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Welcome ✨Hey beauties. In this episode, I'm continuing our journey with the power of questions as portals for light and transformation. Last time, we explored how asking “Why am I doing it?” can help us move through limitations. Today, I want to share another question that has become a guiding light for me, and I'll take you through the story of how it first arrived in my life.Episode Summary

Don't you perceive it? Holy Spirit is actively at work, stirring Believers to let go of yesterday with its former glory and familiar structure, and orchestrating a deep yearning for something new. He is deconstructing “what was” and is re-introducing us to “what is” - a new and ongoing encounter of God's presence in our lives - which is the whole point. And from that, He will build His church.

AI companion applications, which create interactive personas for one-on-one conversations, are incredibly popular. However, they raise a number of challenging ethical, legal, and psychological questions. In this episode, Kevin Werbach speaks with researcher Jaime Banks about how users view their conversations with AI companions, and the implications for governance. Banks shares insights from her research on mind-perception, and how AI companion users engage in a willing suspension of disbelief similar to watching a movie. She highlights both potential benefits and dangers, as well as novel issues such as the real feelings of loss users may experience when a companion app shuts down. Banks advocates for data-driven policy approaches rather than moral panic, suggesting responses such as an "AI user's Bill of Rights" for these services.   Jaime Banks is Katchmar-Wilhelm Endowed Professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. Her research examines human-technological interaction, including social AI, social robots, and videogame avatars. She focuses on relational construals of mind and morality, communication processes, and how media shape our understanding of complex technologies. Her current funded work focuses on social cognition in human-AI companionship and on the effects of humanizing language on moral judgments about AI. Transcript ‘She Helps Cheer Me Up': The People Forming Relationships With AI Chatbots (The Guardian, April 2025) Can AI Be Blamed for a Teen's Suicide? (NY Times, October 2024) Beyond ChatGPT: AI Companions and the Human Side of AI (Syracuse iSchool video)

Taste is taking center stage as the National Pork Board unveils a bold new strategy to transform how consumers—especially younger generations—think about pork. Sarah Showalter and Neal Hull reveal how deep consumer insights are reshaping the future of pork marketing in America.At the heart of this transformation is a surprising disconnect: millennials and Gen Z consumers who claim they "don't eat pork" while enthusiastically consuming bacon, ribs, pepperoni, and sausage. This revelation has sparked a strategic pivot from positioning pork as merely a center-of-plate protein to showcasing it as a versatile ingredient in culturally-inspired recipes that younger consumers already love—like potstickers, tonkatsu, stir-fries, and carnitas.The new "Taste What Pork Can Do" campaign leverages fascinating consumer trends, including the explosion of air fryers (now more common in American homes than coffee makers) and growing interest in smokers and grilling. By targeting specific consumer segments—from "confident meat eaters" who love grilling to "culinary adventurers" seeking new flavors—the Pork Board is meeting consumers where they are while highlighting pork's unmatched versatility. The campaign represents a long-term commitment to making pork relevant for future generations, embracing a "whole hog" approach that celebrates both fresh cuts and processed products while honoring pork's cultural significance across diverse communities.Subscribe to Feedstuffs in Focus for more conversations about the innovations and strategies shaping the future of food and agriculture.

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David and Urpi share the experience of ACIM WB lesson 133 and the 3rd Stage of the Stages of the Development of Trust. Also they share the song: Question What I Believe and Perceive.

