Art And Nature

God saw the need for beauty and created no two birds alike, no two flowers the same color, no two blades of grass identical. And so God created us, no two alike. Imagine, if you can, a world devoid of art. Creating, collecting, and admiring art is as old as humankind. We are intrigued by ancient drawings in caves and ornamentation found in buried cities. This is what artists do. They may or may not be conscious of God's creation, but they are aware of their need to try to capture the realities of life. Creation is a manifestation of God's passion to share himself. Artists can hold nature only for a fleeting moment, but they try to freeze that moment to evoke a reaction in the viewer. The response to God's role as the creator is a vital response by the artist. What artists put into works of art is fixed; what we put into our response to God as artists of our souls is an alive work of art.

Music

Music is in a way, a way to communicate, if only with yourself. It can make your spirits rise when you are down, take you to your best memories, or remind you of a person, place or thing. For me music is good for the soul.

The most beautiful things in the world are not seen nor touched. They are felt with the heart. —Helen Keller

Thoughts/Emotions

A person who holds a true belief will consider any opposing evidence, and will gladly allow their beliefs to stand trial. A person who holds a true belief does not want anything but the truth. Thoughts Our mental / psychic energy [time/space manifesting physical actions] allows us to focus our thoughts / concentration, focus the creative energy [aether] of the universe and direct it toward certain goals. Emotions Our emotions give us intensity, give us "power" and thus facilitate the focus of our thoughts and send signals and energy into the universe in a corresponding fashion. Our emotions charge our focus with energy, that energy then attracts corresponding energy from the universe and augments the creative process. So in a sense, whatever we are emotionally intense about will essentially create the subject of our focus that created the emotional intensity. This can be a wonderful thing, or a very terrible thing.

Wonderful Day

As i was sitting outside under a tree on this warm beautiful day, a slight breeze was whispering against my face. The leaves coming from the trees every now and then, i did not brush them off as they occasionally fell on me. It was so quiet, so peaceful, as always my mind wonders off. The "I Wonders" came flooding in. Some of the trees loosing more leaves faster than others. Some had more yellow leaves along with the still vibrant green ones. Nature knows what it's doing, leaving me wondering. I look up between a gap in the tree to look at the sky, into infinity and the "I Wonders" there. As the breeze picks up a bit and the leaves swirl for a moment, i remember when i could open the double gate at the side of the yard and let the leaves blow into the next lot, never having to rake them. Now a house is there with a fence although not close neighbors, still not allowing me to be lazy with the raking of leaves. As my mind wonders, i am thinking already of spring, when i can add more plants and maybe a couple of new trees, its a good thing we cross fenced this property or it could turn into a Forrest that would be more than i could take care of. Just as i am nodding off feeling the warmth of this day going deep into my bones i resist the temptation and get up, brush off the leaves and "Say To My Self, What A Wonderful Day"

Brain/Mind

There is much debate about the brain/mind. Some say it is the brain that is like a computer, and the mind is the software. Others say there is no connection at all, or that they work in conjunction with one another "feeding" of one another. This debate amongst scientist still goes on, and so does my curiosity.

Sign of the times

I was thinking today as i sometimes do about my young years not long after our family moved to California. In summer before seventh grade i met my best friend. We were a crazy twosome. We would have sleepovers, mostly at her house and some of the things we did, like going out at night in the summer in our "oh so cool" baby doll pajamas and running around the neighborhood looking in peoples houses if there lights were on so we could see in and laugh until we would lose our breath. Pitching a tent out of sheets over a clothes line and sleeping, well not much sleeping, on warm summer nights, again running the neighborhood, until one night we got caught! One of the neighbors heard us laughing and we were busted. We had to promise to clean her house so she wouldn't tell our parents. I say that to say this, what we thought as "bad", in comparison to nowadays was never bad, just mischievous. The things that go on "in the night" now are horrifying. How times do change. Like my Grandmother, she thought Elvis was the most shameful, explicit thing she had ever seen on television. She would not watch him on the ED Sullivan show, he was next to pornographic as it got. Even on the Ed Sullivan show they would not show him from the waist down,,,,,Oh yes have times changed. What would Grandma think now? I don't thing the poor soul could take it. Just as i think of things that go on now are so unthinkable,,,,,,,,yes times will always change in this way, and we say as she said, how can things get any worse. Trust me they will!

Look

Take a breath of clean fresh air for tomorrow it may not be there Look at the stars as they shine bright for some may die during the night Look at the ocean clear and blue for it may change to another hue Look at life for what it's worth for you never know tomorrows birth Look at yourself from within for you may not be happy when you look in Look at up at God for answers you want for what he offers cannot be bought Rosemary

Conscious/Unconscious Mind

An iceberg can serve as a useful metaphor to understand the unconscious mind, its relationship to the conscious mind and how the two parts of our mind can better work together. As an iceberg floats in the water, the huge mass of it remains below the surface.Only a small percentage of the whole iceberg is visible above the surface. In this way, the iceberg is like the mind. The conscious mind is what we notice above the surface while the unconscious mind, the largest and most powerful part, remains unseen below the surface.In our metaphor the small amount of iceberg above the surface represents the conscious mind; the huge mass below the surface, the unconscious mind. The unconscious mind holds all awareness that is not presently in the conscious mind. All memories, feelings and thoughts that are out of conscious awareness are by definition 'unconscious.' It is also called the subconscious and is known as the dreaming mind or deep mind.

