tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37174956675195481122024-03-13T19:18:37.601-07:00Dr. William MorrowThoughts and reflections on various aspects of human relationships, including psychology and religion, clinical hypnosis, and occasionally even philosophy. Watch these pages for information about several adult ed programs I will be offering. I welcome comments and reactions to anything that appears here.William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-33090779972243036132020-05-16T13:52:00.000-07:002020-05-17T13:47:56.100-07:00May 15, 2020 Covid ChronicleKeeping a slower pace on reopening than the nation, Shell Point is opening up more activities, with caution. While some states are reducing restrictions, apparently for the sake of business, others are trying to balance this with a appropriate guidelines. I don't think it is just the need to salvage restaurants; I sense that people are tired of being cooped up, and are experiencing stir craziness. One woman told me, "This is getting ridiculous", and I think she meant having to wear masks in our building. Judy can now go swimming, spaced-out at the aquatic center. Others are now playing golf and pickle ball, all outside sports. I don't feel constrained by the circumstances as much as Judy does. There is a lot to do indoors and on the screen porch, still cool enough most days. Glad we can take most of our meals out there comfortably.<br />
From what good science I read, riding in the elevator here with another person with no mask, is risky because you can't get a social distance of six feet. However, I am consoled by the fact that most elevator rides are less than five minutes. As I read the science, one cannot get enough viral cells to infect if you are not in someone's breathing aura for more than five minutes. I hope that proves to be right, because it makes things a little more relaxed. We walk around here on narrowish sidewalks, where you pass someone walking the other way, and so are not really exposed. I still hoist my mask into place when I pass them, just to signal my concern for everyone's welfare.<br />
I can't see that the country has ramped up yet for sufficient testing, which will be necessary for traveling. At present time, it does not look like any travel North for us to see kids and grandkids. Short of a vaccine, frequent targeted testing may allow safer air travel. It is unclear yet whether airplanes can scrub the air that recirculates, so if you test negative before you board, you won't infect others....maybe.<br />
As we look back from some future standpoint, will we say this was just the beginning of the" war," or the middle? Where comes the turning point? Fort Myers and Lee County are still adding new cases of those testing positive, so in my mind the disease is expanding, though maybe at a slower rate. I want to see a downturn before I will feel comfortable going out to stores or any sort of gathering. I know I am in a high-risk category, just on age alone. I had to go to a couple of doctors' offices for procedures that can't be done with telehealth visits. I suited up with mask and gloves, and they seemed alert to the needed precautions. Can I put off my dental check up for awhile? I have put off the cataract surgery that was scheduled for late March.<br />
I am sure the national elections and campaigning are going to complicate things during the next six months. It is sad that partisan politics affects our health as much as it does. The unemployed and poor people have it the worst. I keep wondering when there will be a jobs stimulus with infrastructure spending, like the old WPA of the Roosevelt era. There doesn't seem to be a need for" make-work", considering our highways and bridges in need of repair even before all this began.<br />
There is a bit of symbolism in the wearing of the mask, which I do in the building that houses our apartment 9and in the elevator). Behind the mask, one's identity is so hidden, that outdoors where people wear hats and sunglasses, it is hard to recognize people that I know. I have mistakenly said hello on the path to Steve when it was Jon! If you have your ego tied to being recognized, you will be frequently disappointed. Facial recognition software of your brain is failing to keep us personally in touch. The symbol part is that residents of this campus of some 2,000 people lose much of their identity when they sign in. Whatever they once were prior to retirement or prior to being "institutionalized", they are all homogenized. A few people get their picture in the glossy monthly magazine, and that seems like a big deal, because you see what activities they are associated with, and in some cases what they did as a career. A very few residents attach "doctor" to their name, but most sink back into the great leveling with nothing distinguishable. As if they had donned the mask of plain vanilla.Others, like me, struggle to keep going at art or music to distinguish ourselves on those occasions that someone sees , not our career, but our lingering and maybe growing abilities. Shell point appears to draw little on the immense talents that people bring with them, seldom calling on the expertise of someone who could have been a college professor, dedicated scientist, or great legal mind. As if you lose it by coming through the gate. In my brief time here, it looks like they would rather hire someone from the outside for expertise. There is a teaching program for which I have made a couple of proposals, but nothing yet, due mostly to the fact that very few new classes are being taught on line at this point.<br />
<br />William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-49798987955032370152020-04-12T14:12:00.003-07:002020-04-12T14:12:50.640-07:00Easter 2020It is now a couple of weeks into the covid restricted activities, and not much has changed, except the weather. Daytimes are warmer and more humid, and the nights are better with the air conditioning turned on. My personal project to improve sleep seems to be working. It makes me feel like I am controlling something in a world where now there are still many unpredictables. I learned a new word, "precariot" , it means a person living in conditions that are unpredictable. I limit my consumption of news, and look for signs of hope among the collaborating scientists. Both Judy and I favor the reporting of the Christian Science Monitor, which is consistent in balancing the news with good reports from around the world.<br />
In some ways I am feeling relief that I have survived thus far. Apparently taking precautions of social distancing , etc.is helping to keep us safe. We have been consistent in having our groceries delivered, and making only necessary trips to routine needed medical appointments. At first the virus appeared so stealthy that it seemed like there was going to be no defense, and we had better get ready to die. I started living one-day-at-a-time, which is not a bad philosophy anyway. I have derived spiritual support from the writings of Fr. Richard Rohr.<br />
We still make a weekly trip to our former fruit trees to do gardening and harvest fruit. This is a cherished break from the sameness of the days in the apartment. We can venture out and back, with no actual human contact. People at the gate, take our temperature and ask questions when we return.We harvested a large bunch of bananas, so now it is a challenge to find ways to use them. I have become a willing cook, and actually enjoy finding new vegetarian and vegan meals to produce, with Judy as the sou-chef.<br />
It is shocking to try and imagine what the people in New York With are enduring. Judy's 80 year old high school chum lives in Manhattan, got some version of the virus, but has survived without hospitalization. It must be a challenge for preachers in the city to find inspiration for an Easter sermon today, considering the theme of life and death are all around them, not to mention illness and suffering. Will they speak the faith traditional words of comfort (which might be enough to quiet the deepest and unconscious part of us) , or will they offer interpretations of the glaring forces impinging on all of us? What is there to say in the street vernacular? I read that hospital chaplains are finding totally new and creative ways to minister to the sick and dying . They are in the trenches, bringing some gracious meaning to the worst of cases. Some of it reminds me of stories of another trench war: World War I. I take my hat off to all those who are giving comfort and support in the situations they find themselves in. <br />
Our kids and grand-kids are in touch regularly, and all the adults have jobs, plus managing some form of at home schooling. There are always things to be thankful for.<br />
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<br />William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-35430535643282202692020-03-31T13:54:00.000-07:002020-03-31T14:18:35.278-07:00Better Sleep for These Nights<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3717495667519548112" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>There is some good and credible evidence that a good night's sleep improves the immune system. Who knows whether and how you might get exposed to the virus, but your immune system is always working for you, and it is powerful. Covid-19 has been called a wimp.<br />