LESSON 134Let Me Perceive Forgiveness As It Is.Let us review the meaning of “forgive,” for it is apt to be distorted and to be perceived as something that entails an unfair sacrifice of righteous wrath, a gift unjustified and undeserved, and a complete denial of the truth. In such a view, forgiveness must be seen as mere eccentric folly, and this course appear to rest salvation on a whim.This twisted view of what forgiveness means is easily corrected, when you can accept the fact that pardon is not asked for what is true. It must be limited to what is false. It is irrelevant to everything except illusions. Truth is God's creation, and to pardon that is meaningless. All truth belongs to Him, reflects His laws and radiates His Love. Does this need pardon? How can you forgive the sinless and eternally benign?The major difficulty that you find in genuine forgiveness on your part is that you still believe you must forgive the truth, and not illusions. You conceive of pardon as a vain attempt to look past what is there; to overlook the truth, in an unfounded effort to deceive yourself by making an illusion true. This twisted viewpoint but reflects the hold that the idea of sin retains as yet upon your mind, as you regard yourself.Because you think your sins are real, you look on pardon as deception. For it is impossible to think of sin as true and not believe forgiveness is a lie. Thus is forgiveness really but a sin, like all the rest. It says the truth is false, and smiles on the corrupt as if they were as blameless as the grass; as white as snow. It is delusional in what it thinks it can accomplish. It would see as right the plainly wrong; the loathsome as the good.Pardon is no escape in such a view. It merely is a further sign that sin is unforgivable, at best to be concealed, denied or called another name, for pardon is a treachery to truth. Guilt cannot be forgiven. If you sin, your guilt is everlasting. Those who are forgiven from the view their sins are real are pitifully mocked and twice condemned; first, by themselves for what they think they did, and once again by those who pardon them.It is sin's unreality that makes forgiveness natural and wholly sane, a deep relief to those who offer it; a quiet blessing where it is received. It does not countenance illusions, but collects them lightly, with a little laugh, and gently lays them at the feet of truth. And there they disappear entirely.Forgiveness is the only thing that stands for truth in the illusions of the world. It sees their nothingness, and looks straight through the thousand forms in which they may appear. It looks on lies, but it is not deceived. It does not heed the self-accusing shrieks of sinners mad with guilt. It looks on them with quiet eyes, and merely says to them, “My brother, what you think is not the truth.”The strength of pardon is its honesty, which is so uncorrupted that it sees illusions as illusions, not as truth. It is because of this that it becomes the undeceiver in the face of lies; the great restorer of the simple truth. By its ability to overlook what is not there, it opens up the way to truth, which has been blocked by dreams of guilt. Now are you free to follow in the way your true forgiveness opens up to you. For if one brother has received this gift of you, the door is open to yourself.There is a very simple way to find the door to true forgiveness, and perceive it open wide in welcome. When you feel that you are tempted to accuse someone of sin in any form, do not allow your mind to dwell on what you think he did, for that is self-deception. Ask instead, “Would I accuse myself of doing this?”Thus will you see alternatives for choice in terms that render choosing meaningful, and keep your mind as free of guilt and pain as God Himself intended it to be, and as it is in truth. It is but lies that would condemn. In truth is innocence the only thing there is. Forgiveness stands between illusions and the truth; between the world you see and that which lies beyond; between the hell of guilt and Heaven's gate.Across this bridge, as powerful as Love which laid its blessing on it, are all dreams of evil and of hatred and attack brought silently to truth. They are not kept to swell and bluster, and to terrify the foolish dreamer who believes in them. He has been gently wakened from his dream by understanding what he thought he saw was never there. And now he cannot feel that all escape has been denied to him.He does not have to fight to save himself. He does not have to kill the dragons which he thought pursued him. Nor need he erect the heavy walls of stone and iron doors he thought would make him safe. He can remove the ponderous and useless armor made to chain his mind to fear and misery. His step is light, and as he lifts his foot to stride ahead a star is left behind, to point the way to those who follow him.Forgiveness must be practiced, for the world cannot perceive its meaning, nor provide a guide to teach you its beneficence. There is no thought in all the world that leads to any understanding of the laws it follows, nor the Thought that it reflects. It is as alien to the world as is your own reality. And yet it joins your mind with the reality in you.Today we practice true forgiveness, that the time of joining be no more delayed. For we would meet with our reality in freedom and in peace. Our practicing becomes the footsteps lighting up the way for all our brothers, who will follow us to the reality we share with them. That this may be accomplished, let us give a quarter of an hour twice today, and spend it with the Guide Who understands the meaning of forgiveness, and was sent to us to teach it. Let us ask of Him:Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.Then choose one brother as He will direct, and catalogue his “sins,” as one by one they cross your mind. Be certain not to dwell on any one of them, but realize that you are using his “offenses” but to save the world from all ideas of sin. Briefly consider all the evil things you thought of him, and each time ask yourself, “Would I condemn myself for doing this?”Let him be freed from all the thoughts you had of sin in him. And now you are prepared for freedom. If you have been practicing thus far in willingness and honesty, you will begin to sense a lifting up, a lightening of weight across your chest, a deep and certain feeling of relief. The time remaining should be given to experiencing the escape from all the heavy chains you sought to lay upon your brother, but were laid upon yourself.Forgiveness should be practiced through the day, for there will still be many times when you forget its meaning and attack yourself. When this occurs, allow your mind to see through this illusion as you tell yourself:Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.Would I accuse myself of doing this?I will not lay this chain upon myself.In everything you do remember this:No one is crucified alone, and yet no one can enter Heaven by himself.- Jesus Christ in ACIM

Dr. Vitz talks about being selective about how we receive and perceive feedback. (Originally aired 07-20-2023)

