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	<title>Mark Hamilton&#039;s Neothink Essence &#187; Loving the Arts</title>
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		<title>Timeless Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Moss</dc:creator>
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<p>Timeless Dreams<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1231" title="Timeless Dreams CD cover" src="http://www.neothinkessence.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Timeless-Dreams-CD-cover.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="450" /></p>
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		<title>No Greater Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Moss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do they enter your life, your heart, your very being, to slowly fade away? Why do we let them get so close, if they don&#8217;t intend to stay?   Was it their intent? Or just a passing phase. But once in my heart, they are never ,but, a thought away.   So, leave if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Why do they enter your life, your heart, your very being, to slowly fade away?</div>
<div>Why do we let them get so close, if they don&#8217;t intend to stay?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Was it their intent? Or just a passing phase.</div>
<div>But once in my heart, they are never ,but, a thought away.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>So, leave if you must, I won&#8217;t ask you to stay,</div>
<div>Just remember me fondly, as you go along your way.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>There are those who love deep, their friendship is strong, A diamond, a ruby, a sapphire, a pearl,</div>
<div>No greater gift Than a friend in this world!</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Faunie</div>
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		<title>THE VEIL</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Moss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Behind the veil Truth Awaits the explorer.   Where is the doorknob Of the Mind’s Eye For discoveries? Single eye sees Thru the veil—   Ah-ha So be it. Seemingly The truth peeks out.   Reality seeks. Mind’s Eye—the explorer Invites the truth Of its journey Through the veil.   Written November 18, 1990 by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">Behind the veil<br />
Truth<br />
Awaits the explorer.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Where is the doorknob<br />
Of the Mind’s Eye<br />
For discoveries?<br />
Single eye sees<br />
Thru the veil—</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Ah-ha<br />
So be it.<br />
Seemingly<br />
The truth peeks out.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">Reality seeks.<br />
Mind’s Eye—the explorer<br />
Invites the truth<br />
Of its journey<br />
Through the veil.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;"> </div>
<p style="text-align: center;">Written November 18, 1990</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">by JoAnn</p>
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		<title>Awareness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope Ince</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever had some one recognize qualities in yourself that you some how were unable to notice. May be it was a school teacher who noticed or a boss or even a mentor pointed out an admirable quality that they saw in you. When I entered high school at the age of thirteen, my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever had some one recognize qualities in yourself that you some how were unable to notice. May be it was a school teacher who noticed or a boss or even a mentor pointed out an admirable quality that they saw in you.<br />
When I entered high school at the age of thirteen, my English teacher who was also my drama teacher announced that she had written a play for us, entitled “parts of speech”.  Having been involved in plays at elementary school level I wondered just what it would be like to be in a play at the high school level. As these thoughts crossed my mind I decided to sign up for the play hoping to get signed on as the person who draws the curtains and do other prep work. That way I could look on at the others and perhaps learn what would be expected of me.<br />
Imagine my surprise when my English teacher decided to pick me to be the “verb” in this play. My teacher, being the writer and producer of the play knew exactly how she wanted each part performed. In my thinking I assumed that because a verb shows action, I felt that perhaps I would have to jump up and down on stage or show some sort of similar action.<br />
Nothing could have prepared me for what my teacher had in mind. To my amazement I was told that the “<em>verb</em>” was to be portrayed as a “<em>flirt</em>”. I was <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">speechless</span></strong>!<br />
Immediately the word “<em>hooker</em>” flashed across my mind. It was a sight to see me on stage flirting from the distinguish looking “<em>pronoun</em>” to the person playing the part of the “<em>preposition</em>”, all the while trying to dismiss the word “<em>hooker”</em> from my mind.<br />
As hilarious as that scene was in high school, it made me realize that others<br />
often see qualities in us that we are not always aware of, and that these same distinctions help to mold and shape who we become. As I matured in life I was able develop on these acting skills when I went on to perform in more prominent productions, which is the lesson I believe my teacher was indicating to me in high school. This explains just how I felt after having read the multigenerational manuscript from the Neothink® society.</p>
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		<title>Can Music Sooth the Savage Spouse?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharpguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short time ago my wife got upset at something. I know this because I have been married for twenty plus years and we have gone through the emotional roller-coaster of marriage many times. She tends to speak very little and it has a harsh tone to it. I am sure that sounds familiar to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A short time ago my wife got upset at something. I know this because I have been married for twenty plus years and we have gone through the emotional roller-coaster of marriage many times. She tends to speak very little and it has a harsh tone to it. I am sure that sounds familiar to many of you.</p>
<p>I was driving around with my wife and it was pretty quiet in the car. Well it just so happened that I had a feel good music CD in my car that I like to play if I get stuck in a traffic jam. I simply turned that on and kept driving.</p>
