Brummet's Conscious Blog

 -- Quote of the Day -- "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; You are the one who gets burned." Buddha  -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Positive Eco-News is what we'll be presenting you today - focusing on the topics: Idling, Transportation and Green Business  Check out the live episode from 10-11 AM (pacific) today, or access the archive anytime via the link below. *Live chat room open for live listeners. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/07/10/positive-eco-news Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, information about their radio program, newsletter, blog, and more at: www.brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, or visiting the Brummet's Store - every sale raises funds for charity as well!

-- Quote of the Day -- "We have arrived at a new phase in human history where a certain part of the world’s population are in a state of almost forced consumerism – feed by massive marketing budgets and a willing and compliant media and where the economy is based not on real indicators of wealth but on how much we consume.  Where predatory businesses practices ...and long wasteful supply chains where quality and repair-ability and reuse-ability have been replaced by the notion that it’s cheaper to buy a new one than keep and fix the old one" *Excerpted from a letter written by Warren Snow via the Zero Waste San Diego Group . Warren happens to have been an international speaker at CRRA 2003 in Oakland where he represented the ZWIA and Zero Waste New Zealand organization s. Find Warren @: www.envision-nz.com -- Positive Eco-News -- I read of a Japanese non-profit org - JEN - that focuses on international humanitarian assistance via the Japan f...

-- Quote of the Day -- “[Writing as a therapy] you just write, without thinking, as fast as you can. …This writing serves two purposes. Number one, you are purging, you are vomiting your feelings and …you have released them and that is healing in itself. …The second thing is that many times when you try to think about what is bothering you - you can’t access it, but if you do this kind of writing and then read it back you may get some awareness of where the real problems are.”   ~ Karen Sherman Today's quote was excerpted from the Living Fully Aware interview that aired back on April 26 via the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show. *Access the full interview via the hyper-linked show title above. -- World of Writing -- As many of our readers are already aware, we enjoy featuring World of Writing interviews on this blog... I’d like to start with a shout out to Kat Sanborn, Editorial Associate with Cleis Press and Viva Editions ( VivaEditions.com )   for sending ...

-- Quote of the Day -- " You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with 24 hours of unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. And no one receives either more or less than you receive. " ~ Thomas Bennett -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Our guest today – Howard Schubiner  - works with a Mind Body Medicine Center where the focus is on helping people overcome chronic pain as well as anxiety, fatigue and depression. Most people don't realize that cutting edge neuroscience has demonstrated that learned nerve pathways that can be “unlearned” primarily cause these conditions. His book, Unlearn Your Pain , contains the science behind these concepts as well as a 4-week program to retrain the brain for healing. Howard also recently contributed a chapter to the Standard Alternative Medicine Textbook this year.  Howard Schubiner is the MD Director at the M...

-- Quote of the Day --   “I recommend that people journal on a different question every day – such as ‘how am I different from other people’ or ‘what is my dream outcome of a situation?’ …Answers will emerge as long as you don’t have an inner critic judging every word that you are writing – you will be amazed as to what will come out and how you can find the answers you need. …Discovering who you are is critical to moving forward on path and purpose – but it is only one half of the journey, the other half is integrating the new you in your life. …There can be a backlash as you embrace your uniqueness from others who are threatened by you pushing the envelope of what is considered norm. …As you go off in expressing who you are, you need to be prepared for the possible repercussions of it as well.” ~ Amy Tang  Today's quote was derived from the interview titled: Discovering Self , that aired back on April 28 via the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio program. *Click on t...

-- Quote of the Day -- " When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters - one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. " ~ Saul Alinsky -- Conscious Living with Pets -- When we have decided to adopt a new family member (a.k.a. “pet”) from a shelter, we often go online and look up the breed so that we will have a better understanding of their subconscious, breed-related behaviors. From this research, we can approach the training and handling of the animal in a more effective way. After the initial introduction phase that we go through (for the house and its contents, each member of the family and for the outdoor area) we can then begin the training. Training is a lot of fun; it stimulates the animal’s mind and makes them more interested in spending time with you. Humans laugh and find peace in an otherwise hectic, stressful life… and the animal is more relaxed overall because they’ve gotten the attention they n...

 -- Quote of the Day -- “ So you find a niche that appeals to them (the students). Maybe it isn’t the immediate curriculum, but now they are reading and learning and listening.  …I think the number one word is ‘motivation’, because no matter what level a person is at if they are motivated they will take it another level further.  …People have to believe in themselves and some of these kids don’t believe – they think they can’t do it.  …My philosophy is that if any child anywhere on the planet sits down to do a test with confidence they will score better than a child who doesn’t have that self-confidence.  …Number one should be self-image – I think that is really important ” ~ Gail Small Today's quote originated from the Joyful Volunteering interview that aired back on April 21st:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/04/21/joyful-volunteering -- Conscious Transportation -- Today's business transportation has a huge impact...