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The Aphorisms of Fuhrman, Part 2 · Vox Novus with Victor Fuhrman

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Speaker 1: The aphorisms and poems shared in this program are copyright
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Speaker 1: given attribution to other authors and sources. Vox Novus The
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Speaker 1: New Voice, Vox Novus, the New Dimension, Vox Novus thought
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Speaker 1: and movement leaders who will share from their experience and
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Speaker 1: offer tools to help us navigate our rapidly changing world.
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Speaker 1: My name is Victor Furman. Welcome to Vox Novus, the
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Speaker 1: New Voice. An Aphorism is an expression of general truth
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Speaker 1: or a principle observed through experience. I remember first learning
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Speaker 1: this word when the practice of yoga blessed my life
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Speaker 1: in the late nineteen eighties, and I picked up a
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Speaker 1: copy of the Yoga Aphorisms of Pantangely. This week on
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Speaker 1: Vox Novus, I will share part two of some of
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Speaker 1: these principles and truths that I have experienced in my
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Speaker 1: life and have labeled the aphorisms of Furman. These will
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Speaker 1: be included in my new book slated for the first
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Speaker 1: quarter of twenty twenty five. I'll also share some of
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Speaker 1: the poems that are featured in my book, Circles and Rings,
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Speaker 1: a collection of poetry from the soul I grew up
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Speaker 1: in the nineteen fifties with two grandmothers, one Jewish and
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Speaker 1: one Catholic. Both of them were loving, caring, and intelligent women.
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Speaker 1: Coming from two different perspectives, they shared the same message.
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Speaker 1: God loves us all the time, and especially when we
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Speaker 1: love and are kind to one another. In my mid
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Speaker 1: to late thirties, my spiritual path reopened and I began
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Speaker 1: attending a series of gatherings discussing all forms of spirituality.
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Speaker 1: The woman who hosted these events, in her eighties at
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Speaker 1: the time, reminded me of the energy of my grandmother's.
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Speaker 1: One evening, she asked if she could speak with me
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Speaker 1: after the gathering. Noting that I was not resonating with
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Speaker 1: some of what was being shared, She lovingly suggested that
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Speaker 1: I pursue that which resonated with me and not worry
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Speaker 1: about the rest. She then shared something that changed my life.
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Speaker 1: She said, Victor, God does not require that we be holy,
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Speaker 1: but God would love for us to be whole. My
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Speaker 1: life and understanding of the Divine came through the wisdom, kindness,
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Speaker 1: and love of free, amazing women. This section is called
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Speaker 1: life Lessons I learned from my mother. She passed away
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Speaker 1: in January of twenty twenty. After gracing my life with
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Speaker 1: love and so many pieces of wisdom, I share those
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Speaker 1: lessons with you now. Once when I had a very
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Speaker 1: bad toothache and the dentist was not available, my mother said,
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Speaker 1: take comfort in the knowledge that the pain will pass.
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Speaker 1: She was right. She taught me that the thermostad on
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Speaker 1: ovens is not always accurate, and to set the temperature
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Speaker 1: twenty five degrees higher. She was right. She taught me
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Speaker 1: that it is better to have people laugh with you
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Speaker 1: than laugh at you. She was right. She taught me
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Speaker 1: to be generous, both materially and spiritually. She was right.
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Speaker 1: She taught me how to hug heart to heart. She
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Speaker 1: was right. She taught me that, no matter how difficult
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Speaker 1: times were, we never wanted for the things we truly needed.
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Speaker 1: She was right. She taught me that it is o
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Speaker 1: k to grieve after losing a loved one, and that
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Speaker 1: tears are a very powerful form of medicine. She was right.
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Speaker 1: She taught me above all to love. She was right.
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Speaker 1: She was a deeply spiritual woman who taught her children
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Speaker 1: to be responsible while being compassionate and loving. I am
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Speaker 1: grateful for her shaping the man that I have become
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Speaker 1: and for her deep and abiding love, she will never
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Speaker 1: be further away than my heart. Thank you for your wisdom, Mom,
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Speaker 1: I will cherish your lessons, life and love forever. From
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Speaker 1: the aphorisms of Fermin. In my many years of training
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Speaker 1: salespeople in the compressed gas and welding supply industry, one
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Speaker 1: of the recurrent themes I taught was determining what the
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Speaker 1: customer really wants. It sounds very simple, but so many
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Speaker 1: overlook opportunities in trying to pursue the immediate sale without
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Speaker 1: really connecting with the customer on greater needs and perhaps
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Speaker 1: even improving process and profitability. This is where the art
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Speaker 1: of asking questions and really listening to the answers comes in.
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Speaker 1: It is the key to taking ownership of customer satisfaction.
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Speaker 1: This process has a wider and more profound application. We
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Speaker 1: may all think of one another as customers in life
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Speaker 1: when we share what's going on in our lives with
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Speaker 1: one another, What do we really want? At the most
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Speaker 1: fundamental level, it is to be heard and understood. Sacred
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Speaker 1: listening is the foundation. Sacred listening means really hearing what
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Speaker 1: is being said and felt without the need to interrupt
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Speaker 1: and inject our opinions, criticisms, or comments. When those we
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Speaker 1: are listening to have fully opened and completely shared what
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Speaker 1: they've had to say, we can listen to our empathic selves,
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Speaker 1: our inner voices. It is then that we will receive
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Speaker 1: the guidance to address their greater needs. It may be
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Speaker 1: some compassionate words, a kind facial expression, or a gentle hug.
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Speaker 1: In this way, we take ownership of customer satisfaction, of
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Speaker 1: the customers in life that we truly are to one another.
