This is Victoria. She died a hero. She hid her first graders in the cabinets and closets after hearing the gunfire. When the shooter came to her classroom, she told him that her students were in the gym. He then gunned her down and moved on. She saved the lives of all of her students. DEEP BOWS TO THIS GREAT BEING. May her spirit rest in peace. Her beautiful heart reflects God. She will continue to be a great teacher of what matters most.
SUNDAY NIGHT TRANSLATION GROUP – 12/23/18
Translators: Mike Zonta, Melissa Goodnight, Richard Branam, Hanz Bolen
SENSE TESTIMONY: Our conscious and unconscious beliefs can make us rich or poor, sick or well.
5th Step Conclusions:
1) Truth is totally believable Consciousness, the only cause, the only effect, the only Reich, with all the accoutrements concomitant thereto; being useful, worthy, and busy, according to the will or wish of Itself.
2) All is One Infinite Consciousness Being, always enjoying its own limitless empowerment — compelling abundance of means, and begetting ceaseless dynamic wellbeing.
3) One clear flowing beneficial wise sustaining pure, luminous powerful knowing presence is all I Am all there is.
4) Truths’ Synchronicity is Exponentially Absolute, this unpredictable Goodness is what I Am that I Am Excells’ at Manifesting, this possessory Omniscience Being Agreeably Pleasant and Energetically Scientific in its’ Androgynous intimacy.
Live a Good Life
The Miles Davis Sextet with Bob Dorough: Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)
In my continuing quest to share offbeat/creative music (and other stuff…) with the BB/Prospero community, here’s this:
(If there is any problem viewing / hearing this music, it can also be accessed by clicking this link.)
* Personnel:
Composition, Trumpet: Miles Davis;
Lyrics, Vocals, Piano: Bob Dorough;
Arrangement/Orchestration: Gil Evans;
Trombone: Frank Rehak;
Tenor saxophone: Wayne Shorter;
Bass: Paul Chambers;
Drums: Jimmy Cobb;
Bongos: Willie Bobo.
* Lyrics:
Merry Christmas
I hope you have a white one, but for me, it’s blue
Blue Christmas, that’s the way you see it when you’re feeling blue
Blue Xmas, when you’re blue at Christmastime
you see right through,
All the waste, all the sham, all the haste
and plain old bad taste
Sidewalk Santy Clauses are much, much, much too thin
They’re wearing fancy rented costumes, false beards and big fat phony grins
And nearly everybody’s standing round holding out their empty hand or tin cup
Gimme gimme gimme gimme, gimme gimme gimme
Fill my stocking up
All the way up
It’s a time when the greedy give a dime to the needy
Blue Christmas, all the paper, tinsel and the fal-de-ral
Blue Xmas, people trading gifts that matter not at all
What I call
Fal-de-ral
Bitter gall…….Fal-de-ral
Lots of hungry, homeless children in your own backyards
While you’re very, very busy addressing
Twenty zillion Christmas cards
Now, Yuletide is the season to receive and oh, to give and ahh, to share
But all you December do-gooders rush around and rant and rave and loudly blare
Merry Christmas
I hope yours is a bright one, but for me, it’s blue…
________
* Some online versions of the lyrics note the last two words as “it bleeds”; on recordings, these words are hard to make out – perhaps they were purposely obscured…
Gauguin’s changing styles reflect a spiritual journey
TRANSLATION ADVENTURE – 12/23/18
The Intelligent Design of the Universe
Michio Kaku, who is highly regarded in the scientific community thanks to his work in helping to popularize the String Theory, has developed a new theory which he says points to the existence of God or an intelligent designer for the universe.
The American scientist, who is a professor in theoretical physics at the City College of New York, came to his conclusion by studying “primitive semi – radius tachyons”.
These tachyons are theoretical particles that have the ability to “unstick” matter in the universe or vacuum space between particles, essentially leaving everything free from the influence of the universe.
This led Mr. Kaku to the conclusion that the universe was created through design, and not random chaos and that we could be living in a type of “matrix”.
He said of his research: “I have concluded that we are in a world made by rules created by an intelligence.
“Believe me, everything that we call chance today won’t make sense anymore.
“To me, it is clear that we exist in a plan which is governed by rules that were created, shaped by a universal intelligence and not by chance.”