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1, Walk outside in the late afternoon without sunglasses. You will be building up your natural melatonin, the brain's sleep-inducer. (There is a slightly reduced supply of melatonin in older persons.).<br />
2, Learn to use diaphragmatic breathing, instruction on the internet, or email me for my instruction sheet. DB turns on the parasympathetic nervous system to calm your worries, including worry about sleeping. It is a <u>physiological</u> event.<br />
3. Slow down before bedtime, read fiction, and meditate, (or just relax).<br />
4.If you nap, make it short, less than one hour, and do it before 3 PM.<br />
5. Get some regular exercise, but do it at least three hours ahead of bedtime.<br />
6. Avoid alcohol. The relaxation from it actually interferes with important stages of sleep. See the book, "Why We Sleep"<br />
7.Take notes on your negative self-talk, and subject these statements to Cognitive Behavior Therapy reworking. See book "Feeling Good" and/or "CBT-1 Coach" as an app. Source: Health After 50, Berkeley School of Public Health.<br />
8. Learn Self-Hypnosis. There are pre-written scripts for this. Licensed clinical hypnotherapists can teach it to you. See American Society of Clinical Hypnosis list of practitioners, some of whom you may visit online.<br />
9. Don't neglect signs of sleep apnea, for which C-pap devices are now in common use via your medical doctor.<br />
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William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-1724284018461575072020-03-27T13:25:00.003-07:002020-03-31T13:42:06.127-07:00Shell Point Today<img src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/19f0c2b8-6184-41f7-b45e-2f81325778f8" /><img src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/520c90e5-0875-46f5-8769-04906cb639e0" /><img src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/cdda64cb-2751-4a06-a442-c34e591f7387" />William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-22064108116124120962020-03-27T13:10:00.000-07:002020-03-27T13:10:03.500-07:00Shell Point and Covid-19, March 27, 2020<a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="blob:https://www.blogger.com/41cb837b-f42b-4f51-9710-34cf6140f33b" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HOgU-JE9CZI/Xn5SOYjda1I/AAAAAAAAB1Y/Ll2gXYJYz64rc-N1IGH7-LdXitwLCP7BACK4BGAYYCw/s1600/the-angelus-1859.jpg%2521Large.jpg" imageanchor="1"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zbdzVfdyQ1c/Xn5SWNukygI/AAAAAAAAB1g/yLJXE2FncYQMDlasadRNwgsNe6tjZIiHgCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/Rikers%2BIslandjpg.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="259" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zbdzVfdyQ1c/Xn5SWNukygI/AAAAAAAAB1g/yLJXE2FncYQMDlasadRNwgsNe6tjZIiHgCK4BGAYYCw/s320/Rikers%2BIslandjpg.jpg" width="320" /></a>I have hoisted my keyboard onto the desk again to talk about my current situation, March 2020, in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic. It has been a few years since I posted, but my( our) life has gone right ahead, with a recent move to Shell Point Retirement Center, that some of you knew about. I recently found the picture above, which looks strikingly like the first picture of "The Island" where we live. Indeed it is another island, but actually is a view of Rikers Island. Not a place I would like to be right now, and I have compassion for all New Yorkers in the present crisis. But it makes me think about the state of reduced activity in this retirement community. We are observing social distancing and all group activities have been halted. We are free to leave our apartment, and we do, for wonderful walks along the river. We can leave the island , but are screened about contacts made while off campus upon return. We are extremely fortunate to be able to go visit our previous home in south Ft Myers. There I have my fruit trees to tend, and even harvest, which adds to our menu. On campus we spend more time indoors, and more importantly, on our spacious screen porch which overlooks the beautiful park, including with a pizza=pie slice of the Caloosahatchie River. The porch includes a dining table and, of course, several potted plants. Soon I hope to have a garden plot here. We do some cooking for ourselves, get some groceries delivered, and carry out some meals from the nearby dining room. The picture below reminds me of the "Angalus" atmosphere here, where the daily chapel bells remind us to stop and reflect. Actually the confinement is a little like being in a monastery. Except, of course, we have each other. I am actually spending more time meditating and reading and painting. Who knows,soon we may even complete the monastic atmosphere by baking bread!<br />
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William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-87745451474200044192018-06-10T07:01:00.001-07:002018-06-10T07:01:42.766-07:00Course on Altered StatesThis summer I will be teaching a course on altered states of consciousness. The course title is " Common Threads of the Mind-Bending Disciplines", and I intend to deal with ways in which we use different proscribed methods to change the way we experience our inner and outer reality.<br />
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From Transcendental Meditation to Centering Prayer, and from Autogenics, to mystical Kabbalah, it seems to me that there are many obvious overlapping behavioral elements for how we get to the altered state, and how we see life as a result. For example, there seems to be the element of relaxation involved in nearly everyone of the practices. Many involve breath work. Some use chanting or repetitive mantras.<br />
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Years of doing hypnosis and self-hypnosis has brought me to see many similarities among the practices of mind nourishment and spiritual uplifting. When the preacher or liturgist is praying as part of the worship experience, I have detected many phrases, religious or not, that are suggestions. Different than what hypnosis itself might use, but metaphors about God ("shepherd" , "healer", everlasting arms") are aids to worship, just as stained glass and pleasant music is. The Taissé Community makes full use, in its worship practice, of stimuli to all the senses: sight, aroma, sound. It is as if somehow, the shamans through the ages sacred and secular, knew they were not dealing with objective reality. The"How" of altered states is familiar to Tai Chi and Yoga, practiced as a discipline. Something changes from ordinary to even blissful.<br />
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The "Why" of altered states may be hinted at or openly lauded within the different methods. Many disciplines point to the need to stop "doing" and move into the neutral place of "being". Experiencing the sense of NOW is for the purpose of contentment, and/or a new sense of self-awareness. My understanding of Buddhism is that the disengagement from the prevailing life experience of suffering is achieved with a meditation discipline. Mindfulness, as practiced by Jon Kabat-Zinn, is meant to be therapeutic for a number of emotional problems. Clinical psychology has expanded the practice of mindfulness to treat anxiety, depression, and drug addiction. Both spiritual enlightenment and emotional health are goals of these different expressions of meditation. Are these the same phenomenon? Pet scans by the psychologists show very similar blood flow in the brain during the time of meditation.<br />
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Mystical traditions from Christian history (for example, John-of-the-Cross), make contemplation sound very much like meditation. In the religious traditions of the mystics, both Christian and Jewish, there is an added element, that of transcendence, by which they usually mean being in touch with the Divine. It is a kind of vertical dimension to the otherwise secular and horizontally experienced meditation. The presence of "the Holy" is a gift bestowed upon those who are quiet and receptive. The mystical pathway is described as Inward, Upward, and then Outward. Outward becomes the added activity of compassionate service to mankind, to whom the meditator is linked "unitatively" , a sense of Oneness with everything. There is no competitiveness between persons, because, by this awareness, we are all in the same boat.<br />
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The course may be found in the curriculum of Silver Bay, New York, Conference Center (silverbay.org) for the week of August 11-18, 2018. it is a beautiful spot on Lake George.<br />
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<br />William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-65622617866837869052017-10-04T07:29:00.000-07:002017-10-06T08:03:59.799-07:00Course Offering on Dreams<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 13.5pt; margin-right: 21.0pt; margin-top: 0in;">
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Most
of us dream every night, and, for many, the dream content is significant for
making meaningful life choices. Although the way we have casually dealt with dreams
has been to junk them as meaningless activity, continuing dream research persists
in showing the importance of discovering the guidance which dreams can provide.
