tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55279029571180269992024-03-13T11:14:52.707-07:00Eupan - Good for All - www.eupan.netdoing justice in the world in such a way that we mediate goodness to any and all persons, no matter the violence or disruption they feel or experience. working to make the world good.~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.comBlogger330125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-5734144867858969842023-04-25T23:51:00.005-07:002023-04-25T23:51:50.468-07:00Many, many, good things.<p>My life is characterized by many good things, new opportunities, emerging friendship, new awareness, learning and growth.</p><p>May I ever be humble to learn and may I always be open to care for others.</p><p>May I remain curious, and healthy, and whole. </p><p>~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.</p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-41024764616997141852023-04-25T23:50:00.003-07:002023-04-25T23:52:14.101-07:00I am.<p>Who I am is always me, while who I am is emerging.</p><p>Who I am now is shaped by who I was, while I'm yet still becoming.</p><p>Who I am now is partially who I have always been, while it is not yet fully who I will be.</p><p>~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.</p><p><br /></p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-43125375670781528042022-12-31T22:42:00.002-08:002022-12-31T22:42:11.173-08:002023 is here.<p>May this year be, for all, characterized by more peace and flourishing.</p><p>Toward <i>eupan </i>~</p><p>~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.</p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-19292497362516903482022-11-03T22:18:00.000-07:002022-11-03T22:18:00.574-07:00Global Joy Summit! Free - with Archbishop Tutu & the Dalai Lama<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You can join the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><a href="https://nr357.isrefer.com/go/JOYOPT/TinyB/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">upcoming Global Joy Summit</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, a FREE online even running from November 13th to 16th.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">This is an amazing opportunity to be inspired by the contagious joy and timely message of the <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dalai Lama</b> and the late, great <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Archbishop Desmond Tutu</b>, and learn from 30+ renowned joy scientists, spiritual teachers, changemakers, and artists.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">The lived experiences of these two global icons, and self-described “mischievous brothers,” serve as a profound example of the <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">power of joy in the face of adversity</b>. They teach us that joy is an essential key to meeting the many ordinary and profound challenges we now face, individually and collectively.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">The summit will include a free screening of <b style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mission: JOY</i></b>—the laugh-out-loud funny documentary that shares the magical friendship, practical wisdom, and historic final in-person meeting of the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu—<b style="box-sizing: border-box;">as well as inspiring and practical sessions with 30+ speakers.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">The summit will explore:</p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Practices to transform stress, anxiety, grief, depression, despair, isolation, challenging emotions, and difficulty<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Practical tools to cultivate well-being, connection, love, compassion, and joy</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The relationship between joy and sorrow (they’re not opposites)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Joy as a “clean fuel” to power transformative action</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ubuntu, interconnection, and compassion as essential keys to healing our planet and creating a good future</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">A special keynote with His Holiness the Dalai Lama</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Live interactive workshops and musical performances<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">More than ever, the world needs each of us to tap into the innate love, compassion, and joy that the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu remind us are at the core of our beings.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">Come for one session or all and join the celebration and exploration.<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">You can <a href="https://nr357.isrefer.com/go/JOYOPT/TinyB/" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">sign up for free here</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; margin-top: 1.5rem;">I hope you enjoy this joy-filled event!</p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-53273049251423445472022-09-26T20:12:00.002-07:002022-09-26T20:12:28.848-07:00In solidarity with our Jewish Friends @ Rosh Hashanah <p> In the New Year: </p><p><br /></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p>May we hold lovingly in our thoughts</p><p>those who suffer from tyranny, subjection, cruelty, and injustice,</p><p>and work every day toward the alleviation of their suffering.</p><p><br /></p><p>May we recognize our solidarity</p><p>with the stranger, outcast, downtrodden, abused, and deprived,</p><p>that no human being be treated as "other,"</p><p>that our common humanity weaves us together</p><p>in one fabric of mutuality,</p><p>one garment of destiny.</p><p><br /></p><p>May we pursue the Biblical prophet's vision of peace,</p><p>that we might live harmoniously with each other</p><p>and side by side,</p><p>respecting differences,</p><p>cherishing diversity,</p><p>with no one exploiting the weak,</p><p>each living without fear of the other,</p><p>each revering Divinity in every human soul.</p><p><br /></p><p>May we struggle against institutional injustice,</p><p>free those from oppression and contempt,</p><p>act with purity of heart and mind,</p><p>despising none, defrauding none, hating none,</p><p>cherishing all, honoring every child of God, every creature of the earth.</p><p><br /></p><p>May the Jewish people, the state of Israel, and all peoples</p><p>know peace in this New Year,</p><p>and may we nurture kindness and love everywhere.