Each Day

1. Don't wait for others to do something

2. You must always have your own agenda

3. Always have your purpose and intentions clear for each day

4. Laugh a lot!

Coming Face To Face

I am making changes in my eating habits...I feel my body at it's most elemental aspects and am facing it like it's another person. How I have lived and eaten is who I am. As I change this, it's like there is another being that is saying...wait a minute...what are you doing? It says this in the middle of the night(awful).It says it during the day when it is uneasy at the conditions it finds itself in. I am facing the my mental/spiritual being and who I am from a body/physical standpoint. These two people have co-existed for a long time in the same body but don't know each other very well. I have to allow time for a change to take place. It won't happen in 20 minutes or right now...my body needs time to get used to what i am doing and to learn how to function under this new system.

Americans eat unintentionally, or without thought. They eat things called Cheese, burgers, fries, fried chicken,lunch meats, Mac and Cheese and other crap because that's what you eat..right?..That's what I've been doing, I love all this stuff!!!

They don't care what the nutritional value is...they aren't hungry anymore! And they get used to the tast of all that Cheese,the barbequed smoked/grilled flavor of the burgers and other fast foods. Their body stays in the background and doesn't complain, it takes what you give it..as long as you give it enough it stays happy and doesn't bother you with hunger...un-beknownst to you...it is also gathering a lot of bad things from what you are putting in. Sugars, Fats,chemicals etc. and like most machines, our bodies go and go until the deposits build to a point and then our bodies start malfunctioning or can't continue absorbing bad things any longer. Then they start letting us know that they are in need of help or repair or fixing,...we get sick or our walking around life is affected by their malfunctioning status.Then we HAVE to do something or we will die. I am doing something!! it is right!

Oatbran.Flax Seed, Chia Seed,Applesauce Muffins!!!

I know, I know, I'm taking this Oat Bran thing to extremes but my health and my apetite demand that I be creative in developing tasty treats to enjoy as I move towards a healthier lifestyle. These muffins are absolutely wonderful...I concocted the recipe last Sunday morning when I was about to prepare my Oat Bran cereal and thought..Hmmm I wonder how my cereal would taste in Muffin form?? The Pancake recipe here is amazing..but again I love diversity so...I hope you enjoy these delicious and dense muffins..they are a great breakfast treat or good any time of day as a snack..They are so (Fu....) good for you it hurts!!! Enjoy!

Dry Ingredients

Mixed in a small bowl

2 Cups Oat Bran Flour - (I grind my own from Oat Bran with Braun grinder)
1 1/2 Tablespoons of Ground Flax Seeds
1 Teaspoon of Chia seeds (to taste)
1/2 Tablespoon Coconut Mist sweetner (powder from whole foods)
A little Baking Soda
A little Baking Powder
A little salt
1 Rounded Tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 cup of Raisins (to taste)

Wet Ingredients

In a separate small bowl

1 egg
1 cup of Applesauce
A little Vanilla
1 cup Almond Milk/Coconut Milk
Mix this up and add to the dry ingredients!
Mix well!

Your batter should be like Pancake batter, or a little thicker.
Add milks to acheive this consistency

Pour this batter in muffin pan, fill to about 3/4 for each.

Bake on 350 - 375 for about 45 minutes...check occasionally they should be nicely browned on the top and not runny in the middle.(Poke 'em)

Take these bad boys out of the oven and enjoy~~

Goodbye Kelly

Kelly you will be missed...the clicking of your little feet as you walked across the floors, You willingness to do the right thing by going into the garage when you couldn't get out to go was very respectful and surprising in retrospect as dogs are not supposed to be all that smart...but you knew..You were nothing but a gentle loving soul to anyone who came into contact with you...(except other dogs sometimes!)wow! how brave you were in unexpected ways like against a pack of Racoons, you stood you ground and protected us with loyalty. I used to call you my little cub scout when we would be out walking. the way you sniffed and explored, I could see a small cub scout hat and neckerchief around your neck.It seemed appropriate to me. You are with Drew now...The two of you can spend endless times playing with one another. You bouncing around her growling and antaganizing her with your bouncing around. You two can now lie in the Sun and bake as you were want to do on hot stones or cement. Or you can sit on green grass in the shade, side by side with a lite breeze blowing. You were the inspiration as I prepared for the Alex Karweit show, your silly presence and floppy ears inspired me as I practiced and practiced learning my parts. I'm sorry that i was not always kind to you..It wasn't you, it was me. I didn't like that Lynne had to spend so much time taking care of you, cleaning up your messes and all but she did it because she loved you so dearly. She misses you greatly. When I came home for lunch you were not there..I didn't immediately call you name to see if you needed to go out...the house was eerily silent.It didn't seem right that you were there..A heavy loss or lacking was in the house. Your death was agonizing and I'm sorry for that. You have eaten things before, that you shouldn't have...and you somehow managed to pull through albeit with pain..you always got thru it...I expected you would again. this time you didn't. I 'm sorry that Kaela abandoned you. You didn't deserve that either. She was your original owner. You won't be sitting with us anymore at night, we wont hear you get up in the mornings any longer...aggravating as that was...Lynne will not have to pick up "Stuff" anymore which I am glad for.
But you will be missed..never doubt that..you will always be in our hearts. Enjoy your time in Doggy Heaven, you've earned it!