A new book by dream expert Kelly Bulkeley, Phd. suggests that we have the
opportunity to latch onto uncanny forces lurking in the emotions and imagery of
our nightly passage through the neverlands of the psyche. Bulkeley’s “Big
Dreams” book offers to help us create greater self-awareness and psychological
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Twentieth
century psychologist, Karl Jung, brought dreams into a place for positive
interpretation that can inform our daily living. According to Jung, you receive
an unopened healing message from your unconscious every night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr.William Morrow has been interested in his
own dreams since he began his studies of psychotherapy. “Dreams are an
off-the-couch way to make healthy use of a personal resource that is
therapeutic without the therapist”. Turning dreams into a personal consultant
is something that can be easily learned. Learning to interpret the way that the
unconscious speaks is a key to positively guiding your life journey. Using a
Jungian perspective, in Morrow’s class on understanding dreams, you will learn
straightforward methods from a psychotherapist to make dream images conscious
and vital. Jung’s theory is a very positive one, revealing your dreams as your
friend. Morrow believes that, as we integrate more of our dream characters into
our wakeful states, we have an unending source of inner wisdom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Taught
by William R.Morrow, D.Min.,LMFT, psychotherapist in private practice for 30
years. Register by contacting the FGCU Renaissance Center online at https//registerra.asapconnected.com/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Three
successive sessions, each 90 minutes at the Renaissance Center on College
Parkway. No single session registration. Class on Tuesdays, November 7,14, and
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> THE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMMIGRATION.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> by William R Morrow</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">A major result of climate change is rising
sea levels. It doesn’t take much science to simply observe the “living lab” of
sea level rise and its present day effects on Miami Beach and the Everglades.
Just this January, the City of Miami Beach announced, in response to
chronically rising waters, a one hundred million dollar project to raise roads,
install pumps, and redo sewer connections.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also clear that rising sea levels
around the planet are connected to melting polar ice from small changes in
temperature, whether these changes are permanent or not. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As
more and more coastal lands in developing countries like Bangladesh become
uninhabitable, many more people will be seriously affected. Whatever the
time-line estimates of dire demographic circumstances, current observable
effects are already observable in places much poorer than Miami Beach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It
is easy for those of us who live on higher ground to keep living in denial of
climate change, and carry on as if the problems are minimal. But despite people’s
beliefs about climate change, there is another bit of information that links
immigration to climate change. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">What
this means is that inundated people of the planet will become refugees and
immigrants. Landless people will go on the move in search of someplace else to
find food and live their lives. There will be resulting pressure on world
population that is bound to affect European countries, and ultimately North
America. I recently heard a lecture by Karl Kaiser, Adjunct Professor of Public
Policy at the Kennedy School, which pointed to this major source of new
immigration that is right around the corner. I was impressed with his knowledge
and experience, which has been honored with the Atlantic Award of NATO. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Immigration and refugee movement, he notes, is
already destabilizing Europe, and creating social instability. Even with the
U.S. restrictions on immigration, these world population shifts will affect American
economic (if not political) interests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It
won’t be long before the beliefs in “America First” and “Fortress America” will
be in direct conflict with beliefs about how to deal with the economic and
social effects of climate change. The two issues of climate change and
immigration will be clashing head-on on our own shores. An unstoppable global
change in the world as we know it will, in my view, force a reconsideration of
how we view immigration. It is a moral issue of what we should do, but because
of the inevitable clash, it is also a practical issue of what we will have to
do. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">If
you would like to take up this cause locally, you could get involved with a
political action group right here in Lee County. Check out: Lee OFA Indivisible
on Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">William Morrow is an ordained
Presbyterian minister and licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, in Fort
Myers. He is the author of "The Rain Doesn't Fall Straight Down".<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-59572457426081048002017-06-30T14:19:00.000-07:002017-06-30T14:24:09.951-07:00The Status of Community Service, Past and Future.<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -4.5pt; margin-right: 27.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">During the time that I was working full time, I saw
the benefit of connecting up with other organizations like mine. As the
director of a Pastoral Counseling Center, I was in league with other social
service agencies that shared a similar vision of providing needed services to
the community at large. Like the counseling center, most of those agencies were
non-profits, and serviced a particular area of local human need, such as mental
health, or child and family health, or disability. Together we took care our
local area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The conjoint agency was called the Community
Coordinating Council, and we met once a month to keep each other up to date.
Then, once a year we had a banquet where the CCC officers for the year
recognized somebody’s outstanding service to the community. We celebrated
little increments of progress from our efforts and hard work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I always thought it was ironic that what we all were
doing on a daily basis year round was considered “community service”, a term that
just happened to be used by the judicial system to indicate a level of
punishment for some convicted man or woman. Those being punished were caught in
criminal acts, but, for one reason or another, were not sent to jail. Rather
they had to perform a menial duty to right the wrong they did. Often it was
some task that no one else wanted to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">What we in the CCC were doing was not usually menial,
but was labeled with the same term that others did as punishment. How is it
that the term, community service, gets attached to both activities? We were, as
professionals, certainly not down on the social scale with offenders. But work
that serves others and raises human dignity does not often get recognized in
the same way that corporate work does. Our “shareholders” are often volunteer
boards of directors. If we had a profit motive, we probably wouldn’t be so
effective. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Whenever a school or prison shifts away from a service
model, I am suspicious <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I read recently that artificial intelligence and
robotics will eventually, in the future, put more and more people out of work,
permanently, so that the (income)tax base will shrink. No work; no income; no
income tax. There will be little or no money for social services. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The same article suggested that people, who would
otherwise be quite willing to work, would have to rely on economic assistance
because there WERE NO jobs left for humans. The author suggested that in
exchange for receiving financial assistance, people who could not be retrained
for the few jobs that robots could not do, would be encouraged or required to do
what he calls “service jobs of love”, nuanced activities, like accompanying
someone to the doctor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So, before the predicted era of this mass
unemployment, there was this group of people who were already performing
service jobs of love, known as social services. I was a part of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Except my colleagues and I were doing it for
pay. That was when there was money for it, albeit on the low end of the pay
scale. I hope, that amidst the major changes caused by artificial intelligence,
there will still be a place for those educated in the social services, and that
there will be public monies to pay them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Buried Treasure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">by William R.Morrow, D.Min.,LMFT . Email
to:wmorrowmft@embarqmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I recently had to clear out some outdated files of
people I saw years ago. Proper protocol suggests<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">putting them (the files, not the people!) through the
shredding machine, to keep confidentiality intact, and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">consign all those old stories to the black hole of the
universe, where passé information is sent. Probably,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">by now, most of those people have forgotten what they
had fretted or complained about that long ago<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">anyway. To keep the finely shredded papers moving in
the right direction, I decided to dump them in my<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">backyard compost pile. Red wiggler worms in the
vermiculture love to digest these old stories, as a primitive form of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“reading”. Somehow, it seemed appropriate to
recycle all those life stories back into the dust they had been created out of,
and put the phosphorous-rich shreds to good gardening use. What had been
secrets and sad tales now were on their way to a proper burial, where they
could do some good eventually next to the roots of my heliconias.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">My professional contact with those struggling folks
was a brief time in their lives of relationships. I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">think they were unknowingly on safari, searching for
themselves. The way I see it, everybody in life is on a journey, seeking and
searching to discover the lost continent of the real and pristine self.
