Our behavior is the result of what we are thinking, and what we are thinking is influenced by what we watch, read, and listen to. What are you watching, reading, and listening to? And why?
Do you believe that you are helpless to change world events, so you spend your time reading books and watching TV shows that allow you to escape pain in your daily life?
Do you believe that watching the news on TV and the Internet is a form of negativity, so you avoid watching in an effort to keep your thoughts positive?
Do you believe it is your duty as a global co-creater to stay informed and contribute whatever you can to every conversation and do whatever is yours to do in the arenas in which you are informed and skilled?
Curiosity hasn't killed me yet, but it has compelled me to be a life-long learner. I want to know what is going on now and what might happen in the future. I also want to be the silent witness to all of the changes that are going on, to give them my calm "witness" energy--have you read Tolle's New Earth?
Right now I'm hugely curious about the details of my disease, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). I want to know what is going on in my body and how it's going to change as time goes on. The course and complications of this disease are probably impossible to predict, since everyone is different, but I still want to be prepared.
My friend Jody sent me this most intriguing birthday present that I think she intended for my healing: a kit for awakening the consciousness of color, titled Color Intuition created by Laura Alden Kamm. It contains 2 audio CDs, a 47-page workbook, and 34 healing cards. I have read most of the workbook and will begin watching the CDs today. Something else to learn! Something else to think about! Something that gives me hope and opens a new world! Something I can do to take responsibility for my life and health! I am so blessed to have friends like you, Jody!
I haven't been able to stop my efforts to encourage everyone who is brave enough to be my friend to continue learning new things, from developing new computer skills to learning to play a keyboard free from dependency of notes on a page. I will continue to push, drive, and encourage you readers of this blog to expand your horizons, and I expect you to do that for me.
If you're ready to expand your horizons and be shaken out of your complacent belief systems, here are a few of my recommendations:
1. For environmental issues and solutions, become the Facebook friend or blog supporter of my friend, Darryl Duffe. Darryl is a designer and builder of energy-sustainable structures using green materials. Throughout the day on his Facebook page, Darryl posts his comments on energy issues, along with links to web sites and videos. I hope all of you will become familiar with Darryl and his work. If you're reading this and on my Facebook page, let me know and I will recommend you as a friend to him.
2. Read Derrick Jensen's Endgame, Vols. I and II. Out of great passion and sorrow for the loss of human and non-human life, Derrick establishes a compelling case for the overall unsustainability of our life-style on this planet. He predicts the crash of civilization and advocates unravelling our culture and use of technology before it's too late.
3. Read Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright-sided; How Positive Thinking is Undermining America to learn the surprising origin of positive thinking, the role it has played in our economic crisis, and the importance of a commitment to realism.
With a Ph.D. in cell biology, Ehrenreich's flawless logic makes all of her books and articles compelling and thought-provoking. Read who she is in her bio on her web site:
Barbara Ehrenreich's Web Site
Below is the cartoon I drew after reading Bright-sided. Hope you can see it!
4. Watch Amy Goodman on her newscast, "Democracy Now," every day to keep up on what's happening in the world from a perspective that you will not find on the major news channels. If you subscribe to Dish or DIRECTV, you can watch her program on Link TV, or on Dish, either Link TV or Free Speech TV. If you live in the Melbourne, Florida area, you can listen to her newscast at 9 a.m. on radio station WFIT (89.5 FM). To watch the broadcast and a continuing coverage of world events, go to the Democracy Now web site below.
Democracy Now
5. Now I know that reading about the Bible is not a priority for most of us, but a religious attorney friend of mine in Canton recommended this book to me, and I couldn't put it down. This book explains the beliefs that our culture and religious training (and yes, new-thought-spiritual teachings!) have embedded in our DNA, and why they don't make sense in the Bible.
Maybe the title will be all you need to grab a copy of this book and immediately read it: God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question--Why We suffer.
Maybe knowing who the author Bart Ehrman is would spike your curiosity. Author of 24 books and numerous scholarly articles, Ehrman earned a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary and has received numerous awards for his teaching and writings. He has taught religious studies and held positions at the University of North Carolina, including Director of Graduate Studies and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies. He is a scholar of the Bible in the Greek language. Google Bart Ehrman's name and watch videos of his interviews on YouTube.
There! Those are my recommendations for today. Don't worry. I have more!
Read-listen-learn, and tell me all about it--I'm listening!
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