Family

Families have been described in many ways down thru the years. There was Ozzie and Harriet and their two sons chip and the Beaver. There are still families like this one in existence. If conditions are right and a family finds itself in the proper conditions with a stable bread winner or two solid breadwinners it will work. These days there are no rule for families, they evolve into their proper dynamics based on the participants and their paths..Any pre-conceived notions that one may have about what families are supposed to be are useless. The key now to living in harmony and happiness is to allow all to be who they are. The commonality that we share is hopefully a bond where we all wish the best for each other and are kind and respectful when we are together. Expectations are useless and will set you up for dissapointment and heartache.Accept each other for what we bring and accept each other so we all have one place that we can go to where we are accepted.

This actually Happened!

My wife and I were staying at the Indian Springs Spa in Idaho Springs, Colorado this past week. We checked in on Wed evening and did a walk thru.
We had heard that the reviews for this place were not good..so the walk thru was requested. The two young girls at the front desk were very polite and cooperative. After our walk thru we felt that 1 night at this place would work...It was like an old Motel 6 type place but the room was clean!
We went to the room after signing in and the key they gave me would not operate the door easily. Struggled with it, got it to work. We went and got ready for a dip in the hot mineral pool.Went back to the lobby and asked if we could be re-assigned to another building on the 1rst floor. No rooms were available. We went and had a lovely soak in the large mineral pool that was there. After an hour or so we went back to our room. Fell asleep a short time thereafter. About 1:30 am I was woken up out of sleep. I immediately felt a presence in the room. We were the only people in this two story Hotel like building. I kept visualizing the hallway of this building and what it looked like, it was as if something kept pulling me to the hallway. The presence in the room felt like something horrible had happened in our room or at this site at some time in the past. My wife was fast asleep during all this. I lay there awake in the room in the absolute quiet except for traffic outside feeling this heavy, ominous presence. Fiannly I fell back asleep. My wife got up to go to the bathroom. Then I went. Got back in bed and before I felt asleep I felt the unmistakable feeling like our cat was walking on the sheets covering my legs..very very light touch, but definitely there...I fell back to sleep and had a dream that we were in the room that we were in and that things in the room were being moved around, objects were being placed and re-placed in different spots within the room.. In the dream I was telling my wife about what was happening...asking her if she saw things moving to confirm what was happening..all of the sudden I was standing in the street where my mothers house is in Sacramento and I was having a conversation with a person whose image, face i couldn't really make out clearly. This person was standing about 5 feet from me and we were conversing...The person was angry at me and I kept defying or refusing it. It started changing shapes, arms dislocating etc...I woke up....I was staring at the ceiling and thought about that I had had a dream...then I realized that I had dreamed that I was in the room that I was sleeping in..This struck as very odd...to dream about where I was.As I lied there I was feeling waves of fear that caused every hair on my body to stand on end.wave after wave it would stop and then come back, I had no control over it, it felt horrible. I then began to feel that our safety was in danger and that we should leave..My wife was still sleeping..I was getting a very strong message that I should get out of this room and this building. Finally after what seemed like an eternity of the waves coming and going, not being able to control anything I woke my wife up and told her what had happened. I told her that I had spent quite a bit of time questioning everything and doubting what I was experiencing as being real, before I woke her up..But that I could no longer ignore it. She graciously didnt question me and go up. We got dressed and left. As we were driving down the freeway not knowing where we were going, It was 3:30am she told me that when I woke her up that she had felt 2 fingers pointed on her left ankle applying pressure..She did not tell me about it at the time because she could see that I was already upset. I'm sure this had something to do with her not doubting what I was telling her.Again, THIS IS A TRUE STORY. NOTHING HAS BEEN EMBELLISHED OR EXAGERATED REGARDING THIS INCIDENT.

