue Massage, Prenatal Massage, Sinus Relief Massage, Sports Massage, TMJ Dysfunction Relief Massage, Aromatherapy, Hot Stone Massage, and Reiki Master/Teacher. She believes that massage is beneficial to improving someone's overall quality of living and helps to relieve pain and decreases stress. Ever since she was a small child Desi's main goal in life was to become a massage therapist and help people improve their quality life. One of her greatest characteristics is the ability to tailor each massage to her client's specific needs and help relieve their stress or pain in any way she can. She is also a registered nurse and mother of two.
Sherri treats her clients to a unique style that she has developed over nearly 20 years of bodywork experience, including 10 years licensed with The State of Ohio Medical Board. Sherri is additionally certified in the following modalities: polarity, Reiki, Lomi-Lomi spiritual massage, chakra balancing, acupressure, myofascial release therapy, therapeutic applications in sports, neuromuscular release and deep tissue massage. Sherri's clients range from newborn babies to folks well into their 90's. From the sedentary to the professional athlete, Sherri's focus is to optimize function and enhance well being. Also a very proud mother of 3 wonderful sons, Sherri is excited to join Tomorrows' Wellness Team and looks forward to tailoring a session for you and your specific needs.
I graduated from Cuyahoga Community College for Massage Therapy/Advanced Massage Therapy at the end of 2015. I also have my Associates Degree in Applied Science. I perform therapeutic massages in order to assist in muscle, connective tissue, and joint related pain, as well as helping clients gain their range of motion, muscle strength, and mobility. I provide treatment for medical conditions, injuries, athletes, wellness maintenance and relaxation. I work very closely with every single client's own personal needs, preferences, and pressure tolerances. I help my clients understand the importance of regular massages in order to stay pain free; this keeps the muscles healthy and loose which keeps the bones aligned as well. I also offer aromatherapy and incorporate stretches in my therapeutic massage sessions. My work hours are flexible to meet your needs. All in a calm and relaxing environment. I love helping others feel better physically and mentally. I hope to see you soon!


DR. SEUSS™ THE LORAX – Giveaway!
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From the creators of Despicable Me and the imagination of Dr. Seuss comes the 3D-CG feature Dr. Seuss The Lorax, an adaptation of the classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope. The animated adventure follows the journey of a 12-year-old as he searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world. It's such a great movie for kids and goes along well with our own family's want and need to protect our world and live a healthier life. Thanks to Universal we'll be seeing this movie!!!
In the movie, Danny DeVito will lend his vocal talents to the iconic title character of the Lorax, while Ed Helms will voice the enigmatic Once-ler. Also bringing their talents to the film are global superstars Zac Efron as Ted, the idealistic youth who searches for the Lorax, and Taylor Swift as Audrey, the girl of Ted's dreams. Rob Riggle will play financial king O'Hare, and beloved actress Betty White will portray Ted's wise Grammy Norma.
The movie is now in theaters!!!!
Universal also wants one of my readers to go see this movie and one winner will receive a prize pack.
Main Entry: Tell me what lesson you think your kiddos can learn from the movie.
I think they can learn the importance of taking care of the environment.
Thanks for the giveaway…the movies teaches conservation, importance of natural resources.
I think they can learn more about the environment and what it takes to keep our environment clean.
I think anyone's kiddos could learn more about caring for the trees and the environment.
They can learn the importance of taking care of the environment!
She will learn that are actions have consequences.
I think my 3 kids will learn what happens if we don't take care of our environment.
I think that it is important for kids to learn that they need to protect the things that we have on our planet. They need to learn that there is not an infinate amount of natural resources. This movie is a great way to teach all our children of the importance of our natural resources and how they could disappear if we are not careful.
They can learn how important it is to protect our forests.
They can learn about the importance of the environment and not taking things for granted.
To use their own voice and power to help those who have none.
They learn that any age can help to save our environment and how important it is to everyone to keep it safe.
I know it will enforce that all things in nature are needed and play important roles.Thanks!
I think they'll learn that even small things they do can help protect the environment.
my kids can learn about how to make the world a better place.
I liked you on fb. I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. I'm new to sweepstakes but I hope my daughters would learn to take care of our enviroment. Haven't seen this movie yet but everyone says its cute.
Learning the importance of taking care of the Earth God gave us is an important value I want my kids to have. That's awesome if this movie helps with that!
Love and respect our earth!
It would give our kids a better appreciation and respect for the environment.
protecting our environment is a good thing.
I hope they learn about making the earth a better place.
I hope they learn that we need to treat this planet right!
