Resolutions

The year is about to change, will I? I’m hearing lots of commercials about exercise equipment and programs, weight loss programs, great deals on makeovers, miracle pills and beauty treatments, the hottest gifts and toys -- all those things that promise to MAKE US HAPPY!! I think it’s kind of strange, that in our minds, we’re led to believe, or have just evolved to believe, that “Holidays” are restricted to only one day or period of time. Read the complete blog at --

https://lives1st.blogspot.com/2017/12/resolutions.html

The Creator’s TOV Standard for Measuring Life

After completing Its first creative act, the Creator observed the light (of life). It measured what It saw by a Standard and the light measured “TOV.” This word is usually translated “good,” but good is a word with a wide range of meanings -- morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; well-behaved; fertile. TOV is a very important word because it is the Creator’s Standard and reveals Its Values. Therefore, we are going to let context and culture define it. Read the complete blog at -- https://wisdomofthebeginnings.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-creators-standard-for-measuring-life.html

The Brain and Human Realities

In the past, we talked about belief systems. Today, we focus on realities. Over the past few years, new scientific discoveries are rewriting textbooks about how the brain functions and the role of the brain in creating the realities through which we view and give meanings to the environments in which we live. Read the complete blog at -- https://lives1st.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-brain-and-human-realities.html

Combining the Facts of Science with the Values of Ancient Wisdom

Science provides facts about what we are. Ancient wisdom provides values options about how to live lives that are mutually inclusive and beneficial. Read complete blog at --

https://lives1st.blogspot.com/2017/12/combining-facts-of-science-with-values.html

Discovering and Comparing Reality Control Centers

Realities are the ways we receive sensory input and give meanings to our perceptions. We created the Reality Control Center tool to help people understand their own Realities. Using this tool provides important benefits. Read complete blog at -- https://lives1st.blogspot.com/2017/12/discovering-and-comparing-reality.html

A Confluence of Conflicting Realities

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Lives 1st or Profits 1st?

When we began our journey over twenty-five years ago, our focus was on religion and in our wildest dreams we could have never imagined what we would discover over the next two and a half decades. Jeffrey Leynor was the rabbi at a Conservative synagogue and I (Jim Myers) was the minister of a nondenominational church. One of the primary things we wanted to understand was how two Jewish sects became two mutually exclusive monotheistic religions – one Jewish and one non-Jewish. But ultimately we learned much more – read entire blog at https://lives1st.blogspot.com/2017/11/lives-1st-or-profits-1st.html