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Stefano Puntoni, Professor of Marketing and Co-Director of Wharton Human-AI Research, shares insights from his research on how consumers respond to collective layoffs—revealing that offshoring, more than automation, triggers stronger negative reactions due to perceived breaches in the social contract between firms and society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LESSON 121Forgiveness Is The Key To Happiness.Here is the answer to your search for peace. Here is the key to meaning in a world that seems to make no sense. Here is the way to safety in apparent dangers that appear to threaten you at every turn, and bring uncertainty to all your hopes of ever finding quietness and peace. Here are all questions answered; here the end of all uncertainty ensured at last.The unforgiving mind is full of fear, and offers love no room to be itself; no place where it can spread its wings in peace and soar above the turmoil of the world. The unforgiving mind is sad, without the hope of respite and release from pain. It suffers and abides in misery, peering about in darkness, seeing not, yet certain of the danger lurking there.The unforgiving mind is torn with doubt, confused about itself and all it sees; afraid and angry, weak and blustering, afraid to go ahead, afraid to stay, afraid to waken or to go to sleep, afraid of every sound, yet more afraid of stillness; terrified of darkness, yet more terrified at the approach of light. What can the unforgiving mind perceive but its damnation? What can it behold except the proof that all its sins are real?The unforgiving mind sees no mistakes, but only sins. It looks upon the world with sightless eyes, and shrieks as it beholds its own projections rising to attack its miserable parody of life. It wants to live, yet wishes it were dead. It wants forgiveness, yet it sees no hope. It wants escape, yet can conceive of none because it sees the sinful everywhere.The unforgiving mind is in despair, without the prospect of a future which can offer anything but more despair. Yet it regards its judgment of the world as irreversible, and does not see it has condemned itself to this despair. It thinks it cannot change, for what it sees bears witness that its judgment is correct. It does not ask, because it thinks it knows. It does not question, certain it is right.Forgiveness is acquired. It is not inherent in the mind, which cannot sin. As sin is an idea you taught yourself, forgiveness must be learned by you as well, but from a Teacher other than yourself, Who represents the other Self in you. Through Him you learn how to forgive the self you think you made, and let it disappear. Thus you return your mind as one to Him Who is your Self, and Who can never sin.Each unforgiving mind presents you with an opportunity to teach your own how to forgive itself. Each one awaits release from hell through you, and turns to you imploringly for Heaven here and now. It has no hope, but you become its hope. And as its hope, do you become your own. The unforgiving mind must learn through your forgiveness that it has been saved from hell. And as you teach salvation, you will learn. Yet all your teaching and your learning will be not of you, but of the Teacher Who was given you to show the way to you.Today we practice learning to forgive. If you are willing, you can learn today to take the key to happiness, and use it on your own behalf. We will devote ten minutes in the morning, and at night another ten, to learning how to give forgiveness and receive forgiveness, too.The unforgiving mind does not believe that giving and receiving are the same. Yet we will try to learn today that they are one through practicing forgiveness toward one whom you think of as an enemy, and one whom you consider as a friend. And as you learn to see them both as one, we will extend the lesson to yourself, and see that their escape included yours.Begin the longer practice periods by thinking of someone you do not like, who seems to irritate you, or to cause regret in you if you should meet him; one you actively despise, or merely try to overlook. It does not matter what the form your anger takes. You probably have chosen him already. He will do.Now close your eyes and see him in your mind, and look at him a while. Try to perceive some light in him somewhere; a little gleam which you had never noticed. Try to find some little spark of brightness shining through the ugly picture that you hold of him. Look at this picture till you see a light somewhere within it, and then try to let this light extend until it covers him, and makes the picture beautiful and good.Look at this changed perception for a while, and turn your mind to one you call a friend. Try to transfer the light you learned to see around your former “enemy” to him. Perceive him now as more than friend to you, for in that light his holiness shows you your savior, saved and saving, healed and whole.Then let him offer you the light you see in him, and let your “enemy” and friend unite in blessing you with what you gave. Now are you one with them, and they with you. Now have you been forgiven by yourself. Do not forget, throughout the day, the role forgiveness plays in bringing happiness to every unforgiving mind, with yours among them. Every hour tell yourself:Forgiveness is the key to happiness.I will awaken from the dream that I am mortal, fallible and full of sin,and know I am the perfect Son of God.- Jesus Christ in ACIM