I think autumn will take away that we need to protect our environment.
My son could learn about the stewardship of our earth's resources.
They can learn to respect the environment.
It teaches them about the environment and what an impact they can have on it for good or bad.
I cant wait for her to learn about trees!!! treat the environment and nature with respect.
To take care of the world they live in. Thank you!!
Give them better morals on good things!
Take of the environment! Plant a tree!
That preserving nature is precious.
I have not seen this yet, but I hop to teach them conservationism.
Kids can learn about the earth and how we have to take care of it.
They can learn that one voice can make a difference.
I love that children can learn about what might happen if we cut down all the trees.
Lesson learned: How important it is to have dreams. And the importance of how when we take care of the environment it takes care of us.
My kid's can learn to understand and appreciate the things around them more. Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway!
I think it will teach kids about responsibility for maintaining the environment.
To learn that everyone must take part in protecting our earth.
they can learn the importance of taking care of our earth!
To be responsible for all the choices they make in life.
they can learn to help people who need help.
That TREES are IMPORTANT & using everything up is not!
They can learn that we need to take care of the planet.
Willteach them to respect the enviroment!
To understand and appreciate the things around them more.
Kids can learn that anything, no matter how big or small, can make a difference in the world!
I think it will help my kids appreciate and think about things around them more.
I think "The Lorax" will teach my kids that every little seedling matters and what you do with that seedling can make a huge impact.
be kind to each other and our Earth!
To appreciate the things around them more.
I'm an email subscriber #2.
To take care of their world.
I'm a follower through Google +.
I'm a follower through twitter.
I enjoyed your comments on International Womans Day-I also have two girls and am grateful that there are many opportunities for girls nowadays. Unfortunately, things are not as good for females in other parts of the world.
Kids can learn to respect the forests and the animals who live it them!
i think my kids can learn to take care of the things around them.
I commented on your mattress review. I'm new to your blog and really enjoying it.
They will learn to take care of the world around them.
They can learn to protect their environment.
Not to give up hope!
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A Show of Heads is a thematic exhibition based on the portrayal and interpretation of the human head. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, November 3 – 27, 2011 and is open for entry to all artists working in any media. $2600 publication awards will be presented to three artists.


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What Happened at Braley Pond
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Located in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, Braley Pond is a popular recreational area located 30 minutes outside of Staunton, Virginia. It's also one of the most haunted campsites in the United States. Reports of spirits hovering above the water there, and the sounds of laughing children have been heard at night. Though rumors of at least one suicide have been reported there, the 2003 gang murder of Christopher S. Kennedy is what most locals believe is the cause of Braley Pond's mysterious paranormal occurrences.Six months after Kenedy's murder, Shea Willis and her friend Chris Pugh, two well-known local paranormal investigators, took a trip to Braley Pond to investigate the hauntings themselves. What they found was unlike anything they'd ever experienced before.What Happened at Braley Pond is a 9-part exploratory podcast about our need to understand the unknown. It's about our search for bigger truths, about life and death and the hereafter, about our need for connection, not just with each other, but with the loved ones we've lost in our lives.
Episode 1: A Horrible Presence
Braley Pond is a 4-and-a-half acre recreational area located in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest — just 30 minutes west of Staunton, Virginia. On May 22, 2003, 19-year-old Christopher S. Kennedy was murdered by local gang members. Two of the members lured Kennedy to Braley Pond, stabbed him 13 times in the chest and back, and then dumped his body into the water. Six months later, Shea Willis and Chris Pugh, two local paranormal investigators, visited Braley Pond to look into rumors of strange occurrences happening there - ghostly figures hovering above the water, the sounds of children laughing at night, and an evil, unexplainable presence lurking there. What they found was unlike anything they could have ever imagined. Charles Moss - Creator & HostMike Trebilcock - Sound Designer & ComposerBill Colrus - Story EditorShelton Brown - Logo DesignKeith Finch - Additional ArtworkAshton Lance - Web Developer
Episode 2: The Murder of Christopher Kennedy
