……….instead of the Big Bang having been the primary energy force initiating the creation of the cosmos, it may have been the Big Twang!

 

By David Eaton

The Greek concepts of the “harmony of the spheres” and the “harmony of the world” played heavily in to the idea of the interconnectedness of the cosmos. Aristotle asserted: "These are the effects of music: It awakes the remote counsel, brings closer the stray thought, and strengthens the tired mind. Music, therefore, causes the return (to the soul) of that which was lost; it makes us pay attention to that which was neglected, and that which is turbid becomes clear. He how has been exposed to this beneficial influence participates in every counsel and opinion, and finds the right one without error. He will fulfill his promise without delay."

Tibetan culture espoused the OM as the primal energy force. Lama Anagarika Govinda instructs: "Tibetan ritual music is not concerned with the emotions of temporal individuality, but with the ever-present, timeless qualities of universal life, in which our personal joys and sorrows do not exist. To bring us in touch with this realm is the purpose of meditation as well as of Tibetan ritual music, which is built upon the deepest vibrations that an instrument or a human voice can produce: sounds that seem to come from the womb of the earth or from the depth of space like rolling thunder, the mantric sound of nature, which symbolizes the creative vibrations of the universe, the origin of all things."

(read the full post at: http://peacemusiccommunity.ning.com/forum/topics/listen-1 )

My Good Friend, Mike Yurechko saves a life……with CPR….

I have been working on our companies corporate Health and Safety Program and had been focusing on the section of Emergency Management. In the section for First Aid I was hesitant to write in the part where you do CPR as this is something that seemed to be a bit beyond the ken of the average employee. I had a discussion with our production VP about providing everyone CPR training but we were undecided; what with all the defribuwhatevers, airway breathers, checking for pulse (who’s qualified to do that?) and was it 30 breaths and 10 pumps or 5 breaths and 10 pumps, and where was that point, the sternum (?) and  all that stuff that goes with it. We were undecided and went back to our desks to continue hacking away at our particular jobs.

An hour later there is a rumble and commotion from the direction of the boss’s office. I looked down the hall and saw the Beast.

The “Beast” is that particular level of energy that happens to bystanders when someone is down  and no one is in charge or knows what to do. My boss saw my head leaning around the corner and jerks his thumb towards the problem and says, “Mike, get in there!”

I knew what he was thinking. “Hey, you’re the safety guy. Do something!!” I was thinking, “ Oh man, I’m the safety guy, I gotta do something.  Hope I don’t mess this up!!”

Sure enough, there was one of our associates, slouched in the chair making some serious gurgling sounds. About 6 people were running around his chair dabbing water on his lips, trying to elevate his feet, franticly looking for a way to make this situation stop happening and to get out of having to do something they were not prepared to do…………..

OK,

YOU, call 911.

YOU, make sure she does it.

YOU, run over to the fire house and get help.

NOW!

YOU, go with him.

Let’s get him on the floor

Is he responsive?

No.

Is he breathing?

No.

Do CPR

YOU, count with me.

Just before we started he gave what was clearly that last exhalation of the dying.

He died right in front of us.

Clear the airway

Tilt the head back

Breathe in his mouth

Dabble with his tongue and nose till you actually see the air filling his lungs

Pump 10 times

Breathe in his mouth

Don’t worry about the spit

Pump on his chest

Breathe in his mouth

Pump on his chest

Breathe in his mouth

Pump on his chest

(I really looked like I knew what I was doing because I made it a point to act like I knew what I was doing.)

(I would have paid good money to let someone else do it, but too late now)

Thank God, the firemen and EMT’s  that arrived about 10 minutes later and took over.  They jump started his heart and hauled him to the hospital.

That was yesterday. This morning he called from the hospital to thank us for saving his life.

I told him that I own him now and commanded him to be happy and love his family and friends for as long as he can.

What I learned from the EMT’s  is that even after that dying gasp, his heart went into spasms and so his lungs stopped sucking air in and out.