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>From: https://reformjudaism.org/beliefs-practices/prayers-blessings/prayer-jewish-new-year</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-91608877752881623492022-07-09T15:42:00.003-07:002022-07-09T15:42:30.484-07:00For our Muslim friends:<p> Eid al-Adha Wishes</p><p><br /></p><p>Eid Mubarak! Wishing you a joyous and blessed Eid al-Adha with lots laughter and good health!</p><p><br /></p><p>Wishing you a very happy Eid al-Adha. May the divine blessings of Allah bring you hope, faith, and joy on Eid-Ul-Adha and forever.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eid Ul Adha Mubarak! I pray that Allah showers you with peace and prosperity in this life and in the afterlife.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wishing you and your family a wonderful and blessed Eid al-Adha.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wishing you and your family peace, harmony, happiness, good health and prosperity on Eid. Eid Mubarak to you and everyone at home.</p><p><br /></p><p>May you continue to grow wiser and more charming every day! Eid al-Adha Mubarak!</p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-79066694997446669772022-06-28T14:10:00.000-07:002022-06-28T14:10:11.406-07:00A Tale of Two Travelers<p> “A Tale of Two Travelers"</p><p>A traveler in an ancient time arrived at the gate of a city and found a gatekeeper sitting at its foot. “What’s it like in this city?” the sojourner asked.</p><p>“What was it like where you came from?” returned the gatekeeper.</p><p>“It was a horrible place,” the traveler replied. “There were no jobs, everyone was fighting with each other, and the streets were a mess.”</p><p>“Well, that’s pretty much what you’ll find here,” the gatekeeper explained.</p><p>The visitor shook his head and continued on his way.</p><p>An hour later another traveler approached the city gate. “What’s it like in this city?” he asked the gatekeeper.</p><p>“What was it like where you came from?” returned the gatekeeper.</p><p>“Pretty nice, actually,” the traveler replied. “My work was rewarding, people helped each other where they could, and it was a decent place for kids to grow up.”</p><p>“Well, that’s pretty much what you’ll find here,” the gatekeeper explained.</p><p>The visitor thanked the gatekeeper and entered the city.</p><p><br /></p><p>The world you observe is not an absolute condition. It is a snapshot of your consciousness. If you want to change the world, begin by changing your vision of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Excerpt From <i>Enough Already</i> by Alan Cohen</p><p><br /></p><p>Toward eupan ~</p><p><br /></p><p>~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.</p><p><br /></p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-27317485587258894862022-02-18T08:46:00.002-08:002022-02-18T08:46:53.484-08:00Positive Peace<p>I'll be honest. </p><p>The past years, at least for me, it's been hard to believe that peace can prevail. </p><p>The categories of verbal strife that exist between persons, levels of discordant perspectives, and the egregious wealth disparities that exist make it difficult for me to believe we're getting better.</p><p>Blatant ignore-ance (ignoring) of ways to care for others with SARS-CoV-2 are truly hard for me to discern.</p><p>Noting that, I want to be a caretaker and advocate for peace - and a better world.</p><p>If you want to read more about actual metrics that mark issues of peace, let me refer you to the <a href="https://www.economicsandpeace.org/">Institute for Economic and Peace </a>- an agency I've been fortunate to work with as an Ambassador.</p><p>In the link I'll share they advocate for peace with these words:</p><p></p><blockquote><i>Peace is the prerequisite for the survival of humanity in the 21st
century. Without peace, it will not be possible to achieve the
levels of trust, cooperation and inclusiveness necessary to solve
these challenges, let alone empower international institutions
and organisations necessary to address them. In the past, peace
may have been the domain of the altruistic; but in the current
interconnected and highly mobile global society it is clearly in
everyone’s self-interest.</i></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PPR-2022-web-1.pdf" target="_blank">98 Page Positive Peace Report for 2022</a> !</p><p>Toward <i>eupan</i> ~</p><p>~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. </p><p></p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-15232929091472649982022-01-17T11:36:00.006-08:002022-01-17T11:36:55.201-08:00Tomorrow is today . . . now let us begin<p><br /></p><p><img alt="Martin Luther King Jr in the march from Selma to Montgomery" data-src="/-/media/images/plough/quarterly/2018/16springmlk/16kinginsights/16insightsembed4.jpg?la=en" src="https://www.plough.com/-/media/images/plough/quarterly/2018/16springmlk/16kinginsights/16insightsembed4.jpg?la=en" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; width: 580px;" /></p><p><span style="color: #aaaaaa; font-family: "Cora W01", verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11.56px;">Photograph by Matt Herron / AP Images</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Martin Luther King Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” speech at Riverside Church in New York City, April 4, 1967.</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p>The couple of lines I have bolded stood out to me personally today.</p><p><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"><b>"I sometimes marvel at those who ask me why<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">I am speaking against the war.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span>Could it be that they do not know<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></b><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;"><b>that the Good News was meant for all </b>men –<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span><span class="poemindentmore" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 60px;">for communist and capitalist,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span><span class="poemindentmore" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 60px;">for their children and ours,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span><span class="poemindentmore" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 60px;">for black and for white,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span><span class="poemindentmore" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 60px;">for revolutionary and conservative?