Healthy and Delicious Pancake Recipe

Get your pan heating up..low to medium
so it's ready to go when you are!
This mix thickens up quickly because of
the chia seeds. You may have to add milk
more than once as you are making pancakes

Ingredients

1 cup of organic Oat Bran..(Grind to Flour)
1/2 tablespoon of Cinnamon
1 tablespoon of Ground Flaxseeds
1/2 tablespoon of Chia Seeds
Little bit of Baking powder
Little bit of Baking Soda
Little bit of salt
You can add some ground barley too if you like!

In a bowl Mix your Dry ingredients very very well with a fork.

Add:

1 egg
2% milk or almond milk to acheive desired consistency
Little bit of Vanilla
1/4 cup of raisins (optional)

Stir everything together until well blended

Drop some oil in your pan...swirl around
Spoon in your Pancake mix
Heat should be on low to medium

Cook Pancakes until golden brown

Enjoy with Agave drizzle and cinnamon mixture (Syrup)
A little butter if you are up for it.

3 Tests For Any Couple Considering Marriage

It is my considered opinion that any couple considering marriage should conduct a series of 3 tests to determine their chances for success and longetivity as a couple. These are 3 experiences that they will most likely face together, as a couple...better to find out "before" the rings have been exchanged that they should not proceed, than after...right?

The idea for this blog came as I was discussing my own recent experience in one the test scenarios with a friend. We were sharing stories and experiences and after discussing our observations of other men in these circumstances it was decided that the testing would be of immense value to Men and Women considering marriage. These three test scenarios will provide great insights into the following aspects of each person's:

1. Personality
2. Logic & ability to reason
3. Financial aptitude
4. Love and empathy quotients
5. Patience
6. Idiosyncracies, quirks, victim complexes & insecurities
7. They will underscore who controls what in the relationship
8. And lastly..who will make the decisions.

Any of these tests separately, will prove useful information. But all three should be run for maximum benefit and to ensure that a solid test bed of data has been developed for evaluation..The great thing is you can run these tests..and not actually buy anything! Simlulation will prove invaluable in much the same way that "practice moon walks" simulate expected outcomes for another type of situation where lack of attention to details can proved catastrophic...Take my word for it folks...You haven't seen "bootsey" at his or her best until you run these tests!

I wish you well!

The three test scenarios are as follows:
1. Purchase an Appliance for the home.
2. Purchase Furniture for the home.
3. Spend time together on a Sunday Afternoon in the
Women's section of a retailstore.

AARRRRGH!

It's so hard to see those that you love struggle. We get ourselves trapped in destructive loops that we can't get out of. I am one of these people...say the right word, the right phrase and off I go..push the button and I look back 10 minutes later and think...what the hell was that? Who was that person..that's not who I normally am...How can we dis-assemble these buttons? Get rid of them? Remove them for good?

You can't help someone if they are not listening. They are not listening because the voice in their head is screaming at them and won't let them consider something different. Desparation, Fatalism,Fear of death, We can drive ourselves to death by living with stress that we create. This can happen when death is the last thing we actually want. Our system hears what we tell it, feels what we feel, reacts to what we feel, Weight gain is a direct reaction that our bodies have to stress.

Pain, Suffering and Watching the truth unfold

I had an unfortunate accident recently. The pain was excruciating and sad to experience...Sad because of the physical nature of the injuries but also sad that I had to be stopped in such a direct manner from whatever I wasn't supposed to do or actions I was not to take. It is shocking when the Universe steps in in such a direct fashion to direct things..My experience is that on 2 separate occasions the Universe has stepped in and changed the course of things in painful and excruciating fashion. The Universe does not step in and do things in nice, easy, Joyful ways..Ways that you can put your finger on..No it seems that good things happen in ways that you don't see or recognize..they happen and you are left to discover in some indirect un-expected way that it happened..One of those Uh-huh moments. I have heard that just when you think that things are going well..something will happen and chaos will ensue...That this is guaranteed! Accept it! That opportunities for amazing growth and for re-ordering your thoughts for new reality or growth will ensue..That these are amazing opportunities for growth..I am waiting and watching for these new experiences, new opportunities.