Christopher Columbus didn’t know what he was going to find, but he knew two
things for sure, that he was searching, and that he was on a great journey of
some kind. For all of us, self-acceptance of the rough edges of our souls is
the goal of the journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">But, meanwhile, along the way, relationships become a
diversion. The search gets delayed, and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">becomes tied up in the pursuit of finding someone out
there who will affirm us, accept us. It’s like we<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">budding human beings need the O.K. stamp-of-approval
to validate us. But it never quite happens,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">because even the greatest human relationship of love
can never hope to produce this salvation, this inner self-affirmation that is,
when you come right down to it, more like a spiritual experience than some kind
of relationship success. This is not a lecture against having relationships,
but, hey, let’s get them in perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">In a way, having a marriage is only incidental to
having a life. I am a bad tour guide if I only work to help with the success of
the relationship itself. Since it takes two whole people to have a whole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">relationship, I believe it is my job, as tour guide,
also to point out a few things along the individual route they each are taking.
And, to some of those relationship-desperate people, I would like to say, “Get
a<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">life!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">As the guardian of all those buried tales of old
endings and new beginnings, blending of families, and sad relationship
failures, I have to think seriously about what has happened to the sojourners I
have met in my office. How did the story turn out? I don’t often get to hear
the ending. I was just one stopover on their road to somewhere. I’m honored
that they consulted me along the way, in their searches for happier solutions
to their conflicts, in their searches to find some meaning in their losses, or
as they looked to understand and be understood by their partners.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I assume that each one was on that awesome journey.
And that each one ended up in a better place than did my files on them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-language: JA;">This was revised from a chapter in my book, “The Rain Doesn’t Fall Straight
Down”, which is free for download on my webpage, www.WillimRMorrow.com <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Are You Breathing Right?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">by William R.Morrow, D.Min.,LMFT . Email
to:wmorrowmft@embarqmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">I try hard to follow instructions, so when I went in
for a medical check up, I marched through the routine obediently. After a few
preliminaries, the doctor donned his stethoscope, and said, “Take a few deep
breaths” while he listened to my lungs. I guess I passed that hurdle without
any heavy breathing in his face, because then he commanded, “Now, breathe
normally!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Although that bit of instruction seemed simple enough,
I was confused, because I know that “normal” isn’t what it used to be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">My confusion was because I know the history of human
breathing. It has definitely evolved from the days before anyone was really
self-conscious about it. The Primitive Human Breather was basically pretty
relaxed about in-and-out, unless, of course, he had to fight or flee. But aside
from those stress times on the heart and lungs, our guy knew instinctively just
what to do, and how to breathe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">In this modern era, we have to restore the God-given
natural inspiration/expiration, and learn how to breathe properly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">What we know as the autonomic nervous system had
evolved nicely from reptiles to upright mammals. The more oxygen required for
the bigger brains of the human types, meant the more our heart/lung function
had to work efficiently<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">I recently added a new chapter in my understanding of how
we breathe from Dr. Louis Damis, a health psychologist, who helps people with
headache pain. He presented his findings at a weekend conference of the Florida
Society of Clinical Hypnosis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">According to him, many of the pain problems of the
upper body are a result of improper breathing. The upper body is connected to
the brain by the vagal nerve system. And poor breathing is systemically
connected to poor heart function. This can add up to trouble, especially for people
who have been subject to excessive stress. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">But fortunately Clinical Hypnosis, as a health
profession, is geared to restoring healthy breathing through teaching relaxation.
Relaxation is already an essential part of hypnosis, (along with inner focus
and suggestion). Pain relief is a result of relaxation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">So, if the goal is to promote relaxed breathing, then
we have to learn what that looks and feels like. Here’s the spoiler: in the
bluster of 21<sup>st</sup> century life, WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO BREATHE
CORRECTLY. What I used to think was normal breathing was actually chest
breathing. The greater stress of everyday living has trained us into this
maladaptive mode for getting oxygen and staying loose and relaxed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">The human body was not designed for continual chest
breathing. In order to deal with pain, and the anxiety often connected with it,
we have to train ourselves in STOMACH BREATHING or diaphragmatic breathing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Stomach breathing is associated with the calming effect
of the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). The PNS is essentially the
relaxation response of the general nervous system. Proper breathing actually
turns on the PNS. But people have to learn this, I should say RELEARN this,
since, way back, we once came by it naturally.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">The treatment for many upper body pains is learning and
practicing diaphragmatic or stomach breathing, employing the diaphragm muscle
and the stomach. Follow this link for step-by-step instructions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://tinyurl.com/U-Breathe"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://tinyurl.com/U-Breathe</span></b></a><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can practice this for use in pain problem situations as well
as other anxiety effects on the body. After daily practice sessions, of ten
repetitions each of the deep breathing, your ongoing regular breath can
eventually become more of a stomach breath. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows, you may evolve into the way we were
originally meant to breathe. It is easiest to practice lying down on your back.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“OLD PICTURE COULD BE KEY TO MOTHER’S MISSING YEARS”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">A work of fiction, which tells an important truth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“Who was your mother before she was married?” asked the bureaucratic form I
had to fill out. The question threw me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To be honest, I didn’t have a mother
before she was married and I was born. My life with my mother didn’t begin
before she gave birth to me, yet incredibly she had a life of her own all those
earlier years. I only know her from our shared life on this planet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">It all started from the “baby book”, in which everyone (I’m thinking the
whole world!) was amazed at my first<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>hesitant steps and first words( “bring me a pad and pencil”). It went
on, as I now remember, from one glorious/scary phase of my life to another,
like the unraveling of a ball of yarn rolling downhill. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">But, and here’s the intriguing mostly blank prologue, what was her own life
like before I came along? I only get this second hand. And it is doubtful my
last remaining older relatives are telling me everything they know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Left to my own devices, I would create a heroic story to fill in some of
the gaps in the family narrative. It would be a piece of historical fiction,
part true, part embellished, but satisfying my taste for the dramatic: As we
all might think, she was no ordinary mother, and I no ordinary child. Fears and
flaws linked up in a loving way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">The grief period following my mother’s death (Dad had died 12 years before)
was made mundane by the gruesome task of settling her estate and clearing out
her things from the apartment. There were scads of her treasures and trash
which had accumulated over the years. knick-knacks of dubious value, books and
pictures At first I thought the clothing would be the hardest part to deal
with, but when I found the old shoe box in the back of the closet, I was in for
a surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">There it was, partially hidden behind a box of Christmas ornaments, on one
of the dusty shelves next to the ancient movie projector. “Grace Ample’s Shoe
Emporium” was the colorful label on the shoe box, but with that dusty rose
ribbon tied around it, I just<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>knew it
wouldn’t contain shoes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">When I opened the box, I discovered a few old snapshots, mostly discolored
by time, and beginning to fade. Nervously, I lifted the snapshots to the light
of the bedroom window. These were pictures of my mother I had never seen
before! One old black and white deckle- edged Kodak was obviously a much
younger version of my mother dressed in dowdy acrobat’s tights, and standing
next to an elephant. On the back it simply said “Mason City, Iowa, July 1920”.