<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span>Have they forgotten that my ministry is in obedience to the one<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">who loved his enemies so fully<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span><span class="poemindentmore" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 60px;">that he died for them?…</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"><b>We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span>for no document from human hands<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">can make these humans any less our brothers . . .</span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"><b>We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today.</b><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;">In this unfolding conundrum of life and history<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">there is such a thing as being too late….<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span>There is an invisible book of life that faithfully records<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">our vigilance or our neglect….</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"><b>Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></b><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;"><b>to the long and bitter – but beautiful – struggle for a new world.</b><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span>This is the calling of the sons of God,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">and our brothers wait eagerly for our response. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;">Shall we say the odds are too great? Shall we tell them<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">the struggle is too hard?<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span>Will our message be that the forces of American life<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">militate against their arrival as full men,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span><span class="poemindentmore" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 60px;">and we send our deepest regrets?<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span>Or will there be another message,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span class="poemindent" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 30px;">of longing, of hope, of solidarity with their yearnings,<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span><span class="poemindentmore" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 60px;">of commitment to their cause, whatever the cost?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="poemindentmore" style="box-sizing: inherit; padding-left: 60px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Minion W01", Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span class="smalltext" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Source: Martin Luther King Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” speech at Riverside Church in New York City, April 4, 1967.</span></p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-372250914944836572021-11-03T19:36:00.004-07:002021-11-03T19:36:26.695-07:00Peace & Flourishing<p>Working to get all things established for Private Practice out of Oregon - with ability to see clients in any U.S. State.</p><p>Quite a few things with Oregon State LLC we've established, (4U, LLC), taxable stuff, banking accounts, insurance, website(s) with domain based email.</p><p>Thus far: </p><p><a href="http://www.peaceandflourishing.com">www.peaceandflourishing.com</a> ("up" though new pics and graphic/logo in process)</p><p><a href="mailto:marty@peaceandflourishing.com">marty@peaceandflourishing.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~ marty</p>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-13725311240174833232021-10-22T12:55:00.010-07:002021-10-23T08:09:46.606-07:00Coming in 2022<div><p>A multi-state teletherapy practice with Marty Alan Michelson will exist.</p><div>Check back to this website on the 1st and 15th of each month for updates.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>Temporary gmail until Business Design & Website is complete: <a href="mailto:confidentialconsultation@gmail.com">confidentialconsultation@gmail.com</a> </div><div><br /></div><div>~ marty</div><div><br /></div></div>~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-19414615125254939552020-06-12T15:53:00.000-07:002020-06-12T15:53:02.473-07:00Obviously not accurate, and yet, has a measure of truth.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Obviously, we're *not* only in need of water and sun. We need sleep, companionship, mental stimulation and so much. And we're not houseplants!<br />
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And yet, I enjoy how this trivial sign is a reminder, too, that in some ways we really need few tangible things to have a good life. And, also, we do need to manage our complex emotions.<br />
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Emotions that include anger, fear, sadness, grief are difficult.<br />
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Let's do more to share water, sun and care & compassion, one to another.<br />
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-34712283615475232752020-06-09T10:36:00.002-07:002020-06-09T10:36:53.282-07:00We get better when we own our actions and apologize<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We can learn how to be better by studying the habits and practices of peace-able persons, peace-making communities, and by studying what has worked to achieve peace between and among persons, individuals and nations.</div>
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Cinnie Noble has written books and articles to help persons engage conflict toward reconciliation and peace. <a href="https://www.cinergycoaching.com/about-cinergy/cinnie-noble/" target="_blank">Cinnie Noble founded CINERGY® Coaching</a> and is former social worker and lawyer, Cinnie is a certified mediator (C.Med).<br />
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<a href="https://www.cinergycoaching.com/2020/06/apology-right-not-apology-lite/" target="_blank">At her blog today</a> she shared more than the abbreviated version I'll include below - as you are encouraged to read her presentation fully at <a href="https://www.cinergycoaching.com/" target="_blank">her site</a>.<br />
