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Dear Friends,
There is a vision for IAmSharing - it's a vision of Love and the One. To that end, we must bring people out of the confusion of thoughts, beliefs, fears, and dramas and traumas of the world. There is "Only Love" as John Prine sings in the beautiful song with the same title. The process is one of "Building Bridges".
I have several important projects that need to be brought to the world, including the I Am Sharing collaborative network.
What we need now, in our humble beginnings, is some seed capital. I have a wonderful network of people, who have their own networks, who are doing fantastic things, and building the tools and resources we need to bring all this to fruition, but some financial resources are necessary. The beauty of these endeavors is the fact that I know every one of the projects/technologies/endeavors that I am listing below will convert into incredibly successful and profitable ventures - as long as we keep ourselves focused on the ultimate goal - LOVE.
Here are some of the current projects underway that are developing even without financial support. Some financial support would project these to new dimensions
- IAmSharing - inspired from my PhD dissertation - Nature Tourism in Cyberspace: An examination of its Geography and Character in the Network
- Wireless Internet and Travel Information - now in 11 U.S. States - in collaboration with Zoom Information Systems
- Hyperspectral Sensor - this one is worth BILLIONS of $ - to learn more read this blog
- SolomonSource regional development strategies (See the document at the bottom of the page).
- Breathing Endeavors - per the powerful BEING - Desmond Green - www.themoodschannel.com
- World Reverence for Life University - of BreathFusion, Cultural Fusion and others
- Cultural Fusion - from Source Artist Yvette Dubel and "Attention Guru" Ronald Wopereis
SO IF YOU ARE RICH AND WANT TO GET RICHER, or if you know someone who wants to help a powerful group of people poised to "Change the World", please send them my way. These projects are going to happen, it is just a matter of time!
Finally, my "empowerment IAmSharing" for today has been brought to me through Desmond Green - it's about our breath.
Breath is the foundation of all life, consciousness and everything. I have been breathing now, as per Desmond for about 9 months. Everything has changed. It is so simple and powerful. Noticing my breath and taking deep conscious breaths, to fuel my mind, heart, body, soul has cleared my consciousness. I am in perfect health. It has also opened my Pineal gland, my direct, personal connection to God/Source/Om/IAm. WOW!!!!
If you want to change your life, try Conscious Deep Breathing - to learn more just visit Desmond Green's "The Moods Channel" and watch his Power Talks.
Finally, here is a quote from Eckhart Tolle about breathing:
"Someone recently showed me the prospectus of a large spiritual organization. When I looked through it, I was impressed by the wide choice of seminars and workshops. It reminded me of a smorgasbord, one of those Scandinavian buffets where you can take your pick from a huge variety of dishes. The person asked me whether I could recommend one or two courses. "I don't know" I said. "They all look so interesting". But I do know this," I added. "Be aware of your breathing as often as you are able, whenever you remember. Do that for one year, and it will be more powerfully transformative than attending all of these courses. And it's free." Eckert Tolle: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose.
With Great Love,
Andy
Some details about the Mandala (Lotus Flower)
In my last blog I included the Mandala that I created from Dr. Ewing's white board drawing in November 2007. As I have contemplated the diagram and its larger metaphorical, and metaphysical meaning, it represents a nuclear reaction, or the birth of a cell, or any other natural growth system.
Some time ago while considering this image I wrote "when a critical mass of knowledge and energy is reached, the results can touch the world."
For most of my life one of my major criticisms of science is that it dissects the word. With the scientific method the world has been cut up into pieces by our scientific and human-oriented (separatist) perspective. Depicting the general categories of disciplines (environmental, social, cultural/historical, political, economics) in the five inner circles in the Mandala image will allow us to re-cognize the integral relationship of these pedagogical domains, providing a new context for re-aligning our educational systems. I recognized that we usually take things out of a comprehensive context while I was working on my Forestry degree in 1990. I was introduced to "systems thinking" at that time. While writing my Thesis I was assigned to conduct an economic analysis of an alley-cropping agroforestry system. Even at that time I couldn't leave well enough alone. I understood that for really understanding the potential of this innovative approach, we would have to look at the environmental, social and political context.
In adapting the Mandala to the World Reverence for Life University(www.worldreverenceforlifeuniversity.com) project, we are developing a core set of courses to address each of these areas, and yet we recognize that the lines drawn between these “disciplines” are only a functional, or organizational delineation. In fact, as stipulated in Systems Thinking, there is a desperate need to re-examine and recombine these perspectives into a comprehensive whole after study or examination.
The “petals of the flower” in the Mandala or Lotus depict the “outreach-service” delivery mechanism that I believe should be a part of all of our educational systems and endeavors. My emphasis on Outreach-Service (extension) has developed from the Land Grant University System that was so powerfully transformative in the United States. However, I agree with John Campbell’s critique of the limitations of the Land-grant system as it has matured, mainly that the “Outreach” has not been properly expanded and utilized. FYI my father was an agricultural Extension professor at Iowa State University for 28 years. I, inadvertantly, followed his footsteps and became and Extension professor at Texas A&M University.
The Mandala depicts a “nuclear reaction”, which is my vision to powerfully extend learning and research, to re-connect education to the world, which is depicted in the outer ring of the Diagram.
It is beyond the scope of this document to discuss all of the benefits of revitalizing the land-grant model while empowering it with information communication technologies (ICT), however, in brief, this approach will re-vitalize the educational experience for students. It will also help to connect education to the mainstream of society, delivering a multitude of benefits: essentially creating a recursive flow of ideas, information, people and business to a world that is clamoring for these outputs of our educational system. The outer ring of the Mandala Diagram shows the original vision of the Land-grant model which framed the educational system on three legs (Education, Research, Outreach). We add to the model the ultimate outputs of this inspired model – Learning, Development, and Service.
Look for Part Three of this blog soon. Sorry for the delay, I've started a new job, which has had a pretty steep learning curve.
All the Best! - Andy
