Podcasts about some principles

Sabbath School panel discussion and insight by 3ABN pastors and teachers. This podcast episode follows 2025 quarter 2, lesson 1 of the adult Bible study guide book. This quarter's book topic is “Some Principles of Prophecy” and this week's Sabbath School lesson is titled “Allusions, Images, Symbols: How to Study Bible Prophecy”. Join us every week for a fresh and relevant study of the word of God. Reading: Jer. 29:23, 24 | Ps. 139:1-6 | Dan. 12:4 | Rev. 22:10 | 2 Tim. 3:15-17 | Heb. 4:12. Memory Text: " 'But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising loving­kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,' says the LORD” (Jeremiah 9:24, NKJV). (March 29 - April 4) Sunday (John Dinzey) - “Whoever Reads, Let Him Understand”Monday (Jill Morikone) - “God Wants to Be Understood”Tuesday (Daniel Perrin) - “Daniel–Shut Up the Words”Wednesday (Shelley Quinn) - “Studying the Word”Thursday (James Rafferty) - “Figurative or Literal?” Want the Panelists' notes? You can sign up here: https://3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com/notes/ Questions or Comments? Email us at mail@3abn.org Donate: https://3abn.org/donate-quick.html

Join It Is Written Sabbath School host Eric Flickinger and this quarter's author, Shawn Boonstra, as they provide additional insights into this week's Sabbath School lesson, "Some Principles of Prophecy."

Some Principles of Prophecy — Review of Lesson #1 of the 2nd Quarter of 2025 -The Sabbath School Lesson study guide can be found here:— https://ssnet.org/lessons/25b/less01.html— https://www.adultbiblestudyguide.org/archives— https://sabbath-school.adventech.io/enThe title of this quarter's theme is: Allusions, Images, Symbols: How to Study Bible ProphecyFor the next 13 weeks (April to June 2025), we will study some of the principles that are necessary for a correct understanding of Bible prophecy. We're also going to look at how the symbols of prophecy are consistently used across scripture.  This is a foundational study, even though we can only go but so deep in 13 lessons.Related Documents:— William Miller's Rules Bible StudyRelated Podcasts:— All About Types and Symbols— End-Time Prophecy Primer— Three Crucial Messages— The Hour of His Judgment is Come— Another Angel — Warning Repeated— What is the purpose of Prophecy, anyway?Related Podcasts at TrueWisdom:— Belief and Unbelief— What's the Point of Prophecy, anywaySupport the showIf you have any questions or comments, please send them to: BibleQuestions@ASBzone.comDuring many of our podcasts, you will hear us make reference to “The Key Principles of Effective Bible Study,” a document which outlines core concepts shown in the scriptures that will help you better understand many Biblical themes and doctrines. We have done a whole podcast series on these principles which can be found here (https://BibleStudy.ASBzone.com/357512/8572886).God's Precious Word is a condensed, 9-part series, based on the same document. Lastly, we recommend that you check out https://TrueWisdom.buzzsprout.com for a related Bible Study podcast, in a different format, co-hosted with Robert Baker.We pray that all of these resources will be very helpful to you in your Bible Studies.

Commentary of "Some Principles of Prophecy" (Mar 29–April 4, 2025)Weekly Sabbath School Lesson Commentary and Adventist Fact Check with Colleen TinkerThis weekly feature is dedicated to Adventists who are looking for biblical insights into the topics discussed in the Sabbath School lesson quarterly. We post videos and articles which address each lesson as presented in the Sabbath School Bible Study Guide, including biblical commentary on them. We hope you find this material helpful and that you will come to know Jesus and His revelation of Himself in His word in profound biblical ways.Website, donation link: http://proclamationmagazine.com/Facebook—Former Adventist: https://www.facebook.com/FormerAdventist/Facebook—Life Assurance Ministries: https://www.facebook.com/ProclamationMagazine/#sda #sabbath #sabbathschool © 2023, 2024 Life Assurance Ministries, Inc.

Some Principles of Prophecy – April 5, 2025 by Percy Harrold

In Mark 9: 14-29, Pastor Ben Nistor preaches on the stark difference between the disciples and the man seeking help when it comes to belief in the sovereign authority of Christ. It is not the man seeking help that lacks faith, but the disciples. Belief in Christ is the vehicle for unleashing the infinite power of God for His purposes in the world. Prayerlessness is a sign of unbelief, which prevents the unleashing of God's infinite power for His purposes. ________________________________________ Links to Sermon Notes & Answers: ➤Sermon Notes (Blank): https://30fec278-856b-40f1-92a2-65e62d11d067.usrfiles.com/ugd/30fec2_8efae1b3f794486da4c00b5bc786acd2.pdf ➤Sermon Notes (Answers): https://30fec278-856b-40f1-92a2-65e62d11d067.usrfiles.com/ugd/30fec2_1406acf6de1b4acd9546b70cdd59e76f.pdf ________________________________________ In this video: 4:10 Reading of Mark 9: 14-29 7:14 Review 11:54 The Point of Mark 9: 14-29 14:00 Some Problems in Mark 9: 14-29 19:41 Some Principles from Mark 9: 14-29 ________________________________________ Subscribe to this channel to catch weekly expositional sermons from the Bible. ________________________________________ Explore more sermons and information: https://www.sheridanhills.org/watch-new ________________________________________ Follow us: ➤Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheridanhills/ ➤Twitter: https://twitter.com/sheridanhills01 ➤Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheridanhills/