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Speaker 1: And if you take the W and the R out
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Speaker 1: of ownership, you end up with one ship, the one
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Speaker 1: ship that we sail through life on together. From the
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Speaker 1: aphorisms of Furmin. That aphorism speaks to a poem that
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Speaker 1: I shared in my new book Circles and Rings, a
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Speaker 1: collection of poetry from the soul. The poem is entitled
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Speaker 1: the Gift of True Listening. They're often are words that
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Speaker 1: need to be heard without cutting in or positioning. Your
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Speaker 1: heart will be stirred and compassion conferred. As you offer
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Speaker 1: the gift of true listening, you'll create sacred space while
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Speaker 1: bestowing great grace with love all around you glistening. It
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Speaker 1: may be any place where a soul you embrace as
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Speaker 1: you offer the gift of true listening. So gift someone
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Speaker 1: near you by saying, I hear you lifting them up
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Speaker 1: with your christening, and one day, when you're due, you
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Speaker 1: will be heard too, receiving the gift of true listening.
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Speaker 1: Movie mogul Samuel L. Goldwin said, I may not always
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Speaker 1: be right, but I am never wrong. I worked for
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Speaker 1: a man who frequently used this expression when an employee
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Speaker 1: offered a suggestion for bettering the company or questioned the
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Speaker 1: wisdom of his decisions. Essentially, it meant that his way
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Speaker 1: was the only way, right or wrong. Sadly, his attitude
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Speaker 1: shut down the flow of great ideas that would have
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Speaker 1: enhanced his business and made it more productive and profitable.
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Speaker 1: I am grateful for the lessons I learned working for him,
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Speaker 1: which ultimately made me a better manager and human being
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Speaker 1: in all aspects of life. When we listen, we grow,
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Speaker 1: we learn, and we heal each other. From the aphorisms
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Speaker 1: of Furman. Having a journalism background from many years ago,
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Speaker 1: I still carry in my soul the precepts that all
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Speaker 1: true journalists follow. For me, the most important of these
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Speaker 1: are journalism's first obligation is to the truth and the
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Speaker 1: second its essence is the discipline of verification. Many have
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Speaker 1: recently shared information purporting to be journalism or from journalistic
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Speaker 1: sources without personal verification or corroboration from independent sources. Sharing
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Speaker 1: this not only leads to misinforming others, it also stimulates anger, prejudice,
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Speaker 1: crowd arousal, and unfortunately, ignorance of truly important issues. By
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Speaker 1: the way, I'm very careful when I use the word
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Speaker 1: ignorance and stress that my use does not imply stupidity,
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Speaker 1: but it's true definition a lack of facts. I respect
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Speaker 1: everyone's right to have their own opinions and beliefs, as
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Speaker 1: shared by many great leaders over the years, everyone is
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Speaker 1: entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. I,
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Speaker 1: for one, will not share a news post on social
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Speaker 1: media or elsewhere that I haven't vetted or corroborated from
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Speaker 1: at least three independent and trustworthy sources. I respect all
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Speaker 1: of you and your right to the truth. Much to
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Speaker 1: do so from the aphorisms of Firmin what is self advocacy.
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Speaker 1: Self advocacy is learning how to speak up for yourself,
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Speaker 1: making your own decisions about your own life, learning how
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Speaker 1: to get information so that you can understand things that
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Speaker 1: are of interest to you, finding out who will support
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Speaker 1: you in your journey, knowing your rights and responsibilities, problem solving,
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Speaker 1: listening and learning, reaching out to others when you need
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Speaker 1: help and friendship, and learning about self determination? Why is
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Speaker 1: self advocacy important? So that you have the knowledge needed
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Speaker 1: to succeed and are given the chance to participate in
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Speaker 1: decisions that are being made about your life. This is
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Speaker 1: a difficult concept for many to embrace, mostly because of
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Speaker 1: feeling of inadequacy and the lack of self worth. How
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Speaker 1: do you know if you're worthy to self advocate? If
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Speaker 1: you're alive, you are worthy? From the aphorisms of Firmin.
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Speaker 1: When compiling a code of ethics for paranormal investigators, two
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Speaker 1: words were pre eminent in my thoughts. Responsibility and kindness.
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Speaker 1: When called to someone's private home because they think or
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Speaker 1: believe that paranormal activity is occurring, professional and ethical investigators
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Speaker 1: will work responsibly so as to calm the clients. Remember
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Speaker 1: that they are there to help the clients feel safe
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Speaker 1: and comfortable in their homes and truthfully report their findings
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Speaker 1: paranormal or not. Further to this, if the determination is
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Speaker 1: made that the activity is related to environmental or emotional factors.
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Speaker 1: Respond Vincible investigators will maintain and provide referrals to professionally
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Speaker 1: deal with these issues and follow up to ensure that
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Speaker 1: the situation has been remedied. Kindness applies to both the
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Speaker 1: living and the deceased. When dealing with the living, investigators
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Speaker 1: will be respectful and mindful that their mission is to
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Speaker 1: calm and truthfully inform clients and not find evidence to
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Speaker 1: enhance the reputation of the team. Kindness is an extension
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Speaker 1: of compassion for people who are upset, frightened, or confused
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Speaker 1: and need reassurance and truth from those they welcome into
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Speaker 1: their homes to help them. Kindness also extends to those
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Speaker 1: in spirit, who should be addressed respectfully as if they
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Speaker 1: were physically present. There is no place for provoking or threatening.
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Speaker 1: Those who feel they cannot follow the path of responsibility
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Speaker 1: and kindness should direct their efforts to public places of
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Speaker 1: investigation and leave private homes for ethical, responsible and compassionate professionals.