<p>Within a few minutes I could feel her relax a little bit. We got out of the car at one spot on our errand run and the harsh tone was gone but she was still tense.</p>
<p>We drove back home and the music kept playing and you guessed it, she was happy by the time we pulled into the driveway.</p>
<p>So without a fight or any long term negativity, a few simple songs changed the energy in the car and my wife&#8217;s energy too. What an easy way to get over a little rift!</p>
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		<title>Comment to: Anna Moss, Regarding Lost Paradise, Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Undefeated Life</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The analogy is beautiful; it is always better to be a guide who can lead the way compassionately, and with wisdom.   The journey’s difficulty is the plum line measurement to our commitment to the journey itself.      As a child I ask, “Why is the journey so difficult?”, then a gentle breeze responds, “It [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-572" title="princess-and-pony" src="http://www.neothinkessence.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/princess-and-pony.jpg" alt="princess-and-pony" width="135" height="180" />The analogy is beautiful; it is always better to be a guide who can lead the way compassionately, and with wisdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span>The journey’s difficulty is the plum line measurement to our commitment to the journey itself. </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a child I ask, “Why is the journey so difficult?”, then a gentle breeze responds, “It is only through struggling to reach the heights yourself that you can look back from those heights and begin to soar over any obstacle you may encounter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Then, upon having reached the precipice, you can then take off and soar through the heavens becoming one with the heavens themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span>As you soar over the valley, you can view those other children on their way up the mountain and see clearly where they are in their struggle to reach the heights.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“From that viewpoint, you will know and understand exactly what type of help they need in the exact moment of their need; making real for them the conviction that they are not alone in their struggle to reach the heights. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is in this way, as you guide them that you are able to touch their hearts, encouraging them to continue because they realize that you have seen their individual need correctly and at the precise moment of their greatest need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Now they know that they are not alone as they struggle to attain the heights themselves. They are encouraged to continue on.”</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">     </span></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">P.S.,</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I believe the mountain pictured is <strong>Rennes-le-Chateau</strong>, located in the wine country of Southern France where the grapes of Skill are often sought, these grapes of Skill are called the <strong>Blue Apples</strong> and are the logo for the Holy Grail. They represent the secret of immortality. They are the ‘<a href="http://www.neothinkessence.com/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.bibliotecapleyades.net%252Fsumer_anunnaki%252Fesp_sumer_annunaki13.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000dd; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">blue stones</span></a>’, or the Druid ’serpent’s eggs’ that turn an ordinary person into a Shining One. </em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thank you, Anna</em></p>
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		<title>The Lost Paradise (part 2 of 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Midnight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 1  Part 2: So with that being said, I&#8217;ll tell you what the picture, Lost Paradise means to me. I said the picture is a journey. It starts at the mountain in the back ground. That separates us from the rest of the world. The mountain is a barrier between the outside world and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.neothinkessence.com/loving-the-arts/the-lost-paradise-part-1-of-2/" target="_blank">Part 1</a>  <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-539" title="lost-paradise" src="http://www.neothinkessence.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/lost-paradise.jpg" alt="lost-paradise" width="207" height="292" /></p>
<p>Part 2:</p>
<p>So with that being said, I&#8217;ll tell you what the picture, Lost Paradise means to me. I said the picture is a journey. It starts at the mountain in the back ground. That separates us from the rest of the world.<br />
The mountain is a barrier between the outside world and the civilization of the universe or the c of u. The mountain is just the beginning of the journey for most of us. It was the hardest thing to over come. You see you had to start your climb up the mountain from the other side where you were taught how to live your life and when and how to do the things others wanted you to do!<br />
Let&#8217;s just say the mountain represents the climb to escape your past self and the way you use to live. Once at the top of this great mountain you can see for miles as you look out over the land and down on the valley below you can see a calm river. Across the calm river is a forest of trees that goes on for miles towards a small cool running stream with stepping stones that lead into another small forest. Then up to another great mountain, but on top of this mountain is the peace and harmony of being truly aware of who you really are and where you truly own your life. No more outside forces tell you what and when and how to live!<br />
Now remember I said everything in this picture represents something on the journey to the great mountain peace and harmony.<br />
The river represents the chat room where a lot of us played while we learned about the journey we were on. Some skim across it, some took boats so to say on their way to the other side. Some still go back and play there once in awhile!<br />
As you leave the river and make your way into the vast forest of trees and small mountains these represent the great libraries of knowledge that we needed to learn to cross the stream into a whole new way of thinking and for most of us it was the introduction into Neothink®!<br />
Then we made our way across the stepping stones of that mighty stream and into another forest of trees or libraries to learn more new knowledge. We started to make our way up the great mountain where we would learn who we really were and what we could truly accomplish with this new found knowledge .<br />