He said in a YouTube video: “The final solution resolution could be that God is a mathematician.
“The mind of God, we believe, is cosmic music, the music of strings resonating through 11-dimensional hyperspace.”
With all of the calculations that would need to go into creating a successful universe, Mr. Kaku says that God is a mathematician – which could imply that we are living in a simulation, which many experts are considering the notion of.
The 8 Most Famous ‘Functioning Alcoholics’ in History
From the rituals of the Greeks and Egyptians to the formation of countries and culture, alcohol has lubricated the minds of some of our greatest thinkers.
Whether spearheading an empire or founding a cultural movement, some of our most famous drinkers have achieved monumental things despite having a fondness for the sauce.
While their achievements can be admired, their alcohol intake is not to be imitated. Drink responsibly this weekend.
Alexander the Great
Arguably the drunkest overachiever in history. By the time of his death at the age of 32, very likely related to malaria exacerbated by excessive alcohol consumption, Alexander the Great had conquered most of the known world, murdered one of his best friends in a drunken rage and was responsible for a drunken orgy which led to the burning of a Persian palace in Persepolis in 330 BC.
Socrates
Being the father of western philosophy may not have happened if it hadn’t been for the Ancient Greek tradition of holding symposia.
At a symposium, men would dine together and then drink into the night discussing the big ideas of the time.
Socrates was known to drink big but never appear drunk, holding court among his admirers including Aristotle.
Benjamin Franklin
Fresh water during Benjamin Franklin’s time was so unsanitary that it was safer to drink fermented and distilled beverages.
The Founding Father seems to have enjoyed this more than others and is famously quoted as saying “Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Lord Byron
One of the leading lights in the Romantic Movement and arguably one of the most influential English poets of all time, Lord Byron was known for spending big and partying hard.
His drank his libations from a skull-shaped cup and is known for writing “Man being reasonable must get drunk; The best of life is but intoxication.”
One of his many mistresses, Lady Caroline Lamb, said of Byron that he was “mad, bad and dangerous to know.”
Lord Byron is also a national hero in Greece for his role in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.
Karl Marx
The man who inspired the dictators everywhere was famous for excessive boozing.
Along with his partner in thought, Friedrich Engels, the two drank their way across Europe and changed the course of political history along the way.
Marx and Engels met in 1844 and during ten beer-soaked days formed a lifelong partnership that resulted in the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital.
Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Bastion of old English reserve and beloved matriarch of the Royal Family, the Queen Mother was known to start the day with a cocktail at noon and end with two glasses of Veuve Cliquot at dinner.
During the war, after refusing to leave London, the Queen Mother held court at Buckingham Palace, raiding the wine cellars and ensuring everyone maintained their high spirits.
The Queen Mother, who lived to the age of 101, famously said that “I couldn’t get through all my engagements without a little something.” And her staff made sure there was always a bottle of gin in her carriage for between engagements.
Winston Churchill
Two-time Prime Minister, Nobel Prize winner and accomplished watercolorist, Winston Churchill also served on the front lines of Cuba, India, Sudan, and South Africa, all while cultivating a mammoth drinking habit.
He would start the day with a Johnny Walker and water, a habit he picked up in India where the water was almost unpalatable, and would end the day with a few glasses of scotch, champagne and a highball.
There is some debate among biographers about the breadth of Churchill’s drinking, but Churchill himself acknowledged that alcohol had a significant impact on his life when he famously said, “I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway’s love affair with booze started as a young fifteen-year-old reporter in Kansas City and was kicked into overdrive when he went to Europe during World War One.
He proceeded to drink his way around the world and write books that captured the emotional heartache of a generation.
Having moved to Paris to escape prohibition, he took full advantage of the bars of Europe and famously shared wine with Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Of his drunken escapades Hemingway wrote, “I have drunk since I was fifteen and few things have given me more pleasure.”
Read another story from us: Alcohol Inspiration: The Drinking Habits of 8 Famous Writers
Hemingway would publish numerous works including For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Sun Also Rises precipitating a new wave of American literature and was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954.
(Submitted by Richard Burns, H.W., M.)
How to Make the Power of Your Subconscious Mind Work for You
So creative, it seems like magic: a step-by-step guide to unleashing your most innovative brainpower
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