| Words of Wisdom and Humor.com Words of Wisdom 'n Humor The 11th and Final Commandment THE OPTICS OF REDUNDANCY AD INFINITUM Symbols of  the Digital Computer Age Gee, I dunno! "When is a black hole not black?  "Communities are not produced by sentiment.  "If you are depressed you are living in the past.  "The legacy of a human is far more a remembrance  "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to  "Caliber will make you deliver. Character will sustain you.  Mankind’s greatest achievements have come about by talking,  "Service is the answer. What is the question?" Hari Kaur Bird "Words cast spells. That's why we call it spelling." Word Physiology "Ideas don't come out fully formed. They only become clear as you work on them.  IIn the Piscean Age that we have just left behind, it was a central and even sacred task to find and gain access to the right information. The motto of the Piscean Age was “to be or not to be.” Learn, grow, and become something. Great knowledge about human potential has been guarded by secrecy and layers of initiations. The Piscean Age has been dominated by machines and hierarchies. As the Aquarian Age dawns, the old defenses and manipulations based on hiding and controlling access to information will no longer work. The 
                    Aquarian Age is ruled by awareness, information, and energy. 
                    In this, the Aquarian Age, there are no 
                      secrets. 
  As she lay dying, Mother Theresa offered assurance to all that this prayer will summon God’s protective grace to shield us from the tragedies that are about to befall the world. There is nothing in sex and without sex there is nothing. You have come 
                      to go. There 
                      is only one thing you should know. Conquer yourself. Human 
                      is a blend of Saint and Soldier (Sant Sipahi); this is a complete person. 
                      If you are not a Soldier your sainthood will be kicked around. 
                      If you are only Soldier, not a Saint, you will start kicking 
                        others around. God's theme song... I Did It My Way.  If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.  Keep up is the key to turning failure into success. Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. A  sage once recounted how in a state of youthful shaktipad he sat in meditation and decided to see if he could move a nearby mountain. In a  flash of enlightenment he discovered that he is The  One who placed the mountain, whereupon   he had no desire to move it. AhaMomentOfTruth.com  Security is the absence of risk. Security 
                      consciousness is a state of being whereby we live in service 
                      to humanity, inspiring and assisting others to do the same. 
                      And while it is our sacred purpose to celebrate Naam and live as saints-soldiers, 
                      it is our sacred duty to defend the weak and protect the innocent. Men are more inclined to take risks; women are less inclined to take risks; men are inclined to be warriors; women are inclined to be caregivers, all due to the wisdom of the Creator. A preacher gives you a sermon/lecture, a teacher gives you a workshop/experience. Issues to do with diversity are not going to go away just because we deny that they exist, or because they cause us discomfort to discuss. Transparency is truth manifested.  The business leader must command, while the governmental leader must persuade. Cognitive Dissonance: The psychological conflict resulting from simultaneously held incongruous beliefs and attitudes, e.g., supporting the concepts of diversity and pluralism while simultaneously marginalizing people. Polar Equivalency: Big changes beget big resistance. Small changes beget small resistance. No changes beget no  resistance. (See The Exponential Age.) Looking at the one and only Black Family in Sikh  Dharma International after 48 years from my perspective as a person of color I have to  ask, why are there so few Blacks, e.g., how many White Sikh Families versus Black Sikh Families after 48 years? Oh sure, there are a few African Americans, but they are disproportionately represented. Think  about the optics from the perspective of most people of color. Do people of color see this disparity as a positive or as a negative? And how many Black Kundalini Yoga teachers-trainers are there? The historical pathway and typical progression of the human mind into tribalism is: Discrimination > Marginalization > Exclusion > Tribalism > Siege Mentality > Racism > Incestuous Relations > Annihilation.  Healthy is the condition wherein the rapid removal of waste is the norm. Guns don't decide who is right. Guns decide who is left. You're not going to solve the problem if it's not being talked about. In a conversation about Max's Erectile Dysfunction, John (Jack Lemmon) asks Max (Walter Matthau) if his attempts to make love end up being a matter of "a stick up or a hold up?" Grumpier Old Men  The decision to forgive is rooted in faith. The desire to forget is rooted in racism. Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.  I've never had a hater who is doing better than me. Are there any even occasional conversations between 'white eyes' and 'colored eyes' regarding the issues of diversity and racism and their impact and complexities within the community? As humanity moves into the Age of Space, how will we resonate with Grays and Greens when we can't relate to Blacks, Browns and Gays? Looking at the only all Black family in 3HO / Sikh Dharma after 46 years from my perspective as a person of color I have to ask, why are there so few Blacks? Oh sure, there are African Americans represented but they are a disproportionate number. Nothing of importance happens in life without passion, including making babies. Thoughts 