Normally, a few minutes lack of oxygen confirms the sentence and you are truly dead. CPR is all about keeping oxygen flowing to the brain until help arrives so you become the victims lungs and heart muscle.

In retrospect I did a few things wrong. I didn’t tilt the head back enough,  5 breaths 25 pumps. Etc. It made little difference. We got oxygen in there and because of that this morning he is worried about having left his car parked here overnight.

He was lucky that  professional help was only minutes away. But he was also lucky that we were able to buy him those few precious minutes. What I learned is that the real challenge is in facing the “Beast”. The “Beast” not only feeds on fear, panic, and anxiety it is also makes you reluctant to take charge of someone’s well being or perhaps even their life because of the specter of failure.

Now here’s the point.

Confidence kills the Beast.

Fear and anxiety is the Beast and is always present in these situations, but Confidence kills the Beast and acting confident can be just as effective as feeling confident. It’s a little harder on you and perhaps less fun but it allows you to get the job done.

Well me and the production VP are sure about one thing now.

CPR Training is for everyone!

It makes the Heart Move.......

I remember having a very interesting and enlightening conversation with my youngest son when he was four years old. We were looking through one of those Aesop fables stories and I thought, “Hmm, I wonder what a four-year-old’s definition of love might be. So I said, what do you think love is?” And he looked at me with these beautiful black eyes and said, “Love is what makes the heart move’. I thought that answer was better than something I could come up with, and I said, “So why is love something that makes your heart move?” And he said, “I love you, Omma, and I want to hug you and I want to kiss you and I want to be with you. And my heart moves me to just want to be with you.” I thought, what an incredibly beautiful answer.......... Injin

Love of Truth

"The important thing is not all the complicated problems of the world, but finding the self that is not divided and does not struggle." Oriental Wisdom

 

Simply love and enjoy the small things. True love is not something pushed out of us by our will. It is not manifest in struggle. True love is "honestly" sharing the present moment together. It is being empty and there for one another with no presumptions and expectations. We find our original track, the happiness (happen-ness) we knew at the beginning of our life, before all these false things derailed us. The search for truth and love is so essential to finding our original "grove" - called Happiness. We find that the search for Love and Truth is really the search for "one" thing. Love & Truth are different sides of the same coin. We say God is Love & God is Truth. All things (reflecting their creating cause) have a vibrational/non-thing/emotional side and a solid/thing/reasonable side. The color red, has an understandable ratio of vibration and at the same time evokes an emotional response. Here lies the importance of "relationship" in the Love of Truth. When ever & where ever Love and Truth are, Love is latent in Truth and Truth is latent in (true) Love. As we discover in this study, the quest for Truth & Love is completed where God is protected as treasure deep in the heart of the relationship between a Man and a Woman.

Our original mind is the "best" teacher, better than me, better than parents, better that even the Father.  Let that original mind, seated at the pinnacle of conscience be our eternal guide.

The Whole Truth

"Good for Nothings" moralize & judge others. Don't they know, the truth is already in all of us. We need to bring it out. Remind each other. Assist each other in our re-ordering.  Shattered hearts haphazardly assemble their affections and struggle in the contradictions of that overlaying mosaic.

So I thought..... What is the most amazing thing? Is it the Tag Mahal, or the structure of a snowflake?

 

Is it a meadow in the mountains at sunset, or geese one with their mates, crossing the sunrise.

 

Or is it a new born child's eye.

I have been a searcher, dreamed amazing dreams and had beautiful visions. I walked in the spirit world............................ but I have never been as fulfilled, mystified and close to heaven as my first look in my child's eyes.  From where did this miracle arrive?

I see.... then as he said, the most sacred thing must be the relationship of a man and woman.  The Holy Palace, where they meet, is the wellspring of New Eternal Lives.  Forgive me, I should have know from the beginning. The tapestry of my affections were confused and contradicted that deepest True Love.

But now it's clear...