Empty Spot

I was surprised to find an empty spot deep with in my heart Know one can fill it as it will be there until i depart It is not a cold one but warm with thoughts of mine So i should not complain for after all my heart is not broken just a little out of time. I did not expect this empty spot to appear It just came upon me but not with any fear This empty spot has a name for which i will keep still For no one can fill it no they never will I will keep this to myself and for no one needs to know It wouldn't help to share it where's it going to go So i will live with this empty spot and never complain It was filled with something good and that shall forever remain Rosemary I used to write poetry when i was in junior high school. I think it must have been just a way to get out my thoughts. Amateurish as it was and still is i would write them then later throw them in the trash. I hadn't written anything in years until i started making my own greeting cards. I felt my own words were more personal and fit the person i gave them to. Now i have this place to write them as they are my thoughts, just in a different format.

"It is not enough to have knowledge, one must also apply it. It is not enough to have wishes, one must also accomplish."

Verbalization

When a person is unable to communicate because they are suffering from an injury or disorder that makes speech impossible you can understand there frustration not being able to verbalize what they are thinking, but only sit in silence. Others that can very well verbalize what they thinking and feeling do not do so or maybe just "choose" not to. When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, maybe it's best to let him run. Rethinking: Maybe my expectations are unreasonable. Because i verbalize easily i cannot expect others to do the same! My deep caring, whys and "I wonders" and insecurity's make me unreasonable? Yes i think it's just "ME"

Thoughts

When you think about a pleasant event that took place in the past, your thoughts will turn positive and your emotions and images will reinforce each other. Thoughts like these can be further reinforced with emotions and images. The quality of our thoughts decides the quality of the outcomes we land up with. Thoughts have the power to materialize themselves because they are instrumental in channeling energy towards the physical or mental condition they are about. Do not get perturbed by your thoughts. Don't condemn or justify them. Don't try to control them. You may even get carried away by your thoughts. Have you ever thought about the fact that there is never a moment when you are not thinking that whatever happens in this world begins with a thought? So what you call as thought is just a certain reverberation which is happening all the time. Whatever the content of your garbage bin, that is the kind of thought that is going on. Don’t try to improve the quality of thought, you cannot. If you turn it off and turn it on... if it becomes a conscious process, then you would naturally choose what you want to think.

Once we accept the goodness of the universe,we naturally want to share it,realizing that as we give out of our energy,we make space for more to flow into us.

Feeling

Feeling is largely thought to be a mapping of a particular body state by the mind in which a mental image (map) is formed. Thus, feeling, in essence, is an idea. In turn, that idea resides within the person. This "mapping" of the body is composed of sensory feelings, called affects that are directly evoked by specific inputs from the internal self and/or external environment. They include such evaluative experiences as hunger, thirst, pain, and sweetness. Feelings are not neutral, but rather hedonic in that they are either positive or negative, such as pleasantness or unpleasantness. Unlike emotions, such as pride or anger, they occur in the absence of any complex cognitive processes.

A Question Answered

I have noticed for some time that the desert i came to live in has changed tremendously. When i first started coming here while building our house the sky was vibrant with blue, the whitest of clouds, the clean fresh air. As the years have gone by it is evident that those things are not as first perceived. I know the influx of people, building of many houses and shopping centers and manufacturing has taken it's toll, more cars, buses and trucks have taken away from what was. Knowing these things i presumed that was the reason for the changes. One thing i did not know was in the local newspaper yesterday, another lesson in "things you don't know" category. According to Lynne Fenstermaker, a scientist at the Desert Research Institute in Nevada, the Mojave Desert is absorbing more carbon dioxide than once thought. I didn't know it ever had! The Mojave Desert can absorb as much carbon dioxide as a temperate forest. Deserts make up more than 30 percent of the Earth's land surface. If all deserts were as absorbing as much as the Mojave, "then the amount of carbon dioxide taken up each year would match the amount emitted to the atmosphere globally through burning of fossil fuels". Carbon dioxide is absorbed both by plants and micro-organisms in the top layer of the soil. This "macrobiotic crust" contains lichens, mosses, and blue green algae. All of these do some type of photosynthesis, which turns carbon dioxide into sugar, which they can use for food. You wouldn't think the sparse vegetation on the desert would be able to take up so much carbon dioxide, but in an El Nino year, where the deserts get a large amount of rainfall, the population of annuals can be quite high. therefore the more plants the more carbon dioxide they inhale. That answered my "I wonder" question. We now have less vegetation because of the tremendous growth and the clearing off of the land. The only thing that you cannot move off of your property is the Joshua Trees, unless you have a permit and move it to another place to be planted, and there are always those that find a way around that. No more vibrant blue Sky's, the cleanest of air. It is still way better than most places, but through the pictures i have of now and then it is an obvious difference.

Goodbye Summer

Although fall can be beautiful with its changing colors and the brisk smells, to me it is the start of cold weather, bare trees, wearing heavier clothing and don't get me started on the time change. The begenning of fall isn't so bad, but it is just a prelude to raking leaves, wrapping pipes and bringing in plants that can't take extreme weather. It seems such a long time until Spring returns. Im going to miss the balmy evenings, as i sit beside the fireplace in exchange. This is not to mention the fresh fruits and vegtables i enjoy emensley.

Learning Nature

For thousands of years humans have been learning the surrounding nature. Centuries ago, when people were completely dependent on natural phenomena, they used to know them better. Mainly these communities which lived on what they hunted or gathered had broad knowledge of nature. For example, American Indians from the Amazonian rainforest know hundreds of plant and animal species; each of them is given a separate name, they know where it can be found, and how it can be used in practice. Until recently, these people have lived like they used to live hundreds of year ago - without the knowledge of the newest technology but with outstanding knowledge of nature.