Creativity

What a devine gift it is to be creative...to originate thoughts and actions..to paraphrase, Swami Chetanananda says that we are here to enjoy the process of living..when you are in the creative space you are not aware that you are there...you are in the moment creating. All of your focus is on doing, you are not thinking about creating. For me I am often creative in music. It is a wonderful feeling immediately after I have been in the creative space when I realize that I was in the moment. Sometimes I have little awarenesses (blinks of an eye) while it is occuring, almost like I am watching a movie take place. I see it, smile and think wow!..and then slip back in to continue. I hope you have these opportunities for they are marvelous!! Seek them out, find something you are completely passionate about..and do it...You'll see what I mean..

I Can't Sleep!

Midnight Madness, Things that go bump in the night...tossing and turning..time passess incredibly slow...you hear each second ticking...tick, tock this is really weird especially if you have a digital clock!, The light on your clock radio looks as bright as an alien spacecraft overhead...or one of those spotlights that they shine at premiers...It's amazing how wide awake you can be in the middle of the night...that's because you 've just slept and are refreshed..oh to be this awake, alert and refreshed and lucid during the day!! when I need it!...The speed at which thoughts come into my head when I can't sleep..and the clarity of those thoughts is like Warp speed..funny how you can take an idea and follow it through a series or pictures..one to the other, to the other..The whole point of this diatribe...is that I should be a sleep! not working like a super computer! enough of this.....I'm going back to sleep.

Great Recipe for Hot Oat Bran Cereal

I love this recipe for hot oat bran cereal. Oat Bran is a lot like Cream of Wheat only better for you as it's not Wheat. Try this recipe when you want a great hot cereal that'll stay with you thru the morning.

Ingredients
1 to 1 1/3 cup of Water (1/3 more if you like your cereal a little creamier)
1/2 cup of Oat Bran (organic)
1 teaspoon of Vanilla
1/2 tablespoon of Cinnamon
1/2 tablespoon of Ground Flaxseed
1/2 tablespoon of Chia Seeds
Some Dried fruit, (Mangos, raisins,apple slices)

Cooking Directions
Add water to a saucepan
add vanilla
add cinnamon (stir)
bring to a boil
Add Oat Bran
Stir and blend all ingredients
Cut back heat so cereal is boiling, but more slowly
Continue cooking until Oat Bran looks like cream of wheat
Turn off heat

(Do this while Oat Bran is cooking)
Place fruit in bottom of a bowl
Place Flaxseed in bottom of bowl
Place chia seeds in bottom of bowl

Add cooked Oat Bran to bowl
Add a liitle milk if you like
Mix it all together

Enjoy while it's hot!

Tips For Attracting What You Want

1. In Meditation ask your source to guide you in fulfilling your destiny.

2. The Universal mind of creation is in a constant state of supplying.
It never shuts down! It is always supplying.

3. The Universe is based on energy and attraction.

4. Invite the power of intention to play an active role in your life
each day.

5. Intent is a force that exists in the Universe.

6. When “Sourcerers” (those who live of the source) becon intent, it
comes to them and sets up the path of attainment, which means that
“Sourcerers” always accomplish what they set out to do.

7. Intention is not something you do, but rather a force that exists
in the Universe as an invisible field of energy.

8. If you will simply imagine your life as you want it to be, all cooperative
components will be summoned. And even more important, all components
that are summoned will cooperate. It is Law!! (Abraham-Hicks)

9. The key to getting into your Vortex of creation is appreciation of yourself.

10. Focus on what you want when you are in the Vortex. You will
energize the energy of your intentions and the power of
your thoughts when you are in this place. More so than
if you think about what you want as you are traveling about
and are possibly distracted.(Abraham-Hicks)


Guidance for Yourself (Affirmations)

1. I can accomplish anything I desire and I do it by being in harmony with
the all-pervading creative force in the Universe.

2. Act as if anything you desire is already here.

3. Treat yourself as if you already are what you’d like to become.

4. I have enough money, and I will allow what I already have enough of,
to flow to me

5. I was a loving a beautiful spirit when I came into this world.

6. We came from the “All that is”.

7. Do things from the quiet place within you.

8. The Universe is always saying “Yes!”..What is it saying yes to?

9. Can you see that you are always being provided for? (Abraham-Hicks)

10. Make each moment an occasion to live deeply, happily in peace.
(Thich Nhat Hanh)

11. Mind creates all things. All things are products of the mind.

Question?

1. What beliefs do I have that block my connection with source?