The other snapshot of interest was a smiling woman, proudly holding an infant
child right up next to her own face. Scrawled familiarly on the back of it was
simply, “Our precious gift”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Although I knew she had had several miscarriages, I didn’t know if the baby
in the picture was me or not until I read the entry from the journal page that
was lodged underneath the pictures: “Until William was born”, my mother had
written, “I could never find myself. I never had the courage to later tell him
how I ran away with the circus at 17, looking for something-I-
didn’t-know-what. I guess I just made up some things about those ‘missing
years’ to protect him from my mixed-up past. It is a wonder that I didn’t get
into more trouble before I met his father. He was the stable one and told me we
were going to get married and settle down. I just trusted him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">“ When I sustained the pregnancy, it was the best thing that ever happened
to me. As a young new mother, my life took on real meaning. I finally
understood how God sends us children to enlarge our hearts, because mine was
wonderfully swelled with love when he was born. Because of everything that
happened later, I was just never good at showing him this love, but it was
there all the time, whether he ever felt it or not.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I framed the elephant picture, and keep it around where I can still see it
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“What Makes a Visionary? The Story of a Good Idea.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Look, and you will see there are a lot of good ideas
floating around like effervescing light bulbs in the night sky. Above the heads,
especially of creative persons, you might notice a lot of bright ideas.
Dreamers and inventors imagine more things in one day than can ever become
reality. But a visionary is something quite different. A visionary is someone
who can stick with an idea, develop it, and see it blossom in such a way that
it makes a difference, and even changes the world. Visionaries see what COULD
BE down the road ahead. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The visionary also seems to be someone who is almost
burdened with the persistence of the grand idea. At least that is the case with
my friend Dr Martin Price, who is the founder of ECHO, the Educational Concerns
for Hunger Organization. Martin agreed to talk to me about how he lived several
years with the idea of ECHO until it became a reality. I was curious how the
creative process works, considering that many ideas never reach solid ground. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Although Martin is a scientist, with a Ph.D. in
Biochemistry, his scientific discipline did not have a central role in
launching the ECHO organization. As I learned from him, it seemed to be more
about his Christian faith, and how that faith played out in inspiration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As I see it, science, in its pure from, can bring many
remarkable innovations to our world. By way of research involving inductive
reasoning, the scientific disciplines pursue new truths empirically. New ideas
are apprehended or grasped with cognitive rigor, and carefully documented
studies. A new truth comes at the end of a long line of reasoning. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">But visionaries, I think, do not so much search and
ultimately discover a new truth, as they are seized by a truth. They are often
ordinary people with an extraordinary calling. The vision of “what could be” is
received, as if from somewhere else. In Martin’s case, it was, for him,
inspiration from God. He describes his spiritual journey with this developing
inspiration as sometimes “tortured”. It was as if it were inscribed on his inner
blueprint, whether he desired it or not. Yet he says it would qualify as an
inspiration mostly in hindsight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">He came to believe that all of his skills and training
should be used to help the poor. On a watershed evening nearly forty years ago,
he was taking a walk on the campus of Geneva College when it occurred to him “What
are the prayers of a poor farmer living (in another country) with his family in
some impoverished situation?” When he imagined what those prayerful needs were,
he felt a calling to employ his scientific knowledge to help the desperately
poor. It was not a clarion call exactly, because there were doubts along the
way, and much to be sorted out for his vocational plans. But one thing that did
sustain him was a photo torn from a magazine of a nurse holding a malnourished
baby. He kept the photo posted in his office, as a kind of sustaining symbolic
image of his ongoing and persistent “vision”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The vision, as I am calling it, stayed with him. And
without clear knowledge of which direction he was to go, he took some risks
with his career. Martin says it seemed right to proceed without certainty of
where the project was going, “because you can’t see the success at the
beginning”. It only gradually became clear to him that he could fill a gap in
the technical preparation of agricultural missionaries. The global problem was
food scarcity among small farmers in developing countries. The structure of a
solution was to provide resources for just these people who needed it the most.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of
supplying food directly to the hungry, trained missionaries, Peace Corps
workers, and community development workers could teach the hungry and
nutritionally deficient people how to increase food production right where they
lived. Along with technical assistance, providing seeds (free) of nutritious
plants was the aim. Many of the plants that could help feed a family were
discovered in one country, but unknown in another country where the growing
conditions were similar. The spirit of experimentation proved to be an
essential quality for putting the visionary ideas into practice. This meant
that agricultural scientists who wanted to share practical ideas could be
brought together with each other and those who, with practical education, would
branch out to share their knowledge. And ultimately, a network of farmer to
farmer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As simple as this sounds in the twenty-first century,
I see this as part of the historical shift in the concept of global
agricultural mission work. The desire of missionaries to spread the Gospel
became directly linked to a knowledgeable and practical way to feed the poor
and hungry, a Biblical injunction. Within missionary theology, there seems to
have been a shift from a focus on the next world to a focus on the quality of
life in this world. And it suggests viewing a person’s soul wholistically,
rather than as a separate entity apart from the material body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ECHO’s education and training program now
serves 160, mostly equatorial, countries where food production is challenging
for a variety of reasons. Through its four satellite centers around the globe,
the work continues to expand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">What makes a visionary would seem to be a combination
of good reasoning as well as inspiration. With Martin as an example, it would
seem that some sort of open-minded receptivity was required. My theory is that
good inspirations come from a common source of constructive Creativity, a kind
of Muse. Perhaps it could even be termed, the “mind of God”. Karl Jung calls
this the Collective Unconscious. Such things as medical advances, technological
advances, and artistic creations, that no one else had thought of before, flow
from this realm. If you could imagine that civilization has progressed from the
first wheel to space flight, and from tribal cultures to rule of law, then you
might also imagine that there are yet more benefits to emerge, through
visionaries, to this world we live in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I asked Martin if he had any new visions for future
development. He thought it might be less an impact than ECHO’s global mission,
but he would like to do more to introduce newcomers to Florida to a 12-month
food gardening season. As a good idea, it could, he suggested, be shared with
anyone in the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">I have some good news and some bad news.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First the bad
news: You are getting older. As you celebrate one more birthday, you are bound to
notice that time marches on, and ,inflexibly, you continue to march toward old age. I hate to be the bearer of such reality, but
it must be pointed out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">But now the good news: You are getting wiser with each
passing year. I think it is fortunate and no accident that wisdom seems to
accumulate with your lifetime of experience. Wisdom is actually a form of
intelligence that you cannot acquire any other way than by living. It enhances
your judgment and common sense; just what you need for going down the road on
the journey we all are assigned. The longer you live, the wiser you get.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">When I reached my seventieth birthday, I made an
announcement at my Rotary Club. I said, “ Now that I have reached 70, it is
reassuring to know that I am not going to die young.” In other words, I had
some consolation, that in achieving my senior years, I would have time to
figure out what it means to be old. I reasoned that people who die young might
have got caught without a chance to come to terms with mortality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">This is an expanding market, where more and more
elderly citizens will have to deal with aging, one way or another. By the year
2020, there will be more people 60 and older than there has ever been on the
planet. The population is already top heavy with senior citizens looking for
answers about how to live later life to the fullest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The problem is that there is a psychological
resistance by some to the reality of being mortal. It is found in the cultural
resistance to aging. Think: Wrinkle creams and plastic surgery, meant to delay the