LESSON 121Forgiveness Is The Key To Happiness.Here is the answer to your search for peace. Here is the key to meaning in a world that seems to make no sense. Here is the way to safety in apparent dangers that appear to threaten you at every turn, and bring uncertainty to all your hopes of ever finding quietness and peace. Here are all questions answered; here the end of all uncertainty ensured at last.The unforgiving mind is full of fear, and offers love no room to be itself; no place where it can spread its wings in peace and soar above the turmoil of the world. The unforgiving mind is sad, without the hope of respite and release from pain. It suffers and abides in misery, peering about in darkness, seeing not, yet certain of the danger lurking there.The unforgiving mind is torn with doubt, confused about itself and all it sees; afraid and angry, weak and blustering, afraid to go ahead, afraid to stay, afraid to waken or to go to sleep, afraid of every sound, yet more afraid of stillness; terrified of darkness, yet more terrified at the approach of light. What can the unforgiving mind perceive but its damnation? What can it behold except the proof that all its sins are real?The unforgiving mind sees no mistakes, but only sins. It looks upon the world with sightless eyes, and shrieks as it beholds its own projections rising to attack its miserable parody of life. It wants to live, yet wishes it were dead. It wants forgiveness, yet it sees no hope. It wants escape, yet can conceive of none because it sees the sinful everywhere.The unforgiving mind is in despair, without the prospect of a future which can offer anything but more despair. Yet it regards its judgment of the world as irreversible, and does not see it has condemned itself to this despair. It thinks it cannot change, for what it sees bears witness that its judgment is correct. It does not ask, because it thinks it knows. It does not question, certain it is right.Forgiveness is acquired. It is not inherent in the mind, which cannot sin. As sin is an idea you taught yourself, forgiveness must be learned by you as well, but from a Teacher other than yourself, Who represents the other Self in you. Through Him you learn how to forgive the self you think you made, and let it disappear. Thus you return your mind as one to Him Who is your Self, and Who can never sin.Each unforgiving mind presents you with an opportunity to teach your own how to forgive itself. Each one awaits release from hell through you, and turns to you imploringly for Heaven here and now. It has no hope, but you become its hope. And as its hope, do you become your own. The unforgiving mind must learn through your forgiveness that it has been saved from hell. And as you teach salvation, you will learn. Yet all your teaching and your learning will be not of you, but of the Teacher Who was given you to show the way to you.Today we practice learning to forgive. If you are willing, you can learn today to take the key to happiness, and use it on your own behalf. We will devote ten minutes in the morning, and at night another ten, to learning how to give forgiveness and receive forgiveness, too.The unforgiving mind does not believe that giving and receiving are the same. Yet we will try to learn today that they are one through practicing forgiveness toward one whom you think of as an enemy, and one whom you consider as a friend. And as you learn to see them both as one, we will extend the lesson to yourself, and see that their escape included yours.Begin the longer practice periods by thinking of someone you do not like, who seems to irritate you, or to cause regret in you if you should meet him; one you actively despise, or merely try to overlook. It does not matter what the form your anger takes. You probably have chosen him already. He will do.Now close your eyes and see him in your mind, and look at him a while. Try to perceive some light in him somewhere; a little gleam which you had never noticed. Try to find some little spark of brightness shining through the ugly picture that you hold of him. Look at this picture till you see a light somewhere within it, and then try to let this light extend until it covers him, and makes the picture beautiful and good.Look at this changed perception for a while, and turn your mind to one you call a friend. Try to transfer the light you learned to see around your former “enemy” to him. Perceive him now as more than friend to you, for in that light his holiness shows you your savior, saved and saving, healed and whole.Then let him offer you the light you see in him, and let your “enemy” and friend unite in blessing you with what you gave. Now are you one with them, and they with you. Now have you been forgiven by yourself. Do not forget, throughout the day, the role forgiveness plays in bringing happiness to every unforgiving mind, with yours among them. Every hour tell yourself:Forgiveness is the key to happiness.I will awaken from the dream that I am mortal, fallible and full of sin,and know I am the perfect Son of God.- Jesus Christ in ACIM

Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/kindmind AT 4:30 MARK LOOK UP THE MULLER-LYER IILUSION!The brain does not see the world. It does not hear the world. It does not touch the world.The brain rests in complete darkness, sealed in the cavern of the skull. What we call "sight" or "sound" or "touch" are not direct encounters with an external reality—they are internal translations. Photons strike the eyes; pressure waves ripple into ears; electron clouds in atoms repel those in the skin. These signals are converted into electrochemical patterns, The brain interprets through the prism of our psychology and assembles a model—what we call perception.The brain does not merely receive the world—it creates a "middle world" to human dimensions and drawn between atoms and galaxies, tailored to survival, memory, and narrative.This episode attempts to deconstruct the metaphysics of perception into 5 layers.

Timeline shifts are happening faster than ever. In this episode, I show you how to recognize them, navigate them, and choose higher vibrational frequencies that align with your soul. Your higher self is waiting for you to step into your highest timeline.

12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. 12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. 12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. 12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

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Does Creator Incarnate know it's Creator?  That question, thoughts, perceptions, truths, reality, and the effects that someone else's behaviors have upon us are part and parcel of this conversation between William and Michael.  It's a fluid conversation of looking at why we do what we do, as William takes us from thinking into connecting and feeling, with the ability to move effortlessly into the flow and grace of returning to the “you” of who we are, and how simple that can be.  It's a “love wash” for the body.

Henry talks with Aaron Rupar from Public Notice Newsletter about Donald Trump's statement regarding running for a third term, normalizing antics, how he's trained his supporters, why the Wisconsin Supreme Court election is crucial, the relationship with Canada and more.

