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Life Coaching and Its' Implications for Communication by Barbara Todish DO YOU CONTROL YOUR LIFE OR DOES YOUR LIFE CONTROL YOU? by Barbara Todish DECISIONS: WHICH IS RIGHT? CROSSROADSby Barbara Todish Family is the Problem, Not the Solution by Barbara Todish by Barbara Todish
Something To Contemplate Creation Spirituality The Reverend Matthew Fox is a theologian who expresses ideas which make some people very nervous. When he was a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, he made the Vatican nervous. His church superiors were a bit unsettled when Fox referred to God as Mother, Father, and Child, and compared the Roman Catholic church to a dysfunctional family. They were especially upset by his theological doctrine, one he calls "Creation Spirituality", which tries to bridge the split between body and spirit, and the antagonism between science and religion, by offering a world view which brings together science, mysticism, and art. The school he founded to spread his gospel, The Institute of Culture and Creation Spirituality in Oakland, California, offers studies in Asian, African, and Native American spirituality, as well as physics and the Wicca tradition, which is commonly known as witchcraft. In 1988 The Vatican ordered Rev. Fox to be silent-neither preach nor teach---and Canadian producer Tim Wilson spent the days leading up to the silence with Rev. Fox, for an intimate portrait of a priest questioning some of the foundations of his religion. (Rev. Fox was subsequently dismissed by the Dominican Order and became an Anglican priest; he continues to write and lecture widely and is still spiritual leader of the Creation Spirituality movement). Listen to A Voice in the Wilderness: The Creation Spirituality of Matthew Fox with Real Player What's Happiness? The pursuit of happiness
is what America is all about, but -- come to think of it -- what is
happiness, anyway? Do some people prefer not to be happy? Sample the
collective unconscious with Earwax producer Jim McKee and Radio
Atelier's (Finland) Harri Hutamaki. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll
stamp
your feet. You might even get happy. Listen to What's Happiness? with Real Player Cave People Although they pre-date the Ice Age, it's only been a dozen years since geologists identified a vast cave system tunneling through south east Alaska. The caves serve as the sewer system for the timber lands around them, providing an outlet for an enormous amount of rain, up to 150 inches a year. But as loggers continue to move in, the caves may be destroyed. And with them disappear the clues archeologists seek to better understand early humans. In fact, some archeologists think humans used the caves to move up and down the coastline in small boats. Producers Lisa Busch and Robert Woolsey of the Writer's Block look at the evidence these caves provide to our prehistoic past. Listen to Cave People with Real Player
Home Schools Imagine that your parent is your teacher, your siblings are your classmates, and your kitchen is your classroom. Plus, you get to study outside, choose your areas of interest, and do your classwork online. The image of home schooling is changing from detached and reclusive, to engaged and mainstream. And not all home schooling is alike. Home school parent and producer Heather Gattucio examines very different approaches to this alternative educational regime. Listen to Home Schools with Real Player
Speaking with One Heart: The Mayan Languages of Mexico The Spanish conquistadors banned Indian languages and their priests burned scrolls of Mayan writings, but the Mayan words could not be silenced. Producer Katie Davis visits Robert Laughlin, an anthropologist who has lived with and studied the evolving language of the Mayans of Chiapas since 1960. They travel through the villages, hamlets and homes of Chiapas to discover the power of language in culture Listen to Speaking with One Heart: The Mayan Languages of Mexico with Real Player
Violet Flame Producer Brenda Hutchinson's sister has been a member of the Church Universal and Triumphant in Corwin Springs, Montana for several years. As a result, Brenda became interested in finding out more about the church, and has spent time there talking with the people and discovering how the church involves her sister. This religious community includes families and single people from all walks of life. Sound plays an important role in the Church from chanting and singing to teachings and services. The Violet Flame is a portrait of this group and an exploration of the issue of faith Listen to Violet Flame with Real Player
The Three Lives of J. Krishnamurti. "Truth is a pathless land" said the Indian spiritual leader and iconoclast J. Krishnamurti. He taught pacifism and harmony; he sought freedom through a transformation of the human psyche. And people flocked to follow him as he moved across continents and through much of the twentieth century, spreading his word. Join us for the extraordinary story of the three lives of J. Krishnamurti. Listen to The Three Lives of J. Krishnamurti with Real Player
Who flew the first heavier-than-air aircraft? No it wasn't the Wright Brothers, they were perhaps the 6th in flight. It was Gustave Whitehead and/or New Zealander Richard Pearse in 1902 . Or more probably Alberto Santos Dumont in 1906 who actually flew first. The Wright Brothers "historical" flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 was NOT filmed. None of their flights were filmed until 1908. They patented a GLIDER in 1904, never patented their airplane, could not take off without catapult assistance, and declined to compete for an aviation prize in nearby St. Louis, MO about 500 miles away from their Dayton OH home. Just a reminder that most of what you have been taught is just provisional, subject to revision. Be prepared to revise everything you ever were taught such as how the American government really works, who really must pay taxes, who owns and controls the news media, what makes the weather do what it does, how the banks actually work, who actually funds your mortgage, who was involved in 9-11, who is involved in pornography and drug smuggling, etc