reminders of the plain old reality we have to look at in the mirror. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Others philosophically think pushing back against the tide of aging is
simply a matter of handling the mounting years with dignity: “Stay young and
beautiful as long as you can.” “ You’re only as old as you feel.” This, I
think, represents a philosophy provisionally embraced by those who have yet to
face illness and loss that often comes with aging. More unbending reality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The healthcare industry misleads us by supporting a
fantasy that maybe we can soon replace every ailing part of the body, as if our
body were a car kept running forever with continual replacement parts. It is
not unnatural to imagine that, unless we are hit by a train, we can live
forever, and conquer every disease. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Yet if some people lived forever, they would still not
figure out what QUALITY of life really means. With no hint of mortality, there
would be little motivation to find meaning in the latter half of life. I am lobbying
for a deepened sense of life in contrast to the superficial unexamined life. I
seek quality not quantity, where single moments of meaningful experiences are
prized. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;">"Life eternal", as a Christian concept, is not, I think, an experience in chronological time. The Greeks have a word" kairos" which means meaningful time, the right moment. It begins in the NOW when there are opportune moments of engagement or beauty with family and friends that transcend chronological time. Who knows where it ends?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">These are not easy ideas to cope with, requiring all
the wisdom we can muster. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-20038532490974795012017-04-14T12:22:00.001-07:002017-04-20T13:53:27.160-07:00My Blog is My New Publishing Outlet<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As of April, 2017, I will no longer be seen on the pages of the Ft Myers News-Press. But , to continue to have an outlet for my thoughts, I am choosing to express myself here. I especially hope that friends and colleagues will occasionally visit these pages, read and react to what I have to say. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> Now it seems inevitable that I would have to use this medium of communication I have patiently waded through the set-up process to learn just how things work. I will give you some basics for navigating the swamp located at this end of the blogesphere, in case you are a newbie, like me.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> When you first arrive at the edge of the blog spot, you will see my "published" articles, by date, situated on the side of the main page (most recent appear first). You should not have to log into anything to see this, once you have followed the web address, https://WilliamRMorrow.blogspot.com. If you use the https:// part , all our communication is encrypted to meet the requirements of this day in age.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> At the end of each of my postings, you will see a place for your contribution, "Post a comment" and a blank box in which to write your reactions, contributing ideas, comments, questions. Everyone who then visits my blog will see your comments. If you want your comments to be private, you should not post here, but send me an email in the usual way: </span><a href="mailto:wmorrowmft@embarqmail.com" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">wmorrowmft@embarqmail.com. </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> On the right side of the main page is the "Blog Archive" of previous posts by me, which may not show up until you click on one. Though there will be more with time, rght now there are just a few, and they will all be visible as described above.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;"> There may be other useful things around the page to click on, but as a basic blogcommentator you probably wont need them. There is a way for you, the visitor, to create a direct path to this blog so you can access it readily, but I haven't figured that out yet. Good luck and let me know your feedback. I want it to be user friendly.May you always stand on solid ground, but don't be afraid to get your feet wet! This could be fun as well as enlightening for both of us.</span></span>William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-22984551376827113032016-08-04T09:44:00.000-07:002016-08-04T09:44:14.578-07:00The Psychology of Politics<br />
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I am planning an article for next month's column on the psychology of politics. A lot has been written about the personality, etc of D. Trump, and I have already written a column about the psychology of populism (mobilizing fear, anger, hatred) See: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17718035/The%20Power%20of%20the%20Shout.docx<br />
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I have thought about doing something on the polarization of political points of view. Much of this phenomenon is a psychological way of dealing with the human inability to deal comfortably with ambiguity, and a need for certainty. At least this accounts for some strongly held political stances.<br />
Racist/non-racist, pro-abortion/pro-rights, for and against gay marriage, etc. are examples. I am not the first person to write about how there are valid arguments on both sides of the issue, so I want to think about the psychology of politics from a fresh point of view.<br />
For quite awhile I have wanted to write about " Are We Smarter Than Our Congressmen?", but there is not much objective material , for example, on the IQ's of individual congressmen. I would start with the fact that the general population believes strongly in climate change, yet congress has repeatedly refused to take any action. I suppose much of the entrenchment is political response to lobbyists, and the need for individual congressmen/women to engage in "political speak" which might be different than what they privately believe. Is there a psychological issue here? I mean the two-minds theory which gets them off the hook. They can't really be that dumb about climate change, can they? But this issue may have to wait. I could not get my local former congressman to respond.<br />
So what is a focus of psychology of politics which is current? It changes every day. If I go with the polarization issue, there is some new TED talk stuff on tolerance for the "other" point of view, but it doesn't seem to plow much ground. I like the idea of facing our own inner (and maybe unacknowledged ) need for black-white thinking, but where to take it? I don't want to just moralize. Psychology, as a discipline, should be more factual, and observe, for example, psychological development of the person's participation in a democratic process. Yet it can't be too theoretical, and for the majority of the readership of the column, probably needs to be a little bit "pop" psychology, as an article on "Are We Smarter....." would be.<br />
Maybe something like,"Your Vote and Mine: Are We at Odds?" or "Voting as a Human Act: Are There Any Grey Areas?<br />
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,William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-16390687042084787702016-08-04T09:36:00.000-07:002016-08-04T09:36:25.304-07:00William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-65570117867204756452016-03-21T09:17:00.000-07:002016-03-21T09:17:19.639-07:00Psychology of Populism<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -13.5pt; margin-right: -13.5pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Populist
Psychology in American History”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">As I looked at the play of American political history,
I learned some things about how surges of populist psychology have shaped our
country. That is, mass, usually unnamed movements, powered by something that
clicks in the mind of otherwise diverse people. Corrective movements and
policies have emerged out of times of upheaval. The democratic process seems to
“naturally” involve expression of emotion, both good and bad. It turns out that
the corrective forces are not all rational, and do not all come from so-called
reformers in government. Often there is a disconnect between rational
discussion of social needs and the strong emotional movements that eventually
changed things. I mean things that we now take for granted, such as Social
Security, anti-trust laws, and the 8-hour workday. Often, in an historical
look-back, following a surge of people power activity, the creative part (if
there was one!) of the movement gets channeled into social reforms that
eventually benefit not only the disaffected, but also their children and
grandchildren. Us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">An example is the presidential campaign of William
Jennings Bryant in 1896. He mobilized the farmers of the Midwest who had felt
trampled and ignored by bankers and industrialists in the East. Some say that
the story of the Wizard of Oz was written to allegorically portray the powerful
forces in that election. Bryan’s party was actually called the Populist Party.
He lost to William McKinley, but the reforms he argued for became national
policy during the next forty years of American history. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Another example was the surge of white supremacy
following the Civil War and the emancipation of slaves. Whites, especially in
the South thought they were being sold out, and formed their own populist
groups in the manner of the psychological development I have described. The Klu
Klux Klan is one of those groups that survives to today, and captures the
strong and bigoted racial emotions lurking in some of our good citizens. It is
hard to see the benefit of such a populist movement, but perhaps it gives a
contemporary voice to those who can’t otherwise express themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">At the same time the story of Huey Long, governor of
Louisiana in 1924, and later a U. S. Senator is also a story of the South. When
he saw the plight of persons in the Great Depression, he set out to get them
relief, pushing for a tax on Louisiana’s Big Oil to fund social programs.