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In the latest episode of The Workplace Podcast, William Corless sits down with Dr. Carol Kauffman, internationally recognised as the #1 leadership coach by Marshall Goldsmith and ranked among the top eight coaches globally by Thinkers50! Carol returns to the podcast to discuss "Neutralising Toxic Workplace Experiences" and shares powerful insights including: The PEAK framework for managing toxic situations (Physiology, Environment/Ecosystem, Affect, Knowledge) How to recognise when a workplace becomes truly toxic vs. just challenging The PURE approach to emotional regulation (Perceive, Understand, Regulate, Express) Four strategic stances for responding to difficult interactions (lean in, lean back, lean with, don't lean) Creating "safe ecosystems" within larger toxic cultures Find out more about Carol's work here: Home | Carol Kauffman Executive Leadership Coaching - Carol Kauffman Check out her book "Real-Time Leadership" where she explores these concepts in depth! Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High Loving the podcast? Support us on our new Patreon page! https://patreon.com/WorkplacePodcast?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

This month inside our program, "The Portal", our students received a very special opportunity to channel Light Codes for their Soul Mission and personal lives. And we want to share this transmission with YOU! Please join us as we receive Codes in the Quantum Field and dive deep to amplify our frequency alongside our High Council of Light. In this episode we will: - Feel the frequency you have been calling in - Perceive and receive your first Light Code - Increase the frequency by drawing our code on paper and absorbing it further - Explore our Soul Mission's Code and our Temples - Connect to our High Council and the Quantum field of our Mission - Receive a Light Code for our joined Soul Mission - Discuss Co-creating with your Light Codes - Explore Results and Possibilities Links:

Perfume & Pain author Anna Dorn is in the Perfume Room this week (and 2nd*** author - oops)! How did Anna weave perfume into both plot and character development of the story? What perfumes is she wearing IRL? Why does each character smell like they do? All this and more ahead in today's ep :)FOLLOW ANNA: @___adornENJOY more from Anna this Fri on SubstackSOTD: Penhaligon's Fortuitous FinleySHOP COMMODITY ORRIS (through April 8)FRAGS MENTIONED:Penhaligon's Fortuitous Finley, MFK Kurky, Penhaligon's Omniscient Mr. Thompson, Chanel Sycomore, Diptyque Eau Duelle, Arquiste Architect's Club,  Maison Louis Marie No. 5 Kandilli, Robert Piguet Fracas, Stora Skuggan Moonmilk, Nasomatto Narcotic V; Katy Perry Purr, Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs EDP, Chanel Sycomore, Hiram Green Moon Bloom, Arquiste Flor y Canto, Chapel Factory Baptisme, Nissaba Grand Ile, Neutrogena Rainbath, Ralph Lauren Ralph, Moonmilk, Escentric Molecules M01, Sycomore

On this episode of 15FAB on the FFAB podcast, I'll explore some scientific date that strongly suggests that the perception of beauty is not only emotional and deeply human, but also a brain function.   Keywords:   Beauty Holistic Brain Perception Neuroscience Neuroesthetics Gender   About The Host:   Dr. Shirley Madhere is a NYC-based plastic surgeon and Founder of Holistic Plastic Surgery.  This philosophy is based on a whole-body, mind, and spirit approach to beauty and incorporates wellness, integrative nutrition, functional aesthetics, and complementary medicine.   Dr. Madhere's approach to optimal outcomes in plastic surgery is through a lens of wellness, and is grounded in science and backed by ivy league medical study, research, and extensive surgical training.  View her menu of services at ElementsandGraces.com.  Consultations are available in-office, virtually, and online via Click-lift.com.   Coming soon: Dr. Madhere offers beauty on call services through Jet Set Beauty Rx, a mobile medical aesthetics unit delivering beauty in the privacy of your own home.  Reserve at JetSetBeautyRx.com.   About This Podcast:   As a creative outlet and means to broaden the perspective on the “spectrum of beauty,”  Dr. Madhere created Forever F.A.B., a podcast dedicated to Fashion, the Art of living well (i.e., wellness), and all things Beauty.  Visit ForeverFABpodcast.com for past and new episodes: https://www.foreverfabpodcast.com/ .    If you enjoy listening to the Forever F.A.B. podcast, get more audio and visuals with a membership through Patreon.  Choose the Gold, Platinum, or Diamond tier for premium added content, special co-hosts, lifestyle videos, branded merchandise, and private access to Dr. Shirley's Clubhouse by visiting patreon.com/ForeverFAB.   Catch the latest episode of the Forever F.A.B. podcast on Apple podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, iheartradio, Podbean, Amazon podcasts, and wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.  For past episodes featuring guest star interviews, beauty product reviews and innovations in plastic surgery, visit ForeverFABpodcast.com.   Call to Action:   Did you learn something today?  Did this episode make you feel something today?  Share positively on social what resonated with you most using one word and tag the FFAB Podcast.   If you liked this episode of the Fifteen Minutes of FAB on the Forever FAB podcast, please share it and subscribe to the feed.   Listen to past episodes or check out who's coming up next on foreverfabpodcast.com.   Links:   https://sites.bu.edu/ombs/2017/10/11/the-brains-perception-of-beauty/   https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0900304106   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroesthetics

Victor Ambros, newly awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of microRNA, is a developmental biologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In this episode, we explore improvisational science – the dynamic, collaborative process where researchers build on each other's ideas using a "yes, and…" approach. We discuss the constant need to reframe and refine scientific questions, and the challenge of helping young researchers build the confidence to question established ideas. Victor underscores the power of curiosity-driven research, emphasizing how each scientist's unique perspective can lead to discoveries others might miss. We also examine AI's evolving role in scientific discovery – particularly in synthesizing knowledge across disciplines – and how it can complement the cross-pollination of ideas at scientific conferences.For more information about Night Science, visit https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/night-science .