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of Furman. Before I entered the Air
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Speaker 1: Force in nineteen seventy three, my mother had a friend
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Speaker 1: of hers, an amateur astrologer, chart my path she saw
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Speaker 1: the following I would have a major health challenge in
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Speaker 1: the service, but would recover and be fine. She was
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Speaker 1: right that my desire for fatherhood would be strong, but
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Speaker 1: I would only have one or two children. She was
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Speaker 1: right that I would make my fortune in metals without
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Speaker 1: seeking it. I had a forty four year career in
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Speaker 1: the welding industry. She was right that I would spend
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Speaker 1: my senior years in a foreign land. I'm afraid she
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Speaker 1: was right. What Dreams May Come is a line from
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Speaker 1: the famous soliloquy in Hamlet. It comes to mind as
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Speaker 1: I reflect upon a dream I had in nineteen sixty
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Speaker 1: five that left me so shaken I had to write
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Speaker 1: about it. I was twelve at the time, and it
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Speaker 1: was an early autumn Saturday afternoon. I felt off and
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Speaker 1: told my mother I needed to nap. I awoke at
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Speaker 1: eight p m. And immediately opened a note book and
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Speaker 1: began writing what I saw in my dream. When I finished,
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Speaker 1: I showed it to my mother, who began crying. She
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Speaker 1: suggested that I bring it to my junior high school
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Speaker 1: English teacher, who was also disturbed by what she read.
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Speaker 1: She published it in the school's literary magazine, and most
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Speaker 1: who read it had the same reaction. I attempted to
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Speaker 1: locate a copy of that magazine from the school, to
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Speaker 1: no avail. My mother had a copy, but we could
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Speaker 1: not find it among her papers after she passed. In essence,
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Speaker 1: this is what my dream and the story I wrote entailed.
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Speaker 1: It starts with the aftermath of a worldwide extinction event,
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Speaker 1: one that I sensed at the time was post nuclear war.
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Speaker 1: It described everything humanity had strived to build and create,
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Speaker 1: and all life was gone. This was followed by a
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Speaker 1: period of the radiation of bating the atmosphere and waters
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Speaker 1: being restored, and remnants of civilization buried under tons of
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Speaker 1: rubble with no evidence it ever existed. Slowly, life began
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Speaker 1: to emerge again, with single cell organisms, plant life, basic
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Speaker 1: multicellular life, more complex animal life, and eventually Homo sapiens
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Speaker 1: Hunter gatherer tribes led to organized communities, developing civilizations and
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Speaker 1: ultimately modern technological civilizations. Fighting between nations for limited resources,
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Speaker 1: exploitation of people, and subjugation of populations followed. Ultimately, war
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Speaker 1: broke out, leading to thermonuclear war and another extinction event.
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Speaker 1: The dream and my retelling of it ended with the
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Speaker 1: same description. It began with I entitled the story Infinity.
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Speaker 1: I pray my dream never comes true, or maybe it did,
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Speaker 1: and we could stop the infinite cycle with compassion, mutual respect,
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Speaker 1: caring for one another, and most importantly with love. If
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Speaker 1: you were told that humanity and this planet we call
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Speaker 1: our home could be healed and made whole, saved by
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Speaker 1: every human being extending love and compassion to one another,
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Speaker 1: forgiving one another for hurts real or perceived, sharing with
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Speaker 1: our sisters and brothers in need, and there are so
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Speaker 1: so many, and being stewards of this earth, would you
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Speaker 1: take part? If the alternative was an extinction event, would
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Speaker 1: you take part? This is not about religion, end time, speculation,
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Speaker 1: or any specific or imminent event, just something to ponder.
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Speaker 1: My personal answer would be, of course, That's how I've
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Speaker 1: lived my life. From the aphorisms of Furman. There is
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Speaker 1: a pun that I first heard in the nineteen sixties.
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Speaker 1: It was also shared by Russell Crowe in the two
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Speaker 1: thousand and three film Master and Commander. The basis of
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Speaker 1: the pun is that someone has given the choice of
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Speaker 1: selecting one of two bull weavils, as one is slightly larger,
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Speaker 1: that is the one most often chosen but the wisdom
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Speaker 1: sharer chides the selection, saying, you most always choose the
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Speaker 1: lesser of two weavils, wherein lies the pun. The lesser
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Speaker 1: of two evils is an expression I remember hearing in
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Speaker 1: the sixties, seventies, and eighties when it came to voting
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Speaker 1: for political candidates where neither was the perfect choice. The
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Speaker 1: message was to vote for the least unfavorable candidate. Perhaps
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Speaker 1: this re emerged from my consciousness because of the state
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Speaker 1: of our current leadership, executive and legislative, and the political process.
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Speaker 1: Please no, I'm not singling out a specific candidate or
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Speaker 1: anyone currently serving in office or about to serve in office.
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Speaker 1: What I'm saying is the best times in our country
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Speaker 1: was when leadership came together in the spirit of compromise,
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Speaker 1: passing legislation for the benefit of the majority of Americans,
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Speaker 1: and shining in the light of what American democracy was
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Speaker 1: meant to be, a government of the people, by the people,
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Speaker 1: and for the people. I pray we find our way
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Speaker 1: back to that ideal and once again find unity and
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Speaker 1: compromise through compassion and the highest of ideals. I've been
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Speaker 1: tempted to form a new independent political party. The party
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Speaker 1: will be called five seas. The platform will consist of
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Speaker 1: the following principles compassion, common sense, communication, civility, compromise. Actually,
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Speaker 1: this isn't new. It's the way our government used to be.