“A genius is a man who has discovered how to increase the intensity of thought to a point when he can freely communicate with sources of knowledge not available through the ordinary rate of thought.” –Napoleon Hill, author of the Best Selling Classic Book, Think and Grow Rich. In PART 3 we cover: ✔ A look at Speed Learning with 2 strategies we can all use right away to learn faster, and remember what we have learned longer. ✔ Creative Sleep, and how to use our sleep to solve problems, improve creativity and intuition in our waking hours, with 4 steps to improving your ability to use and remember your dreams. Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast and PART 3 of our Review of Jose Silva's Mind Control Program. I'm Andrea Samadi an author and an educator, who like many of you listening, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind ANY high-performance strategy proven to increase our results in our schools, sports, or modern workplaces. If there's something NEW that I come across that can help us in any way, I'll investigate it, connect it with the most current research, and then share what I learn with you here. If you've been following the past few episodes, you'll know that I came across Jose Silva's work with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram, from EPISODE #260[i], who has launched 7 successful companies, and mentioned that this book completely changed his world. I had heard of this book and Silva's Program over the years, and many of the concepts that Jose Silva mentions in his book, but had not read it cover to cover, or practiced the audio training that goes along with the book, so I decided to do a complete review of the program, like we did with Napoleon Hill's book at the start of this year, and see how this book, that was popular in the 80s and 90s could connect to the interviews we've done previously on this podcast. Especially when Friederike Fabritius mentioned on EPISODE #258[ii] that our mind can be trained to produce flashes of insight, that can help us in business and our personal lives and what Jose Silva would say could reveal “some astounding things” with a trained mind. I wondered how exactly could our mind be trained... Was daily meditation not enough? If it was, how do I even know if I'm meditating the right way? What was I missing from my current practice? What can we learn from the years of research behind Jose Silva's popular program that could help all of us to refine our current meditation practice? Then I thought back to a class I took with Jon Kabat-Zinn, the father of mindfulness, who reminded us in this class that we are already perfect, (as we are) and that mindfulness is not about “attaining a certain state, (that brings us to this new level of perfection) but that we are already whole and perfect.” Whatever program we are doing now, the idea of this book review is not to say that Jose Silva's method is better, or that we might be missing something from what we are already doing, but to see if there's anything NEW that we cover here, that interests us to dive deeper into, to further enhance our current practice. Jim Kwik, the founder of Kwik Learning[iii], has said that “we've discovered more in the past 20 years about our brain than we've known in the previous 2,000 years combined” and I think it's so exciting to share new strategies to help us all, which is the purpose of this podcast. When I learn something new, something that can help me to improve in any way, this energizes me, this gets me all jazzed up, and I know I can't be the only one like this. I'm sure for those of you who tune into this podcast, can relate to what I'm saying and I'm honored that you've chosen me to study with, wherever you might be tuning into this podcast around the world. I love looking at the statistics to see where listeners are tuning in from in over 168 countries, which is a Geography lesson for me when I look at the map of the world.   For this book review, little263-INTRO did I know just how powerful Silva's program would be, when I recorded PART 1 of this series.  As I began reading each chapter that Jose Silva wrote many years ago when he was on a quest to increase learning for his own children, I began piecing together many of the strategies that we've covered on this podcast for improving learning, focus, creativity, imagination and productivity, all backed by science, right within the pages of The Silva Method. I made many connections to past episodes and research, including Dr. John Dunlosky from EPISODE #37[iv] where he spoke about using “spaced repetition” as an evidence-based method for improving recall for students, that we will cover today. This research also appears in John Almarode, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher's recent book, How Learning Works: Translating the Science of Learning into Strategies in Your Classroom that we covered on EPISODE #161[v]. Or even the importance of mindfulness and meditation in the classroom, for athletes or in the workplace. The connection to current research was enough for me to see that Jose Silva was on to something with the methods he wrote about, years before the research would take off exponentially in this area. Daniel Goleman wrote about this in his book Altered Traits[vi] where he showed a visual with the research on Mindfulness and Meditation going up exponentially from the year 2000, to 2020. My goal with this review of The Silva Method[vii], is to help all of us to learn something new to refine our current meditation practice whether we are working in our schools to improve learning, in our sports environments for improved results towards a specific goal, or in the corporate workplace to generate new ideas. I wouldn't have picked this book to review if it hadn't made such an impact on the world, like Napoleon Hills' book, but I had no idea the concepts I would learn each week, would be so powerful, and life-changing. After releasing the first 2 PARTS of this program, I began to receive messages from our listeners around the world who have used Silva's Program, even from those who used it years ago. Then my good friend Hans Ajay from the UK, urged me to sign up for the full program through MindValley[viii], (where the course sits today after Vishen Lakhiani (the founder) revised and improved it in this current version. Hans wrote “It'll be transformative.” I don't need anyone to twist my arm if there's going to be transformation and learning occurring, so I signed up immediately taking what I'm learning in the pages of Silva's book to a whole new level. I'll stick to covering each chapter, but have to say that the experiential exercises have brought each chapter to life in a way that I don't think it's possible for me to show with my writing. I'll connect as many exercises as I can find online with each chapter review, and encourage those of you who want to learn more to explore the entire program further through MindValley. This course is unlike anything I've ever experienced in all my years of studying and learning. To REVIEW,  In PART 1[ix] we covered: ✔ CH 1- Using More of Our Mind in Special Ways: An Introduction to the Silva Mind Control Method ✔ What this program has done for others. ✔ Ch 2- Meet Jose Silva ✔ Ch 3- How to Meditate: A review of the brain states (BETA, ALPHA, THETA, DELTA). ✔ How to quickly access the ALPHA STATE to improve creativity, and intuition. ✔ Using A Mental Screen in Your Mind for Heightened Visualization ✔ How to Help Yourself and Others Using a Mental Screen in Our Mind UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ACCESS THE ALPHA BRAIN STATE: Once we understand the different brain states, and how to access them, it makes more sense as we dive into the Alpha State, and practice visualizing on the screen of our mind in this state with the meditation exercises. Understanding the Alpha Level of Mind is the first step in Silva's Mind Control Program, and used by itself, had tremendous health capabilities. When you are daydreaming, or just going to sleep but not quite there yet, or just awakening but not yet awake, you are in Alpha Brain State that Silva calls the "inner consciousness” where he says is our mental world exists, with no time or space. With Silva's Mind Control training you can enter the Alpha level at will and still remain fully alert, which is where the exciting part of his program begins. I found 2 meditations on YouTube that I've listed below to help us to gain access to the experiential activities and take the first steps to applying Jose Silva's program into our daily life. ALPHA MEDITATION 1 How to Enter the Alpha Level of Mind,   This first video is an introduction, helping us to understand how to enter the Alpha state of mind easily. Jose Silva explains what one needs to do to reach the Alpha, or meditative, level of mind, and this video illustrates his words beautifully. ALPHA MEDITATION EXAMPLE 2: Here's a second example I found on YouTube of entering the Alpha State and practicing our Mental Screen, with the 3, 2, 1, countdown method in a (25 minutes meditation) with Sommer Leigh, who reads Silva's Alpha Meditation exactly as he would, but obviously this time, it's with a female voice and peaceful music. Sommer does address the fact that someone new to meditating should begin with counting down from 100 to 1 to reach the Alpha level, using the countdown method that Silva suggests. If you prefer a male voice for this activity, you can sign up for MindValley.com where Vishen Lakhiani goes through this same exercise, that he calls “Tapping into Alpha with a Centering Exercise” or you can hear Vishen's YouTube version of The 20 Minute Silva Centering Exercise here from MindValley's Channel. Once you reach the Alpha level, (either in the morning, or a night or any time of day that you have to spend 15 minutes) Silva explains this is where we envision a peaceful place to help us to relax our mind, and body for improved health. This is also the place where we can practice solving a problem that we will go deeper into in PART 2. This meditation ends with the 1-5 countdown method to exit the meditation, where we feel better than we did before. Jose Silva reminds us that if we did nothing other than practice going to this peaceful state of mind, it would have tremendous health and wellness benefits that research now proves to be true. In PART 2[x] of our review, on our last episode, we covered: ✔ Ch 4- Dynamic Meditation (where we actually DO something while meditating, instead of it being a passive practice). ✔ The 4 Laws that must be in place BEFORE we visualize a goal. ✔ How these 4 Laws mirror Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich book. ✔ 3 STEPS to SOLVE ANY PROBLEM Using the Silva Method on the Screen that We Build in Our Mind. ✔ Ch 5- Improving Memory ✔ Where Silva's Memory Hacks have been seen on previous episodes and in the motivational speaking industry. In PART 3 of our review, today's EPISODE #263, we will cover: ✔ Ch 6-Speed Learning ✔ Ch 7-Creative Sleep For Chapter 6: Speed Learning I couldn't begin writing about Silva's strategies, without referring to Jim Kwik[xi] first, the founder of Kwik Learning, who created his entire business around how to reader faster, work smarter and think better by accelerating your learning and your life by unlocking what he calls our “superbrain.” Jim Kwik reminds us something I'm sure we've all heard of a million times, that school teaches us WHAT to learn (History, Math, Science, Languages) but “there are ZERO classes on how to learn, listen, focus, concentrate, solve problems, read faster or remember things.” We mentioned Howard Berg, The World's Fastest Speed Reader on our last episode, who taught us on EPISODE #189[xii] many skills that school never taught us, like speed reading or memory tricks. Jose Silva was ahead of his game when he began looking for ways to teach his children, and eventually thousands of others who studied his methods, to learn faster, and be able to remember what they learned for longer periods of time. He offers two strategies in his book: STRATEGY 1: THE MENTAL SCREEN FOR LEARNING PAIRED WITH THE 3 FINGER TECHNIQUE Silva suggests using our Mental Screen for learning, to speed up and deepen what we learn. He also uses the 3 Finger Technique to help us to reach the Alpha State quicker, which can be done while reading to help with focus, concentration and retention, and he outlines a teacher from Denver who used this Three Finger Technique to teach her students spelling with a list of 20 words. To test them, she would ask them to write down the words they studied that week, recall the words using the Three Finger Technique, and see the words on the screen of their minds. She was able to teach all of her students to remember their spelling list with this method. STRATEGY 2: RECORD YOUR VOICE The second method for Speed Learning, I'm most interest in, as I had heard about this strategy in the past. Silva suggests recording your voice when you need to learn something new. When I worked in the seminar industry, we called this a “loop tape” and this strategy was for anyone who wanted to take their results to new heights. Whether they were studying for a test, and needed to learn something new, or an actor who needed to memorize their lines quickly, a loop tape was recommended.  