What if I told you that being left-handed or right-handed has a powerful influence on decisions you make? Listen as I begin this episode by explaining how this works. http://casasanto.com/papers/Casasanto&Chrysikou_2011.pdf There are colors all around you that you can't see. But birds can see them. Many birds see colors that are unimaginable to you. Dogs smell things everywhere that you can't smell. Other animals have the ability to sense the magnetic fields of the earth – but you cannot. These are just a few of the interesting ways that other creatures perceive the world differently than humans. And it gets even more interesting than that. If you would like to hear how, listen to my conversation with Ed Yong, a Pulitzer prize winning science journalist, staff member at The Atlantic and author of the book An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden World Around Us (https://amzn.to/41vZ2Qa). People sure talk about productivity a lot. By all accounts, we all need to get more done in less time – that is the key to efficiency and success. Yet have you noticed that when you don't get everything done you think you should, you feel guilty – which never feels good. Maybe what we need is to stop worrying about being productive and enjoy living life instead. And by doing that, you may be even more productive than ever! Here to explain how is Madeleine Dore, author of the book I Didn't Do That Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt (https://amzn.to/3ILawYE). Food, drinks and candy at a movie theater are usually very expensive. In fact, I bet you have toyed with the idea of bringing your own snacks to save money. But is it right to do that? After all, they ask you not to. Listen as I discuss this interesting dileman. Source: David Callahan author of The Cheating Culture (https://amzn.to/3lYq1Ue) PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! FACTOR: Eat smart with Factor! Get 50% off at https://FactorMeals.com/something50off QUINCE: Indulge in affordable luxury! Go to https://Quince.com/sysk for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. TIMELINE: Get 10% off your order of Mitopure!  Go to https://Timeline.com/SOMETHING SHOPIFY:  Nobody does selling better than Shopify! Sign up for a $1 per-month trial period at https://Shopify.com/sysk and upgrade your selling today! HERS: Hers is changing women's healthcare by providing access to GLP-1 weekly injections with the same active ingredient as Ozempic and Wegovy, as well as oral medication kits. Start your free online visit today at https://forhers.com/sysk INDEED: Get a $75 sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING right now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harlem Globetrotter and award-winning mixed media artist Maxwell "Hops" Pearce joins SportsJam with Doug Doyle to talk about his amazing talent on and off the court

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Welcome to the LoveX2 podcast, where we delve into the disconnect between America's churches and its people. In this episode, we explore the profound insights of Sam Rainer, president of Church Answers, as he shares the intriguing findings from the new research "How the Unchurched Really Feel About the American Church." Discover the misconceptions surrounding church attendance decline, and why the unchurched are more receptive than we realize. Join us for a candid discussion as we uncover the unexpected optimism hidden within church decline statistics and learn about the real reasons keeping people away from church. Challenge your assumptions and unlock new perspectives on how we can bridge the gap between churched and unchurched communities. Partner with the #prolife #podcast by making a gift.   Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/matrika/be-the-one License code: HBLBQ1EMX8ZXGSP4    

In 2014, Kristine founded Shoebox Arts, aimed at helping artists gain a presence in the art world. In 2018 she founded the nonprofit January Arts which officially became the publisher of her art magazine Art and Cake in 2024. Kristine runs an alternative art space, Shoebox Projects at the Brewery art colony, and is an Art Activator for the organization Artists Thrive.Her mission is to create community among artists and the art world in order to help each other thrive. Through social practice and engagement, Kristine is interested in using art, community, education and expression to cultivate change.Shoebox Arts, which serves as a support system for artists, celebrates its 11th anniversary this month. For more than a decade, Kristine said, Shoebox has helped artists with the steps they need to take to achieve their goals. It offers resources, education, tools, coaching mentoring, advice and critique.Most importantly, Shoebox offers accountability. Kristine has been helping others her whole life. Listen in to discover more about Kristine's services, and her own project, "Perceive Me." This project, which is the artist's "life's work," has evolved to include a social aspect practice where Kristine brings  artists together to do nude portrait sessions, and the public is invited to sign up to pose for a professional session. Kristine Schomaker Links:https://www.kristineschomaker.nethttps://www.januaryarts.org/https://www.shoeboxarts.com/https://www.artandcakela.com/      

