Brummet's Conscious Blog

 -- Quote of the Day --  “We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity shall flow to us and through us in unending streams of plenty.” ~ Charles Fillmore -- Recommended Resource --   Heaven and Earth Oasis  is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles to provide a safe and peaceful healing space with an array of professional holistic healing treatments at no cost to U.S. military veterans.     Energy healing is recognized and currently in use by most of the military medical community as a protocol for treating post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) and other emotional and physical health issues incurred by brave men and women thrust into harm’s way to protect our fragile freedoms. Active duty service members and veterans have been seeking and receiving effective alternative treatments outside of what is provided in military and Veterans Administration se...

 -- Quote of the Day --    “Becoming a leader is not a selfish endeavor, ego-centered and powerful – it is a submission to service.” ~ unknown -- Going's On in Creston --      Here in the Creston Valley there is a lot going on... these are just a few that sparked my interest: Drum Circle for Women  Feb. 5th @: St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church ...there's a room in the building the women are allowed to use. Family Literacy Week Fun  Starts Feb 5th @ Creston Library Art Trot 2015 Silent Auction Feb 6-7th @: Creston and District Community Complex ...in the "sunshine" room. Wynndel Coffee House Feb 15th @ Wynndel Hall ...monthly music event performed by locals  Sasquatch Music Hall Meeting Feb. 5th 7PM at KES meeting room (119 11th Ave N.) ...discussing the future of the hall. Seedy Saturday Feb. 21st If you're interested in trading some seeds you have too many of,...

-- World of Writing --   Author, columnist, teacher, lecturer, past president of three advertising agencies, William R. Park, Sr. is nationally known and respected in the advertising and literary worlds—and a member of International Thriller Writers, Inc. His past works include: The Talking Stones , Overlay , Fatal Incision , plus ten others, each backed by glowing praise from numerous bestselling authors. WR.PARK currently resides in the Kansas City area with his wife Genie. Visit his official site at: http://www.wrparkpublishinggroup.com/   or connect with him here: https://twitter.com/park_wr https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4132383.WR_PARK *Shout out to William's agent - Kelsey McBride of BookPublicityServices.com   Q: How and why did you begin writing novels? After 42-years of writing thousands of newspaper, magazine, radio and Television ads as a national-known advertising executive it ...

-- Quote of the Day --   " If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations,  I must first see, at least,  that I do not pursue them  sitting upon another man's shoulders."   ~ Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience -- Recommended Resource --  Hey all - check out the Inhabitat website focusing on creating a better world... they have some ongoing, fresh, exciting topics there that I'm sure our readers would want to know about.   Inhabitat | Design For a Better World! Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's Store - and help raise funds for charity as well!    

 -- Quote of the Day --    “Better to keep yourself clean and bright;  you are the window through which you see the world.”  ~ George Bernard Shaw -- Positive News -- Alternative power is picking up by leaps and bounds across the globe! It is an exciting time we live in. You know, one of the issues with peak oil effect is that greener energy sources, combined, have to replace all that oil does for us with the same or similar power behind it. So can we fly a plane on solar? Can we power a train? These kinds of questions are certainly being answered. Scroll through the archives on this topic and you'll see we've highlighted incredible experiments and trials and successes over the years.  Just recently I learned of the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft which runs entirely on solar power and is leading the way to proving solar can indeed replace oil.  There are many ways of generating solar panels from the r...

-- World of Writing --  It is time for another World of Writing Interview - this time with Communications Director for Saybrook University - Benjamin Wachs, who says " We're too ready to abandon the human for the technical. Our notion of what people are capable of - what makes us human - is getting narrower and narrower ." and this interest in humanistic studies led him to his 2nd career as a writer.  *(Shout out to his PR agent:Isabella Michon of IMPublicity.com) Benjamin writes for SF Weekly and a blogger for Burningman.com .  A multi-award winner for journalism, he traveled the world as a nightlife reporter for Playboy.com . And in A Guide to Bars and Nightlife in the Sacred City, his collection of short stories loosely based upon his travels, he proposes that humanity is turning to its bars and nightlife to ask its spiritual questions. His most recent book: Q: Is there a connection between spirituality, music, and bars, during your...

-- Quote --  “If you want to reach the peak, you have to start from scratch.” ~ Ghulam Hassan -- Positive News --  The Ontario government has made a decision to restrict the number of farm land treated with neonicotinoid insecticides (a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine) by 80% by 2017 and move toward banning the chemical altogether. A fantastic move to protect bees! Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's Store - and help raise funds for charity as well!