I even remember it was suggested to me when I first moved to the US, and found life in this new country to be challenging. The first thing our offices said was “has Andrea created a loop tape of what she wants her life to look like?” Sounds a bit off the wall, but if you don't think something first, on the screen of your mind, you'll be less likely to know what you are looking for when you see it. It's crazy to look back now, because my current life looks pretty much the way I imagined it to look 20+ years ago, when I created my first loop tape, and even drew a sketch of what I envisioned the house I would live in, would look like. PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE: For someone who want to apply this strategy to learning something new, Silva suggests to read the chapter that you are studying out loud (or whatever it is that you want to remember) and record it while you're in the beta brain state, or wide awake and focused. Next, he says, go to the alpha brain state (by counting backwards using the 3, 2, 1 method, or with the 3 Finger Technique and listen to what you recorded while in this state, concentrating on your voice.  For added reinforcement, he suggests to let a few days pass and then do it again. Read the material in your beta state and play it back in alpha. This is also in line with Dr. John Dunlosky's research, using spaced repetition. Chapter 7 of The Silva Method on Creative Sleep. Silva took the dream world very seriously, and he was interested in using dreams to solve problems. His programs teach us to first of all remember your dreams and suggests writing them down as soon as you wake up. We've covered dreams on this podcast with EPISODE #224[xiii] with Harvard Neuroscientist Dr. Baland Jalal on “Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreaming and Premonitions” or EPISODE #104[xiv] with Antonio Zadra and his book “When Brains Dream” and I even took a stab at explaining “Why Our Dreams Are So Weird, Highly Emotional and Often Forgotten” on EPISODE #226[xv] as I'm personally been interested in deciphering the messages that come through in our dream state. I mentioned on our recent episode with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram about how motivational speaker Bob Proctor would encourage all of us to write down our dreams to see what we could learn from them. I've got quite the dream log that goes back to the late 90s, and while no one other than myself would understand the significance within my scribbles, they are very clear to me. Here's an example: I was planning to move from Toronto, Canada, to Arizona, USA in January 2000. I had applied to come to the USA on the H1BI VISA for the work I was doing with teenagers, and I didn't get the paperwork I needed until April 2001. You can see a dream I recorded Dec 14th, 2000 where I wrote “Bob at office putting in new computer telling me how I should set up my Phoenix office” that to someone else might be just a bunch of jumbled words, but to me, that was a clear sign that I was going to eventually finally make it to Arizona, with some suggestions on how to set up my office when I got there. I remember this dream clearly, with Bob actually hiding the wires behind my computer under my desk.  With each log I've written, I can now go back over the dream in my head whenever I want, and the messages within each dream are obvious…at least to me.   HOW TO USE YOUR DREAMS AS GUIDANCE:   I've used this dream log to guide me in my personal and professional life and highly encourage anyone who wants to gain more self-awareness to try this activity. Silva began using dreams to solve his problems back in 1949 and said the more he studied, the more humbling it became as he realized he knew less and less as time moved forward. He was always looking to learn more to help others with his research. He writes an incredible story about how he dreamed of 3 numbers, and couldn't figure out what they were, until a string of events led him to a gas station, where someone he was with saw the numbers on a lottery ticket. He bought the ticket, and went on to win $10,000 that he used to fund his research over the years. This isn't the only story where dreams have had a significant importance. Richard Bach, the author of the book “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” an important book in the field of personal development, was almost never was written. Richard Bach explains that he couldn't figure out the ending to this story, until he saw the ending in a dream he had, helping him to finish the book. This book made the cover of Time Magazine, and Bach credits The Silva Method for the mental discipline and visualization he needed to complete this book. PUT THIS STRATEGY INTO PRACTICE: BEGIN BY  WRITING DOWN YOUR DREAMS as soon as you wake up. I used to keep a notebook next to my bed, to do this, but now, with a phone nearby, I wake up and use the notepad on my phone.  But what if you don't recall your dreams? Dreams are hard to remember, and Stephanie Gailing, the author of The Complete Book of Dreams says that “on average, within 5 minutes we forget 50% of what we dream and within 10 minutes, only 10% may remain”[xvi] and “there are certain neurotransmitters (brain chemicals)  necessary to transform short-term memories into long-term ones; some of these including norepinephrine are at a very low level while dreaming, therefore create an innate blockade to having our nighttime visions etched in our mind.”  TAKE THE DREAM WORLD SERIOUSLY: If you can be like Silva, and put value on your dreams, Gailing says “those who revere their dreams and accept them as an integral part of their life remember them more often.” I learned from Vishen Lakhiani, in the Silva Ultramind Online course that some indigenous cultures that he's come across in his studies, wake up and begin their day by discussing their dreams and what messages they can see from their dream state. I know we are far off from starting our corporate meetings this way, but if you can do this on your own, I do promise you will see things that will help you in your everyday life. MAKE SURE YOU ARE SLEEPING LONG ENOUGH: Gailing reported in her Complete Book of Dreams that “since dreams that arrive in the early morning are thought to be more vivid and complex” be sure you are sleeping long enough that you don't miss out on this last REM stage of sleep. How would you know WHEN your REM sleep is? You can use a sleep tracker to see. I put a screen shot of my REM SLEEP from last night that shows at what points in the night I was in REM. My report showed last night's REM sleep to be 21% higher than my 30 day average, but I unfortunately did not remember my dreams from last night. HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL REMEMBER YOUR DREAMS: The strategy of having the intention of remembering your dream works well, and also not worrying if you don't remember them every night. My dream log has weeks of gaps where I didn't remember anything at all, or it just wasn't something I thought was important to remember at the time. To bring this episode to a close, and REVIEW Chapter 6 on Speed Learning and Chapter 7 on Creative Dreams, In Chapter 6 on Speed Learning we looked at 2 Strategies that included Using the mental screen paired with the 3-finger technique if you want to learn something quickly, using the Alpha Brain State. Silva also covered recording your voice, or creating what I knew of as the “loop tape” of whatever it is that you want to remember. You would record what you want to remember in the BETA State, and then listen to it in the Alpha state (using the 3 finger technique or counting backwards). In Chapter 7 on Creative Dreams we covered 4 strategies for remembering our dreams, and taking them seriously like Jose Silva himself did. In the resource section, I've put the links to the three meditations I found online that can help you to take Silva's ideas to new heights in your own life. I hope that you take the time to go through the meditations where you will see what Hans Ajay told me. They are transformational.  I wanted to learn something new with my current meditation practice, and had no idea just how deep Jose Silva's Program would take me. Next episode we will cover: Episode #164 ✔ Ch 8-Your Words Have Power ✔ Ch 9-The Power of Imagination ✔ Ch 10-Using Your Mind to Improve Your Health Will see you next episode. RESOURCES: MEDITATION  1: How to Enter the Alpha Level of Mind, Step by Step Process, The Silva Method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMJWT6EsNs MEDITATION 2: Jose Silva Method Alpha Exercises by Sommer Leigh Published on YouTube June 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SY0kajVITA MEDITATION 3: 20 Minute Sila Centering Exercise with Vishen Kakhiani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_4GDXWBPCk REFERENCES: [i] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #260 with Dr. Hasan Ibne Akram on “Breaking Down the Mindset of the Million Dollar Monk” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/serial-entrepreneur-and-computer-scientist-hasan-ibne-akram-pd-d-on-breaking-down-the-mindset-of-the-million-dollar-monk/ [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 3258 Neuroscientist and Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author on “The Brain-Friendly Workplace: Why Talented People Quit and How to Make Them Stay” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/neuroscientistwallstreet-journalbestselling-authorfriederike-fabritius-onhernew-bookthe-brainfriendly-workplacewhy-talented-peoplequitand-how-tomake/ [iii] https://kwiklearning.com/ [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #37 with Dr. John Dunlosky on “Improving Student Success with Some Principles from Cognitive Science”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/kent-states-dr-john-dunlosky-on-improving-student-success-some-principles-from-cognitive-science/ [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #161 with John Almarode, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher on “How Learning Works: Translating the Science of Learning into Strategies for Maximum Learning in Your Classroom” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/johnalmarodedouglas-fisherand-nancyfreyon-how-learning-works-translatingthescience-oflearningintostrategiesformaximum-learning-inyourclassroom/ [vi] Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and bod Published September 5, 2017  by Daniel Goleman  https://www.amazon.com/Altered-Traits-Science-Reveals-Meditation/dp/0399184384 [vii] The Silva Mind Control Method https://silvamethod.com/ [viii] www.mindvalley.com [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #261 PART 1 “A Deep Dive into Applying the Silva Method for Improved Intuition, Creativity and Focus” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-1/ [x]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE#262 PART 2 “A Deep Dive into Applying the Silva Method: Dynamic Meditation and Improved Memory”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-2/ [xi] https://kwiklearning.com/ [xii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #145 with Howard Berg, the World's Fastest Speed Reader on “Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension and Recall”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-worlds-fastest-reader-howard-stephen-berg-on-strategies-to-improve-reading-comprehension-and-recall-for-educators-and-the-workplace/ [xiii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #224 with Harvard Neuroscientist Dr. Baland Jalal who Explains “Sleep Paralysis, Lucid Dreaming and Premonitions: Expanding Our Awareness into the Mysteries of Our Brain During Sleep” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/harvard-neuroscientist-drbaland-jalalexplainssleepparalysislucid-dreaming-andpremonitionsexpandingour-awareness-into-the-mysteries-ofourbrainduring-sl/ [xiv] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #104 with Antonio Zadra on “When Brains Dream” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/sleep-scientist-antonio-zadra-on-when-brains-dream-exploring-the-science-and-mystery-of-sleep/ [xv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE#226 “Using Neuroscience to Explain Why Our Dreams Are So Weird, Highly Emotional and Often Forgotten”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-using-neuroscience-to-explain-why-our-dreams-are-so-weird-highly-emotional-and-often-forgotten/ [xvi] The Complete Book of Dreams: A Guide to Unlocking the Meaning and Healing Power of Your Dreams by Stephanie Gailing Published October 20, 2020  https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Book-Dreams-Illustrated-Encyclopedia/dp/1577152131  

Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast for EPISODE #170 with John Harmon, an independent researcher who's developed a new way to define the mind and map it to the brain, called the MA (Memory Activation) Method. This cognitive neuroscience tool enhances CNS (Central Nervous System) medicine, natural language processing, cognitive computing and most of applied neuroscience.  John's goal aligns directly with ours on the podcast—to enhance humanity's understanding, appreciation and use of the human mind, and its manifestation in the brain. Watch this interview on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCjPIikAISU  Learn more about John Harmon here https://www.neuralnetworkbiomarkers.com/  See past Neuroscience Meets SEL Podcast Episodes here https://www.achieveit360.com/episodes/  On Today's Episode You Will Learn: ✔︎ How to get comfortable with not knowing everything when it comes to neuroscience, the brain, and learning. ✔︎ John's Core Research translated so we can all understand how our brain maps to learning something new. ✔︎ The importance of belief with our goals, and with anything we want to accomplish, like health, or eliminating pain. ✔︎ What we need to know about how our brain works under pressure (throwing a football in a game) or taking a test. For those who are new here, I'm Andrea Samadi, author, and educator from Toronto, Canada, now in Arizona, and like many of our listeners, have been fascinated with learning and understanding the science behind high performance strategies in our schools, our sports, and workplace environments. My vision for this podcast is to bring the experts to you, share their books, resources and ideas to help you to implement their proven strategies, and take the fear out of this new field of educational neuroscience. My hope is that this podcast will bridge the gap between the science, theory and application. I picked the perfect guest to do this today, because he will agree with me that this topic is not easy to explain conceptually. This is the reason why I record these podcasts using video so that I can add images to explain the concepts discussed that we might at first glance think of as difficult and dismiss them. But they are important and I hope that we can learn them together. It's been a few years that I have followed John Harmon's research through LinkedIn, where we connected, and I noticed that he often comments and what I call “plusses” an idea or takes it to the next level with his understanding. I started to read his comments in my early days of learning this field, because it helped me to see things through a new lens, from someone more immersed in the field than me, but when learning anything new, it takes effort. This is when you know that true learning is taking place. Whatever John would write, I would have to stop and really think about what he was saying. Here's an Example: Neuroscience News Posted an article recently called Single Neurons Might Behave as Networks[i] and someone commented on their LinkedIn post[ii] “Why wouldn't they behave as networks?” and I could agree with his train of thought as I have done a few episodes talking about Brain Network Theory[iii] and how we need to now think of the neural networks in the brain versus single parts of the brain, or neurons operating individually. Someone else chimed in to give their thoughts saying “isn't the discovery here that a single neuron can function as its own self-contained network?” and John Harmon plussed this comment by providing his thoughts of his take-away of the article where he offers “the article as I read it talks about individual neurons and their function in the context of a larger network activity” and that “if a neuron doesn't function as part of a network, then it's a noisy neuron—ie. It doesn't contribute, or is a part of, any stored mental process (perception, recognition, meaning, executive control, goals, language, attention, intention etc.) and he guessed that “99% of neurons are part of at least one network” bringing the article into perspective for me because with each new idea we learn, “it helps us to better understand our brain and ourselves”[iv]  but it also opens up the door for more questions that I will get to in the interview. This is where it really helps to have experts in this field to bounce ideas with. I was drawn to John's posts as he helped me to understand this new area of educational neuroscience right from those beginning days when I was first learning this topic, and finally after years of interacting on social media, I asked if he would come on the podcast to share the research he has uncovered in this field. Let's meet John Harmon and learn more about how he is using this understanding of neuroscience in his consulting business, as an independent researcher and to enhance humanity's understanding, appreciation and use of the human mind, and its manifestation in the brain. Welcome John. It's great to meet you after following your work for so long. Thank you for coming on the podcast. Intro Q: Before we get into your work, I was reading your website, and thought your story is important to share since many people I have interviewed have talked about how they began in this field and met with some controversy or had to go back and refine their ideas. This was certainly the case for how I began in this field. Where did the idea to start your company Mind Brian Insights[v] begin for you and what exactly do you do? Q1: I mention in the back story how I love that you often add insight into posts on LinkedIn, which is how I first found your work.  I call it “plussing” someone's idea where you take the neuroscience understanding one step deeper. I'm not sure if I have this right, but I'm also not afraid of being wrong either, so we can learn together. Can you explain what your core idea is-active mind (perception, meaning, belief, attitude, state of emotion, intention etc.)  which creates a set of active general memories (which we know can be inaccurate since memories change each time we remember them) and this third part I think I'm off with and could use your direction, but this all creates a set of active FNN (functional neural network) ranges which I imagine is the activity in the brain that increases or decreases depending on the cognitive task while our mind is at work? How did I do there? Q1B) Can you give an example of how this core idea relates to learning something new? Q2: What is the functional neural networks, structural neural networks, the FNN[vi]/SNN[vii] and the relationship between the two of them? Q3: What about the placebo effect (that drives home the point thoughts/belief states/emotions are manifested PHYSICALLY in the brain). Can you give some examples of this? 3 B) How can we use our mind to rid ourselves of pain, like with hypnotherapy? 3C) How important is what we believe in our schools/workplaces? Q4: What about the mind's role in relation to the brain: mind as "captain" not brain (is it our higher self that's in charge of the mind, at least some of the time? If our mind is in charge, not our brain, what are some ways that you think we can better manage our mind and not lose it, or improve self-regulation skills? Q5: For those looking to apply this understanding to playing sports in these high pressure, high stakes time, what are some common sources of mind/brain signal noise when throwing a football in a stressful situation? What kind of errors happen while playing sports under stress? How can we train someone to overcome these errors at the brain level? Q6: Since many of our listeners are educators in the classroom, or people looking to apply neuroscience to their work/daily life, can you give some practical examples of mapping learning in the brain. What is the mechanism of learning something new, for all of us listening so that can we use this understanding to improve or accelerate learning? Q7: Final thoughts? Thank you very much John, for taking the time to speak with me today on a topic that is not the easiest to explain.  For people who want to learn more about your work, and services, is the best place your website? Follow John Harmon: https://www.neuralnetworkbiomarkers.com/ Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-harmon-75523384/ LinkedIn Profile FOLLOW ANDREA SAMADI:  YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreaSamadi   Website https://www.achieveit360.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samadi/  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/Achieveit360com   Neuroscience Meets SEL Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2975814899101697   Twitter: https://twitter.com/andreasamadi   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreasamadi/  RESOURCES: Mapping the Human Brain to Understand the Human Mind by Jaimie Oh January 8, 2014 http://thinktank.uchicago.edu/blog/2014/1/8/mapping-the-human-brain-to-understand-the-human-mind The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #37 with Dr. John Dunlosky on “Improving Student Success with Some Principles from Cognitive Science” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/kent-states-dr-john-dunlosky-on-improving-student-success-some-principles-from-cognitive-science/ The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #100 with Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on “The Neuroscience of Social and Emotional Learning” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/professor-mary-helen-immordino-yang-on-the-neuroscience-of-social-and-emotional-learning/ Functional Neural Networks by Barinder Thind May 25, 2020 https://b-thi.github.io/Posts/FNNs.html The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #138 with Dr. Daniel Ansari on “The Future of Educational Neuroscience” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/professor-and-canada-research-chair-in-developmental-cognitive-neuroscience-and-learning-on-the-future-of-educational-neuroscience/ The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #48 on Brain Network Theory “Using Neuroscience to Stay Productive During Times of Change” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-network-theory-using-neuroscience-to-stay-productive-during-times-of-change-and-chaos/ REFERENCES: [i] Neuroscience News Single Neurons Might Respond as Networks Sept. 6th, 2021 https://neurosciencenews.com/single-neuron-deep-learning-19264/ [ii] https://www.linkedin.com/posts/neuroscience-news_single-neurons-might-behave-as-networks-activity-6840757071160446976-Ktb- [iii]The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #48 on “Brain Network Theory: Using Neuroscience to Stay Productive During Times of Chaos and Change”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-network-theory-using-neuroscience-to-stay-productive-during-times-of-change-and-chaos/ [iv] Neuroscience News Single Neurons Might Respond as Networks Sept. 6th, 2021 https://neurosciencenews.com/single-neuron-deep-learning-19264/ [v] https://www.neuralnetworkbiomarkers.com/my-story/ [vi] Understanding Functional Neural Networks https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-26921-0_3 [vii] Understanding the Structure of Neural Networks by Savannah Logan Nov. 27, 2017  https://becominghuman.ai/understanding-the-structure-of-neural-networks-1fa5bd17fef0