                      are silent sounds. I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. Money is the answer. What’s the question? The meaning of your communications is in the response you get. Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.   A common human rights dilemma: How to deal with the not yet guilty, i.e., how does society deal with those who have dangerous intentions before they execute their intentions. Forgive your enemies but never forget their names. Having lost it, I can tell you that youth matters. Republicans have been pointing out that the Democratic platform contains no mentions of God. Neither does the U.S. Constitution. One is the answer, what is the question? With U.S. Presidential elections now costing more than five billion dollars, experts believe there must be a cheaper way to find the worst people in the country. Bill Maher, when commenting on Donald Trump and the Republicans...they represent "the Evolutionary Chart in reverse." If you have a gun you can rob a bank. If you have a bank you can rob everybody. There's an old saying that, you're bound to see everything at least twice if not more, if you live long enough. The Earth, the Cosmos, transits through repetitive cycles of Yugas / Epochs / Eras / Ages that happen over eons of time. What goes around comes around. If you focus on the worst case and it happens, you suffered it twice. He was a segregationist, but he was not a racist. If Mitt Romney is the answer, what is the question? When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, "Let us pray." When we opened our eyes we had the Bible and they had the land.  The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Do not fear mistakes, there are none. Boy 1: What ya got? ...the accused shall enjoy the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have...his defense. Due Process Clause, Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution How can you make love? Let your making love be more like a happening than like a making... It is not something like doing: it is not an action. It is a state. You can be in it but you cannot make it. You can move in it but you cannot do it. You can be loving but you cannot manipulate it. When you make love, be possessed. Move slowly, touch each other's bodies, play with each other's bodies.  My Apple Watch has a bug. What does the expression 'Colored eyes' mean?  What does the expression 'White eyes' mean?  Predictions can be very difficult -- especially about the future.  To make a profit you must manage well your People, your Process and your Product. If you want to make enemies, try to change something. If you accept things uncritically and blindly, then it's clear you don't have a love for the truth. You have a love for what people tell you. Discourse about racism is not meant to stir up feelings of guilt, it is meant to drive people to action against injustice. The racists I know cannot recognize the racist  they see  in their mirror. If we can't convince billionaires to give half of their fortune to charity, I guess I'll have to write a manual for them on how to get along on $100 million. In 
                      the long run, we're all dead. Eternity 
                      is an awfully long time, especially toward the end. Apple 
                      is top banana in China. The 
                      mere act of teaching implies that one wishes the world well. A 
                      corrupted government will never promote the general welfare. Corruption occurs when a person in a position of power and authority acts to enhance their status at the expense of the common good.  To 
                      achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan and 
                      not quite enough time. The Name is all beauty and wealth. It is the Holy Company and It brings perfect peace.  And what is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing. A picture is worth a thousand words. An icon is worth a thousand pictures --. A mistake is simply another way of doing things. -- My whole fallacy is wrong! -- We are all brothers and sisters who should walk the Path together, hand in hand. Keep to your Path. The 
                      opposite of poverty is justice. You can't understand anything from a distance. You have to get close. The 
                      deficits are big enough to take care of themselves. I 
                      don't give people hell. I just tell the truth and they think 
                      it's hell. See how the Marine Corps transforms 'me' consciousness into 'we' consciousness. Beware 
                      of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying 
                      all else, for much good would elude you - indeed, the knowledge 
                      of Reality would elude you. Be in yourself for all forms 
                      of belief, for God is too vast and tremendous to be restricted 
                      to one belief rather than another.  What is so insidious about racism is that it marginalizes and offends everybody's innate sense of longing to belong, and therefore marginalizes and diminishes everybody. So racism, by its nature, is a lose/lose proposition. There was never a good war or a bad peace.  There 
                      is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. 