LESSON 24I Do Not Perceive My Own Best Interests.In no situation that arises do you realize the outcome that would make you happy. Therefore, you have no guide to appropriate action, and no way of judging the result. What you do is determined by your perception of the situation, and that perception is wrong. It is inevitable, then, that you will not serve your own best interests. Yet they are your only goal in any situation which is correctly perceived. Otherwise, you will not recognize what they are.If you realized that you do not perceive your own best interests, you could be taught what they are. But in the presence of your conviction that you do know what they are, you cannot learn. The idea for today is a step toward opening your mind so that learning can begin.The exercises for today require much more honesty than you are accustomed to using. A few subjects, honestly and carefully considered in each of the five practice periods which should be undertaken today, will be more helpful than a more cursory examination of a large number. Two minutes are suggested for each of the mind-searching periods which the exercises involve.The practice periods should begin with repeating today's idea, followed by searching the mind, with closed eyes, for unresolved situations about which you are currently concerned. The emphasis should be on uncovering the outcome you want. You will quickly realize that you have a number of goals in mind as part of the desired outcome, and also that these goals are on different levels and often conflict.In applying the idea for today, name each situation that occurs to you, and then enumerate carefully as many goals as possible that you would like to be met in its resolution. The form of each application should be roughly as follows:In the situation involving _______, I would like _______ to happen,and _______ to happen,and so on. Try to cover as many different kinds of outcomes as may honestly occur to you, even if some of them do not appear to be directly related to the situation, or even to be inherent in it at all.If these exercises are done properly, you will quickly recognize that you are making a large number of demands of the situation which have nothing to do with it. You will also recognize that many of your goals are contradictory, that you have no unified outcome in mind, and that you must experience disappointment in connection with some of your goals, however the situation turns out.After covering the list of as many hoped-for goals as possible, for each unresolved situation that crosses your mind say to yourself:I do not perceive my own best interests in this situation,and go on to the next one.- Jesus Christ in ACIM

Interesting titling, huh? Team is still here! Bigger episode, because we had a lot to say! Wild food crime segment this time, apps are getting out of control, and video games are popping off in fun ways! (We do have to cover some heavy topics around books, but we provide a content warning.)Check it out!Explicit language on this one.Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link:https://www.magicmind.com/CHARACTERJAN"Snowdin Shopkeep Theme (Remix)" (Toni Leys - via GameChops - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_fA6Pptogw)Find Steph's Soup Quest here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTNo81NozgoJUAhNSU5UX1s8i1sEIbO518YwZXnD9s24AbtHQFeT9Bp5ASKBpJdzfF3NM7M5km0RFWj/pubFind the show on iTunes, Google Play Podcasts, Spotify, and Simplecast.fmFind the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6QoHk8iEsVGTpd2qdTlH-gFollow us @CharacterReveal on Bluesky, Instagram, and on Facebook!Dom is @brothadom on Bluesky, tweets, tumbles and generally on the netSteph is @captainsteph on Bluesky and Twitter, @hella_steph on Instagram, and @thesnowqueer on TumblrEric is @TindiLosi on some places on the internet as a whole, like BlueskyFind everything at: https://linktr.ee/characterreveal

Send us a textIn this episode, Den reflects on the importance of perception and clarity in running a video production business. He emphasizes the value of niching down to stand out in a crowded market, the significance of keeping strategies simple and focusing on measurable goals. Den also shares insights on effective marketing strategies, including Instagram content and targeted ads, while stressing the importance of maintaining work-life balance.

Because visual signals take time to process, we live slightly in the past. So how do we ever catch a baseball? And what does this have to do with certain visual illusions, or the view in New York City, or the things you were never taught in school, or the warp drive in Star Trek? Join Eagleman this week for a mind blowing look at the strange relationship between vision and time.

Join me as we explore the journey of how respect grows in marriages over time. We'll dive into the little moments, shared experiences, and personal growth that foster mutual admiration and deeper understanding between husbands and wives. CONQUER SHYNESS

In today's episode, we break down one of the biggest causes of training problems:  looking right through your student.  We often take our timelines and recipes and then stick the dog to them.  This can work, but what do you when it doesn't, and how do you go about preventing problems by created by fitting your square peg into a round hole?  Read on....

PREVIEW - EU: RUSSIA & PRC Colleague Judy Dempsey of Carnegie observes that EU states perceive Russia and China as hostile powers, yet are not ready to respond and show far less resolve than the Trump Administration.  More tonight. 1910 Brussels

Pastor JD addresses the perception on the part of many, particularly here in America, that we have a reprieve, when it's all actually meant to deceive.