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<i></i><i>The reality is people on the receiving end are not always ready for an apology – we might still be processing our hurt about what was said or done; we might not be otherwise ready to move on; we might consider the behaviour exhibited as unforgivable. Some have heard too many apologies from the other person for the same behaviours, and feel trust has broken down irreparably.</i> . . . <i>The following set of questions invites you to consider an apology you want to make for something you said or did, and also, one in which another person made an apology to you for something they said or did – but you have not accepted it.</i></blockquote>
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<li><i>What is the conflict about – the one for which you want to express an apology? What do you want to apologize for?</i></li>
<li><i>If you were to try out the apology (just in our conversation here as a practice) what would you say to make it ‘right’?</i></li>
<li><i>How might that apology as you expressed it be received by the other person (your answer to the above question)? If you don’t think the apology, as described in the previous question, would be well received what else might you say that might be?</i></li>
<li><i>What actions or words will you use – or not use going forward – that will reflect the sincerity of your apology – something or some things you will change so you won’t contribute to a repeat of the same sort of interaction?</i></li>
<li><i>What dynamic between you and the other person in this scenario make the change(s) you plan challenging? How might you overcome the challenge(s)?</i></li>
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Toward <i>eupan</i> ~<br />
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marty alan michelson, ph.d. </div>
~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-56376151459650567962020-06-08T09:03:00.003-07:002020-06-08T09:03:54.207-07:00Can a Virus Push us to become Better?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The impact of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 are intriguing at many levels.<br />
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It will be interesting to discern the future impact of this pandemic.<br />
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It has reshaped the world.<br />
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A few intriguing studies in the news today include:<br />
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Some personality types are less likely to cohere to social distancing/social care. <a href="https://www.psypost.org/2020/06/psychopathic-traits-linked-to-non-compliance-with-social-distancing-guidelines-amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-56980" target="_blank">Individuals can negatively impact the future of societies.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/04/coronavirus-crisis-collapse-fossil-fuels-demand" target="_blank">Fossil Fuels may never recover from the impacts.</a> (Personally, I think fossil fuels will persist for many decades, simply based on the number of "end-user" needs in the forms of current vehicles on the road.)<br /><br />A single nation, acting with social/government intentional impact, while impacted by SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated they can "conquer" it. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/new-zealand-coronavirus-level-one-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank">Good Job New Zealand. </a><br /><br />And, it's evident that when people acted with some intention in shut-downs and social-distancing - lives were spared from COVID-19. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/08/coronavirus-live-updates-us/" target="_blank">Social care and social action can make the world safer, better.</a></div>
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We can be better.<br />
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We need more social advocacy and shared commitment to one another - to the health and wholeness of all persons.<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.<br />
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-85828559329567935062020-06-05T10:50:00.001-07:002020-06-05T10:50:19.025-07:00Communication, Clarity and Data should inform our Social Transformation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am sharing a comprehensive website about a social change advocacy program with metrics and data about police issues, police policy, and public political policy with safety issues.<br />
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Because the website and the data are new to me in recent days, I reserve the right to not agree with nor advocate for *every* *individual* issue.<br />
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The content data within the site, as well as the quality of graphics/handouts, and the presentation of relevant data is important to our public conversation.<br />
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<b data-preserve-html-node="true" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: brandon-grotesque; margin-top: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center;">We can live in a world where the police don't kill people </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: brandon-grotesque; text-align: -webkit-center;">by limiting police </span><b data-preserve-html-node="true" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: brandon-grotesque; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span data-preserve-html-node="true" style="color: #2e7fc8; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">interventions</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: brandon-grotesque; text-align: -webkit-center;">, improving community </span><b data-preserve-html-node="true" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: brandon-grotesque; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span data-preserve-html-node="true" style="color: #fca770; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">interactions</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: brandon-grotesque; text-align: -webkit-center;">, and ensuring </span><b data-preserve-html-node="true" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: brandon-grotesque; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center;"><span data-preserve-html-node="true" style="color: #93c47d; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">accountability</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1c1c; font-family: brandon-grotesque; text-align: -webkit-center;">.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">comprehensive package</strong> of urgent policy solutions - informed by data, research and human rights principles - can change the way police serve our communities.</span></blockquote>