Seth Tinsley explains in detail how the events of May 22, 2003 unfolded, why he and another member of the Staunton-based gang Gangsta Disciples, lured Chris Kennedy to Braley Pond and murdered him, and the aftermath. Kennedy's childhood best friend, Kevin Robertson, reminisces about growing up together with Chris, his feelings about losing his friend so young, and how he heard about the murder. Charles Moss - Creator & HostMike Trebilcock - Sound Designer & ComposerBill Colrus - Story EditorShelton Brown - Logo DesignKeith Finch - Additional ArtworkAshton Lance - Web developer
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Episode 3: The Energy Around Us
The events at Braley Pond were only the beginning of Shea Wilis' troubles. She is plagued by mysterious events in the months that follow and her young son Zack is convinced he sees the ghost of Chis Kennedy in their house. Shea also goes into her background as an energy worker and empath and the troubled childhood she experienced because of them. Her mother Jennifer Hensley also talks about her own abilities, and we are introduced to their mentor, Joey Korn, who owns and operates Dowsers.com, a website that offers spiritual services and products such as space clearing, retreats, and dowsing tools. Charles Moss - Creator & HostMike Trebilcock - Sound Designer & ComposerBill Colrus - Story EditorShelton Brown - Logo DesignKeith Finch - Additional ArtworkAshton Lance - Web developer
Episode 4: A Troubled Childhood
Gang-related violence was rampant across Virginia in the early 2000s. In this episode, Ginny Newman, director of the Central Shenandoah Valley Office on Youth, talks about the Staunton area's gang problem during the time of Chris Kennedy's murder. Seth Tinsley, along with his sister and mother, reflects on his troubled childhood, and Jeff Kennedy, Chris' father, as well as Kevin Robertson, Chris's childhood best friend, talk about the path that led him to join a gang, and the choices Chris made that ultimately led to his death. Charles Moss - Creator & HostMike Trebilcock - Sound Designer & ComposerBill Colrus - Story EditorShelton Brown - Logo DesignKeith Finch - Additional ArtworkAshton Lance - Web Developer
Episode 5: Haunted Staunton
Staunton, Virginia has a rich history that goes back to 1738. But it's the paranormal aspect of the city's history that fascinates local ghost hunters like Marty Siebel, Curtis Lee Wimer, Dawn Biery, and others. The paranormal community in Staunton is tight, where everyone knows each other. Of course, this community is not without its controversies, some of which are explored in this episode, along with Staunton's most haunted places. Another kind of paranormal investigator, a science enthusiast named Kenny Biddle, voices his opinion on the legitimacy of what Shea experienced at Braley Pond, along with parapsychologist Brandon Massullo, author of The Ghost Studies, a book that answers the questions, "What are ghosts and what causes them? Charles Moss - Creator & HostMike Trebilcock - Sound Designer & ComposerBill Colrus - Story EditorShelton Brown - Logo DesignKeith Finch - Additional ArtworkAshton Lance - Web Developer
Episode 6: The Shadow People
Logan Guinn isn't like other paranormal investigators. He describes himself as more of a demon hunter, someone who doesn't waste time on spiritual chants or rituals. Together with his wife Brynne, they seek out spirits, ghosts, and demons and kick their asses. At least that's how he describes it. Logan has a knack for the dramatic. But he also believes he knows what's going on at Braley Pond, and it's not from this world or dimension. Shea Willis and her mother Jennifer also go into more of their past experiences with strange creatures that seem to have followed them throughout their lives. Charles Moss - Creator & HostMike Trebilcock - Sound Designer & ComposerBill Colrus - Story EditorShelton Brown - Logo DesignKeith Finch - Additional ArtworkAshton Lance - Web DeveloperInterested in learning more about Dybbuk boxes? Here's a link to my article for Input Magazine.
Episode 7: A Portal to Another World
Christine Day believes she is a Pleiadian Ambassador, someone who is embodied by an interdimensional race of beings called Pleiadians. Robert Perala is the co-author of The Divine Blueprint and the victim of a mysterious abduction that occurred in 1977. Though Logan describes Pleiadians in episode six as something akin to "shadow people from another dimension, entering our reality through a portal," Christine and Robert offer a different view on what these beings are. Meanwhile, Dr. Leah Broussard, a physicist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is working on an experiment to see if there is indeed, a portal of sorts, to another kind of reality.Charles Moss - Creator & HostMike Trebilcock - Sound Designer & ComposerBill Colrus - Story EditorShelton Brown - Logo DesignKeith Finch - Additional ArtworkAshton Lance - Web Developer
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Sam Fender (* 25. dubna 1994 North Shields) je anglický písničkář. V roce 2019 získal ocenění BRIT Awards v kategorii Critics' Choice.

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Narodil se a vyrůstal v městě North Shields na severovýchodě Anglie. Pochází z hudební rodiny. Jeho otec Alan a bratr Liam jsou také písničkáři, přičemž Liam také hraje na bicí a klavír. V North Shieldsu navštěvoval střední školu, kde se seznámil se svým budoucím společníkem, kytaristou a klávesistou Joem Atkinsonem.