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Speaker 1: It's the way elected officials of both major parties, even
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Speaker 1: when they were diametrically opposed to each other's views, came
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Speaker 1: together for the good of the American people. Call me sentimental,
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Speaker 1: but I long for the day when the five seas
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Speaker 1: once again are the principles are leaders are guided by
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of Furman, one of the gifts I
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Speaker 1: received from my father was his biting and often off
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Speaker 1: color sense of humor. When I was fifteen, he was
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Speaker 1: very ill and went into a coma. While at his
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Speaker 1: bedside in the hospital, he opened his eyes and looked
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Speaker 1: at me. I smiled and said, Dad, I have a
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Speaker 1: new joke. He responded by softly saying, no more jokes.
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Speaker 1: I had the opportunity to tell him that I loved him.
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Speaker 1: He closed his eyes and he transitioned a few minutes later.
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Speaker 1: In that very poignant lesson, I learned that embracing everything
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Speaker 1: in life with an open heart is the key to living.
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of Furman. I've had occasions when friends
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Speaker 1: and acquaintances have shared the expression I will never mistake
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Speaker 1: your kindnessness for weakness. From the first time I heard this,
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Speaker 1: I couldn't grasp why anyone would think that kind people
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Speaker 1: were weak. This would also imply that those who might
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Speaker 1: offer kindness would be hesitant or refrain from this to
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Speaker 1: avoid being thought of as weak. We live in a
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Speaker 1: world where extending kindness and compassion to one another is essential.
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Speaker 1: Think of how the energy of the entire planet would
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Speaker 1: shift if each day, simple acts of kindness were shared.
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Speaker 1: We would be fulfilling the basic tenet found in virtually
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Speaker 1: every faith, the Golden Rule. We would see each other
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Speaker 1: as sisters and brothers, members of the greater family of humanity,
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Speaker 1: and in doing so, we would recognize and embrace the
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Speaker 1: strength and power of kindness. From the aphorisms of Firmin.
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Speaker 1: The aphorisms and poems shared in this program are copyright
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Speaker 1: given attribution to other authors and sources. Back on Vox Novus.
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Speaker 1: As we continue with the aphorisms of Furman and a
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Speaker 1: few chosen poems from my book Circles and Rings, a
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Speaker 1: collection of poetry from the Soul. I know that many
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Speaker 1: will be continuing holiday shopping over the next few days,
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Speaker 1: looking for the perfect gift for family and friends. May
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Speaker 1: I humbly offer that there are special gifts, gifts that
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Speaker 1: cannot be purchased online or in a store, that will
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Speaker 1: be so welcomed by those who receive them. Here are
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Speaker 1: a few of those gift ideas. A warm hug with
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Speaker 1: permission for someone who needs to feel loved. A gift
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Speaker 1: of listening again, non judgmentally and without the need to interject.
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Speaker 1: For someone who feels they need to be heard. A
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Speaker 1: genuine smile and thank you by name. For someone who
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Speaker 1: is serving you in a store, a helping hand by offer,
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Speaker 1: May I give you a hand and acknowledgment, Yes, thank
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Speaker 1: you for someone who needs physical assistance in an activity,
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Speaker 1: carrying groceries, shoveling, snow loading a car, just about anything.
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Speaker 1: Telling someone you love them just as they are and
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Speaker 1: meaning it. We need to pause, take a breath, and
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Speaker 1: take time for these simple expressions of kindness in a
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Speaker 1: world that truly needs them. Now, thank you for taking
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Speaker 1: the time to listen and embrace this. You are loved.
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of Ferbon, continuing the theme of the
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Speaker 1: greatest gifts that we may give each other, I have
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Speaker 1: three called the three l and these gifts are priceless.
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Speaker 1: Number one listening, truly listening, without judgment or interruption to
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Speaker 1: someone who needs to be heard. Looking looking at each
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Speaker 1: other with eyes of compassion and recognizing the commonality of
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Speaker 1: human experience. Number three loving, Loving with an open heart,
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Speaker 1: even when this is the hardest thing to do. May
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Speaker 1: we offer each other these three l's today and every day.
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of Furmin. This aphorism concerns three words, favor, service,
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Speaker 1: and the great gift. Favor an act of kindness beyond
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Speaker 1: what is due or usual. I've come to ask you
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Speaker 1: a favor. Synonyms include a good turn, a good deed,
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Speaker 1: kindness or act of kindness. Service the action of helping
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Speaker 1: or doing work for someone. Millions are involved in voluntary service.
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Speaker 1: Synonyms include a favor, kindness, good turn, and helping hand.
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Speaker 1: The great gift doing a favor or performing a service
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Speaker 1: so that the recipient does not see it as a
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Speaker 1: favor or service, and the granted performer does it without
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Speaker 1: condition or expectation of acknowledgment or reward. The great gift.
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of Furman, the fourth line of the
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Speaker 1: twenty third Psalm reads, YEA, though I walk through the
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Speaker 1: valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,
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Speaker 1: for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff
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Speaker 1: they comfort me. My wonderful spiritual teacher used to share
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Speaker 1: that the line reads walk through the valley of the
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Speaker 1: shadow of death and implies we do not stay there.
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Speaker 1: Grief is a complicated process and different for each of us.
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Speaker 1: But I always take comfort in that teaching with the
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Speaker 1: knowledge that blessed memories of our departed loved ones will
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Speaker 1: linger long after they pass. For all of those grieving
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Speaker 1: the loss of a loved one, my total compassion as
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Speaker 1: we walk through that valley together. Here are three short aphorisms.
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Speaker 1: The most difficult demons to exercise are those we create
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Speaker 1: based upon feelings of inadequacy, low self esteem, and the
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Speaker 1: absence of love. If you own your fears, your fears
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Speaker 1: will never own you a personal life lesson worth sharing.