A very special episode in our new Iconic Ships series, published on the anniversary of the loss of HMS Hood in 1941. HMS Hood is without doubt one of the Royal Navy's most famous ships. A battle-cruiser, laid down in 1916 and launched in 1918, she was the largest battle cruiser ever built and the largest warship of any type in the world for twenty years. She enjoyed a correspondingly high profile which rendered her loss, with all but three of her crew, particularly potent. On this day in May 1941, whilst hunting the mighty German battleship Bismark, Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank in just three minutes.This week is special not only for the subject but also for the historian who makes the case for Hood being an Iconic Ship - it is a contribution made by the late Eric Grove who so sadly was recently lost to us.Eric was one of the UK's most important naval historians; a magnificent personality, a brilliant teacher and a formidable scholar. His works include Vanguard to Trident: British Naval Policy Since 1945 (1987), The Future of Sea Power (1990), The Price of Disobedience (2000) and The Royal Navy Since 1815 (2005). He also edited a new edition of Julian Corbett's Some Principles of Maritime Strategy in 1988. He made contributions to many television programmes including BBC2's Timewatch series, Deep Wreck Mysteries, Channel 4's Hunt for the Hood and the Bismarck and the series The Battleships and the Airships.Grove was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Member of Council of the Navy Records Society and most importantly of course, he was a Vice President of the Society for Nautical Research which publishes this podcast.This recording was made just the day before his death and was the last piece of work he prepared for publication. HMS Hood was the subject that Eric was most passionate about and in this episode you can hear him explain why she was so important, in his own words, and in his own voice. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Martine Ratcliffe has worked as a forensic psychologist for HM Prison and Probation Service for 20 years. She's currently the national diversity and inclusion (D&I) lead for the Psychology Services Group. Her passion for D&I has been amplified through her work with children, becoming a mum and from personal experience as a mixed-race woman working within HMPPS. Further Reading: The Lammy Review (2017): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643001/lammy-review-final-report.pdf Bashe, A., Anderson, S. K., Handelsman, M. M., & Klevansky, R. (2007). An acculturation model for ethics training: The ethics autobiography and beyond. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 38(1), 60–67. https://doi.org/10.1037/0735-7028.38.1.60 Handelsman, Mitch & Gottlieb, Michael & Knapp, Samuel. (2005). Training Ethical Psychologists: An Acculturation Model. Professional psychology, research and practice. 36. 59-65. 10.1037/0735-7028.36.1.59.  Gottlieb, Michael & Handelsman, Mitch & Knapp, Samuel. (2008). Some Principles for Ethics Education: Implementing the Acculturation Model. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 2. 123-128. 10.1037/1931-3918.2.3.123.  Menakem, R. (2017). My grandmother's hands. Central Recovery Press. Gross, R. (2010). Psychology: The science of mind and behaviour (6th ed.). Hodder & Stoughton Educational

