Category: Healing
Healing -physical, spiritual, inner
Aptos Psychologist: It’s Easter! Change depression to new life …
It’s Easter Day! Time for new life! No matter how old you are. Or how young.
Are you a depressed young person and feel trapped? Do you feel caught by Big Brother? Do you want to do things but have no car, have no money and don’t know where to begin? Does that describe you or someone you know?
Then ‘s time for you to kick ass on causes that you care about. Join a cause or make your own. For example, 3 out of 4 young persons say they have no clue how to manage their cash. Learn how with your friends. Take charge of your money world.
Make your passions into your causes. You will change. And you can change the world around you.Â
Here’s one way how for young persons 13 to 25.
Go to dosomething.org and learn how to change passions into reality.  Tell us what happens as you change your worlds — internal and external. DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
Who We Are [Do Something.org]
DoSomething.org is the country’s largest nonprofit for young people and social change. We have 1,425,974 million members (and counting) who kick ass on causes they care about. Bullying. Homelessness. Cancer. The list goes on. DoSomething.org spearheads national campaigns so 13- to 25-year-olds can make an impact – without ever needing money, an adult, or a car. Over 2.4 million people took action through DoSomething.org in 2012. You know, because apathy sucks.
We:
- Believe in young people. Young people have the power to lead. We don’t require old people!
- Trust young people. We provide reliable, easy-to-access information and activation strategies, but young people decide for themselves what to do.
- Celebrate young people. We think all measurable contributions from young people are valuable.
- Respect young people. We understand that young people have diverse abilities and constraints.
- Value young people. Our programs and products are free. We’re not after young people’s money; we want their passion, time, and creativity
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Firenze Sage: Teach canibalism [Egyptian Islamic high school]
Firenze Sage: the climate made them do it [Arab Spring]
Climate Change and the Arab Spring.â€
Panelists Tom Friedman, Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Michael Werz will parse out these complex interactions and discuss the implications for U.S. foreign and development policy.
The volume outlines the complex pressures exerted by the effects of climate change on the convulsions which swept through the Middle East in 2010 and 2011, exploring the long-term trends in
precipitation,
agriculture,
food prices,
and migration
which contributed to the social instability and violence which has transformed the region, and offering solutions for progress.
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This is so stupid only a NY Times columnist could be part of it.
JAJ48@aol.com
for more Firenze Sage posts, Shoveling Smoke:Â Laws & Regulations Smother Jobs & Economy
Firenze Sage: California Prison Religion
A 2007 Corrections survey found 183 Wiccan inmates — compared with 42,666 Protestant, 28,884 Muslim, 23,160 Catholic, 8,296 Native American and 2,678 Jewish inmates. Those are the big five religions for which the department hires paid, full-time chaplains. A survey five years earlier found 598 Wiccans, which suggests witchcraft could be melting in the California prison community.
Aptos Psychologist: How to teach that each child IS special through Christian Saints
Yes, all children are special. And each child needs to hear why they are special.
Imagine: A mom has four children. Different ages and different dads for some. Mom loves all of them.
Two children were born in February on the same day. One is a girl and the other a boy and they are different ages. They share the same birth date.   Another child, the youngest, was born just before Christmas. And one is a Feb. child.
Each child wants to be special — and loved in a special way.
But moms know that each child IS special and loved in a special way. And each child needs to know why each IS special.
How to convey to each that each child IS special and loved in a special way? Tell the children the stories of the Christian Saints.
The youngest child born just before Christmas is a Christ-child. And thus, tell that child and all four children, the story of Jesus born of Mary and Joseph in the town of Bethlehem after traveling a long way with Mary on a donkey.
It was not easy for Mary. Mary was a teenager around age 15 living in a small village. Everybody in the village could see that Mary was pregnant and that she was not married when she got pregnant. And think of Joseph. Instead of sending Mary back to her family as she was pregnant, Joseph listened to the angels. And so Joseph put Mary on a donkey and headed out into the darkness to go to a small town far, far away. Joseph trusted what the angels told him to do.
Tell all the children about the Three  Wise Men who came bringing gifts for Jesus. And tell the children that’s why we give gifts to each other on Christ-Mass Day. And share gifts with the children. Especially if you cannot be there on Christmas. Do it early so they know you care.
The two born in February have a special Saint. Tell the February children about Saint Valentine who is remembered on February 14. There are several Saint Valentines. Today we give Valentines to those we love. There is a Saint Valentine church in Rome, Italy that the children can visit. Tell the children born in Feb. close to Valentine’s Day that they are children of Love who are to Grow to Love others. Tell them their special saint is Saint Valentine. And that’s one reason why they are special. And make a Valentine for each of the children — red paper, saying the words only a mom can say about love for that special Valentine child.