Spolu se začínajícími umělci jako Khalid, Sigrid nebo Lewis Capaldi se objevil v žebříčku BBC's Sound of 2018. Jeho singl Play God byl součástí soundtracku k videohře FIFA 19.

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On 5 and 6 November 2020 AEBR's Annual Conference took place. Various stakeholders exchanged on two main topics: the future of the EU from the perspective of border regions, and the future role of AEBR. Divided in four sessions, inspiring discussions engaged many actors from border regions. A brief summary of the four sessions follows:
Session 1: The future of Europe (from the perspective of border regions). In the first session, opened by Oliver Paasch, Minister-President of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Karl-Heinz Lambertz, AEBR's newly elected President, representative of European institutions offered their insights on future developments in Europe, especially with regard to territorial cooperation. Gunn Marit Helgesen from the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities claimed the need to multiply cross-border cooperation in Europe – and to achieve this, the necessity to develop new multilevel governance models and ensure solidarity between cross-border territories. Pascal Boijmans from the European Commission's DG Regio presented the novelties of Interreg 2021-27, where cooperation takes a new dimension. Wolfgang Petzold from the European Committee of the Regions called for collaboration among institutions, policy makers and associations within the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe to influence an agenda geared toward more cross-border cooperation. In their final comments, the speakers stressed the importance of a strong cross-border alliance and collaboration that will bring border regions to the heart of the decision making process. The future of Europe should find citizens, institutions and politicians in a good partnership that will promote the interest of border regions and citizens, and will leave no one behind.
Replay the session here.
Session 2: Crises like COVID-19 and their impact on cross-border citizens. The following session looked at the situation in border regions of the EU when national governments decide to close borders. Nathalie Verschelde from the European Commission's DG Regio pleaded for better coordination for strategic planning to prevent crises, much needed especially in border regions, as a study on the impact of measures taken in Spring 2020 to prevent the pandemic of COVID-19 to be released soon points out. Michael Dejozé from the EGTC Euregio Meuse-Rhine presented their experience in cooperating while borders where closed, emphasising the relevance of the cooperation ties established before the crisis, which have been of utter importance to allow for solutions benefitting citizens in the moment of crisis. Arola Urdangarin Ferreira from the EGTC Eurorégion Nouvelle Aquitaine-Euskadi-Navarre also informed about their experience and stressed the key role played by cross-border structures during the pandemic as bridges between citizens and national authorities. Nicolas Decker and Jo Maas from the European Patients Empowerment for Customized Solutions- EPECS brought the point of view of citizens and patients, demanding a long-term plan on policies and decision making related to health matters in the EU – the only way to involve citizens of border regions. Finally, Julie Hanique from the General Council for Culture of the Federation of Wallonia-Brussels dwelled on the impact of COVID-19 on cultural operators in the border regions, which contributed to national isolation. Closing the session, speakers and participants pleaded for a united call to avoid borders' closures. To support border regions through crises like COVID-19, it is necessary to rethink the role of the EU in future crisis, establish trust and strong relationships across borders, allow for local solutions and push for cross-border risk management, also through Interreg funding.
Session 3: A project-based organisation? On 6 November Martín Guillermo Ramírez invited five speakers to share their view about the role of AEBR in managing projects enhancing cross-border cooperation. Cinzia Dellagiacoma of AEBR's Project Office showed how the initiatives Interreg Volunteer Youth and b-solutions offer AEBR new ways to achieve its primary objective of promoting cross-border cooperation. Ricardo Ferreira from DG Regio, promoter of the b-solutions initiative, stressed the strategic role that AEBR has in fulfilling successfully the project, allowing for a wider impact of the action thanks to its ability to involve more actors. Io Chatzivaryti from the Chamber of Drama and Pablo Rivera Búa from the EGTC Chaves-Verín brought their experiences taking part in projects implemented by AEBR, showcasing the possibilities that these initiative bring to borders' stakeholders. While briefing on AEBR Latin American projects, José María Cruz of AEBR Global Initiative informed about the many actions AEBR is part of in Latin America and Africa to transfer and gain new knowledge on cross-border cooperation. Through its projects, AEBR acts as an indispensable bridge between various stakeholders, channelling information and knowledge while ensuring capitalisation, dissemination and capacity building – all to the benefit of cross-border cooperation' s practices.