Unlike right-wing populism of William Jennings Bryan, this seemed to be leftist
oriented populism. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Occupy Wall Street, and, to some extent, Sen. Bernie
Sanders campaign against the one-percenters is an example of a more left
leaning populism. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“<u>Populist Psychology and the AuthoritarianPersonality”</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Appearing in Vox digital news commentary, an article
by Amanda Taub has put out some apparently well-researched data about the
authoritarian personality. Conclusions from the data show the aspects of people
whose personalities tend toward the authoritarian. Authoritarianism is
explained by Taub as a current behaviorally-measured psychological attitude
that explains the “popularity “ of Donald Trump’s style of politics. Naming the
phenomenon as authoritarianism, she shows why it is surging as a political movement,
generally unnamed, and a form of right-wing populism. Moreover, this sweeping
political movement is explained in terms of the specific psychological elements
involved in authoritarianism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Persons who
feel threatened by “outsiders” (like immigrants, terrorists, or gays) will show
their desire for a strong protector/leader who is seen as someone able to “protect
them from the changes they fear”. The desire for order in a confusing and alien
world around them will propel them to look to a strong leader. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is termed an authoritarian attitude,
characterized by the need for respect of authority, traditional values, and
punitive response to offenders. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She cites
political science theorists who have done some survey research, much of it
based on the National Election Survey data which has been collected in every
national election since 1992. Taub summarizes the psychological profile of the
type of people willing to give their power to a leader who has simple and
strict answers, and who can allay the fears “with force”. Some of those who fit
the profile are already considered authoritarian personalities; others respond
similarly to emotional threat when things are more stressful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-89309279870312628382015-09-02T08:20:00.000-07:002015-09-02T08:20:26.852-07:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: -58.5pt; margin-right: -60.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: 13.5pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“Hypn Hypnosis and Dowsing, Further Thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How natural is the experience of hypnosis?
It is as natural as the hunt for a water source in a parched land. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK, so that doesn’t tell you much when I am
setting out to tell you more about the subject of clinical hypnosis as a
naturally occurring and healing phenomenon. The connection, as I promise to
explain below, is between the old farmer’s wierd waterwitching stick and arm
muscles that move involuntarily. This revelation should become the basis for a
new episode of TV’s “The Mentalist”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am talking about how even non-verbal
hypnosis involves suggestion to the muscle movements of the arm. The fine and
subtle art of suggestion may also be applied to other parts of the body for
health producing purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psychological experiments show a form of
self-hypnosis, so natural that the average person doesn't know that he/she is responding
to unconscious cues. Hypnosis produces small muscle movements of the arm,
called ideomotor movements. The subject usually denies that he is exerting any
control over these movements. The experiments show the influence of suggestion,
and tend to debunk the notion of some outside force on the farmer’s stick. I
like debunking when it broadens the understanding of hypnosis!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Psychology professor Ray Hyman, at the
University of Oregon, conducted “dowsing” or “water witching” research
experiments with volunteer students. After the prof demonstrated a walk across
the floor with a dowsing rod, which moved when arriving at a certain spot
(where supposedly there was water beneath the floor), students were asked to
try it. The students found to their amazement that they could repeat the same
demo, and see the rod movement over the same spot. All subjects denied
“emphatically” that they were exerting any conscious effort. The experiment
showed that the idiomotor muscle movements of the arm are generated outside the
conscious volition of the subjects, yet arising wholely from inside the minds
of these subjects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The practice of dowsing is a very old
method of locating underground water with a wand, usually for the purposes of
where to dig a well. This wierd practice may still be seen in some areas of the
country, with strong believers who attribute the movements of the dowsing wand
or rod to the properties of the wand itself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">Kinesiologists
use this principle to test arm movements that they say reveal a true answer to
a question that asks for a yes or no answer. Theoretically, resistance to an
outsiders pressure on the subject's arm muscle reveals a "truth" not
revealed in verbal communication. the operator can determine which arm
movement is strong or weak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thing is, there is a great deal of
unacknowledged suggestion here. I have seen it demonstrated at a Rotary
meeting, where the educated audience is largely impressed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In their book, <u>Water Witching, </u>Hyman
and Evon Vogt claim that dowsing is basically a ritual pattern which is
intended to reduce anxiety about the uncertainty of locating a well, especially
in areas with ground water problems. Hyman (1992), writing further about
ideomotor action, concluded from his experiments that "under a variety of
circumstances, our muscles will behave unconsciously in accordance with an
implanted expectation." The source of the muscle movement is wholly within
the person holding the "divining rods". Clearly mind-body
interaction!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is fascinating to me because I like to
use hypnosis to implant suggestions for the purpose of healing. With such an
above described mind-body interaction, I think some physical healing can and
does happen. This is based on the fact that not only muscles, but other organs
of the body respond to suggestion. In fact, some <i>negative </i>suggestion
probably occurs to our health detriment, without conscious realization or
acknowledgement. Some patients may, for example, be subject to the subtle
suggestions of health-care providers who do not know how to engender hope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;">I
also believe that a therapist does not have to be directly involved in the
enactment of certain healing rituals which can also have the same effect. Those
wishing to benefit simply must independently participate in the ritual,
whatever it might be: assigned by a priest, shaman, or practitioner of
non-traditional or alternative medicine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Religious ritual should be included in any
discussion here. I have a strong opinion about how physical healing can be a
beneficial result of simple healing services of worship, which occur regularly
in many faith traditions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if we could harness this power of the
unconscious to stimulate the immune system? Some family doctors of modern
medicine are realizing that there are rudimentary methods of non-verbal
communication with patients, which help the healing process. An example of this
is the routine exam where the doctor touches the patient in a non-threatening
manner, such as to apply the stethoscope to check the heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Human beings possess within themselves a
legitimate source of healing, without having to believe in any magic or
superstition. It is not superstitious to participate in ritual that is a part
of one’s faith tradition, designated as a “healing ritual”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is dowsing still used to locate water? I
asked Richard Jackson, co-owner of Water Medic in Cape Coral what he thinks of
this old-time method of preparation for digging a water well. Although he is a
well professional, he actually owns a dowsing rod. He uses more modern methods
now if he has to locate underground water, but he keeps the dowsing tool around.
For him, it is more like a piece of history than a serious instrument . He
confesses he has played with it, and believes that it works. “The old-timers
didn’t have the equipment that we do now”, he says. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #535353; font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“ If you go back in time, it was better
than nothing”, says Jackson, showing some respect for the method. He was not
skeptical, and, on questioning, seemed to attribute the power of the dowsing
rod to something operating outside the person . How does he thinks it works, I
asked? “Maybe magnetism”, he replied. I was not ready to debate him about this.