This particular mom also has a child who has a birthday around the middle of Sept. Â Check out the Saints for that day. For example, Sept. 21 is about Saint Mathew.
And Sept 14 is about the power of the Cross. Perhaps giving that Special Child born on Sept. 14 a small cross might be one way to show how that child is special – to mom and to Jesus. The symbol of the cross has long been a symbol of Jesus and God’s Love for all of us.
Learn about the Saints of old that pertain to specific days. And learn about those Saints that can help us NOW in our day!  And remember that we are all Saints Becoming.
Saints are not perfect. Saints are those who follow Jesus born of Mary. Mary listened to the angels and believed God’s promises.  So those four children can also choose to be Saints for today. With guidance from their mom as she seeks to know Jesus.
For each child give them a special gift by connecting them to Saints of Old so that the children of today become Saints of today. This is one way to teach that each child IS special to mom and to Jesus, Son of Mary and Joseph.
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At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under date of 14 February. One is described as a priest at Rome, another as bishop of Interamna (modern Terni), and these two seem both to have suffered in the second half of the third century and to have been buried on the Flaminian Way, but at different distances from the city. In William of Malmesbury’s time what was known to the ancients as the Flaminian Gate of Rome and is now the Porta del Popolo, was called the Gate of St. Valentine. The name seems to have been taken from a small church dedicated to the saint which was in the immediate neighborhood. Of both these St. Valentines some sort of Acta are preserved but they are of relatively late date and of no historical value. Of the third Saint Valentine, who suffered in Africa with a number of companions, nothing further is known.
Saint Valentine’s Day
The popular customs associated with Saint Valentine’s Day undoubtedly had their origin in a conventional belief generally received in England and France during the Middle Ages, that on 14 February, i.e. half way through the second month of the year, the birds began to pair. Thus in Chaucer’s Parliament of Foules we read:
For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day
Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.
For this reason the day was looked upon as specially consecrated to lovers and as a proper occasion for writing love letters and sending lovers’ tokens. Both the French and English literatures of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries contain allusions to the practice. Perhaps the earliest to be found is in the 34th and 35th Ballades of the bilingual poet, John Gower, written in French; but Lydgate and Clauvowe supply other examples. Those who chose each other under these circumstances seem to have been called by each other their Valentines. In the Paston Letters, Dame Elizabeth Brews writes thus about a match she hopes to make for her daughter (we modernize the spelling), addressing the favoured suitor:
Aptos Psychologist: Obama, Islamic extremists & religious freedom
Obama waves a magic wand and there’s no home grown terrorism, there’s no need to work for welfare, it’s fine to have a mosque at Ground Zero and the massacre at Ford Hood was just a ‘work place related injury’?
Really? Scream in Arabic that Allah is Great and murder people and the public can be hood winked that its just a work place injury? Just because Obama says so — does not make it so.
There is no home grown terror —  because Obama says so!  That is Obama’s position on the massacre at Fort Hood.
And yes, we must have a mosque at Ground Zero but Catholics cannot practice their religious beliefs. Why? Because Obama says so.
General Motors is alive  — and Bin Laden is dead. Also dead  is our U.S. Ambassador Stevens to Libya.
What is Obama’s foreign policy?  America is to blame for whatever. The US must apologize for whatever. Per Obama, the US must lead from behind with the UN must take leadership.
Think how Obama’s actions towards religious freedom  are connected to his foreign policies:
Remember the Mosque at Ground Zero supported by President Obama. What were Obama’s words?  We must support a mosque because this nation protects religious freedom said President Obama.  Does Obama know any  Islamic history?  Historically, when Islam claimed military  territory the first thing they did  was  put a mosque there.
A mosque at Ground Zero is one  way to spread jihad – the holy war – and show who has won. A mosque at Ground Zero shows religious dominance not religious freedom.
Remember Obama riding rough shod over the Catholic bishops who provide substantial charity in America and world wide  based on Catholic teachings?  The ObamaCare regulation written by HHS Sibelius  requires all charities including Catholic to provide all forms of contraceptives to women – including sterilization, abortion and contraceptives.
When the Republicans held a hearing whether the ObamaCare regulation violated freedom of religion, Nancy Pelosi held her own separate news conference and  brought out Sandra Fluke who said she and graduate students like her  should have free contraceptives paid for by the government.
Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats shifted  a discussion of protection of religious freedom for Catholics and other religions into into a War on Women waged  by the Republicans who  according to Pelosi  want to take away contraceptives from women.
Remember Fort Hood and that crazy MD who gunned all those people down shouting praise of Allah while he did so? Now we learn that per Obama’s policies,  it  was a ‘workplace related injury’ not an act of terror. So no Occupational Therapy or therapy for those injured by that crazy Islamic extremist MD.
