By request

Hilda Charlton (1906 – 1988)

By request. Her teachings incorporated the fundamental principles of the world's religions. Foremost in her classes, she stressed the importance of a life of giving and forgiving, unconditional love, and remembrance of God -- wikipedia.

Gestalt psychology

A school of psychology and a theory of perception that emphasises the processing of entire patterns and configurations, and not merely individual components -- wikipedia.

contemplation: what is it that is aligned (with a higher power)?

Request: A long time student of Doc asked me this once when I came to him with a question.

US Social Security system

How well is it being run?

Ponzi scheme

Request: A form of fraud wherein earlier “investors” are paid out with money from later “investors”, despite no actual business being conducted or value being created. This scam relies on a steady supply of new victims and money to continue.

mantra: let all things be exactly as they are

Request: ACIM lesson 268, brings great peace and acceptance.

The Virtues Project

To make the timeless knowledge of the world’s great wisdom traditions accessible in our individual and collective lives -- virtuesproject.com.

Goodfellas (1990)

Request: Ray Liotta becomes a mobster and falls in love with the life of a gangster.

T/F: holding someone as lovable raises their level of consciousness

Priority request: Doc said this about the komodo dragon, he said it's cute and its bite is impressive and then said viewing it this way has an effect on its calibration. I wonder if that's true for people as well.

"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy"

Elon Musk on the Joe Rogan podcast.

toxic

“very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way” - Oxford dictionary. Request: Often used in the context of relationships, e.g. a ‘toxic relationship.’

Your Body Doesn't Lie, by John Diamond

A simple muscle test can tell you what stimuli can strengthen or weaken you--how your body responds to stress, posture, specific foods, emotions, and your entire social and physical environments -- goodreads.

integrity is keeping your word

"We can honour our word in one of two ways: first, by keeping our word, and on time as promised; or second, as soon as we know that we won’t keep our word, we inform all parties involved and clean up any mess that we’ve caused in their lives."

gardening

"active participation in the growing of plants, and tends to be labor-intensive" -- wikipedia.

jack of all trades

"a person who can do many different types of work" -- Google dictionary.