Love Between the Covers

I have read what seems like a million self-help, religious, philosophical, & metaphysical books, not to mention stacks of fiction. So what is it that I have to say that hasn’t already been said in so many ways? From any book, if I take away the cover, the title, the author, and the way in which the story is told, I basically have the same story…Love. I glance at my bookshelf and suddenly realize that I have somehow purchased the same book over and over again. I have been giving my short-term memory the same message, but forgetting each time. I have read some very wonderful books! They have indeed had an impact on my life, some for the short-term and others much more deeply. Some I have been reading over and over for years now, and I have yet another that is taking me six years to read once through! And I sometimes check something out from the library only to realize I’ve already read it. It seems there are many flavors of LOVE. And rather than fully grasp the meaning once and for all, I search for it yet again in a different color jacket, a different practice, or in different wording...an endless quest to one-up myself. The message is always the same no matter the messenger or the vehicle of the message. And while each path is clothed in a different cover with a different title, the message remains…LOVE. There is nothing else.

Faith Moves Mountains and Cures Disease

Well, I'm not startled. The medical world is slow in coming to the realization that our beliefs are more powerful than anything! This is just "common shamanism." Congratulations doctors. You've discovered what the ancients have always known.

Startled by the power of placebos, doctors consider how to use them as real treatment
2010-05-09, Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/05/09/the_magic_cure/

You’re not likely to hear about this from your doctor, but fake medical treatment can work amazingly well. For a range of ailments, from pain and nausea to depression and Parkinson’s disease, placebos--whether sugar pills, saline injections, or sham surgery--have often produced results that rival those of standard therapies...more

Sound Creates Form

Another Great Video from Julian Treasure

Julian Treasure shares 10 things you might not have known about sound (unless you follow this blog!).

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/10/treasure.sound/index.html?hpt=Mid