No one getting welfare has to work any more Why? Because Obama says so!  So what that Democrat President Clinton signed a law requiring work as part of receiving welfare. No matter that the welfare rolls were cut in half and people reported that they felt better about themselves.
Maybe it is time for Americans to say no more of Obama’s policies. No more  waving a magic, pro-Islam wand and implementing policies that weaken freedoms abroad and here at home.
For two weeks, Obama blamed an anti-Islam video made by an American as the cause of Am. Stevens’ death. From Obama’s viewpoint, it had to be some act of stupidity by an American and not more jehad, not more Islamic extremists making a holy war against America and Western values. The New York Times reported that the man responsible for murdering Am. Stevens is bragging about it while sipping mango juice.
Then in the last debate, Obama gets on TV and walks back the narrative. Now he called Am. Stevens death an act of terrorism from day one. Obama just waved his magic wand and he makes it so! Supposedly.
Let’s hope Romney on Monday asks some pointed questions:
Sir, Mr. President, who in the White House read the cables coming in from Am. Stevens saying he was in danger and security not sufficient?
When Ms. Lamb testified that “the assets were sufficient” did she know that the one plane there had been removed and two groups of security had been removed? Did Ms. Lamb know there were 200 acts of terrorism the last year and that the Am. from Great Britain was attacked and that the Red Cross had withdrawn?
And Sir, exactly now many of the daily security briefings did you attend this last 3 months? And why did you attend less than half? Just too busy trying to get re-elected?
Sir, why did 6-7 days pass and a news agency picks up Am. Stevens diary and only then did the public learn that Am. Stevens thought his life was threatened and security lax?
Why no marines sent in based an hour or so away? Yes or no Mr. President – before you flew to Las Vegas, did you call a meeting of the agencies in charge of security and State Department? And why not?
There are a lot of foreign and domestic policy questions that need to be asked and answered.
Why a TRILLION dollar deficit each of the last four years?
Why NO immigration reform during the first two years when the Democrats held the Senate and House and could pass any bill they wanted?
Why do you support importing Brazilian oil yet kill the pipeline from Canada which means jobs for Americans and oil for Americans instead of oil for China?
Why Mr. President do Democrats like Gore increase their wealth from 2 to 100 million after making investments in green corporations that you subsidized and subsequently went belly up?
Let’s hope that the American public asks for answers to these and other questions. And no more waving of magic wands by Obama!
written by Cameron Jackson
Firenze Sage: Islam & camel urine therapy in Egypt
On September 16, popular TV persona Wael El-Ibrashi hosted Dr. Zaghlul al-Naggar, a prominent Islamic thinker and Chairman of Egypt’s Committee of Scientific Notions in the Quran, on the topic of medical science and Islam.
Inevitably the idea of drinking camel urine as a form of therapy—first proposed in the 7th century by Muslim prophet Muhammad—came up.
Not only did Dr. Naggar promote this practice, but he made the staggering announcement that right now in Egypt a medical center in Marsa Matrouh actually specializes in treating people with camel urine, all in accord with the prophet’s advice.
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And we listen to these idiots with respect.
JAJ48@aol.com  Â
Firenze Sage: Water, water everywhere [Ramadan enforced in Kuwait]
No leniency for Islamic non-believer drinking water in public in Kuwait. Law against drinking water in public during Ramadam  is enforced in Kuwait.
DUBAI: It is illegal to drink or eat in public in Kuwait during the holy month of Ramadan, where Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
Over the weekend, Kuwaiti police said they made the first arrest of someone who failed to abide by their strict conditions during the holy month.
Police have indicated that a police patrol saw an “Asian drinking water from a bottle during the day.â€
 Under Kuwait law, anyone caught drinking or eating in public during fasting times is detained and held until after the Eid holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. Â
But what about children, the elderly, the sick and Islamic non-believers? http://www.foodrepublic.com/2011/08/01/5-myths-and-facts-about-ramadan-fasting
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What does the sidewalk cafe lobby have to say? Â
JAJ48@AOL.COM
Firenze Sage: Saudi female track star [must comply with sharia law]
Muslim Spring  turns to   winter for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia agreed Thursday to send two women to compete in the 2012 Olympic games. With strings attached.Â
The move by the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom comes after Saudi sports leaders declared that the women of Saudi sports must respect the kingdom’s rules.
Female competitors must dress modestly, be accompanied by a male guardian and not mix with men, Prince Nawaf bin Faisal told the paper Al-Jazirah.
They must also wear “suitable clothing that complies with sharia” (Islamic law), he said.
The two female Saudi athletes are Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani in judo and 800-meter runner Sarah Attar.
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And around the far turn is a runner with chaperone and chador chasing the pack. JAJ48@AOL.COM
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Sarah Attar, born and raised in CA, has dual citizenship. She attends Peperdine University in California and won the Rex Hamilton Memorial Art Scholarship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Attar