This great mountain we climbed represents the levels of our great learning to truly become the men and women we were meant to be!　<br />
There are many ways up this mountain some would take the easy road and stay to the path. Others would find short cuts or hidden passage ways that would get them to the top faster! Some would take the hard way and scale the side of the great mountain! Not knowing about the path that was already laid out before them. They were still searching for who they truly were and what they could truly become, but they would still continue to climb the great mountain.<br />
This great mountain we are now climbing are the levels of our learning we go through to reach the top and bring about the c of u in not just ourselves but in the world around us for all to enjoy.<br />
As I look back on this great journey, being at the top of this great mountain top I can now see that the journey is not yet over, for the mountain is just the beginning of a whole other journey still waiting to be taken.<br />
I can see as I look back out over the great valley below that I have just crossed, that there is a tunnel that has to be made in that barrier mountain that stands between where I am now standing. The rest of the world still searches to find a way into this Great Paradise that I have reached and boats are needed to bring them a cross that river for those that choose to use them!</p>
<p>I also wish to help them find their way through the libraries, but as I look to the right of the great mountain I see that there is still more that needs to be learned and that there are still great libraries that need to be explored to reach that point in our lives so that we are truly the men and women that we were truly meant to be!</p>
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		<title>The Lost Paradise &#8211; part 1 of 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Midnight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sat at my desk looking at the picture I had just drawn it suddenly came to me !I suddenly realized what this picture truly meant: Now those of you that I have had the pleasure to meet with either face to face or over the phone or even in the many chat rooms [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-539" title="lost-paradise" src="http://www.neothinkessence.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/lost-paradise.jpg" alt="lost-paradise" width="207" height="292" />As I sat at my desk looking at the picture I had just drawn it suddenly came to me !I suddenly realized what this picture truly meant: Now those of you that I have had the pleasure to meet with either face to face or over the phone or even in the many chat rooms on the great world wide web, know that I can sometimes really get way out there in my thoughts .</p>
<p>But this is something I have thought about for a couple of years now, I&#8217;ll explain to you what I see in this picture here in a few minutes.</p>
<p>First let me say, the picture was first drawn as a idea for a cover for a book I am thinking about writing, so the picture is just another way of telling a story about my own journey into a new way of  life. A way of life that I had never really taken the time to stop and see for what it truly is !</p>
<p>You see the title of the picture I call <strong>Lost Paradise </strong> has a hidden story in it and that story is as follows : as you look at the drawing, look to the top of the picture. You see the great mountain wall. To me that mountain wall is the separation from what I once was and where I am now going in life with a very special bunch of friends from all around the world!</p>
<p>Now remember this, when I was taught to draw I was taught to draw from the top of the page down, the reason for this was to keep your drawing neat and clean but this picture was one that has come to me through bits and pieces over a year ago.</p>
<p>I started it in June of 2008 and just got the whole picture this year. This may be due to the people I had come into contact with just a few months ago who where very gifted in their own talents and arts. These were business minded men and women who have a dream that will not only change their own lives but the lives of so many others in the years to come !</p>
<p>How did I have the pleasure to meet these special people you ask ? Well for the last few years I have spent many long hours on the world wide web chatting with some of them who have helped me see a part of myself that some would not truly understand about themselves!</p>
<p>You see, we are all connected in one way or the other to each other. Through actions and events beyond our own comprehension (Now there&#8217;s a big word I would never have thought about using a few years ago).</p>
<p>These friends were at a gathering we&#8217;ll call it a meeting of like minded people !</p>
<p>Anyway they showed me what can happen when you get a group like this together in one place for just one weekend! I know that when the weekend was over, none of us really wanted to leave!</p>
<p>We were taught new things about the world around us and better ways to live our own lives. We even had a chance to get to know each other a little better and left with a new hope in the world around us. That is where I figured out where I was meant to be, with these fine men and women .</p>
<p>In part two I will describe the picture Lost Paradise and give you the meaning of the hidden story</p>
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		<title>Could Music Cure?!?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trenton Seymour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    One of the newest human research projects growing and expanding rapidly is the relationship between music and the brain. The international foundation for music research is supposedly the leading research group in this area.     There are hundreds of research projects going on but one that grabbed my attention is a study on music [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>    One of the newest human research projects growing and expanding rapidly is the relationship between music and the brain. The international foundation for music research is supposedly the leading research group in this area.<br />
    There are hundreds of research projects going on but one that grabbed my attention is a study on music therapy boosting melatonin levels, a chemical produced by the pineal gland that plays a key role in sleep, aging, and reproduction. (this study was done on elderly with Alzheimer’s Disease)<br />
    To keep it short and simple, the music increased there melatonin levels by 216% and the levels continued to rise as time passed. That is extremely incredible. So the elderly lives were increased dramatically, anywhere from happiness levels to sleeping patterns.<br />