1. CAPT Bill Shafley's article on new forms of Naval Operational Planning.http://cimsec.org/new-forms-of-naval-operational-planning-for-earning-command-of-the-seas/376412. Sir Julian Corbett, Some Principles of Maritime Strategyhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/15076/15076-h/15076-h.htm3. Wayne Hughes, Fleet Tactics and Naval Operationshttps://www.amazon.com/Fleet-Tactics-Naval-Operations-Professional/dp/16824733764. Milan Vego, Joint Operational Warfare, Theory and Practicehttps://www.amazon.com/Joint-Operational-Warfare-Theory-Practice/dp/B0057K4CVQ/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=vego+joint+operations&qid=1579581058&sr=8-1-fkmr05. While not dedicated specifically to the Composite Warfare Commander construct, Major Kevin M. Stepp's Master's Thesis, "Composite Warfare Doctrine – Providing the JFMCC with the Optimal Command and Control Method for Amphibious Operations," does an excellent job describing the concept, starting on electronic page 10:https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a621058.pdf

Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Say What Wednesday Edition Series to cover a number of questions asked – FAQ on stages of life Hard to get through all questions – from questions compiled – put together run through of steps Go through 3 or 4 – stages of life – cover the process from start to finish – considerations to take, give an outline Process – Stage, typical situation, goals, focus, and tips – priorities and strategies – pros and cons Get the planning books – access through the member's section - https://financeandfury.com.au/member/ Investing in yourself episodes at the start of the year as well – purpose careers Today – First part - Starting out – run through the basic stage of setting the foundations – The first part is very important – even if feel like you have gone through it, know someone who this can benefit – please share to help them This part, not really age/situation-specific - regardless of ages/circumstances finances can be difference from decisions What does the Starting stage look like? - either before full-time job (at uni/working part-time) or stating your first job, or well into your work life but want to better financial position Different for everyone – different ages, amounts, etc – don’t want to beat around the bush – earlier the better But never too late – more effort can be needed to catch up – where is the fun in something not challenging? Generally – to build something start with base/foundation – most foundations work off a basic framework – weight/loads Engineering – square-cube law – as you double the size the volumes/mass cubed   Example – cube with 1 mass – double the size and mass 8 – double again (4x4x4) and mass 64 Limits all design – planes with wing sizes, tall buildings (taper in) – Limits nature – trees, animals – reason blue whale biggest creature – max under this law of what No different in personal finances and becoming financially independent – design a foundation around governing principles Example – Winning $200m – make you FI – but what if financially illiterate with a gambling habit? Remain FI? What makes a good gambler? They aren’t technically gambling – not slot machines, but poker – Game of probability – beyond counting cards (chance of cards being in play) – chip stack management – a line of the song ‘when to hold 'em and fold em’ Just like a professional poker player – playing smart in life with your finances are the core – Some Principles of personal finances – probably 100 more – but good starting place Prioritise around the economic problem – Finite resources (money) – so where is it best put? Setting out your own goals/needs – building a plan based around where to put each dollar to meet goals Make your own target ratio – budgeting to pay yourself first – why prioritising helps – sets clear goals Compounding – the rule of 72 – Invest in yourself – continue to gain experience and knowledge - Prioritise - While each individual will have different needs, situations, etc – initial stage of financial journey is the clean-up phase -  before transition into working on the foundations – like going for a road trip and forgetting your mix tape and to fuel up the car Goals - Planning with the End Goal in mind – Never too early to start Where to invest? What to invest in? How to access? Something that is well-diversified for lower investment funds and doesn’t cost you a lot in transaction costs Budgeting – Cashflow is king – method of accumulating wealth – a common practice – work, get the deposit (minus tax) into account, transfer to pay other people (or companies/online) - First step – How much do you earn and what are you spending money on? Next – Categorise – musts (essentials), nice things (discretionary), and surplus (savings) Are you happy with how it looks? How much do you need? Compounding – pretty self-explanatory – Investing into growth and reinvesting income compounds over time Rule of 72 – rule of thumb – 10% doubles every 7.2 y, or 7.2% every 10 years doubles – $10k at 10% p.a. - $20, $40, $80, $160, $320, $640 – 43.2y – but $320k less than 36y – Make it to 50y – just under $1.3m Golden ratios – Works in conjunction really with goals and compounding (next) – but having a plan/outline and goals around Planning and setting targets of how much you need to have invested and by when – times in life you won't be able to invest – cash flow being used for debt, family, life Important not to forget about is super – hidden beneficiary of compounding - as cant access till 60 – Example - 4 super accounts with $2k each – admin $78 + 0.1% p.a. insurance of $2.9p.w.– Returns 8% p.a. = $0 in 16y Gets rolled into lost super now before this happens – but still, suffer in performances – 10y 5.7% for ones like Ausfund Roll all into one account - $8k with same admin and returns = 40 years is just under $110k If you are around 20 now and have a number of accounts – might be worthwhile to look into if consolidating is an option – not advice – a general statement of obvious Investing in yourself – Experience and knowledge Practice investing in yourself – Sounds like a weird concept but you invest to gain something – income, growth, etc. Investing in yourself – with the aim of gaining something – growing as a person and reducing financial stress – Discussed a bit of this in investing in yourself series - purpose/vision statement – part of it is finances – way of funding it Tangible Benefits - Ways of increasing your income-producing ability and financial stability Earning more in your career – formal or informal learning to increase value to get paid more Growing wealth and increase passive income – investment income gains over time Intangible benefits - Less stress – What can cause stress? Not knowing what you are doing, or if it is through right thing, or procrastinating putting it off – even if it is just because it is new – Knowing that you are financially secure is good - The knowledge needed is very easy to get – with very little cost – Informal - consuming more career-specific content, books, audiobooks, podcasts, internet courses – All in your spare time around work – This is where Experience comes in – practical side to knowledge – plenty to learn and now have a track record I think the best form of education is a practical application of skills over theoretical testing – happens in personal finances – Can know a lot about shares – doesn’t mean that you will benefit from that knowledge – Afraid of buying shares? – start small – normally sooner rather than later I was sweating purchasing first shares – was 16 and just about to go into year 12 - Once you are invested – daily events will occur and it will go up or down – If it goes up – reinforcing factor that you are correct – nothing more to know If it goes down – reinforcing factor that investments are risky and to avoid, or that there is a lesson here and to try again – but in a different approach Compounding losses – don’t just offset future CGT – but Learn as much as you can to keep improving your ability – finance is a second language in a way – learning a language is easier when younger – brain pathways still forming – if you are young – forming good financial habit now benefits in life Professional/formal – go to uni, degrees etc. or outsource to other professionals who can help The more mistakes you make – the more experience you get with areas of personal finance – the easier it becomes – you don’t even have to think or worry about it – helps to build certainty If you haven’t made any investing mistakes – start small – Hard to get tricked in investing – mind field with scams, losses, etc. Sometimes you just don’t know enough to see that something is off – almost like how a really smelly cheese might just be assumed to be 6 years past expiry and throw it out – I would find it hard to tell – like a small bit of Roquefort cheese versus a mouldy cheddar – if you don’t know much about cheese then can be tricked Sometimes it is really well hidden - Choice architecture in economics = Super forms and choice of super – why a lot of people end up with 3 funds (me too) Supermarkets – perishables at the front with sales as you walk in (100% traffic) – behavioural trait of ‘invariant right’ – most people will turn right when entering a store – structure the layouts to lead to spend longer in store Watch out for path of least resistance – apathy can cost and is manipulated – financial/behavioural psychology You can have goals, priorities, knowledge - foundation – Process starts when your income-producing/investing capacity increases - When things really pick up – when your income-producing capacity starts – Part-time at school/uni – or First Full-time job out of school or after graduating uni – doesn’t matter where it comes from The question through life – where should Income Capacity be redirected? – Goals – solve the problem of what to do with your finite resources   Your goals will change through life – but the template to achieve them is the same Initial Template – questions that need to be answered – based around what is appropriate - Deciding what to do with larger disposable income? Where should it go? Planning and what the first stages are – Example - earning $80,000 per annum and expect to work for another 25 years, receiving average wage growth of 3.5% per annum, that is worth slightly under $2.2 million in present value (after 2.5% inflation) Structure for goals – How much by when – budget – Goals like deposit Aim to stay out of personal debts – CC or car loans – focus cash flow to repay Surplus funds use Investments and supers Basics – super account – mandatory – make sure consolidated Things to look at: investment option, insurances, costs ($ & %) Goal of wealth accumulation – Ongoing investment plan – ad hoc investments Other Foundations in place – things to account for Place to accumulate wealth – platform/broker Protection – Income-producing potentials   Next week – Start looking at events that tend to occur over time - First home, mortgage, starting a family – Mostly defined by debt or expenses – can mean limited room for wealth accumulation which is why these first stages are important - Either way – It doesn’t matter how much income you earn if you don’t use it diversify your wealth and other income sources What is one of the more important things is that at least some of your lifetime's earnings are put towards things that will inevitably replace it  Thank you for listening, if you want to ask a question you can do so at the contact page here.