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More at <a href="https://www.joincampaignzero.org/">https://www.joincampaignzero.org/</a></blockquote>
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A four-page PDF, with data and their suggested policy changes is <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55ad38b1e4b0185f0285195f/t/5ed2961e7f741f7a2f1bc708/1590859294859/CampaignZero+Policing.pdf" target="_blank">at this link</a>.<br />
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We can be better.<br />
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We can act better.<br />
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We are imperfect.<br />
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Political and social change are needed to insure all persons are cared for and protected. <br />
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Stronger social cohesion within more loving & caring communities is possible.<br />
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Toward <i>eupan</i> ~<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.<br />
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-22187529153013126252020-05-29T22:21:00.000-07:002020-05-29T22:21:16.837-07:00Pure Objectivity is impossible . . . and yet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Detached and disconnected objectivity is impossible.<br />
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We are each shaped by personal, social, family, cultural, contextual, educational, experiential and genetic issues.<br />
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And yet, it seems likely to me that "to any outside observer" - persons from outside America looking at America - must objectively ponder how "great" we are as a nation and/or how realistic is the claim of "the American Dream."<br />
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Viewed from outside America, it is likely that an objective outside observer would think that America is deeply divided, politically unstable, failing to care for the poor, not nurturing the sick, and fraught with true dis-ease and disease with respect to how immigrants and people of colour are (dis)respected and (mis)treated.<br />
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It's impossible for outsiders to know what America is really like.<br />
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Even if the killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, or the racial profiling of a bird watcher peacefully enjoying the park does lead to systemic change for America - these men still should *not* have been killed.<br />
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I know, my view is subjective and fraught with complexity. And yet . . .<br />
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To my view, America is deeply divided, politically unstable, failing to care for the poor, not nurturing the sick and fraught with true dis-ease with respect to how immigrants and people of colour are disrespected and mistreated.<br />
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Toward <i>eupan</i> ~<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.</div>
~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-32700970386134587322020-05-02T19:39:00.004-07:002020-05-02T19:39:42.933-07:00"The rich get richer . . . "<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;"><i>The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the State is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism.</i></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;">How and why Rich people are rich and Poor people are poor is complex in various ways. And yet, it is true for many who are poor that they do not get the "simple uplift" they need in a month, or a few months - or at crucial junctures that give them the extra dollars they need to "start" on the path to greater financial independence or success.</span></span></div>
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<i>"The reason that the rich were so rich, [Captain Samuel] Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money." </i></blockquote>
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<i>"Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was . . . on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles." </i></blockquote>
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<i>"But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet." </i></blockquote>
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<i>"This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness."</i></blockquote>
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Let's work toward a world where all persons are rich enough for good shoes, healthy food, safe shelter, health-care needs and caring neighborhoods.<br />
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Toward <i>eupan</i> ~<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. </span></span></div>
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-1856992906246106512020-04-30T10:21:00.000-07:002020-04-30T10:21:21.380-07:00Influence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is hard to "change" a person.<br />
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Ultimately, each person has to choose to change themselves.<br />
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Though - we can have influence.<br />
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The word influence derives from the latin:<br />
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<i>in</i> - into</div>
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<i>fluere</i> - to flow</div>
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Water that cascades over rock, with enough time, will "influence" a change in the rock - making rough edges smooth or carving a channel for the water's journey downstream.<br />
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My hope is that we will each learn better ways to "flow into" the lives of others - setting up patterns of behavior and habits that influence each of us to be more caring, loving and compassionate with all of Creation.<br />
