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Emotional Resilience Life is full of storms. Sudden upsets that seem to blow in out of nowhere and wreak havoc on the Ship of your Life. No one can avoid all storms. It is foolish even to try. The key is in how you navigate them. We discuss. . .

Kindness The root of KINDNESS is Compassion The root of COMPASSION is to see Yourself in the Other The root of All Beings is SOURCE We discuss. . .

Expectations are the root of all SUFFERING. ACCEPT what IS. Move beyond it. Find PEACE. We discuss. . .

The Causal Universe, and our ability to use Reason to discover its fundamental truths, reveals the Presence of Source, the Primary Mover. This Ultimate Consciousness pre-exists and underlies Creation as a whole, and is reflected within our own Consciousness. We discuss. . .

Relationships Vs. EGO Relationships seem to be an elusive commodity in the modern world. Frustration and Despair rise in direct proportion to the amount of EGO that pollutes expectations. Genuine relationships minimize EGO. They are forged from Common Experiences, Attentiveness, and Openness. We discuss. . .

Negative Self-Talk Voices in your head, self-talk that sounds so reasonable and convincing, it's almost impossible to ignore. The internal voice sounds like you, and it wants to convince you that it's always right, lulling you into hypnotic compliance with its incessant, and sometimes self-destructive, monologue. Awakening from this spell requires an act of will. Seek the true I - beneath the chatter. We discuss. . .

It's POETRY NIGHT! Our selection for discussion is: On Death - by Khalil Gibran. Buckle up. . .

Quantum Consciousness: Objective Consciousness via Orchestrated Objective Reduction [Orch OR] cannot be defined. In a fundamental way is outside of all rules and means of understanding. Sir Rodger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff theorize that consciousness arises from a quantum phenomenon. New discoveries support their theory. We discuss. . .

AWARENESS To confuse the Personal with the Intimate is to confuse the Sun with the Light it emits, or to conflate the Body with the Soul it contains. Personal Awareness, "Who am I? What is my job? Where do I live? What is expected of me? What do I like or dislike?", is far different from Intimate Awareness, the feeling of Presence, of the eternal Moment of Now. The Personal is the Ego, the Little I. The Intimate is the Now, the vast I AM. . . We discuss.

NOW This simple three letter word encompasses every moment of your life, every moment of all existence, yet -- it is impossible to codify in thought. NOW is being - pure existence - the true IAM. We discuss. . .

Our brains are electro-magnetic-organic structures, deeply influenced by their energetic environment. Quantum theory has shown that Consciousness is beyond the physical, transduced, rather than produced by this organ. The Brain is our interface, not our origin. Electromagnetism, EMF, magnetism, and even solar storms, affect consciousness. Just as waves in water change sunlight as it passes through, refracting and reflecting physical reality. We discuss. . .

Unease, tension, dismay, and distress. . . Our world seems full of these things. People are on edge -- the smallest thing can ignite a virulent response. What is the source? How can we fight the disquiet of the soul? We discuss. . .

Love and Understanding are Rare. . . To find them individually seems difficult, perhaps impossible. Compassion is their unifying principle. Being Present in full awareness is your connection. . . We discuss.

We all want things. They can be physical objects, or positions of esteem and power. Fulfillment of our desires is always the future, forever out of reach. Do we get what we want? Or what we deserve? We discuss. . .

The EGO is Untouchable and Invincible. . . Its power grows as you struggle against it, feeding like a parasite in the darkness. The Light of Consciousness is your sword, cutting like a sunbeam through shadow. We discuss. . .

Fate: As Thoreau famously said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Buddhists call it Samsara, the endless wheel of Karma. The source of this desperation is the Unobserved Unconscious, the feeling of being trapped in the Pain Body. The Light of Consciousness brings awareness to this spinning darkness, We discuss. . .

How do we know when we are being Authentic? How do we come to the Authentic SELF and not the EGO self? Authenticity is Creative, it engenders Trust and Love. It is revealed when we suffer, when we struggle and overcome. We discuss. . .

CREATIVITY The process of bringing something new into existence is associated deeply with Presence and Being. True creative force flows from our connection to Source. Stillness is the root creation and the path to our creative power. We discuss.

Affects every relationship, both human to human and human to source. Disarming contention is the first step onto the pollen path .. .the beauty way. We discuss. . .

IT'S POETRY NIGHT! And the subject is FEAR. The amazing Kalil Gibran is our author and our muse We discuss. . .

Life without end is life without MEANING. Limitations and Mortality are what make life precious. They make our actions MATTER. We discuss. . .

Suffering also TAKES time - - stealing from your present LIFE. Fear of suffering can rule us. The Memory of suffering can cripple us. Live without suffering in the NOW We discuss. . .

Problems: We all have them, and in the worst case they seem to come from within. The EGO loves identifying problems, and its toxic voice can be internalized, finding fault in all that we do. All of this falls within the "Dilemma of Me. . ." The ego-persona which wishes to exist in our thinking mind. This is our only true problem. We discuss.

Unconditional. . . Love is a word in the same way that Death is a word. We see a symbol, move our breath, utter a sound, and, we think we know it. We no more understand Love than we do Death. Both are beyond us, and both are Unconditional. . . We discuss.

Non-Attachment: Stoicism Conserve your attention! Guard your engagement with people, and avoid emotional attachments. People engage in melodrama. They wish to feed on your energy and occupy your awareness. Do not give your attention haphazardly Detach from PEOPLE and find your inner PEACE We discuss. . .