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Flying Dreams

CHAPTER ONE

Jerry's parents rarely had to tell him to go to bed more than once. He loved to sleep. When he was sleeping, deep in his dream time, he could fly. Jerry started to fly when he was a very little boy. At, first, his family enjoyed hearing about his flying dreams. Later, when he learned how to gain altitude, his family loved to hear how he would fly over the treetops. He began to fly to places he had never been before; he could fly almost anywhere!

Sometimes he wanted to try to fly to heaven, but most of the time he was happy to fly over the top of the houses, down the hill, and over the town below. In his dreams he would hold his arms out and float on the wind while he looked down at the familiar buildings of the town. Jerry could feel a soft warm breeze surrounding his body as he flew.

Often in his dreams Jerry would patrol his town. In the dark early morning hours when the town was quiet, he could sense stillness and a feeling of peace. He could imagine all the people nestled in their beds, dreaming their special dreams. He wondered if others were flying in their dreams.

While flying, Jerry could catch the warm and cool wind currents, which gave him the speed to zip through the air until he could reach the clouds. Sometimes he would roll and spin and play in the clouds. It was fun to sit on a cloud and then dive back into the night sky as if it were an ocean.

Jerry's grandparents’ house was perched high up in the mountains, where he stayed every summer; this was his favorite place to fly.

Their house was nestled among countless numbers of trees. After he circled the town, Jerry would fly back up the hill and out over the forest that covered the mountains behind the house. Flying over his grandparents’ forest always gave Jerry a good feeling for life. Love shone all around him.

If he listened carefully, he could hear the trees make sounds as if they were talking. It seemed to him that the tall, straight trunks of the trees were reaching out, perhaps trying to touch the boy flying above, just out of their reach.

While Jerry sailed out, he would look down and try to name all the different types of trees that lived in the forest. He could see Blue Spruce, Aspen, White Pine and Long leaf Pine. Sometimes he had trouble telling them apart, but he came to know them all. As he flew close to the ground, he could see the forest floor's carpet of pine needles, leaves, and rich organic soil.

These layers of soil had been laid down over centuries and smelled musty and piny. Jerry had learned from a book that the layer of forest soil supported an amazing variety of invisible life: there were beetles and bacteria, fungi and many other forms of life.

One night as Jerry was flying he saw a movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned for a better look. A beautiful white owl silently glided to his side and began to fly with him. Jerry wondered how the owl could move so quietly until he remembered that owls have special feathers on their wings that help them fly silently through the air.

As Jerry kept pace, the owl dipped one moonlit wing, made a wide arc, and flew deeper into the forest. With a giggle, Jerry dipped one outstretched arm and followed the white owl into the trees.

It was great fun playing “Follow the Leader” with the beautiful white owl in the peaceful night. The trees were singing softly in the gentle mist. A full silvery moon gave light to the forest, helping Jerry follow the white owl as it turned and dipped through the trees.

Suddenly, right before his eyes, the owl disappeared. Jerry looked all around. He even rolled onto his back to look up into the sky, but the white owl was not to be seen. Jerry was about to give up and fly back home when he saw a bright glow ahead. It seemed to call his heart with an inviting, warm welcome.

Jerry flew toward the glow deep into the moonlit forest. The deeper he flew, the more radiant it became, stronger and stronger, until it started to flash and pulse. Around him now, it seemed that the trees were much older than the trees he knew back home; Jerry felt a sense of timelessness coming from these ancient trees.

Jerry approached the source of the strange light. He was staring at a tree that glowed like fire. The light was not coming from a lantern or campfire, but from this tree. It was the tallest, broadest, most ancient tree in the forest; it had tremendous limbs that reached out in all directions, creating an endless canopy of leaves.

The burning waves of warmth wrapped around Jerry like a comforting blanket but at the same time he had feelings of danger and despair. Without hesitation he flew closer until his face was becoming red from the pulsing heat.

Jerry flew lower and lower until he saw that the tree had a hollowed center. The intense light was shinning from the tree’s hollow, from the limbs, and through the pattern of roots just beneath the forest floor. The ground under the tree looked breathtaking, as pulsing light rushed through its vein-like roots, creating a mirror image of the branches above. The sight was awesome!

He flew closer to the tree’s massive trunk until he could look directly in the hollow of the tree. From deep within came even a brighter yellow light.

Jerry heard a voice coming from beyond the roots of the tree. It cried, "H-E-E-L-L-L-P! Help me!"

Startled, Jerry sat up in bed, wide-awake and sweating. “Gee, that was really scary,” he thought, shaking just a little.

He looked out his window at the beautiful early morning blue sky with puffy white clouds. He looked around his room at his books and pictures and toys. Everything seemed to be normal, but Jerry could not shake the feeling that the dream this past night meant that something was life-altering. It hinted that something important was about to happen.

He could still hear the deep forest voice crying in his ears, “Help me!”

Jerry jumped out of bed and ran down the hallway in search of his two sisters, Sam and Sofia. He wasn’t sure how he was going to tell them about his bizarre flight.

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

2012 THE YEAR OF POWER

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

EYE IN THE SKY

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

THOUGHTS OF THE WEEK - NEW EACH WEEK

THOUGHTS OF THE WEEK

2012

Yogi Tamby Chuckravanen

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HUMAN VALUES

Question from someone who wants to end his life to Yogi Tamby Chuckravanen.

Yogi, I want to leave to leave this world because I just can't take the physical and emotional pain any longer.

Answer from Yogi

You must believe in the law of Karma. All actions provoke reactions. I am saying this to you as a guide. All that you are seeing in this world are reactions. This world is governed by a law. You may call it the supreme energy or God. It’s a law which you can’t bargain with. It’s a law which does not make any concession, a law which you will have to do with. You can’t fight against it. You must become aware that for every action there is a reaction. Once you learn to accept this, this will help you sustain your pain.