Why should I question his belief with the new science I had discovered? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-9902017208016268722015-07-28T13:46:00.001-07:002015-07-28T13:46:55.213-07:00William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-31915822137284777042015-07-28T13:37:00.002-07:002015-07-28T13:40:42.541-07:00Hypnosis and DousingI am planning to do a column to describe clinical hypnosis as a naturally occurring phenomenon. In this case, I am talking about hypnosis which involves suggestion to the idiomotor muscle movements of the arm.<br />
The interesting thing about this is that it also shows a form of self-hypnosis, so natural that the subject doesn't know that he/she is responding to unconscious cues, and produces small muscle movements of the arm. The subject usually denies that he is exerting any control over these movements.<br />
The practice of dowsing is an old method of locating underground water with a wand, often for the purposes of where to dig a well. This practice may still be seen in some areas of the country, with strong believers who attribute the movements of the dowsing wand or rod to the properties of the wand itself.<br />
Kinesiologists use this principle to test arm movements that they say reveal a true answer to a question that asks for a yes or no answer. Theoretically, resistance to an outsiders pressure on the subject's arm muscle reveals a "truth" not revealed in verbal communication. the operator can determine which arm movement is strong or week.The thing is, there is a great deal of unacknowledged suggestion here. I have seen it demonstrated at a Rotary meeting, where the educated audience is largely impressed.<br />
In their book, <u>Water Witching, </u>Ray Hyman and Evon Vogt claim that dowsing is basically a ritual pattern which is intended to reduce anxiety about the uncertainty of locating a well, especially in areas with ground water problems. Hyman (1992), writing further about ideomotor action, describes his experiments with volunteer students in his psychology class which he conducted to show the influence of suggestion. He concluded from his experiments that "under a variety of circumstances, our muscles will behave unconsciously in accordance with an implanted expectation." The source of the muscle movement is wholly within the person holding the "divining rods".<br />
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This is fascinating to me because I like to use hypnosis to implant suggestions for the purpose of healing. With such an above described mind-body interaction, I think some physical healing can happen. This is based on the fact that not only muscles, but other organs of the body respond to suggestion. In fact, some <i>negative </i>suggestion probably occurs to our health detriment, without conscious realization or acknowledgement.<br />
I also believe that a therapist does not have to be involved in the enactment of certain healing rituals which can also have the same effect. Those wishing to benefit simply must participate in the ritual, whatever it might be: assigned by a priest, shaman, or practitioner of non-traditional or alternative medicine. Religious ritual should be included in any discussion here.<br />
What if we could harness this power of the unconscious to stimulate the immune system? Some family doctors of modern medicine are realizing that there are methods of non-verbal communication with patients, which help the healing process. An example of this is the routine exam where the doctor touches the patient in a non-threatening manner, such as to apply the stethoscope to check the heart.<br />
In my proposed article, I hope to show that human beings possess within themselves a legitimate source of healing, without having to believe in any magic or superstition.<br />
I welcome your comments<br />
<br />William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-43891097694425763022014-12-09T08:56:00.000-08:002014-12-09T08:56:22.863-08:00Is Hypnosis an Art or a Science?I have been intrigued by the bad reputation that hypnosis has received since it was first practiced. From the beginning in the 19th century, when it was generally referred to as "Mesmerism", there was much suspicion about how some hypnotic events between doctor and patient were occurring. Franz Mesmer himself thought there was some effective magnetism that flowed from doctor to patient. This was in the lifetime of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin, as a then notable scientist, was summoned to Paris to evaluate Mesmer's work. Franklin and his colleagues declared that there was no magnetism or science involved.<br />
The mesmeric phenomenon was off to a bad start. Then,two Scottish practitioners, Braide and Esdaile began using it in medical practice, and theorized that nobody was controlling anybody by magnetism or anything else: the good effect came from what state of consciousness the patient achieved, with the guidance of the doctor's words. James Esdaile, son of a Presbyterian minister, was a surgeon who practiced his craft in India around 1850. Without anesthetic ( which wasn't yet in use), he removed tumors and limbs from patients, who apparently experienced no pain when in a hypnotic state. This is amazing to me, and makes me think that the effectiveness of the trance probably depended on the cultural expectations of people in India at that time. Nowadays, our "belief" in the scientific method would not let most of us escape into a pain-free state of consciousness so easily. I am told that the best place to practice hypnosis for pain in Western cultures, is the emergency room, where people are really looking for ways to avoid the pain of physical trauma.<br />
Soon, because of peoples interest in the unusual mental phenomenon seen in trances, it seemed everyone wanted to experience it or witness it. Charles Dickens used hypnosis as entertainment at large parties hosted at his home at the height of his career. Stage hypnosis was used as entertainment right into the twenty-first century, where it has aroused both peoples' suspicions and interest. "Cluck like a chicken" is the familiar phrase most of the general public think of when you ask if they want to be hypnotized even for for clinical purposes ( like, for example, irritable bowel syndrome).<br />
I have been thinking that maybe we should call clinical hypnosis something else to avoid the negative associations of the name. I believe it is a powerful healing force, and have seen how it works. Maybe: "healing meditation" would be better.<br />
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<br />William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-12400547457762565192014-06-20T07:51:00.003-07:002014-06-20T07:51:49.539-07:00On Horror Stories<br />
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How can we be more alert to relationships in which we are called upon to be a compassionate friend?I am speaking of situations where you know someone has a health concern, and may want to air their anxieties. It obviously calls for being a good listener. The question is can everyday conversations with friends be a place for some kind of "healing" presence? I would be interested to hear reader comments. Can it be mutual? What if you have your own concerns, and you are in need of a good listener, yourself? Will common sense be enough? The occasions of "horror stories" seem to reveal that we don't always realize when we are relating things that may have powerful suggestions. What does it take to increase one's self-awareness of what you are saying in these situations, so that comfort and compassion can prevail?William R Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725310129726159711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717495667519548112.post-8174095239700168192014-04-05T14:18:00.001-07:002014-04-08T08:09:12.178-07:00Babyboomer Remarrying :Should You Marry for Love?This raises a lot of issues about the nature of love, and just how intuition could be applied in such a major decision as partner choice. Widows and widowers often find themselves in a position later in life where they want to make a decision about gaining a new partner. Decisions made at a young age would have been influenced by a more idealistic notion of romantic love then what situation a person finds themselves in at this stage in life.<br />
So now, a person finds himself/herself able to take advantage of the wisdom of marital satisfaction/dissatisfactions--older and wiser, with different needs as a result of age, health, wealth<br />
accumulation. Plus, how to prioritize the needs of companionship, affection, sex, not to mention security. Some people like the " living together separately" group really only want someone to travel with, go to entertainment venues, or just occasionally go out to dinner. These latter have had all they want out of a marriage and are satisfied with that. Decision-making at this level is more about dating then it is about marriage.<br />
Others have a serious opportunity to remarry, perhaps fulfilling some of the needs they did not have fulfilled in a previous marriage. Decision-making now becomes a bit more complicated. For example, should one choose a partner based on practical considerations, or could you make a choice based on not just what your head tells you what your heart tells you.<br />
I think here's where intuition comes into the picture. By now you may have learned whether to trust your intuition's generally speaking.<br />
This is a fairly large group of people I am talking because an AARP statistic says that 45% of those over 65 are now divorced widowed or separated, and they are the fastest growing segment of online daters. AARP now has its own matchmaking service. I think it is safe to say that the difficulty of this new group of potential couplers is more about trusting love and intuition than it is about age. According to the New York Times "(Matchmakers Help Those Over 60...") article on this issue some people are paying big bucks to find<br />
just the right mate through matchmaking services. It turns out that women are the big searchers, because there're fewer men alive at this age.<br />
Intuition comes into play when you have to trust a decision that is more complex than it was when you were younger. Reconnecting at this stage in life at whatever level of involvement you may choose, requires, some assessment of your emotional needs, and knowing what you want out of life considering that it is now shorter period of time . Matchmaking services may help to put you in touch with those whom you have listed as having preferred qualities, such as education political stance, tastes in entertainment,and desire to travel. But as rationali this might be, your final decision will probably be relying on intuition. What role do dreams, prayer, meditation play in sharpening intuition?<br />
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