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My hope is that we will have influence to help persons change themselves in ways that better reflect solidarity, kindness and mutual care for all living things.<br />
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Toward eupan ~<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.<br />
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-10675414272989688262020-04-27T10:09:00.000-07:002020-04-27T10:09:03.003-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The etymology of the world <b>companion</b> derives from two latin words: <br />
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<i>panis</i> - bread</div>
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Companions are those who eat bread together - in the journey of life along the road - or in the quiet of one's tent, apartment, condominium or home.<br />
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May we learn better how to share our bread one with another as we develop companions in life's journey.<br />
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May we become better companions.<br />
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Toward <i>eupan</i> ~<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.</div>
~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-76203380620611727452020-04-25T06:04:00.000-07:002020-04-25T06:04:16.258-07:00What will this Great Disruption create<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are all discerning SARS-CoV-2 differently.<br />
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It seems "those" who "previously" leaned into dystopian futures and apocalyptic fear are reading this Great Disruption as fulfillment of their concerns.<br />
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Alongside that, those who hope for changes in a better situation for the world with Climate Change and care of one another and care of Creation are positing that this Great Disruption might be a "tipping point" that helps us toward a better future.<br />
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I'll cast my "vote" for the hope that in this Great Disruption we'll "see ourselves" better as agents of mutual care in the world.<br />
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I hope we'll discern our interconnection and our need to care for one another - no matter our creed, skin colour.<br />
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I hope we'll make a more equitable and caring and compassionate world with greater dignity for every job/occupation and for all children, for anyone aged, for widows, orphans, immigrants and those who are (or feel) far off.<br />
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I do hope.<br />
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I do hope this disruption will resort and resettle us to be better - with a better world for all.<br />
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We can work for this reality.<br />
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We can shape the future. <br />
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We can make a difference.<br />
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Toward <i>eupan</i> ~<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.<br />
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-75122951651967475922020-04-23T17:58:00.000-07:002020-04-23T17:58:04.063-07:00The Great Disruption<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's impossible to predict the future.<br />
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This has always been true.<br />
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It feels yet more true in light of SARS-CoV-2.<br />
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And yet, I wonder if we'll potentially come to know this as <i><b>The Great Disruption</b></i>. It is that, even if we don't apply the label.<br />
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"Everything" is shifting for us - I think more than we know. In transportation, education, energy, medicine, housing, employment, uses of technology and more. <br />
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It's also such an urgently difficult time for many. I know several personal friends and professional colleagues and family members who have lost jobs, been displaced, been locked down - and a few will never get their jobs back. A few may lose homes - become forced to move - becoming exiles in future weeks.<br />
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This single article was quite impactful to me, of too many articles/blogs I'm discerning: <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/this-is-hard-for-everyone-its-even-harder-for-parents-who-dont-make-much-money/">"This Is Hard For Everyone. It’s Even Harder For Parents Who Don’t Make Much Money. By Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux." </a><br />
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I hope we find our way forward in caring ways. This is hard for everyone.<br />
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It's harder for some. And, even as we are each impacted, some of us must "do more" to help others and to prepare for a better future.<br />
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Toward <i>eupan</i> ~<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.<br />
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-44752446862763630342020-04-18T05:59:00.004-07:002020-04-18T05:59:49.786-07:00Will we do better? Jennifer Browdy excerpt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Excerpted from <a href="https://bethechange2012.com/2020/04/18/21-questions-for-2020-15/">Jennifer Browdy Blog:</a><br />
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<i>Will humans seize the potential of this corona-induced “time-out” to move towards “conscious evolution”?</i></h4>
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<i>For some time I’ve been writing with grief and shame about the way humans, particularly my Euro-descended people, have been battering our beautiful Earth. I have been not only a bystander to the violence, but complicit as well—burning fossil fuels, consuming food and products produced in violence. </i></div>
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<i>I sit in judgment on myself, and shame myself for all the ways I have not done enough to stand up to the prevailing culture, every single day. </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><i>Past episodes of climate disruption on Earth have been caused suddenly by seemingly external, random events—a meteor hitting the Earth, a volcano erupting. </i></span></div>
