Why the Devil It Is Time For Change

"We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form." - William Ralph Inge ​

​The Chinese New Year begins on February 16th and ends March 2nd.  This year is the year of the Dog. Dogs are conscious beings with personalities and feelings, and like us, they not only live in the world but they are psychologically aware of it. Both dogs and humans have perceptions of the world that are uniquely their own.  Those unique perceptional abilities are also shared by pigs,  sheep and cows.  While we are all domesticated by societal norms, pigs, sheep and cows are bred into slavery and tortured.

Making Positive Changes Together

​The New Year has begun, and naturally you wonder if this year will be the year of change, particularly when it comes to your relationship with a special loved one.  It could be the loved one on your mind is your senior parent who is recovering from addiction and you don’t know quite what to do.  Click here for Teresa Greenhill's advice about how to make positive changes with your recovering addict, senior parent. 
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Change Is A Mindful Thought  

I changed my world with a single thought 
by changing my mind I have done what I ought
finally I have found the treasure I sought
now my life won't come to nought

that takes me back to your next thought
will you do the things you ought
you might find the treasure you sought
then your life like mine won't come to nought

lets change the world with that single thought
by changing our minds we can do what we ought
then we would live in a world we sought
and our planet won't come to nought

Written at Woodord Folk Festival 2007
​by Michael - The Living Poet

Stare Into The Lights My Pretties explores the meaning behind human driven technological change by questioning the impact it is having on our world lens

 “We are in the midst of a crazy longevity revolution,” said Gerontologist Ken Dychtwald.  “The number one fear about longevity is losing one’s mind, and for good reason,” 
More than 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and despite decades of clinical trials, pharmaceutical companies are still far from finding a cure.
That’s in large part because scientists say they still have a poor understanding of how the brain works.  The technology sector is responding by committing large sums of money to try to change that.
Modern technology is changing our brains says neuroscientist, Professor Susan Greenfield
"the brain is not the unchanging organ that we might imagine. It not only goes on developing, changing and ... deteriorating with age, it is also substantially shaped by what we do to it and by the experience of daily life...  [Technology]  will affect our brains over the next 100 years in ways we might never have imagined.

In 2014, Mashable blogged that social media and the Internet shorten our attention spans, cause insomnia and shorten impulse control.  The blog's author, Rebecca Hiscott, advised  us that digital media reduces our ability to read hard copy books and articles.  She suggests this can be particularly troubling for young people whose brains are more malleable"  and need concentration skills.

Daft Punk's Technologic as compiled by Bobtron (2008)