Here are Some Principles of Exile: *Exile comes about because of sin or breaking the covenant. *Exile is associated with the God of Israel hiding his face. *When the God of Israel hides His face, the wicked in the world prosper. *Exile is likened unto being in a wilderness. *Exile is likened unto the people of the God of Israel being asleep. *The shekinah (the glory) of the God of Israel is in exile also. *Exile is a process of refinement, whose purpose is to bring us to repentance. Here are Some Principles of Redemption: *Redemption comes about when the people of the God of Israel repent. *The repentance process is encouraged through suffering. *Redemption is associated with the God of Israel REVEALING His face. *Redemption is like a “birth pang”. *Redemption is not comprehended by the logical mind. *Redemption is likened unto a “dream”. *Redemption is foreshadowed by Joseph and Isaac. Just as an olive does not release its oil until it is crushed, so too, we have to go through a “crushing” in order to release oil. The God of Israel allows us to go through sufferings, afflictions and trials so that we will repent, return and be refined. Prophetically, this time of suffering that we go through together as a people, this time is known as “Jacob’s trouble.” When the God of Israel redeems His people, He shows His power; He shows His outstretched arm. For more Eddie Chumney teachings and beautiful worship music, visit us at our internet streaming radio station; http://hebrootsradio.com. Visit our home page at http://hebroots.com Are you being blessed by these teachings? Please consider making a donation at http://hebroots.com and click the donate button. Thank you for listening!