                      You built a factory out there--good for you...But I want 
                      to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads 
                      the rest of us paid for. You hired workers that the rest 
                      of us paid to educate. Part of the underlying social contract 
                      is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next 
                      kid who comes along. If 
                      you don't-a play-a da game, you don't-a make-a da rules. In each and every environment, good health and sustained wellness is dependent on the rapid removal of waste. In terms of your personal health, you need to void solid waste two to three times a day, or once between each meal, without straining, in order to sustain health and wellness. Toxins are rendered harmless if removed from the body quickly. Sustainable health and wellness is defined as those human conditions wherein the rapid removal of waste is the norm. Only 
                      speak when it improves the silence. "Dear aliens, we do not taste good!" The 
                      only federal regulation of the financial industry we really 
                      need is the requirement that sufficient funding be retained 
                      by the institution in order to capitalize risk. Man's 
                      only purpose is to serve others. Service is an intrinsic 
                      value, not a value to be added. Those institutions that 
                      are of the Piscean persuasion whereby their success has 
                      been measured by money must now adopt the Aquarian Age paradigm, 
                      'To serve is to 
                        succeed,' or soon disappear.   It is incumbent on those who know, to teach those who do not know.  Those who know teach those who do not know. God loves us because of who God is, not because of anything we do. There 
                      is a connection between what we do and what happens to us. I 
                      have never met a proselytizing evangelist who knows who 
                      they really are. Life: A succession of experiences. Trust is the greatest aid to communication. Meditation allows one to experience the Isolated Seer, i.e., that state 
                      of detached awareness in which one can experience a neutrality 
                      of being and objectivity of mind.  Personal computers and Internet technology have empowered 
                      mankind. Having emerged from the age of 'I believe' into 
                      the age of 'I know', man has advanced into an age of transparency 
                      and full disclosure. Mankind's institutions are undergoing 
                      serious transformations. Big is no longer better, and local 
                      with more humanized services has become the rule. We can choose to be proactive-secure, or reactive-sorry.  Old age is a killer. Since the election of President Obama many Americans claim to be weary of the ongoing conversation about racism. Think about the weariness of people of color who have waited for centuries for substantive discourse to occur. That conversation has only begun.  THINK ABOUT IT A 
                      whopping 96% of the essence of our universe lies in the 
                      dark sector...Dark matter is unseen matter -- unseen in 
                      the sense that it emits no detected electromagnetic radiation 
                      (light, radio waves, etc) -- but it has been definitively 
                      spotted nonetheless because its gravity has measurable effects 
                      on stars, things that we can see. Of all of the matter in 
                      the universe, an incredible 90% is dark matter, with galaxies 
                      and stars being only minor constituents. We do not know 
                      what dark matter is, only that it is almost surely made 
                      of kinds of elementary particles unlike those that comprise 
                      normal atoms. It's 
                      possible that we will discover 'dark 
                        matter' to be the unseen matter-energy of the 
                      spirit realm. Anyone 
                      making a commitment to daily sadhana must begin by being realistic. That is to say, that practice 
                      which is unsustainable is worthless and cannot be considered 
                      a commitment. The commitment occurs only within the performance 
                      that is sustainable, no matter what, on a daily basis. Sat 
                      Kartar (God is the Doer) is a term sometimes used to acknowledge 
                      why Sikhs do not proselytize others, i.e., only those with 
                      such destiny will become Sikhs. Capitalism in this the Age of Aquarius has it all backwards. The paradigm for the Age is: Serve the consumer first and profits will follow. Service trumps the dollar. Capitalists who fail to put service to the consumer first will become irrelevant. Sat Nam (Naam, Name) means Authentic Truth. Used as a greeting, it means Truth is the One Identity, your Essential Essence. In other words, it is a you are IT, I am IT, we are IT, wake up call. See what Sat Nam means at SatNamMeans.com  Today, 
                      in many settings, we can see the synergetic equation, 1 
                        plus 1 equals 11, manifest as a dynamic movement 
                      whereby the individual 'me' morphs into the collective 'we'. 
                      See A Powerful Vision.  Synergistic Equation: 1 plus 1 equals 11. When this equation is applied, the 'me' perspective morphs into the universal 'we' condition. The result is that every effort happens exponentially for the common good, i.e., teamwork within the group trumps working alone. 1Plus1Equals11.com  "One 
                      does not divine things by impressions or knowledge." 