Pastor JD addresses the perception on the part of many, particularly here in America, that we have a reprieve, when it's all actually meant to deceive."LIVE STREAMING ALERT: Pastor JD's COMPLETE Bible Prophecy Update Videos will only be available at https://www.jdfarag.org/. We will continue live-streaming the first part of the Prophecy Update on YouTube then the live-stream will end, and Pastor JD will continue the live-stream with the conclusion of the update at https://www.jdfarag.org/. The best and easiest way to watch the complete updates will be to watch them in their entirety from the start of the live stream at https://www.jdfarag.org/. Please set your reminders, bookmark our website page, or fan us on Facebook when we are about to go live." Prophecy Update Links All referenced links are at http://jdfarag.orgSocial MediaProphecy Website: http://jdfarag.orgMobile/TV Apps: https://subsplash.com/calvarychapelkaneohe/appChurch Website: http://www.calvarychapelkaneohe.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/JDFarag/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JDFarag/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JDFarag/

Explore the fascinating dynamics of how introverts and extroverts experience social invitations. In this episode, we delve into their unique perspectives, from excitement and anticipation to hesitation and overthinking. Learn how personality types influence the way we interpret, accept, or decline invitations and what it reveals about human connection. Whether you're a social butterfly or a quiet thinker, this podcast offers insights to better understand yourself and others in social settings. CONQUER SHYNESS

I'm chatting today with author and chaotic wellness witch, Mandi Em, about her newest book, Shadow Work for Hot Messes. Mandi Em's book, Shadow Work for Hot Messes, is the ultimate guide to self-awareness and healing, even if you're a certified hot mess. Mandi condenses the complex concept of shadow work into a three-step process: Perceive, Investigate, and Integrate. By delving into core wounds, inner child work, and feelings of shame and fear, readers are prompted to confront their inner shadows, leading to a more empowered and fulfilled self.  With prompts, activities, and fill-in-the-blank exercises, this book encourages readers to reconnect with themselves and pursue their personal healing journeys. It's the next evolution of shadow work as only Mandi Em can deliver it. With introspective exercises and relatable guidance, this one-of-a-kind book helps you do the work to become a happier, healthier, and more empowered hot mess. Take yourself from hot mess to a happier, more empowered hot mess who is in touch with their shadow self with this powerful new book from Mandi Em, the unhinged author behind Witchcraft Therapy, Happy Witch, and Feral Self-Care. This book is intended to provide fun and sassy direction to folks looking to reconnect with themselves and pursue their own healing journey for maximum wellness. The tone of this book is like having a BFF right by your side, helping you swerve around the BS and yanking you back to your core to connect with your own inner shadow to find healing and live your best life. Find Mandi: The Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Shadow-Work-for-Hot-Messes/Mandi-Em/9781507222997 Website: https://healingforhotmesses.com Instagram: instagram.com/healingforhotmesses Facebook: facebook.com/healthylivingforhotmesses YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HealingforHotMesses TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healingforhotmesses Mandi Em is a humorist, author, and chaotic wellness witch. She's the author of Witchcraft Therapy, and she shares funny, approachable self-help guidance on her blog and social channels for Healing for Hot Messes and resources for nonreligious witches over at The Secular Witch. Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, HuffPost, SheKnows, Refinery29, McSweeneys, and more. She and her husband are born-again hippies raising their three children in beautiful Vernon, BC, in Canada. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witch-wednesdays/support

"I am upset because I see a meaningless world." – A Course in Miracles Workbook, Lesson 12What if our emotional reactions to the world are not caused by external events, but by the meaning we project onto them?In this episode of Love & Learn, we explore Lesson 12 from A Course in Miracles Workbook, which challenges us to consider that the world is meaningless until we assign meaning to it. This lesson is a step toward recognizing that our perception is a reflection of our inner state—not an objective reality.Key Insights on Lesson 12:1. Recognizing Our Perceptual Filters: The lesson invites us to see that our thoughts and beliefs color how we interpret the world. Whether we perceive a world that's frightening, sad, or even beautiful, these labels come from within us. By observing these judgments without attachment, we can open the door to a more neutral, peaceful perspective.2. Moving Toward Inner Freedom: Understanding that the world itself is meaningless helps free us from emotional reactions tied to external events. This awareness empowers us to reclaim control over our responses, leading to greater peace and forgiveness as we recognize that meaning comes from within.3. Gentle, Consistent Practice: The practice for today's lesson involves slow and deliberate observation of the world around us, noticing the meanings we assign, and then affirming: “I am upset because I see a meaningless world.” This process trains us to become aware of our perceptions and gently detach from them, fostering curiosity and openness.Practicing Lesson 12:Observe and Name: Look around you and notice the labels you assign to the world—whether positive or negative. Simply name them without judgment.Repeat the Mantra: After each observation, affirm: “I am upset because I see a meaningless world.” This reinforces the idea that your reactions stem from the meanings you project, not from the external world itself.Apply Throughout the Day: Anytime you feel upset, pause and repeat the mantra, connecting back to the lesson's core principle.By practicing this lesson, we learn to see through the illusions of meaning we impose on the world, creating space for love and peace to arise. This awareness is not about denial but about freeing ourselves from conditioned perceptions, making room for new, more compassionate ways of seeing.CONNECT WITH JESSICA FLINTWebsiteInstagram