About Episode 23: Join Tom and Kelvin as they identify principles useful in addressing questions and assumptions of those outside of online education. Think of this as articulating a value proposition or making an elevator pitch. This episode contains a segment from The Tavis Smiley Show with grateful permission. Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 23 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Rwanda Hingakawa from Starbucks Reserve (featured in this episode) The Human Story Behind the Featured Coffee Content Links Video: Thomas Cavanagh on The Tavis Smiley Show Video: Cheryl Hyman on The Tavis Smiley Show Video: Janet Napolitano on The Tavis Smiley Show TOPcast ep 08: "Get Free Stuff! Open Resources in Online Teaching and Learning" Editable GoogleDoc: "Some Principles for Speaking with the Public about Online Education" From Forbes: "Six Simple And Irresistible Alternatives To The Elevator Pitch" From Harvard Business Review: "How to Write an Elevator Pitch" "The ‘Yes, And…’ Approach: Less Ego, More Openness, More Possibility

Episode 0053 - Healing & Balance, part 27 (Click on the title, or here, for audio.) HEALING & BALANCE XXVII: Ra Material Compilation, 11-15-10 SOURCE PDF (free download): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16369164/RA%20Healing%20%26%20Balance-Mandelker%20rev.pdf START-PAGE: Part VIll, Some Principles of Service -- The Greatest Service (page 44) SOURCE URL: http://talkswithscottmandelker.com/

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