Session 4: Communication and Networking AEBR cooperation with European institutions and other strategic partners. Ann-Sofi Backgren introduction four additional guest speakers to exchange on future collaboration between AEBR and key partners, bringing up new ideas and fresh commitments. Andreas Kiefer from the Council of Europe' Congress of Local and Regional Authorities welcomed the call for more coordination among different actors to create synergies through alliances – and in this sense expressed gratification for the longstanding cooperation between AEBR and the Council of Europe. Christian Gsodam from the European Committee of the Regions launched many interesting and ambitious ideas to promote, in synergy with various stakeholders, cross-border cooperation, bringing forward the development of new structures, new strategies, new collaborations, along with citizens' dialogues. Dirk Peters from the European Commission's DG Regio stressed what are the instruments to strengthen cohesion in border regions put at disposal by European Territorial Cooperation – emphasising that trust among all partners is the fundamental element for cross-border cooperation to be successful. Finally, Jean Peyrony from Mission Opérationnelle Transfrontalière (MOT) presented the European Cross-Border Citizens' Alliance, a joint initiative to ensure that EU cross-border citizens' voice is heard by institutions and policy makers. Closing the session, the speakers emphasized the importance of these debates, being vital for strengthening the collaboration of all stakeholders and for bringing forward the necessary policies that will benefit cross border citizens all over Europe, having a direct positive impact on their daily life.
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Provides information for SUNY Plattsburgh's employees on the observance of paid holidays.
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It is the policy of State University of New York College at Plattsburgh to observe paid holidays for New York State employees. These are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Lincoln's Birthday, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Election Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
If any of these holidays fall on a Sunday, it is observed as a paid holiday on the following Monday.
Up to two of the holidays listed above may be designated by the State as "floating holidays". This means State offices would remain open and employees required to work would receive compensatory time off. Typically Election Day* and Lincoln's Birthday are designated "floating holidays" and would, therefore, be normal business days.
Many holidays normally fall on days when classes are scheduled, and subsequently the services provided by many offices may be required. On the following holidays, it is expected that offices will be open and have at least minimum coverage: Washington's Birthday, Labor Day and Veterans' Day. The extent of such coverage should be determined in advance by the department head and his or her supervisor.
Therefore, campus offices will be closed for business on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. These will vary based on the academic calendar – when students are on campus, offices are expected to be open.
If a holiday falls on a Saturday the State may designate another day to be observed as a holiday but normally does not. If another day is not designated, the holiday is accrued as an earned holiday.
When a holiday falls on Sunday, under the provisions of the Law, it is observed as a legal holiday in New York State on the following Monday. However, contract provisions for certain bargaining units provide that employees for whom Sunday is a regularly scheduled workday will observe the holiday on Sunday instead of Monday.
*UUP Professionals will observe the day after Thanksgiving as a floating holiday in lieu of the observance of Election Day, in accordance with Article XIII, Title D of the Policies of the Board of Trustees. Leave credits should be charged by UUP Professionals and 12-month faculty who choose not to work on the liberal leave days listed above.
Please contact Human Resource Services if you have any questions at 518-564-5062.
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Holiday Information for Professional & Classified Employees
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For additional information about this policy, please contact the Policy Owner listed above.
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I ' V E N E V E R been one to be bold with my outfit choices. As I mentioned in my quick fashion history a few days ago, my go-to outfit usually involved a t-shirt of some kind paired with jeans (that were always too long for me).
There's always controversy when it comes to showing skin. But as Emma Watson recently said "feminism is about giving women choice." Whether you think showing skin is empowering or not, I personally find it a way to showcase my confidence, explore my fashion tastes and express myself through clothing.
Society seems to constantly tell women what they can and cannot wear based off their body shapes. Hell, just pick up a fashion magazine and it's all about 'skirts to wear if you're pear-shaped' or 'the best jackets to wear if you're short.' While these articles do have their points, it doesn't mean that I'm only regulated to a certain cut, color, shape or length of clothing due to my body shape. Instead, I'm free to explore whatever suits my fancy no matter how large or curvy my body or how much skin I'm showing.
Although I've recently been trying to figure out my fashion style and focusing my wardrobe down, I still feel like bolder pieces like this velvet leotard are a fun way to spice up my wardrobe.
Honestly, I never thought I'd ever share a photo of myself wearing an outfit like this. I always thought that I was too heavy for this type of clothing–not to mention I was never confident enough to show cleavage or something this revealing. I always thought I could never pull it off. But when I put together this outfit with my favorite black boots on a sunny day to take photos, I never felt so confident!
I ended up loving this velvet bodysuit from Charlotte Russe! I do like it paired with these jean shorts, but I think this outfit would look even better with black shorts or black skinny pants/jeans. Unfortunately this particular bodysuit is no longer available (that I could find), so here are some similar ones that I've been able to find that are either velvet or have that plunging v element: Velvet option 1, option 2, & option 3 or Plunging V option 1, option 2, option 3, option 4 & option 5.