                      What this means is that no matter how much you try to figure 
                      or calculate by means of impressions or knowledge, it will 
                      not prove the least bit useful. Therefore, separate yourself 
                      from the discrimination of figuring things out. If 
                      you direct your mind toward the bodily movements of your 
                      opponent, your mind will be taken by the bodily movements 
                      of your opponent. In 
                      my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless 
                      man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a 
                      congress. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you 
                      do read the newspaper you are misinformed. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature 
                      is in session. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist 
                      is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. There is no distinctly native American criminal class...
                      save Congress. What are the two words a guy never wants to hear? GET OFF! Service 
                      is an intrinsic value, not a value added. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity 
                      is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself 
                      up by the handle. I 
                      want to see less peerage and more disapeerages. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of 
                      the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the 
                      equal sharing of misery. There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without results. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend 
                      on the support of Paul. Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded. We're 
                      lost, but we're making good time. I 
                      don't like predictions, especially when the future is involved. When 
                      you come to a fork in the road, take it. Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical. I'd like my pizza cut into 6 pieces. I don't think I can eat 8. Islam: What's the problem? Think 
                      about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there’s 
                      an invisible man, living in the sky, who watches everything 
                      you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man 
                      has a special list of 10 things he does not want you to 
                      do. And if you do any of these 10 things he has a special 
                      place full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and 
                      anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn 
                      and choke and scream and cry forever and ever till the end 
                      of time. But he LOVES YOU! He loves you and he needs MONEY. 
                      He always needs money! Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. Underneath 
                      the superficial self, which pays attention to this and that, 
                      there is another self more really us than I. And the more 
                      you become aware of the unknown self -- if you become aware 
                      of it -- the more you realize that it is inseparably connected 
                      with everything else that is. You are a function of this 
                      total galaxy, bounded by the Milky Way, and this galaxy 
                      is a function of all other galaxies. You are that vast thing 
                      that you see far, far off with great telescopes. You look 
                      and look, and one day you are going to wake up and say, 
                      "Why, that's me!" And in knowing that, you know 
                      that you never die. You are the eternal thing that comes 
                      and goes that appears -- now as John Jones, now as Mary 
                      Smith, now as Betty Brown -- and so it goes, forever and 
                      ever and ever.   Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep 
                      voting on what to have for dinner. I 
                      look out and see so many famous faces... I actually know 
                      many of you and I've worked with quite a few, maybe had 
                      a couple. And you know who you are. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you 
                      see what it costs when it's free! Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and 
                      car keys to teenage boys. Is 
                      it not good to honor and appreciate from whence we came? 
                      Show me the man who was not born out of a woman. The 
                      frequent practice of Kundalini 
                        Yoga, especially the breathing 
                          exercises, combined with a healthy meatless 
                            diet, has been shown to greatly assist those who wish 
                      to quit smoking and-or drinking. Talk 
                      is cheap...except when Congress does it. So far today I've done all right, The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a 
                      happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. A 
                      rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who 
                      needs the least. Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane. The 
                      time is always right to do what is right. Never, never, be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. If 
                      a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep 
                      streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed 
                      music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets 
                      so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause 
                      to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job 
                      well. When 
                      there is no penalty for failure, you get a lot of failure. Don't 
                      confuse action with motion. I 
                      will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going 
                      to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth 
                      and inexperience. If 
                      a man speaks his mind in a forest and no woman hears him 
                      is he still wrong? When I was born, the doctor smacked my mother! I went 
                      out and bought an Apple computer; it had a worm in it! I'm tellin' 
                      ya, I just don't get no respect! You 
                      cannot be mad at somebody who makes you laugh. It's as simple 
                      as that. Oh 
                      no, not another life experience! Beef! 
                      It's what's rotting in your colon! Don't 
                      always believe everything you think!  I ran out of estrogen, but I have my gun! If 
                      all the girls invited to the Yale prom were 'laid' end to 
                      end, I wouldn't be surprised. Every 
                      great accomplishment is at first impossible. Where do you put your thoughts if you're not on Twitter? A 
                      group of scientists approached God with the declaration 
                      that He was no longer needed in the process of human creation, 
                      since they had recently uncovered His secret code to life.  During 
                      these serious times, people of all faiths should remember 
                      these four great religious truths: 2. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 3. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian world. 4. 
