A blockable step against the descent into Hell A happy moment of my childhood was the movie “Song of the South”. When I saw master macrobiotic teacher Michio Kushi in Boston, he advised me to sing a happy song every day. That movie contains 1 of the best happy songs: ‘Zippety Doo Dah’–I advise everyone to go to YouTube to see and hear Uncle Remus singing it so wonderfully. … [Read more...]
The Thief
In high school, I was taught us the wonderful story by Guy de Maupassant ‘The Piece of String’ which is a really sad story of a man who was a social outcast to begin with but who simply picked up a piece of string on the street and was vilified his entire life for having stolen someone’s wallet that had been lost the same time as he picked up that piece of string. Even as he … [Read more...]
Covid treatments/insights: Omicron, etc
Lockdowns during early pandemic saved lives, but not a go-to strategy moving forward: study by University of Michigan 1/21/22 The U.S. pandemic lockdown in 2020 caused a $2.3 trillion economic downturn and split the nation politically, and now some European nations are locking down again as Omicron surges through the global population. But do these drastic … [Read more...]
Tai Chi and Yoga as Mind-Body Exercises by Kevin Nelson
For your physical and mental health! Exercise, stress, time required, motivation constraints can be easily overcome What is Tai Chi? Tai Chi is a healthy and graceful exercise that is almost a ballet. The origins of Tai Chi are found in Taoism. Tai chi combines physical exercises with meditation. It is considered to be one of the BEST mind-body (mindfulness) exercises, but … [Read more...]
Corona virus 3-15-20 First principles. Simplicity.
This post is available as a pdf, and original word file; Updated version - 1. First principles. Simplicity. This corona virus CoV2-19 is a RNA virus (as opposed ta DNA virus) that is brand new. Being an RNA virus is similar to hepatitis C and it is not a DNA virus. There are 200 viruses that can cause the common cold and several of these are corona viruses. That genetic … [Read more...]