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Speaker 1: No challenge has ever been as difficult in reality as
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Speaker 1: I may have preconceived in my imagination from the aphorisms
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Speaker 1: of Furmine. The only way to liberate ourselves from old habits,
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Speaker 1: bad relationships, and negativity is to be truly willing and
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Speaker 1: ready to let them go. So many of us have
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Speaker 1: a tendency to hold on to that which no longer
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Speaker 1: serves us. It takes courage and directed intention. Freedom is
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Speaker 1: achieved by letting go, which leads to the poem. There
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Speaker 1: are those who choose to suffer, and this will be
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Speaker 1: their fate. There are those who ask for deliverance and
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Speaker 1: often much too late. There are those who ask for
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Speaker 1: healing but are unwilling to take part. For those who
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Speaker 1: truly want this change are ready in mind and heart.
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of furmine. A friend asked me what
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Speaker 1: I've learned in my seventy one years of life. Not much,
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Speaker 1: not really. Actually, I've gained a little insight along the way.
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Speaker 1: The more I think I know, the more I realize
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Speaker 1: I don't know. Learning, and more importantly, understanding, is a
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Speaker 1: process that goes on infinitely. There is nothing that I
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Speaker 1: can't accomplish, provided it follows two cosmic rules, that it
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Speaker 1: is for my highest good and that it does not
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Speaker 1: detract from anyone else's highest good. Life is not guaranteed.
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Speaker 1: It is precious, fleeting, and we must do everything in
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Speaker 1: our power to take care of this gift that we've
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Speaker 1: been given. Without preaching. I beseech all of you who
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Speaker 1: still smoke to consider quitting very seriously. I've had several
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Speaker 1: friends either transition or become extremely ill recently because smoking,
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Speaker 1: and I ask this selfishly because I don't want to
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Speaker 1: lose you. I've learned to let go of negative emotions
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Speaker 1: or feelings quickly. They are not worth holding on to
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Speaker 1: and are destructive to us. Justified anger should result in
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Speaker 1: constructive and positive action rather than internalized brooding and discontent.
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Speaker 1: A wonderful teacher once told me that hating someone is
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Speaker 1: like taking poison and expecting the other person to die.
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Speaker 1: This world is filled with magic. It can enhance our
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Speaker 1: lives and expand our vistas if we open our hearts
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Speaker 1: and minds and allow it to Forgiveness, compassion, and kindness
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Speaker 1: are keys to a joyous life. And last, and most importantly,
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Speaker 1: it has been said by those much wiser than I,
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Speaker 1: love is not the only thing. Love is everything. Life
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Speaker 1: lessons in my seventy one years. Several years ago, I
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Speaker 1: was in the woods near Sandyston, New Jersey. I turned
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Speaker 1: around and was startled to see a huge black bear
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Speaker 1: staring me right in the face. He sniffed me a
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Speaker 1: couple of times, and I softly prayed, saying, please, please
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Speaker 1: don't eat me. He smiled and said, to my surprise,
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Speaker 1: don't worry, human, I'm on a GMO free diet. I
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Speaker 1: met a goddess on my return flight from a business
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Speaker 1: trip recently. She must have been in a hurry to
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Speaker 1: get wherever goddesses go, as she seemed to be anxious
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Speaker 1: to deplane. She was behind me struggling to get her
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Speaker 1: carry on from the overhead compartment. I turned and offered assistance,
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Speaker 1: and she nodded. I handed her the bag and then
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Speaker 1: stepped back into my seat, gesturing in a please go
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Speaker 1: first manner. She paused, smiled very well warmly, and said
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Speaker 1: thank you, and then quickly ran off the plane. How
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Speaker 1: do I know that she was a goddess. When your
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Speaker 1: heart is open, the goddess will smile warmly upon you.
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of Furmin. At my stage of life,
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Speaker 1: I've learned not to be swayed by anyone else's opinion
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Speaker 1: about anything. This leaves so much room for missed opportunity.
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Speaker 1: If we meet someone and we resonate with them, wonderful.
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Speaker 1: If we do not resonate with them, this is a
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Speaker 1: learning opportunity to find out what there is about them
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Speaker 1: that mirrors a part of ourselves that we are uncomfortable with,
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Speaker 1: and work on this if we choose to do so.
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Speaker 1: Either way, the experience is meaningful. From the aphorisms of Furmin.
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Speaker 1: If love is lost, kindness must prevail based on the
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Speaker 1: love that started it all. Anger and bitterness cloud the
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Speaker 1: heart and soul, leaving no room for healing. Or being
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Speaker 1: emotionally and spiritually available for new love, Forgive, forget and
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Speaker 1: move on. From the aphorisms of Furmin, life is like
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Speaker 1: a great piece of music. It starts with silence, bursts
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Speaker 1: into a series of crescendos and decrescendos, and ends with silence.
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Speaker 1: May each of your personal symphonies be balanced, rich, and
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Speaker 1: filled with mostly high notes and love. From the aphorisms
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Speaker 1: of Furmin, Letting go was a challenge for most of us.
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Speaker 1: Whether a career or job that pays the bills but
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Speaker 1: does not fulfill us, or a bad relationship, the human
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Speaker 1: approach is often better the devil we know than the
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Speaker 1: devil we don't. The Greek philosopher Aristotle coined the term
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Speaker 1: horror vacuuei, commonly translated as nature abhors a vacuum. Simply put,
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Speaker 1: empty or unfilled spaces are unnatural as they go against
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Speaker 1: the laws of nature and physics. Apply this to your life.