Wisdom is a natural outcome of soaring and listening to the whispers of spirit in the heart, whereas knowledge is sought with some significant effort and comes from the minds and words of those who claim authority. Wisdom and Power flow naturally from spirit, whereas Knowledge and Force are illusions of the ego-mind. The greatest effort in soaring is to UN-learn much of what has been learned. We chose to come here this realm of free will to learn the difference. Soaring is a far easier way to experience life on earth. Without the magic of Soaring it would be like wearing a blindfold every day. Or being blind. And deaf. I've not learned to do shamanic things in the traditional way of learning from long apprenticeship from another shaman. Pieces are shown to me (or I notice something) and then I do something that works and I discover more of the natural potential of being human. Fundamentally, it's a totally intuitive way of being that taps eternal Source by living as an integrated, fully connected part of an omniscient Oneness. Being a part of rather being apart from. There must be a consciousness in the heart, not an intellectual acceptance or awareness--not a fuzzy "yeah, it could be," but a clear and total "it is." Not all people are ready to accept their "magic" powers. And not all are willing to take full responsibility for their lives. Magic is mysterious only because most people are satisfied with their unexamined, unplumbed depths and place the treasure at an unreasonable distance. They imagine that magic is something beyond their capacity and worshipping or sanctifying those who have demonstrated the human potential for magic --or they burn them at the stake Actually, it isn't a path at all because there's nowhere to go. You're already there. Buddhas are traveling the world, exploring the teachings, learning the practices--to learn how to be a Buddha. Like a flower searches about for the knowledge to be a flower! Or a bird goes to the conservatory to learn how to sing! A river flows, it doesn't ask permission or take lessons. It's humans who are stopped at the national borders; that demand a paper to prove their expertise. We create the limits that limit us and teach our children to live inside the prison we've proudly constructed. We insist on taming the wildness of wilderness and controlling the "unpredictability" of the river. Then the control project creates 10 more problems that our engineers must fix. So 100 problems arise... And we gratuitously describe ourselves as Homo sapiens, the wise human! The path is no path and it's so simple that one laughs when it's recognized. "You gotta be kidding! That's all there is to it? And all these years I had thought...!!!"☺ The title his sanyasins gave to Baghwan Sri Rajneesh in the last 10 or so years of his life is Osho. He was not very interested in people following him or so-called "holy people" like Ma Meera. In fact, he left instructions that he would not become the focal point of any movement after his death. (His followers couldn't let go of the prerogatives of maintaining their fiefdom. But that's "normal.") The seduction is that attention focused on the other "holy one" reinforces the belief system that you are not that and that you will be wishing for some of the holiness to rub off on you. Can that hurt? Yes, it can hurt. You are now, at this moment, everything you ever wished you could be but you might be so busy looking elsewhere that you never find your True Self. It's been here all the time. It's so simple that the stupidity police should put the whole planet in jail. Forget Ma Meera or Sai Baba or whatever swami, guru, or master comes along. Goin' GaGa over someone else's "enlightenment" will keep your own light hidden from yourself. Most people don't soar, because they have brambles wrapped around their ankles and can't get airborne without pain. It's their belief system that keeps them caught in the suffering. Can't help them, they have to get tired of the pain and suffering before they are ready to let go. If you insist on being caught in your belief system, no one can help you either. Admiring someone else's enlightenment has been the addiction of humanity that has kept everyone trapped in a belief that they are not worthy to be one with all things, that they don't know how. Knowledge is another trap. The articles in this section are intended to relieve you of having to learn a lot of stuff and to help you UNlearn a lot of stuff that has only weighed you down. Consider them to be provisional learning to help you dump useless or counter-productive beliefs you have learned. These beliefs are just baggage that weigh you down. They are not intended to rain on your parade but if your ego stands in the way of Soaring, there is no workshop, seminar, book, practice, or miracle worker that can help. Thinking About Thinking: Part I Have you taken a reality check lately? And just what is reality? Take a journey inside your brain (scientists now call it 'wetware') with producer Adi Gevins, and with the help of scientists at brain research labs and your radio, join in some participatory experiments in perception. The dangling question: do we really perceive an existing outer world, or is it all internal -- does the world we live in exist only in our own senses and perceptions? Listen to Thinking About Thinking: Part I with Real Player Thinking About Thinking: Part II We say,
'He's smart -- he can think on his feet.' But what if he's really thinking with
his feet? The emergence of the cognitive sciences as a multi-disciplinary field
is showing us that what we thought was the highest form of thought isn't, that
intelligence is not just pure logic, but also a store of non-verbally
transmitted information. Machines can think faster than us, but do they know
what they're missing? Howard Gardner, the historian of cognitive science; Dr.
Asa Hilliard of Georgia State University Department of Educational Foundations;
Marvin Minsky and Stewart Brand;the philosophers Hubert Dreyfus and John Searle;
poet Susan Griffin, and Vera John Steiner, author of Notebooks of the Mind , share their thoughts on consciousness, thinking and learning with producer Safety on the Highway: Never Pull Over For an Unmarked Car, Call #77 It was the 1PM Saturday afternoon before
New Year's and Lauren , a 19year-old college student, was driving to visit a
friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. Too bad the cell phone companies don't give
you this little bit of
wonderful information. So now it's your turn to let your friends know
about #77.
This is a crazy world. What can be done? Amazingly, we have been mislead. We have been taught that we can control government by voting. The founder of the Rothschild dynasty, Mayer Amschel Bauer, told the secret of controlling the government of a nation over 200 years ago. He said, "Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who makes its laws." Get the picture? Your freedom hinges first on the nation's banks and money system. Freedom is connected with Debt Elimination for each individual. Not only does this end personal debt, it places the people first in line as creditors to the National Debt ahead of the banks. They don't wish for you to know this. It has to do with recognizing WHO you really are in A New Beginning: A Practical Course in Miracles, an informational study. Disclaimer - The posting of stories, commentaries, reports, documents and links (embedded or otherwise) on this site does not in any way, shape or form, implied or otherwise, necessarily express or suggest endorsement or support of any of such posted material or parts therein. I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. (attributed to Voltaire), but certainly embodies what the 1st amendment of the constitution refers to as the freedom of speech
Bill of RightsAmendment 1Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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