Have A Great Holiday. See You Nest Year!
Until then keep in mind the experience of a young man who suffered a major spinal injury in a car accident.
The injury was so bad that doctors told his family that Randy would never walk again --something they didn't dare tell him.
As a result, totally unaware of the doctors' prognosis Randy lay in a hospital bed practicing the deep breathing exercises he normally used in combination with Tai chi to build and maintain his physical and mental health. He also mentally went through these Tai chi exercises as he lay there.
Miraculously after two weeks he could could move a finger and six months later Randy was back in his Tai chi class. He had to start all over again at the beginner's level, but he did progress and recover from his spinal injury.
So never say something is impossible too quickly. With the right "tools" and determination just about anything is possible.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Cause of Newtowns
In the post below you'll see that experts claim Asperger's disease would not have been the cause of the Newtown Tragedy -- and that is true.
One of the major causes of such violence is the steady diet of violence and mayhem we are fed not only through daily television programs but also video and other games.
True, such a steady diet of murder does not cause everyone to go off the deep end and murder or hurt others -- but it does affect too many young minds (often already floundering in a sea of emotional problems already) in this way.
The route to ending or reducing such carnage is not just through stricter gun control in the United States and other countries but also the elimination or reduction in violence we are feeding our minds with through television programs, movies, and video and computer games -- not to mention the newest craze: professional kick boxing or mixed martial arts contests.
A steady diet of such bloody mayhem has to affect the brains of all of us -- to various degrees; you have to remember that members of the Special Forces reportedly go through a desensitization to killing and then a reverse process (which sometimes does not work) when they leave the miliary so a steady diet of violent programs and games has to cause, at least somewhat, the same effects in the minds of persons addicted to such things.
With all of this our society today is very similar to the last days of the Roman Empire during which much of the ruling class and the rest of Roman society became obsessed with violent gladatorial contests. We have to expect more Newtowns unless we change as a society.
One of the major causes of such violence is the steady diet of violence and mayhem we are fed not only through daily television programs but also video and other games.
True, such a steady diet of murder does not cause everyone to go off the deep end and murder or hurt others -- but it does affect too many young minds (often already floundering in a sea of emotional problems already) in this way.
The route to ending or reducing such carnage is not just through stricter gun control in the United States and other countries but also the elimination or reduction in violence we are feeding our minds with through television programs, movies, and video and computer games -- not to mention the newest craze: professional kick boxing or mixed martial arts contests.
A steady diet of such bloody mayhem has to affect the brains of all of us -- to various degrees; you have to remember that members of the Special Forces reportedly go through a desensitization to killing and then a reverse process (which sometimes does not work) when they leave the miliary so a steady diet of violent programs and games has to cause, at least somewhat, the same effects in the minds of persons addicted to such things.
With all of this our society today is very similar to the last days of the Roman Empire during which much of the ruling class and the rest of Roman society became obsessed with violent gladatorial contests. We have to expect more Newtowns unless we change as a society.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Cyborgs?
More and more "experts" claim we are becoming cyborgs.
For another thought provoking feature on the topic below click on: www.newyorktimes.com
For another thought provoking feature on the topic below click on: www.newyorktimes.com
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