Black Friday Haul Pt. 1!
I've always been a Charlotte Russe fan…and an advocate of wearing what makes you feel good. I've been working on going minimalist and I've had to discover that about my own wardrobe. If it doesn't feel good or bring you joy, it shouldn't be in there. Thanks for going bold…and for sharing!
Thank you! Yes, as I mentioned on your blog, I'm trying to scale down myself! It's so awesome that you're moving more minimalist. Maybe one day I'll get there too!
this is really cute outfit! And you can see you feel amazing wearing it 😉 I love that feeling!
Thanks! I definitely thought that too after I wore it this way! I usually reach for black more so I'll have to try this bodysuit with black skinny jeans next time! Thanks for the tip!
I am loving this on you! It's giving me 70s vibes but with a modern twist. Great look!
You sure did rock it. you go girl!
I love what you are wearing. Absolutely loved your dress!
That top is bae! Love the cut and the velvet feels, also you look gorgeous!
You definitely rocked this outfit! I like velvet but when it comes to washing those clothes I feel like they are not the same after so I avoid to buy something similar. When it comes to dressing and having a certain style, I think the most important thing is to feel good about. When you feel like you don't need to fixed it all the time and to check is everything on its place, other the less, you can wear anything you want no matter who says what.
Totally agree! Thanks so much for the tips and for stopping by!
You are rockin' that top girl! I'd love to try that in black! So cute.


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Blood Red Road was a book that greatly surprised me. I wasn't expecting to fall in love but, without warning, I was sucked in to Saba's world. All that hype that you saw when this book first came out? Completely and utterly spot on. I absolutely adored this story.
Saba is a tough character to love. She's stubborn, fierce as all get out, and witty too. In other words, a recipe for my perfect female character. However her stubborn attitude more often than not causes her to make very rash decisions. I'll fully admit that there were multiple times I wanted to reach in and just slap her for a moment. I understood why Moira Young created her this way though. Saba is used to having to take care of herself. She's used to being a lone wolf.
That is, of course, until she meets Jack. Ah, Jack. Witty, lovable, and sometimes completely lost Jack. He was definitely my favorite character. The perfect opposite to everything that Saba was. Their relationship was rocky, it was real, it was amazing! All work and no play makes Saba a dull girl. Good thing Jack was around! Seriously though, every single character that travels alongside these two shines off the page. They are so well-crafted, that it is hard not to find yourself rooting for them as you read.
What else can I say to make you pick up this book? Refreshingly, Blood Red Road is unlike a lot of other dystopian novels out there. Instead of focusing solely on a society, with a bit of characterization thrown in, Young's book is all about the characters. You'll find yourself beside them as they fight to survive, tackle problems thrown in their path, and wrestle with the age old question of who they really are. It seems odd that this would work so well, but it honestly does. I was able to get so lost in Saba's world, that I honestly didn't want to come back out.
At the end of the day, if you are a reader of dystopian fiction this is a book that you're going to need to pick up. The twists and turns in the plot will delight you. The fierce, dogged pace of the story will make you feel like you're on the brink of exhaustion. Then you'll meet the characters and realize that there is no turning back. Moira Young did a fabulous job with this book. I'm just going to come right out and say I want more. Soon.
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• UK PM May wins confidence vote; now to search for brexit consensus.
• Businesses cry out for Brexit clarity, warn of no-deal chaos.
• As shutdown lingers, Pelosi asks Trump to delay State of Union address.
• ECB must avoid "financial distress" in banks' clean up - top EU lawmaker.
• US Dec Import Prices MM, -1.0%, -1.3% forecast, -1.6% previous, -1.9% revised.
• US Dec Export Prices MM, -0.6%, -0.6% forecast, -0.9% previous, -0.8% revised.
• U.S. labor market tightens, wages grow moderately -Fed Beige Book.
• US Jan NAHB Housing Market Index, 58, 56 forecast, 56 previous .
• US w/e 11 Jan Mortgage Market Index, 411.8, 362.7 previous.
• US w/e 11 Jan MBA Purchase Index, 278.5, 255.2 previous.
• US w/e 11 Jan MBA 30-Yr Mortgage Rate, 4.74%, 4.74% previous.
• US w/e 11 Jan MBA Mortgage Applications, 13.5%, 23.5% previous.