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Speaker 1: Let go of those things that no longer serve you,
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Speaker 1: that hold you back and inhibit your growth and happiness.
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Speaker 1: Nature will fill this vacuum with new opportunities and people.
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Speaker 1: Reflect on what did not work with who and what
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Speaker 1: you let go and use this opening to make better
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Speaker 1: choices upon experience. Am I just spouting pie in the sky?
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Speaker 1: Well know, as I have applied this idea several times
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Speaker 1: in my own life and it worked. Is age a problem?
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Speaker 1: Considering I let go of my former employment in twenty
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Speaker 1: eighteen at age sixty five, and within hours at a
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Speaker 1: new and much better position. You can do this at
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Speaker 1: any age. Allow twenty twenty five to be your year
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Speaker 1: to let go, create the space and fill it with
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Speaker 1: the new. This is the time for radical kindness. To day,
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Speaker 1: the checkout lines at a local supermarket were taking more
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Speaker 1: than an hour with full staff. People were angry, nervous,
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Speaker 1: and complaining as shelves were emptying. Even the thought of
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Speaker 1: cutting into a line might have resulted in an outburst.
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Speaker 1: I was online for about twenty minutes when a woman
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Speaker 1: who was obviously in her eighties emerged from one of
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Speaker 1: the aisles. An expression of dismay crossed her face looking
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Speaker 1: at the lines. My first thought was to invite her
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Speaker 1: to cut in front of me, but I sensed that
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Speaker 1: this might anger some of the people behind me, who
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Speaker 1: were already tense and upset. Instead, I stepped out of line,
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Speaker 1: invited the woman to take my place and demonstrated to
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Speaker 1: those behind me that I was heading for the end
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Speaker 1: of the line. Her eyes watered and so did mine.
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Speaker 1: She thanked me warmly, and I wished her well. As
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Speaker 1: I walked back. The expression on some of the faces
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Speaker 1: transformed from upset to a sense of appreciation and understanding.
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Speaker 1: This is the time for radical kindness. Someone said, when
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Speaker 1: you can't control what's happening, control the way you respond
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Speaker 1: to what's happening, for that is where your power is.
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Speaker 1: I remember the opening from a course in miracles. Nothing
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Speaker 1: real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the
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Speaker 1: peace of God. Reality exists by our creation. If we
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Speaker 1: create with positive energy, compassion and love, we are fulfilling
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Speaker 1: our purpose. Rather than define what will transpire as positive
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Speaker 1: or negative, great change is most definitely come for those
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Speaker 1: of us holding the space with positive energy, compassion and light,
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Speaker 1: we will be on call to shepherd those who need
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Speaker 1: reassurance and love. We've been preparing lifetime after lifetime. We've
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Speaker 1: served before, and we will serve again. Blessed are the
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Speaker 1: light workers, for they bring illumination, healing and love. Someone
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Speaker 1: asked me how to establish a regular meditation practice. This
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Speaker 1: person said they might set it up on their calendar
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Speaker 1: app with a notification in advance, or use other digital
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Speaker 1: forms of being advised when to meditate. I responded that
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Speaker 1: the Buddha and his followers, the swamis, the zen masters,
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Speaker 1: and the Yogis and Yoginis of old did not have
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Speaker 1: cell phones, computers, or even rudimentary time pieces. They used
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Speaker 1: their internal clocks, along with the natural cycles of life
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Speaker 1: life to know when to meditate, as well as pray, eat, sleep, work,
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Speaker 1: and everything else. My advice to my friend, begin by
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Speaker 1: meditating when you wake up and again before you go
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Speaker 1: to bed. Start with a few minutes during each session,
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Speaker 1: closing with a prayer of gratitude for this very personal,
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Speaker 1: quiet and reflective time when comfortable. Add another session during
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Speaker 1: the day if desired. With practice, your internal app will
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Speaker 1: manage the rest. In this life, you must ask for
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Speaker 1: what you want. Just make certain you know what you
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Speaker 1: want before you ask for it. It may look right,
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Speaker 1: it may sound right, but if it doesn't feel right,
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Speaker 1: it's probably not right. Trust your gut. From the aphorisms
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Speaker 1: of Furmin, I recently had an insight. Perhaps this is
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Speaker 1: something others have found, but this was a new experience.
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Speaker 1: For me, I've been blessed with a great memory. The
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Speaker 1: hard drive in my brain seems to be very expansive.
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Speaker 1: But like others who have walked this planet for a while,
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Speaker 1: a data retrieval is not as fast as it was
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Speaker 1: when I was younger. When I've tried to remember something
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Speaker 1: and spent a lot of time using forced associations for
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Speaker 1: the memory, I usually struggle and it eventually comes to
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Speaker 1: the surface, often hours later. Today I began my forced
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Speaker 1: process of remembering and then let go, and to my amazement,
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Speaker 1: the memory came immediately after I stopped trying. I experimented
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Speaker 1: with this a few times, and it worked every time. Therefore,
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Speaker 1: at least for me, initiating the search and getting out
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Speaker 1: of the way seems to be my method of fast
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Speaker 1: access and retrieval. The human mind never ceases to amaze me.
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Speaker 1: From the aphorisms of Furmin, I was preparing to officiate
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Speaker 1: a funeral and learned of the passing of a friend.
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Speaker 1: Every day brings so many posts of people sharing their
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Speaker 1: losses and grief from personal loss and also having officiated
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Speaker 1: many funerals in my twenty six years since ordination, there
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Speaker 1: is one message that I would share tomorrow is never guaranteed.