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<i>Human-induced climate change, accompanied by deforestation, the acidification of the oceans and the rapid decline of all species on Earth, is not happening overnight, but it is happening very quickly in geologic time. As Mother Earth seeks to reestablish her steady state, optimum for bringing forth and nourishing life, those who can’t adapt to current conditions will have to give way to those who can, just as the Dinosaurs long ago succumbed and made way for the Mammals. </i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><i>It’s hard to say right now what the longterm effects of the pandemic will be. Will we become ever more fearful, technologized and controlling? Or will we seize the opening of this worldwide “time-out” to begin to envision and create a harmonious, non-violent relationship with our Mother Earth?</i></span></div>
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<i>In 2020 we can’t use the excuse that we don’t know how to improve conditions for current life forms on Earth, humans included. </i></div>
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<i>We know how to limit population; how to create regenerative agriculture; how to deploy renewable energy; how to develop social systems that maximize and reward the creation of quality of life for the majority. We are so smart. We know how to do this.</i></div>
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<i>In 2020, there is no more time to waste. The urgency is real and present. If those alive don’t get into a right relationship with Mother Earth, she will do it for us—without rancor, without shame or blame, but with the efficiency borne of millions of years of ceaseless rebalancing. </i></div>
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<i>This may be the first time in history that a species has had the luxury of a brief window of time to actively adjust in order to change course and avoid a lemming-like dive over the cliff. </i></div>
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<i>We have the possibility of “conscious evolution,” now. </i></div>
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<i>Will we take it? </i></div>
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-46533449082896497182020-03-27T06:15:00.000-07:002020-03-27T06:15:11.887-07:00Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="GramE"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">by</span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Wendell Berry</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Love the quick profit, the annual raise,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">vacation</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> with pay. Want more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">of</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> everything ready-made. Be afraid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">to</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> know your neighbors and to die.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">And you will have a window in your head.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Not even your future will be a mystery<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">any</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> more. Your mind will be punched in a card<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">and</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> shut away in a little drawer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">When they want you to buy something<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">they</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> will call you. When they want you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">to</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> die for profit they will let you know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">So, friends, every day do something<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">that</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> won’t compute. Love the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Love the world. Work for nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Take all that you have and be poor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Love someone who does not deserve it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Denounce the government and embrace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">the</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> flag. Hope to live in that free<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">republic</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> for which it stands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Give your approval to all you cannot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">understand</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">. Praise ignorance, for what man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">has</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> not encountered he has not destroyed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ask the questions that have no answers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Say that your main crop is the forest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">that</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> you did not plant,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">that</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> you will not live to harvest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Say that the leaves are harvested<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">when</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> they have rotted into the mold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Call that profit. Prophesy such returns.