                      Baptists do not recognize each other at Hooters. You 
                      can get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun than you 
                      can with just a kind word. "La vie c'est dure, les femmes sont chers, et les gosses sont facile à faire." Government's 
                      view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: 
                      If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And, 
                      if it stops moving, subsidize it. You 
                      spend a billion here and a billion there. Sooner or later 
                      it adds up to real money. Tyrants 
                      and those of mediocre mind would deny access to information 
                      to the masses, whereas the peoples' interest is served, 
                      and democracy flourishes in the presence of more information. Happiness 
                      is when you have good health and a bad memory. If 
                      you cannot see God in all, you cannot see God at all. Opposition is just like a mustard seed; it will grow in proportion to your light. Ever wondered why your psychic never wins the lottery? -- I'm pro-choice about everything! -- The things we remember most are not things! -- After 
                      three 2004 hurricanes in a row, "1 Charley, 2 Frances, 
                      3 Ivan, 4 Sale!"  It's 
                      God's responsibility to forgive bin Laden 
 It's our 
                      responsibility to arrange the meeting! Manly Advice You are a Marine! If it's stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid. Don't look conspicuous - it draws fire. This is why aircraft carriers are called, "Bomb Magnets." When in doubt, empty your magazine. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are. Never forget your weapon was made by the lowest bidder. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush. No plan survives the first contact, intact. All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds. Try to look unimportant because the bad guys might be low on ammo. If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack. The important things are always simple. The simple things are always difficult. The easiest way is always mined. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy. Incoming fire has the right of way. Friendly fire - isn't. If the enemy is in range, SO ARE YOU! No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection. Beer math is: 2 beers x 37 men = 49 cases. Body count math = 2 guerrillas + 1 portable + 2 pigs = 37 enemy KIA. Things that must be together to work, usually can't be shipped together. Radio's will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately. Anything you do can get you shot - including doing nothing. Tracers work both ways. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire. Make it tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share of objectives to take. When both sides are convinced they are about to lose, they are both right. Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs. Semper 
                      Fi...OOHRAH!  
 Christmas 
                      Carols 
 Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness; Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of November next to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our service and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us. And also that we may unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions, to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government as a blessing to all the people by constantly being a government of wise, just and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among us; and, generally, to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best. Given 
                      under my hand, at the city of New York, the third day of 
                      October, AD 1789. You 
                      cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. A 
                      blonde, wanting to earn some extra money, decided to hire 
                      herself out as a "handy woman" and started canvassing 
                      a nearby well-to-do neighborhood. The 
                      three laws of prosperity: 21 Points To The Good Life ONE. Give people more than they expect, and do it cheerfully. TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, those conversational skills will be as important as any other. THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want. FOUR. When you say, "I love you," mean it. FIVE. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye. SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight. EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much. NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely. TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly! No name-calling. ELEVEN. 
                      Don't judge people by their relatives. THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?" FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. FIFTEEN. Say, "Bless you," when you hear someone sneeze. SIXTEEN. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and responsibility for all your actions. EIGHTEEN. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship. NINETEEN. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. TWENTY-ONE. 