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Speaker 1: If you love someone, tell them today. If they have
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Speaker 1: enriched your life in any way, thank them today. If
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Speaker 1: you have had a disagreement or a falling out, men
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Speaker 1: that today. We all grieve loss differently, but the burden
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Speaker 1: is lighter when every time we say goodbye, we have
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Speaker 1: said it with love. From the aphorisms of firmam, We'll
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Speaker 1: The aphorisms and poems shared in this program are copyright
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Speaker 1: given attribution to other authors and sources back on Vox Novus.
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Speaker 1: This evening, We're going through some of my aphorisms of Furman,
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Speaker 1: and I'll share another poem from my just published book
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Speaker 1: Circles and Rings, a collection of poetry from the Soul,
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Speaker 1: which is available on Amazon. Like most of us, there
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Speaker 1: are times when I have my doubts about the value
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Speaker 1: of what I share in this world. I'll question whether
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Speaker 1: the effort is worthwhile and if my time might be
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Speaker 1: better spent on other pursuits. Then someone leaves me a message,
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Speaker 1: sends an email, or calls me and thanks me for
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Speaker 1: that time when I shared a few compassionate words, some
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Speaker 1: advice that came from spirit, or just listened when they
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Speaker 1: needed to be heard. I might not even remember that
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Speaker 1: time or what I was called to share or to do,
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Speaker 1: but the gratitude extended reminds me to keep doing what
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Speaker 1: I'm doing. If one person's day is made a little better,
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Speaker 1: then the effort is most certainly worthwhile. From the aphorisms
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Speaker 1: of Furmin, there's something about azalea blossoms, something otherworldly. Perhaps
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Speaker 1: it's just the way I see energy, but they seem
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Speaker 1: truly radiant compared to the green ivy leaves. Their lifespan
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Speaker 1: is so ephemeral. Their message to me, spread love with
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Speaker 1: all your heart while you are here. From the aphorisms
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Speaker 1: of Furman, blessed are the caretakers for theirs is the
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Speaker 1: burden of love. From the aphorisms of Furman, I had
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Speaker 1: the blessing of a very special teacher when I attended
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Speaker 1: the New Seminary of New York back in the mid
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Speaker 1: nineteen nineties. He shared a concept called the fractured Messiah,
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Speaker 1: in which he said that people of all faiths are
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Speaker 1: waiting for the return of their respective Messiah, teacher, or deliver.
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Speaker 1: His suggestion was that when we recognize the oneness of
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Speaker 1: all in our hearts and minds, the weight will be
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Speaker 1: over that the one we have all been waiting for
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Speaker 1: is us. On that day there will truly be peace
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Speaker 1: on earth. I personally hope and pray that we see
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Speaker 1: this in our lifetime, and by sharing this message, we
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Speaker 1: bring that recognition one day closer. From the aphorisms of Furman,
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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving brings remembrance of my late mother in law, Shirley
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Speaker 1: Brockway and her wisdom. She would say to her family
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Speaker 1: and friends, cast your bread upon the waters, and it
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Speaker 1: will come back to you toasted and buttered. Surely, certainly
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Speaker 1: practice what she preached. She served so many people and communities,
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Speaker 1: including the elderly and infirmed, well into her nineties. She
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Speaker 1: truly loved her neighbors as herself, a shining example for
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Speaker 1: all of us. When we gather with family and friends,
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Speaker 1: let's think about our neighbors and what we may do
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Speaker 1: to serve those in need. Simple acts of kindness will
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Speaker 1: make our world a better place for all of us.
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Speaker 1: This year, Christmas Eve coincides with Hanukkah. During the festival
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Speaker 1: of Light, an additional candle is added for each of
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Speaker 1: the eight nights to the Minorah. The word manoah means
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Speaker 1: lamp stand and comes from the ancient Semitic root word,
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Speaker 1: which means to shine. May light shine in the hearts
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Speaker 1: of all humanity during this season of light. May we
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Speaker 1: recognize each other as brothers and sisters and truly know
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Speaker 1: that we are here to extend kindness, understanding, and to
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Speaker 1: love one another, the basic tenet of all faiths. May
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Speaker 1: the holy days that each of you celebrate be filled
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Speaker 1: with warmth, love, and peace. From the aphorisms of Furman,
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Speaker 1: one of the hardest lessons for many healers, empaths, and
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Speaker 1: spiritual counselors to learn, myself included, is to give ourselves
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Speaker 1: the same loving, kindness and caring that we extend to others,
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Speaker 1: and the hardest part for many to know that we
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Speaker 1: are worthy to receive it. Compassion must start from within.
