past life regression sessions in Jacksonville

I am running a series of introductory seminars on the subject of past life regression in Jacksonville, FL over the next several days. You are all invited to attend. The details of the session can be found at:

http://www.meetup.com/Jacksonville-Past-Life-Regression/

I hope to see you there!

If you want to explore more about the power of Intension, I invite you to read my blog on the subject of Intentional Living here:

http://livingintentionallives.blogspot.com/.

If you are interested in these subjects, and would like to read more, I recommend the following:

• Exploration of the conscious mind.

• Exploration of the subconscious mind.

• Exploring hypnosis and hypnotherapy.he he he he he

goodbye Google video

Several years ago Google bought YouTube.com. YouTube set alongside Google video (video.google.com). Google video tended to be more educational, more thought-provoking, and frankly more serious. Yes, there were cats and dancing gerbils and people making funny faces, just like YouTube. But, they were few and far between when compared to the videos from Stephen Hawking, and the mere yet of the videos are science, politics, sociology and religion.

The good news is that many of the brilliant lectures of Stephen Hawking, as just one example, have made it to YouTube. I hope that more make it over and are preserved. It is such a valuable resource. It would be a shame for this vast storehouse of knowledge to disappear.

newsmax.com headline: Bishop Condemns 'Jesus as Islam Prophet' Ads in Australia

Is this allegedly pacifist bishop really trying to provoke a fight? Hasn't there been enough death and distraction in the name of God?

I am a supporter of the freedoms granted to us by the United States Constitution. Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are two of the tenets of that Constitution. Here in the United States, we take these freedoms for granted, like the air we breathe. Elsewhere in the world, that is not the case.

I was born a Roman Catholic. These days, I'm not sure how you would classify my religious beliefs. However, I strongly support each individual's right to believe what ever they want. That includes Islam. I also believe that the freedom to wave your fists in the air ends at the tip of my nose! I believe that, all in all, you can do whatever you want. However, in my home, I make the rules.

That said, fundamentalist Muslims can do whatever they want within the borders of their own country. However, when you're in my country, you play by my rules.

Christians firmly believes that Jesus is the son of God who became man, and died on the cross to save us from our sins. That's fine. That is the fundamental Christian belief. However, Islam believes that God/Allah is the divine being, creator of everything, and that Mohammed is the greatest of his prophets. However, a very large number of Muslims firmly believe that Jesus was also one of Allah's prophets.

Why not celebrate the fact that both religions believe that Jesus was great, and leave it at that. Christians can post whatever billboards they want, and so can Islam. . The billboard readers have the right to choose. Is it really that complicated?

I swear, some people just want to pick a fight.

You can read the full article here.

the voice

Okay, I never write about TV shows. I don't watch much TV. However, I have become hooked on a TV show called the voice. It is a singing competition. Mostly individual singers compete, except for a couple of duets. I have to tell you, this is a great talent show. Watch it on NBC.

Miller's magical number

George S. Miller wrote a paper in 1956 called "The magical number 7 ± 2: Some limits on our capacity to process information." I first came across this paper in the mid-1980s when I was the vice president of education services running the technical training division of a software company.

My associate, Vaughn Frick, and I devised a couple of experiments that we actually repeated many times over the course of a two year period. The experimental results not only confirmed Miller's original hypothesis, but allowed us to push the envelope on the concept even further.

The instigation.

Miller's original report resulted in the now famous American seven digit phone number preceded by a three digit area code. You can even repeat the original experiment yourself. Write down a series of numbers from three digits to 10 digits. it doesn't matter what the numbers are.

You can even use the list below, unless your friends are likely to read this blog and memorize the results! (Wishful thinking.)

you will inevitably find that when the string of digits reaches 10, there was a sharp drop-off in memory. You will find also that there is a much smaller drop-off between five and nine. The difference however in drop-off between the 5/9 range and the 10 and over rate is greater by a factor of five or more.

What this illustrates.

the human brain has a unique, but limited capacity for short-term storage of information. You can call information and remember up to three telephone numbers. Why? Because the telephone number itself is broken down into three smaller groups of numbers: the area code (three digits), the exchange (three digits) and the number (four digits). Some old folks like myself remember the vague and easiness when they first added new area codes. I tracked down that uneasiness to the pattern of numbers used. Originally, the area code and a zero or one as the middle digit. The exchange never had a zero or one.

What does this mean?

it means, basically, that we have an extraordinary capacity to remember information. Think about it. We can remember seven groups of things. Each group of things can have seven elements. Each of the seven elements can be up to seven digits long!

I had a stroke at the end of 2008. It took nearly a year to recover. Even at that, my recovery was not complete -- not back to my pre-stroke self. This knowledge of how the brain uses Miller's magic number in able to me to vastly improve my post stroke of memory.

example data

number list 1

847

2195

64723

539261

3984271

75143268

139624857

4382769150

82734061529

number list 2

203 . 561 . 8947

safety net for the disabled

I had a stroke in 2008. Initially, I was completely pear lies on my right side. I had serious memory problems. Perhaps worst of all, I lost my ability to read. I could spell a word out loud, and I could recognize a word spelled out loud to me. However, the part of my brain that translates visual signals of letters written down and seen with the eyes into words in the brain was broken.

In the 2 1/2 years since my stroke, I have recovered partial use of my right arm, partial use of my right leg and some of my memory. I still cannot write a computer program like I once did, read a book, button a shirt, tie a shoe, or hundreds of other things that I used to do before my stroke. I used to fly Cessna Skyhawk airplanes. I will never fly again. I used to ride bicycles and motorbikes. I will never do that again. There are literally hundreds of activities that I used to do before my stroke which I will never again be able to perform.

I typed this blog post by dictating it into my computer. I read by using a program called natural reader which reads the words from my computer screen.

When I had my stroke, I lost everything. I lost my income, my car, my house and even my wife left me when I could no longer provide.

It took me nearly a year, not working, not getting paid, to file for and receive my Social Security benefits, benefits for which I paid in every month. When I was not able to work I lost my health care. It was two years until I was eligible for Medicare.

Tell me, is it fair for the federal government to balance the budget on the backs of people like me? Is it fair to balance the federal budget on the backs of people who worked, paid taxes, and were contributors to society four or 30 years? I started paying taxes when I was 15 years old and became disabled at 54. I'm worried of our viability to support my self. I'm worried about my ability just to live on my Social Security. I was young. I started a business. I put every penny of my savings, including funds for retirement, into that business. When I had my stroke, I lost it all. Social Security is all I have left.

I paid in. I should continue to get my benefits. I prefer to work. I turned down my disability benefits the first time I was told I was eligible, in hopes of getting a job. The Department of vocational rehabilitation told me I was crazy. They told me that I wasn't thinking straight because of the damage to my brain. I'm glad they convinced me.

I don't want to be where I am... but I am... and I paid and to the Social Security system, and expect, in my disability, to get back what I received.

restaurant reviews get own blog

I have moved the restaurant reviews. You can now find them on their own blog at http://JacksonvilleRestaurants.blogspot.com.

All the restaurant reviews that used to be found here are now there.