                      Spend some time alone. Those 
                      who have never realized peace within themselves should not 
                      be allowed to negotiate for it. The 
                      beatings stop when the morals improve. Problems 
                      cannot be solved by the same level of thinking at which 
                      they were created. It 
                      is not the life that matters, it is the courage you bring 
                      to it. Give 
                      the needs of your mate priority. One parent put it this 
                      way: "A husband and wife are apt to be successful parents 
                      when they put their marriage first. Don't worry about the 
                      children getting second best. Child-centered households 
                      produce neither happy marriages nor happy children." ...Debt at the rate of $1 a second. To pay back $1 million, 
                      he notes, would take just 12 days. To pay off $1 billion 
                      at the same pace would take 32 years. And to pay off $1 
                      trillion...32,000 years. These figures are even more sobering 
                      when you recall that our nation is only 200 years old. The only dignified and effective response to extortion is violence. -- A fool continues in his folly until he becomes wise. -- Baroque is when you're out of Monèt! -- We do wish that the media would get over this craven concentration upon fear, particularly in connection with those people who were not involved in combat but were sitting home worrying. In our opinion, fear is a dirty word and refers to a natural response to life, which, like some other natural responses, should be kept very private. In our youth, the worst thing you could call a playmate was a coward - "scaredy cat" - and no matter how apprehensive you might be in your own mind, you were not permitted to show it, by your father, your mother, nor your playmates. Fear is quite natural, but in any person of consequence it is suppressed. Flaunting it in front of cameras or for reporters is disgusting -- rather comparable to soiling one's underpants. As the old Indian put it, "The first step in a successful life is the conquest of fear. Once that has been achieved, everything else falls into place. (That is our version of what the old man said in Yaqui.) -- The 
                      one thing men dread most is death. I have always lived in 
                      its nearness and looked it in the face. So should every 
                      one of you who claim to follow me. I will ride to my death 
                      as a bridegroom does to the house of the bride. Do not grieve 
                      for me. For wheresoever are the Five Pure Ones dedicated 
                      to God, there my presence shall always be. HOW 
                      DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? WHAT 
                      IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED? HOW 
                      CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE  WHAT 
                      DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE  WHAT 
                      DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE? WHAT 
                      WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS  WHEN 
                      IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE? IS 
                      IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED? HOW 
                      WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE  HOW 
                      WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK? Mommy, how did this happen? ...So for heaven's sake, let's quit whimpering. In the 
                      great words of Edmund Vance Cooke:  And We 
                      are dumbfounded to hear about people who join the army without 
                      understanding that the purpose of an army is to fight. When 
                      you put on that uniform you run the implied risk of sudden, 
                      violent death. Doesn't everybody know that? About 
                      marriage ... Time: 
                      The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole; a unit of human experience. People of Color who remain silent enable White people to remain culturally illiterate. It is incumbent on those who know to teach those who do not know. Next fall, when you see geese heading South for the winter...flying along in V formation...you might consider what science has discovered as to why they fly that way: As each bird flaps its wings, it creates uplift for the bird immediately following. By flying in V formation the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own. People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and easily because they are traveling on the thrust of one another. When a goose falls out of formation it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone...and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front. If we have as much sense as a goose we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same way we are. When the head goose gets tired it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies point. It is sensible to take turns doing demanding jobs with people or with geese flying South. Geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed. What do we say when we honk from behind? Finally...and this is important...when a goose gets sick, or it is wounded by gunshots, and falls out of formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able to fly, or until it dies; and only then do they launch out on their own, or with another formation to catch up with their group. If 
                      we have the sense of a goose we will stand by each other 
                      like that. ANCIENT 
                      YOGIC FORMULAS FOR HEALTH For 
                      the blood: Raw onions can be eaten, immediately after peeling, with salads and in sandwiches. They can also be used in many cooked dishes. Mix one cup of fresh onion juice and one cup of fresh mint tea and drink. Raw garlic can be chopped and eaten, immediately after peeling, on toast, in salads, on pizza and may be added to many cooked dishes. Drink fresh garlic juice mixed with almond oil or mint tea. Raw gingerroot can be sliced and boiled to make a tea. Boil four to five slices of fresh gingerroot in three cups of water, add honey to taste and drink as often as you like. All three of 
                      these herbs can be sautéed together until lightly 
                      brown. Then add fresh black pepper and cook this mixture 
                      with mung beans and rice and may you be...Healthy, Happy 
                      and Holy.  I 
                      don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything 
                      except numbers. The only things I can think of that are 
                      truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College 
                      Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and 
                      Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian 
                      College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, 
                      or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson 
                      will be knocking down your door. An 
                      old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes 
                      on inside people. There's 
                      no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it. The most precious thing in the human body is the breath. A meditation which cannot bring normalcy and equilibrium to your breathing is useless, because the rate and length of the breathing will determine the rate of secretion of your glandular system, and that secretion will give you physical stability. Physical stability will then give you mental stability, and mental stability will project the radiance of the spirit, the soul in you. And when the spirit becomes radiant and healthy, you will look spiritual. Speaking of Words, see 
                      the Abbott and Costello classic, Who's 
                        On First.  How poor can people be? One day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country for the sole purpose of showing his son how it was to be poor. They spent a few days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. After their return from the trip, the father asked his son how he liked the trip. "It was great, Dad," the son replied. "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh Yeah," said the son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them." The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "It showed me how poor we are." -- An 
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