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Reincarnation of Marty Martyn

Dr. Jim B. Tucker, Division of Perceptual Studies, Univ of VA

After much thought and reading over the past nine years, the scales have finally tipped for me in favor of thinking this is not all there is. Here is my favorite reincarnation story about a young boy from Oklahoma, Ryan Hammon, who began talking at the age of four of his past life as a talent agent in Hollywood. Incredible as it seems, his fifty plus detailed facts about a man he claimed to be, Marty Martyn, were researched extensively by foremost past life researcher Dr. Jim B. Tucker, and they checked out to a tee. "There is a piece of us, the mind piece, this consciousness piece, that seems to be at the core of who we are and doesn’t seem limited to the life span of the brain or the body but seems to be more primary than that…and continues through multiple life spans."--Tucker is a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. For more information on this and other cases, check out Tucker and his mentor, Ian Stevenson's long list of books and scientific journal articles on the sujbect.

Auschwitz Survivor Edith Eger

This beautiful, radiant soul, Auschwitz survivor Edith Eger, has a lot of very important things to tell us. She is a Hungarian born psychologist who specializes in the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder and her brief ted talk about resiliency is succinct and well worth the seven minutes. If you would like to go deeper, I recommend you listen to a longer version where she speaks more specifically about her childhood, her experiences in Auschwitz and how she has been able to find joy, passion, love and purpose, the "untapped potential in the shadows." Both have valuable lessons for all of us. Eger has written two books on her life and philosophy: The Choice: Embrace The Possible and The Gift.

Patti Smith People Have the Power

Please play this full blast!

To quote Patti Smith just ahead of performing this song for an audience in Stockholm, Sweden: "There are a lot of things to talk about and think about. But also we have to be happy, have fun, have a good time and remember joy because while so much strife is around us and so much things to make us feel so confused or sometimes frightened or sad, we still have to maintain our enthusiasm for life, for helping one another, for joy and this song is for you all...."

Lyrics

I was dreaming in my dreaming
Of an aspect bright and fair
And my sleeping it was broken
But my dream it lingered near
In the form of shining valleys
Where the pure air recognized
And my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
That the people have the power
To redeem the work of fools
Upon the meek the graces shower
It's decreed the people rule
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
Vengeful aspects became suspect
And bending low as if to hear
And the armies ceased advancing
Because the people had their ear
And the shepherds and the soldiers
Lay beneath the stars
Exchanging visions
And laying arms
To waste in the dust
In the form of shining valleys
Where the pure air recognized
And my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
Like cream the waters rise
And we strolled there together
With none to laugh or criticize
And the leopard
And the lamb
Lay together truly bound
I was hoping in my hoping
To recall what I had found
I was dreaming in my dreaming
God knows a purer view
As I surrender to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The power to dream, to rule
To wrestle the world from fools
It's decreed the people rule
It's decreed the people rule
Listen
I believe everything we dream
Can come to pass through our union
We can turn the world around
We can turn the earth's revolution
We have the power
People have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The power to dream, to rule
To wrestle the world from fools
It's decreed the people rule
It's decreed the people rule
We have the power
People have the power
We have the power...

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Doctors Without Borders

Photo of the Week

Saying goodbye to my studio on the ocean for the time being this coming week…mixed feelings…

About The Author

New York City based contemporary artist, Pam Smilow created the creative lifestyle blog “things we love” in an effort to foster a sense of community during times of isolation and reflection. To read more about her and her art, visit her website and check out the essay written by the Hammond Museum's Frank Matheis entitled The Sophisticated Innocence of Pam Smilow.