EUR/USD: The euro slipped lower against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, as worries about the outlook of the euro zone economy weighed on the single currency.The euro had already been hit earlier this week, as data showed Germany barely escaped a recession in the second half of 2018 and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi warned the euro zone economy was weaker than expected. The euro was down 0.13 percent against the dollar, last at $1.1394, after being compressed earlier in the session to a 12-day trough of $1.138. Immediate resistance can be seen at 1.1419 (50% retracement level), an upside break can trigger rise towards 1.1468 (61.8% retracement level).On the downside, immediate support is seen at 1.1379 (50 DMA), a break below could take the pair towards 1.1310 (23.6% retracement level).
GBP/USD: Sterling strengthened against the dollar on Wednesday, after British Prime Minister Theresa May's government won a confidence vote in parliament. Prime Minister Theresa May won a confidence vote in the British parliament on Wednesday before proposing immediate talks with other party leaders in an attempt to break the deadlock on a Brexit divorce agreement. Lawmakers voted 325 to 306 that they had confidence in May's government, just 24 hours after handing her Brexit deal a crushing defeat that left Britain's exit from the European Union in disarray. Sterling was last trading at $1.2873, up 0.12 percent on the day. Immediate resistance can be seen at 1.2922 (Higher Bollinger Band), an upside break can trigger rise towards 1.2943 (38.2% retracement level).On the downside, immediate support is seen at 1.2854 (5 DMA), a break below could take the pair towards 1.2764 (11 DMA).
USD/CAD: The Canadian dollar was little changed against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, extending this week's sideways pattern as stocks took British political upheaval in stride and oil prices reduced some of the previous day's gains. The Canadian dollar was trading nearly unchanged at 1.3243 to the greenback . The currency, which on Monday touched its weakest level in nearly one week at 1.3297, traded in a range of 1.3240 to 1.3293.Immediate resistance can be seen at 1.3313 (50% retracement level), an upside break can trigger rise towards 1.3395 (61.8% retracement level).On the downside, immediate support is seen at 1.3233 (38.2% retracement level), a break below could take the pair towards 1.3179 (January 9th low).
USD/JPY: The U.S. dollar strengthened against the yen on Wednesday, as the greenback gained on uncertainty over the European economy and Brexit, while apprehensions about a global economic slowdown limited sharp gains. The greenback had climbed to a more than one week high overnight on the back of economic weakness in Europe and uncertainty over Brexit, after British lawmakers voted against Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed deal with the EU. The dollar was 0.31 higher versus the Japanese yen at 109.03. Strong resistance can be seen at 109.51 (23.6% retracement level), an upside break can trigger rise towards 109.80 (21 DMA).On the downside, immediate support is seen at 108.46 (50% retracement level), a break below could take the pair towards 108.00 (Psychological level).
European shares closed the day in positive territory on Wednesday as British Prime Minister Theresa May's resounding defeat in a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal gave a boost to continental banks.
The UK's benchmark FTSE 100 closed down by 0.5 percent, FTSEurofirst 300 ended the day up by 0.30 percent, Germany's Dax ended up by 0.3 percent, and France's CAC finished the up by 0.4 percent.
Wall Street's major indexes hit one-month highs on Wednesday as upbeat earnings from Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc boosted investor sentiment.
Dow Jones closed up by 0.57 percent, S&P 500 ended up 0.21 percent, Nasdaq finished the day up by 0.13 percent.
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday as stronger-than-forecast results from two major banks lifted Wall Street to one-month highs, reducing safe-haven demand for U.S. government debt.
Two-year yields, which are more sensitive to changes to traders' view on Fed policies, were 1.6 basis points higher at 2.545 percent. Nearly two weeks ago, they touched 2.372 percent, which was the lowest level since May 30.
The S&P 500 index and other major U.S. stock indexes rose on Wednesday as Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Corp. reported some better-than-expected results.
Gold was steady on Wednesday as support for the metal stemming from uncertainty over Brexit and a partial U.S. government shutdown was countered by a firmer U.S. dollar.
Spot gold rose 0.4 percent to $1,294.31 per ounce at 11:14 am EST (1614 GMT). U.S. gold futures rose 0.5 percent to $1,294.30 per ounce.
Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, buoyed by a U.S. equity market rally and a supply cut agreement by OPEC+, but gains were limited by data showing growing U.S. refined product inventories and record crude production.


There are many peaks and valleys throughout the course of 162 games. That's why it's always best to take a measured, pragmatic approach during a six-month season. But with the Chicago Cubs now clinging to a one-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central, fans have every right to feel anxious.