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Thursday, March 15, 2012

My Town, Inside my soul

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN

Exercise Your Brain

Games You Didn't Know Existed to Fight Brain Decline and Aging.

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Steve McQueen

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Desiderata

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,…. and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its shame, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful word. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

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What Do You Know About Bipolar Disorder?

hat Do You Know About Bipolar Disorder?

Many people think of bi-polar disorder a dangerous illness, it is very dangerous; however it is mostly a danger for the person who has it. And, yes it is difficult on friends and family living or being close to a Bipolar person, their moods change so swiftly that it’s tricky to follow them, that is, IF you try to follow them. My sister and daughter both have a serious case of bipolar, sometimes a mood can last for months or days, and moreover this depends on many factors.

There is a great soft back book I read a long time ago. I think it’s called, “Potatoes not Prozac”. This means that doctors are now diagnosing scores of people with Bipolar Disorder. The truth is, they eat the wrong way and eating to much sugar, cokes and candy, all kinds of junk foods. Therefore, for these people, the effect on them appears as manic depressive person. Manic depression is what they called bipolar patients in the past. So, eating healthy, “live food” is necessary for people with a sensitive system. But, when they go to their doctor or Phyciatrist, they are told them are Bipolar and given tons of medications.

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AN ANNUAL CAR RACE - THE PIKES PEAK INTERNATIONAL HILL CLIMB

Historically, Pikes Peak was a widespread destination, when the Mountain would come into view, from a distance the early settler traveled through the bare and jagged plains. Once they achieve a position the mountain peak formed exhilaration in the midst of the inhabitants traveling in the

wagon trains. Even supposing it would acquire a long time to arrive at their location, while they moved closer. The Pike Peak Mountain became larger and larger. This came to pass as the gate way on a rugged pass to scramble up and around this mountain, and eventually to progress to Cripple Creek during the gold rush days.

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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

History of Gem Collecting: Early Gemstone Explorers

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Gemstones History and subjects of interest

History of Gem Collecting: Early Gemstone Explorers

Did any of us need much encouragement to begin our jewel collection? Some of us devote a great deal of time completing our collection, driven by the passion for finding the next great stone. Just one more and it will be complete, right? No it won't, there will always be one more; or good heaven...let's just start another collection altogether. Oh, why not?

We may collect by species, type, color, you name it. There's no limit to the ways in which we decide how to assemble a wonderful collection of gemstones. Some people I know collect gems by the region of the world. An "all Asian" collection may have Peridot, jade, serpentine, pearl, coral, lapis lazuli, and the like. But how in the world did all this get started?

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Fear; Are you running away from it or towards it?

Fear: Are you running away from it or towards it?

We are like our four legged friends and to Survive we have got to be the strongest of Fittest

The triumph of the strongest and the achievement of the cleverest

Little is said about the splendor of merely loving

Accordingly you then join the pack and make every effort to be one of the strongest

At once if you were to see yourself as strong, fine, and most cleaver

Then, why do you see yourself as less

You then fear loss

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Growing Old Sitting In This Space

DON’T ASK ME WHY, I CAN’T RETORT THIS INQUIRY, I HAVE CONSCIOUSLY GORGED ON LIFE AND ENJOYED IT SO I WILL DECLARE MORE THEN THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS I KNOW, PERHAPS, SINCE ON THE WHOLE, I HAVE NEVER SAID NO, TO AN ADVENTURE THAT IS. MATTER OF FACT, ITS VITAL TO MY DIRECTIVE TO FEEL ALIVE, SIMILAR TO BREATHING AIR, OR A FISH OUT OF WATER. NOT PERILOUS EXPLOITS, I IN NO WAY THOUGHT ABOUT GOING SKY DIVING, OR JUMPING OFF A BRIDGE TO GO BUDGIE JUMPING

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

My Life Is a River

My Life is Like the River

I am sure many writers have written about life as a river

I live in the mountains with plenty of lakes, ponds, damns and rivers

I love tol my days sitting by the river with my two dogs

I found a huge boulder, flat in the center

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Sunday, October 23, 2011

BOOK REVIEW, THE ROAD TO HEAVEN

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A Book Review

Hermit Heaven Encounters with chinese Hirmits by: Bill Porter

The Chinese say their history goes back five thousand years, back to the time of Huang-ti, the Yellow Emperor. Haung-ti was the earliest known leader for the confederation of tribes that established Chinese. But it was from two hermits that Huango-ti learned how to conquer his enemies and how to prolong his life. And he reigned for a hundred years, from 2700 to 2600 B.C. about the same time the first pyramids were being built in Egypt.

After Huang–ti rode off on a dragon to join his fellow immortals, and, around 2300 B.C., into theYao. Two thousand years later, Confucius praised yao as the wisest of men because he passed over members of his own family and chose a hermit as his successor. Huang-fu Mi’s third century work; the Kaoshihcbuan (Records of High Minded Men) recreated the occasion:

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

The Native American Rain Dance

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Gratitude

TEDxSF - Louie Schwartzberg - Gratitude

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Can Only Humans Fall in Love? Animals Love with True Heart

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ANIMALS FALLING IN LOVE

What do you deliberate, only human beings descend into love? I distinguish, as reality humans necessitate to bond, hence, what about a sports team, that is a bond, and I heard the guys say, hey man, I really love you, to each other…There is accordingly various varieties of love; we can’t comprehend or imagine the countless ways. My dog loves me so much, for the eight years we engaged in a true relationship. We participate in spending every day together, she tag along, and she is so tiny I can feel her fur brush on my ankle as I amble, even if I get up in the middle of the night.

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