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Put your faith in the two inches of humus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">that</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> will build under the trees<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">every</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> thousand years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Listen to carrion — put your ear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">close</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">, and hear the faint chattering<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">of</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> the songs that are to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Expect the end of the world. Laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">though</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> you have considered all the facts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">So long as women do not go cheap<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">for</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> power, please women more than men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ask yourself: Will this satisfy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">a</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> woman satisfied to bear a child?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Will this disturb the <span class="GramE">sleep</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">of</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> a woman near to giving birth?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Go with your love to the fields.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Lie easy in the shade. Rest your head<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">in</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> her lap. Swear allegiance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">to</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> what is <span class="SpellE">nighest</span> your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">As soon as the generals and the politicos<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">can</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> predict the motions of your mind,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">lose</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> it. Leave it as a sign<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">to</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> mark the false trail, the way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">you</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> didn’t go. Be like the fox<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">who</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> makes more tracks than necessary,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="GramE"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">some</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> in the wrong direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Practice resurrection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front”</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> <i>from</i> <span class="GramE">The</span> Country of Marriage, <i>Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc</i>. <i>1973. Also published by Counterpoint Press in</i> The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry,</span><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">1999; </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Mad Farmer Poems<i>, 2008; </i>New Collected Poems, <i>2012.</i></span></div>
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~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-54226271377937625882020-03-23T20:47:00.000-07:002020-03-23T20:47:13.209-07:00We do not have to live as if we are alone.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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From Wendell Berry's important speech, <a href="http://spiritoftheland.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/It-All-Turns-On-Affection-Wendell-Berry.pdf">"It All Turns on Affection"</a></div>
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<i>[Millions of people] have entered into the trial of displacement and scattering that we try to dignify as "mobility."</i> </blockquote>
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<i>Even so, land and people have suffered together, as invariably they must. Under the<br />rule of industrial economics, the land, our country, has been pillaged for the enrichment,<br />supposedly, of those humans who have claimed the right to own or exploit it without limit. Of the land-community much has been consumed, much has been wasted, almost nothing has flourished.</i> </blockquote>
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<i>But this has not been inevitable. We do not have to live as if we are alone.</i></blockquote>
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Toward <i>eupan </i>~<br />
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~ marty alan michelson, ph.d. </div>
~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527902957118026999.post-88920086408483292522020-03-23T15:02:00.000-07:002020-03-23T15:02:22.294-07:00Humans Spread the Virus - Make Good Choices.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">SARS-CoV-2 requires a host in order to spread.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Humans spread the virus.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There is no cure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Hospitals only treat the human bodies response to the virus. We have no idea how the virus will impact bodies that carry the virus in 2 months, 2 years or 20 years. Perhaps, like Measle/Mumps, "once you have it, you won't get it again as your body has antibodies," and yet, we don't know this!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Be smart in every possible way available to you. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Avoid any non-necessary human interaction. [Clearly, you will live with those in your dorm/apartment/house.] </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The only way to be vigilant is to assume that the good, kind, well-meaning and loving humans that you know carry the virus and should be treated with respectful distance until humanity "figures this out" - if we figure it out! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Humans carry the virus. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Humans spread the virus.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">There is no cure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Toward <i>eupan</i> ~</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #14171a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.</span></span></div>
~ Marty Alan Michelson, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13099064657947931033noreply@blogger.com0