    &#8220;This is the first time we&#8217;ve quantified the effects of music,&#8221; says Dr. Mahendra Kumar of the university of Miami school of medicine, one of the researchers behind the study.<br />
    The study also noted changes in other brain chemicals such as prolactin, serotonin, norepinephrine and epinephrine. Perhaps more importantly, it found that the fluctuations in these chemicals correlated with each other to varying degrees, indicating that the music therapy was affecting the larger natural process by which the brain regulates their levels.<br />
    Melatonin is a common supplement to regulate sleep has become a popular response to insomnia and jet lag. However, he noted, using a pill to address only one element in the symphony of brain chemicals could disrupt homeostasis, the body&#8217;s natural tendency to keep things in balance.<br />
    &#8220;All drugs have bad side effects,&#8221; Dr. Kumar explains.<br />
    &#8220;Hormones are interdependent. When you take a pill like melatonin, it will stop its own synthesis in your body.&#8221;<br />
    It&#8217;s obvious pills are not healthy, so a very positive and more fun alternative is being discovered here. Music therapy might just be the way to go.<br />
    &#8220;In my opinion, if someone is depressed and not getting good sleep, this kind of music will take them into a different domain,&#8221; Dr. Kumar concluded.<br />
    Research is also being done in several other aspects of the human brain such as infants developing neuro pathways, learning, concentrating and not to mention all of the mental illnesses that music could possibly help and even cure. This is just scratching the surface on what is really being done by leading scientist in these fields.<br />
    For example, Students who were exposed to the music-based lessons scored a full 100 percent higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner. Middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music scored significantly higher than their non-band peers in standardized tests.<br />
    In conclusion, music is magnificent and does magical things, most currently unexplained but seems to be soon we will have some more solid answers as these studies continue to progress and expand further.</p>
<p> - Trenton Seymour</p>
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		<title>Simply Become Of It</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kerry Hatfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a long difficult day at work.  As usual it wasn’t anything different.  The bosses constantly put pressure for performance, continually insisting one take on more responsibilities.  Just waking up in the morning knowing what one was going to have to endure, just made one want to crawl back in bed and pull the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging; mso-line-height-alt: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">It was a long difficult day at work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>As usual it wasn’t anything different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The bosses constantly put pressure for performance, continually insisting one take on more responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Just waking up in the morning knowing what one was going to have to endure, just made one want to crawl back in bed and pull the covers over the head.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Thank heavens it was time to go home, which was bitter sweet knowing of the multitude of projects that were there waiting to be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Punching out at the time clock, punching the steering wheel from the traffic, punching the front door that was sticking, trying to keep from punching the one at home that has been close to the heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Today, in breaking a routine, now taking a moment for ones self, just kicking off the shoes and sitting down with the mail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>One bill wants more money, and then another one does too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Envelope after envelope wants significant increases for there services.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is amazing these company’s want huge increases when they themselves refuse to award decent wages.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">In this pile of seemingly unending escalating costs was one simple letter highlighted in red, white and blue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Upon opening, noticed it was personalized and was from an exclusive organization that was sharing the possibilities of prosperity and phenomenal personal abilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>One rarely receives information that precludes ones vast worth.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">“Honey, look at this!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is an invitation to join with a group of people who want to better our lives and bring hope for a brighter future.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Having a similar stressful day, the reply, “<span style="text-decoration: underline;">get real</span>, there is nothing you can do other than <span style="text-decoration: underline;">get up</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">get some</span> work done around here!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>What is one to do when from deep down inside one knows there is something better but, it seemingly is unreachable because of the current circumstances?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>How can one convey a deep passion and emotion to a significant other?</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">We have been lead to believe that nothing is impossible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So, why is it then everything seems impossible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>We say one thing, yet do the opposite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>What one can create is only limited by the imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>One can hear what we truly feel and desire in the music of each generation, from some distant galaxy deep inside our own interior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So maybe one day the songs we sing will be felt and understood and brought to life because we sing it.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;">Song of it, sing of it, simply become of it.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: center; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;" align="center"><span style="color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Times New Roman;">(to be continued)</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;"></span></p>
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