The Brewers are in the midst of a torrid 10-2 stretch over the last 12 games, which included three wins over the Cubs. How has Joe Maddon's crew been over their last 12 outings? A less-than-stellar 5-7. Also, the St. Louis Cardinals have held serve the past couple of weeks to keep them just 3.5 games back in the division standings.
We've seen a lot of frustrating moments this season. From erratic starting pitching to injuries to lineup slumps, there have been plenty of circumstances that could've derailed the Cubs throughout the year. Yet, they've been able to stay atop their division and maintain the best record in the National League in the second half.
So why worry now? The key difference is that the remaining schedule comes into play.
No, they aren't dealing with a bunch of juggernauts to end the season. The Cubs and Brewers both face opponents with similar combined winning percentages (.495 and .493, respectively), and the Cardinals have a much harder stretch against teams with a combined .564 winning percentage the rest of the way.
The scheduling problem stems from the number of games left.
Last week, MLB and the Washington Nationals dropped the ball when handling rain delays and postponements. While they technically didn't play a game last Friday and Sunday, the team still had to come to the park and get into their pregame routine.
That isn't really an off day. Sure, they aren't laying brick, but the mental fatigue can't be ignored when talking about creatures of habit. Is it really fair to chalk up hours of prep and waiting as a day off? Sounds more like a waste of energy.
With a makeup game against the Nationals pending on Thursday, the Cubs are about to embark on a stretch of 19 games in 20 days. Before last Friday, they played 16 days in a row.
Every team deals with fatigue or long stretches throughout the season. However, when you add that to the other problems currently plaguing the Cubs, it can threaten their chances of maintaining the division lead.
Just as the starting rotation turned a corner in August, bullpen struggles started to surface. The issue might stem from overuse earlier in the season or the loss of closer Brandon Morrow in July. Without Morrow, the Cubs have been forced to juggle the back half of the bullpen to close out games.
Pedro Strop, Justin Wilson and Carl Edwards Jr. arguably have the best stuff of all the available relievers, but each has a history of struggling with command from time to time. Most recently, Edwards has struggled in high-pressure situations with two costly outings against the Brewers this month.
Steve Cishek or Jesse Chavez could take the mantle at closer, but is it worth removing either from the current roles they excel at? Chavez has been an exceptional reliever who can pitch multiple innings, and Cishek continues to be one of the best setup men in baseball despite being on pace to surpass his career high in inning pitched.
The bullpen, which had been arguably one of the best in baseball, is now being shuffled around without a solidified closer. Instead of giving those guys much needed rest, Maddon and co. are being forced to use more arms to finish outings.
The long stretch of games could either tax an already heavily used bullpen or force the Cubs to use their starters longer. The latter scenario isn't ideal because this is the time of year you'd like to rest your rotation for the playoffs. But you can't rest for the postseason without being guaranteed a spot, right?
Contreras and Russell are especially concerning. Prior to the season, many fans and experts alike would've expected higher home run and RBI totals. Kyle Schwarber also has been an anomaly in the lineup this year. He's slashing .245/.358/.521 with 25 home runs, 53 RBI and a .879 OPS against righties but only .211/.349/.239 with 0 home runs, 5 RBI and a .588 OPS against lefties.
With those slumps and inconsistencies in mind, resting key pieces like Anthony Rizzo, Daniel Murphy, Ben Zobrist or Kris Bryant over the next 20 days becomes tricky. Bryant, who recently came off the disabled list, certainly could benefit from a few off days to avoid reaggravating his left shoulder.
No one likes to get into "what ifs," but some of them are valid now. If Morrow and Yu Darvish were healthy, Tyler Chatwood was a sustainable option and certain hitters played to their capabilities, navigating this stretch would be much easier.
Instead, the Cubs are forced to combat their latest issues while playing a long slate of games. If they drop out of the division lead and land a Wild Card spot, they're forced to play in a one-game playoff and be road warriors if they advance.
But if they battle back in the coming weeks to hold onto the division lead, they could be physically spent by the time October rolls around. It's the ultimate catch-22.
The core members of this team have a solid track record in overcoming adversity. Time and time again, they've shown their mental toughness and risen to the occasion. No one would be surprised if they flipped the switch like they have in years past to make another deep run in 2018.
Still, the situation they stare down warrants some anxiety from Cub fans.


GrinGod [dot] Com » Too… Much…. Culture!
I saw a fun play in Jersey at their Opera House that was a modern take on the whole story of Jesus but it was a little dry.
Yeah, I don't like classical music. But I do like the idea of going to that sort of event. Something about social class or such like.
I'm not a complete Goth or Emo y'know!