You Have The Power

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Life Is An Adventure

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Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas!

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Tips For Living A Happy Life

Welcome to a very cold winter season for the last part of 2013. The whole world is experiencing extreme cold record breaking temperatures, snowfall in places that normally don’t get any snow this time of year, and Jack Frost has hit early this year leaving a white blanket of fresh snow everywhere. Stay warm and indoors folks. Enjoy the fireplace and glass of wine to keep the chill back. Many people who are lucky enough to escape the snow during their winter vacations and are running to more tropical areas and celebrating a sandy Christmas under a blazing sun. But I prefer a “White-Christmas” and even rain once in a while. I found these excellent “21” simple and enlighten, motivation and carpe diem (seize the day) passages courtesy of Waylon Lewis  on Elephant Journal that are perfect for enjoying life (and staying happy) during any season. Happy Holidays! - T.S.Garp  

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The Best Autumn Holiday

Relax and enjoy this time with family and friends during this thankful holiday season.

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Thanksgiving Psalm

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Always Continue The Climb

Had a great time during Earth Day celebration. I just completed a 20 mile trail run surrounded by nature, mountains, and trees! Met awesome people!

Ayn Rand, philosopher & playwrighter, said “a creative person is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others,” and that is true for me too as I am motivated to always continue the climb, always have the desire to learn and achieve, always do your best, always live for the joy and experience of it. Believe in yourself and you are already half way there!

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Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

THE BEATLES

"Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey"
(Lennon/McCartney)

What was the inspiration for John Lennon to write this particular song? Paul McCartney mentioned on the Beatles Anthology that John got the idea from the Mahirshi, who said that everyone has something to hide. The Monkey reference was added by John later from a cartoon done in a London music magazine depicting Yoko as a monkey on John’s back interfering with his talent and relationship with the Beatles. But this was in the late 1960s with civil unrest, wars raging, and mistrust of Government. The Cold War was still in effect and spies were everywhere. Everybody had something to hide and secrets to keep.

People were frustrated looking for answers and experimenting with drugs like LSD. The Beatles themselves were going through a restless time and maturing in an effort to find their individuality. The Beatles retained a lot of information and spiritual advice from the Mahirshi. The lyrics of this particular song keep the positive reinforcement statements the Mahirshi applied to all his lectures to the Beatles while they were visiting India in 1968.

(Seems the same feelings are resonating truer today in our own time post 9-11, with the war in Iraq raging on, and Big Brother Government growing ever prevalent stealing our civil rights away in order to keep control and the peace, how significant over 40 years later after the creation of this song the message is still true. Not to mention the housing market meltdown, global recession, and alarming unemployment rate skyrocketing. Everybody has something to hide and secrets to keep. From stock market greed, banks, fraudulent loan companies, corrupt elected officials, cover-ups, misinformation, manipulation of media, and outlandish government-sponsored military secret operations being conducted every day.

People are indeed frustrated and looking for answers. This is an incredible time in history to test people’s faith and belief systems to the max. Worrying about it is not to going help if you actively do nothing. Using drugs is not going to help. Keeping politically active, informed, and mindful of critical information surely will. Never take anything just on face value, do the research, and have a public voice for change. Keep peace in your heart and pray to whatever God you pray to for peace and harmony. I know this message is kind of heavy, but to be a truly enlightened spiritual being, we have to rise above this difficult time, go deeper and higher, find the truth, joy, and love found buried deep in our hearts and soul, and make a positive difference to make the world a better place.)

THE BEATLES
"Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey"
(Lennon/McCartney) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lngGPsJ1pQ

Come on come on
Come on come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's take it easy
Come on let's take it easy
Take it easy take it easy
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

(Ooh) The deeper you go the higher you fly
The higher you fly the deeper you go
So come on (Come on) come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's make it easy
Come on let's make it easy (Oh)
Take it easy (Yeh yeh yeh) take it easy (Hoo)
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey
Oh!

Your inside is out and your outside is in
Your outside is in and your inside is out
So come on (Ho) come on (Ho)
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's make it easy
Come on let's make it easy
Make it easy (Hoo) make it easy (Hoo)
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey
Hey!

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on...
Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on...

The Beatles Anthology
The White Album (Remastered)
Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation
The Good Citizen: How a Younger Generation Is Reshaping American Politics, Revised Edition


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