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Speaker 1: Love yourself first. From the aphorisms of Furman. I've always
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Speaker 1: loved Peter Gabriel's song Salisbury Hill. When I first heard
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Speaker 1: it in nineteen seventy seven, I thought he was sharing
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Speaker 1: about either a spiritual or et experience. The final line
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Speaker 1: of his lyric you can keep by things They've come
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Speaker 1: to take me home. In later years, I read an
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Speaker 1: interview with Gabriel in which he said, quote, it's about
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Speaker 1: being prepared to lose what you have for what you
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Speaker 1: might get. It's about letting go. For him, it was
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Speaker 1: letting go of being part of Genesis, a highly successful group,
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Speaker 1: and following his own musical calling. He succeeded from the
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Speaker 1: aphorisms of Furmin, I live my life by following the
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Speaker 1: essential meaning of these two lines. Do unto others as
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Speaker 1: you would have them do unto you. The golden rule
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Speaker 1: which is found in the Bible and variations in almost
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Speaker 1: every faith. And in the end, the love you take
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Speaker 1: is equal to the love you make. Of course, from
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Speaker 1: the Beatles. For me, that's it, in a nutshell, I
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Speaker 1: put on an old, beat up but comfortable pair of
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Speaker 1: walking shoes this morning, I realize that I identify with
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Speaker 1: those shoes, old beat up but comfortable. Then it dawned
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Speaker 1: on me, I'm an old soul in old souls. Ah,
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Speaker 1: the joys of maturity. Never underestimate the power of like
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Speaker 1: minds joined in common consciousness to change the world. In
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Speaker 1: response to several friend requests that I've received and declined,
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Speaker 1: I share the following. If you spread Hayden lies, I'm
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Speaker 1: not your guy. If you try to dominate with fear,
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Speaker 1: don't come around here. If you make someone an other,
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Speaker 1: I'm definitely not your brother. But if you lovingly embrace
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Speaker 1: your brother and sister, well then I'm your mister. From
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Speaker 1: the aphorism of Furman. For the first forty five years
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Speaker 1: of my life, I was known to everyone as Vic,
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Speaker 1: the shortened form of my name. For my forty sixth birthday,
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Speaker 1: I was gifted with an Akashik record reading. The reader
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Speaker 1: asked me how I used my name. I explained that
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Speaker 1: I was known as Vic and that everyone called me VIC,
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Speaker 1: and I referred to myself as VIC. She shared that
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Speaker 1: I must use my entire name as the shortened form
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Speaker 1: was cutting off my ore, the Hebrew word for light.
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Speaker 1: I followed her reading advice, and it was life changing.
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Speaker 1: When you get to the age that friends in your
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Speaker 1: peer group start transitioning, it makes you think of your
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Speaker 1: own mortality, how much time you have left, and what
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Speaker 1: you want to do with that time. I, for one,
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Speaker 1: choose to make the most of the time I have
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Speaker 1: left in this existence and share what I've learned and
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Speaker 1: have yet to learn with those who will take that
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Speaker 1: experience and do even greater things with it. From the
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Speaker 1: aphorisms of Furman, there are many iterations of an old
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Speaker 1: joke about the golden phone. Those older than thirty will
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Speaker 1: remember that in the days before sell and computer phones,
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Speaker 1: we had wired telephones and payphones. With the original phone companies,
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Speaker 1: you were charged for local or long distance calls, and
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Speaker 1: the rates depended on how far away and the number
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Speaker 1: of minutes. In this joke, the golden phone was a
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Speaker 1: direct line to Heaven and the divine. The basic telling
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Speaker 1: was about a reporter who learned of this special phone,
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Speaker 1: and when traveling to different locations to find out more
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Speaker 1: about it, he went to certain houses of worship and
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Speaker 1: asked how much the call would cost. This communication was expensive,
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Speaker 1: with the average charge around ten thousand dollars. He would
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Speaker 1: then travel to places like Jerusalem, Rome, Ireland or Texas
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Speaker 1: and would be told that the call was only twenty
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Speaker 1: five cents. Amazed at the incredibly low charge, he would
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Speaker 1: ask why. The answer would always be, it's a local call.
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Speaker 1: The implication was that these places were close to Heaven.
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Speaker 1: For those who question why Ireland or Texas would earn
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Speaker 1: the honor, just think of two songs. Ireland must be
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Speaker 1: Heaven because my mother came from there from nineteen sixteen,
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Speaker 1: and Tanya Tucker's Texas when I die. I am certain
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Speaker 1: that if you were to ask anyone from Ireland or
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Speaker 1: Texas today, they would agree. My offering is that you
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Speaker 1: need not travel to access the Golden Phone, as it
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Speaker 1: is as close as your heart. Your heart is your
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Speaker 1: direct connection to Heaven and the divine as you perceive
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Speaker 1: them within your faith. Simply find some quiet time for
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Speaker 1: meditation and reflection, open your heart and make the call.
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Speaker 1: What will the charge be? No charge? With spirit, You're
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Speaker 1: on the unlimited plan and it's always a local call.
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Speaker 1: For several weeks, I've been experiencing vivid dreams with total
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Speaker 1: recall when I awake. Many of them have been a
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Speaker 1: life review theme, both this life and past lives. Some
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Speaker 1: of them have been messages from spiritual and extra dimensional guides.
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Speaker 1: But a recent dream had me awaken in tears. I
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Speaker 1: dreamt that I was enrolled in the Angelic Academy. It
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Speaker 1: was graduation, and after the ceremony, each of us was
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Speaker 1: called into a great hall for assignment. The hall had
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Speaker 1: table in a U formation, with celestial beings filling every table.
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Speaker 1: I was instructed to walk from table to table, pausing
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Speaker 1: in front of each being for a moment until they nodded,
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Speaker 1: and then moving on to the next. There were eighteen
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Speaker 1: of these celestial encounters. The eye contact and energy was transcendent,
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Speaker 1: the deepest, most profound love I have ever experienced. When
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Speaker 1: I completed each of these spiritual evaluations, I was instructed
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Speaker 1: to stand in the center, facing the main table. It
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Speaker 1: was there that I was given my assignment. I was
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Speaker 1: assigned as a counselor to my brother and sister angels
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Speaker 1: to comfort them and encourage them on their paths. I
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Speaker 1: was to be an angel to other angels, and I
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Speaker 1: was given the name Aviel. I woke up in tears.
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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me and allow Wolling me to
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Speaker 1: share these aphorisms of Furman and some of the poems
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Speaker 1: from my book Circles and Rings, a collection of poetry
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Speaker 1: from the Soul, which is available on Amazon. To you
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Speaker 1: and your families, a happy Hanukah, a joyous Christmas, and
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Speaker 1: a happy and healthy New Year.