“Laughter serves as a blocking agent. Like a bullet-proof vest, it may help protect you against the ravages of negative emotions that can assault you in disease.” – Norman Cousins
Lighten up
Healing and Laughter. [Article via Washington Post. Dated 1986] In “Anatomy of an Illness (As Perceived by the Patient)” in The New England Journal of Medicine, Norman Cousins chronicled his remarkable recovery from a severe and life-threatening disease of the connective tissue called degenerative collagen illness. He was hospitalized in 1964 with severe pain, high fever and near-paralysis of the legs, neck and back.
“Being unable to move my body was all the evidence I needed that the specialists were dealing with real concerns,” he wrote. “But deep down, I knew I had a good chance and relished the idea of bucking the odds.”
He did. – Source.
Resources:
Mind, Body, Spirit – Laughing is a win, win, win. Link.
Father of laughter therapy: Patch Adams – The Gesundheit Institute. Link.
Laughter University. Link. Laughter Wellness. Link.
Divergent defined
Divergent thinking, often referred to as lateral thinking, is the process of creating multiple, unique ideas or solutions to a problem that you are trying to solve. Through spontaneous, free-flowing thinking, divergent thinking requires coming up with many different answers or routes forward. Wiki.
Huge energy shift with the storm last week [7.14]. So many opportunities to go a different direction and continue to learn. An amazing time to be alive. I have been purging things no longer relevant to the creative work I wish to focus on now. Time consuming but liberating.
[7.23] Subsequent dream reflecting my intent – I see a decapitated head I have given to a person who will destroy it. I choose not to watch. It appears to be my own head. Short version: Reframing the scene and the focus. Minus the head games. Work in progress. Always.
Activation Cues
“Observations not only disturb what has to be measured, they produce it… We compel [the electron] to assume a definite position…. We ourselves produce the results of measurement.” – Pascual Jordan
News feed Miscellany
- Zak Williams, Son Of Late Actor Robin Williams, Has Tips For Depressed Professionals. – Forbes Link.
- Frustrated lawmakers demand answers on UFOs. – The Hill Link.
- How Wormholes Could Enable Time Travel. Science Alert Link.
- New Robo Dog option. Still not cheap. Link.
- 18 builders, 4 days attempting to claim the World Record for the tallest tower made of wooden toy blocks. Behind the scenes. Awesome! Link.
- What we see/experience as ‘reality’ is an illusion to help reduce the overwhelm of a far more complex system, according to Donald D. Hoffman, professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine. [2016] The Case Against Reality, The Atlantic: Link. Hoffman has spent decades studying perception, artificial intelligence, evolutionary game theory and the brain. – More recent interview with Lex Fridman. YouTube: Link.
Beauty Sublime
When you enter the world, you come to live on the threshold between the visible and invisible. You bring with you a sense of belonging to the invisible that you can never lose or finally cancel. There is always some magnet that draws your eyes to the horizon or invites you to explore behind things and seek out the concealed depths. You know that the real nature of things is hidden deep within them.
When you become aware of the invisible as a live background, you notice how your own body is woven around your invisible soul, how the invisible lives behind the faces of those you love, and how it is always there between you. The invisible is one of the most powerful forms of the unknown. It envelopes our every movement. It is the region out of which we emerged and the state we are destined for, yet we never see it.
John O’Donohue
Excerpt from the book, Eternal Echoes, Amazon.
Old World Haunts
Extraordinary Paranormal Anomalies
August episode of Beyond Skinwalker Ranch features Experiencer Chris Bledsoe. He has authored a book – UFO of God, Amazon – released this year, 2023. He is now receiving wide exposure for his amazing encounters.
Focus in this segment, telepathic communication with Orbs/UFOs/UAPs – is corroborated. Validated via brain monitoring apparatus.
New episodes of Beyond Skinwalker Ranch, Tuesdays at 10/9c. Beyond Skinwalker.
Also featured in the Daily Mail with additional background. Chris says:
‘I got within 40 feet at the top of the hill, I cried out, ‘whoever’s up there, help me,’ and I never expected to see what I saw,’ said Bledsoe.
Hovering about 150 feet above the ground were two orbs glowing a blood-red, tangerine color. Continued Link.
Animal Totems – Signs and Symbols
On our walk Saturday, the feather featured in the post heading stood out. Timing is perfect for the changes I am working on.
Owl is a symbol of intuition and insight, helping us to see beyond the veil of illusion and embrace the wisdom of the unknown. – Source.
Dog days of summer – the July heat is on. We prefer parks where a cool dip is possible. Shade is also a priority. Cassie took a break – while I took pictures. Jack and Andy were parked nearby.
In the next post – guide inspired insight, kitten chaos, and a tiny [eureka! moment for me] epiphany…
Conscious Living & Wendy's Coffeehouse 