Gerald Vest

Injured Warrior and Partner-Recover with Health Services

Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:48:25 GMT

Buffalo and Martha--Warrior Couple with Whole Health Services for Recovery, Restoration and Resilience and over 15 yrs. As Combat Vet and Injured to the Core

True Leaders are a Living Examples for Next Generations

By

Gerald W. Vest, ACSW/LISW/LMT Professor Emeritus, NMSU; Organization Leader for Southern NM Injured Warrior Alliance and War Trauma Specialist

Perhaps we can discover a deeper meaning to the freedom and individualism that have inspired so much our success, and put them into practice within our own minds. If we could examine our present patterns of thought and action jeopardize the very qualities we most value, we might open our hearts and minds to a more comprehensive knowledge. (Tarthang Tulku, Knowledge of Freedom Time to Change,) p. 53.

Taking care of Business every day is our way to provide for our self-preservation or meeting basic human need requirementsand, desires. Aside from this is an awareness that this activity is life support just like every creature on the planet must protect and secure itself. Seems our Instincts are covered over with thoughts, plans, ideas, fears, judgments and unfinished business in Life and Living. (And, taking psychiatric meds, blocks the natural flow of energy of the frontal lobe of the Brain where Reason and Right Action evolve. In Time-Self Lobotomy as introduced by Dr. Peter Breggen, leading psychiatrist disclosing their professions deadly cocktails). Doubt this comment, visit your local mental health, nursing homes, jails, prisons, schools, hospitals and VA.

Speaking of Basic Human Need Requirements for livingwe are the only ones responsible for our own Lives while awakening ourselves to our best possibilitiesphysically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and sociallywe need everyone and everything inside and outside for maintaining a life as a Human Being. Returning to Nature as we ArrivedInnocent--Open, Accepting, Allowing, Experiencing everything in the presentAll is New and All is Learning. We are making our Presentation in Nature along with our Pecan Trees, animals, insects and we feel very proud and able to take whatever we think we Need and the pleasure we experience at the Time (our Body and everything physical)we have our Time as does this laptop allowing me to express myself in words and connect-interact with my brothers and sisters in my life. We Are One!!!

Am saying Happy 8 + 1 or 9 x 9=81 years on Spaceship Earth (B. Fuller) Currently, like most of us in America, we are experiencing, every day, throughout the day and night, Political News. I am witnessing what was historically identified as quality of Leadership-- Scholarship, Wisdom, Knowledge, Creative, Open, Honest, Respectful and Kind with others--guiding by example.in other words, we have few who can practice what they teach or preachnot honest, open, accepting, allowing and appreciating the opportunity to offer us the Best Possible Models for our next generations. NOT even Close to Loving Kindness.

Wonder why we punish and put more humans in jail and prison than any other Modern Country? And, call this Christian? All about an eye for an eye mental conditionFear of God, Sex, Sin and Death are the basis of our Justice System and essentially every social system, starting with the Family and see for ourselves how some of them manage on minimum wage with limited resources to offer them safety, love and securityespecially when we have a political party called Red States Religionthey just dont realize they are projecting their historical beliefs and tradition with the hatred for persons of color and especially our Blacks and Indians (Native-True Americans)

Not going to stop here as we are in an experience where we have no one at the Top we can Trustthey are owned and controlled by the Corporations that make us their Slave. Everyone seems to be experiencing this disaster of Leadership in America in every System.all fail to serve Humanity and NatureWe are One!!! What affects One affects All whether aware or notNo Accidents in Nature, just Collisions of Energy. (Oscar Ichazo) Lets Awaken ConsciousnessAll is Consciousness.All is Mind.All is Awareness.We are Presenting our Unique Being and Joining Naturejust takes us such a long journey to See, to Feel, to Breathe, to Be in Our Life Experience.Enjoy our Present Moment that is No Longer Present.Lets Stay Present and Awaremy Dogs and cats teach me these lessons as does my Pecan Tree and other Creatures.

Am encouraging you Vets and Injured Warriors and families, returning from over 20 years of continuous Wars to find your Path to Freedom as Buffalo and Martha teach. See our website for Self-Care Plan, Commitment and Freedom from a Life of Pain and Suffering. (http://jerryvestinjuredwarrior.com)

Gerald W. Vest, ACSW/LISW/LMT
Injured Warrior, TRICARE Provider--Individual, Couple, Family & Group
Holistic & Integrative Health Practitioner & Professor Emeritus NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88005
575.524.2379

Beware of Psychiatric Medicine and Becoming a Patient for Life

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:45:31 GMT

Beware of Behavioral-Mental HealthHealth comes from the Roots of Wholeness and represents the interaction, inter-dependency and relationship of All Systems working together as one. What Affects One Effects the Whole Being. Is True with Global Relationships and Individual Social Interaction as well.

Humanity is Uniquely Created as One Body-Mind-Spirit. Religions and their belief Systems are historically confused and in competition with one another, unaware of their Mission to serve everyone, as is our Congress and most governments. However, they are confused about their True Nature and appreciation for everyone, everything and Natureeveryones source of nourishment and evolution as Human Beings. We are One, Aware or Not!!!

Our Brain is the Engine-Organ-Instrument doing its business with our Mind.receives all the sensory and nervous system information in a language the Brain and Mind know. Does the Brain need a tune up with fresh air filters, balanced energy systems and connected with Mother Earth with a full tank of nutrition, openness and space. Dont accept Chi Cha (Oscar Ichazo)--Mind chattering about business, safety, fear, beliefs, judgment, safety and security, relationships of the past and planning for the future. Develop and maintain a healthy Self Care program that works all of Systems that develop INTEGRITYRight Action becomes the Outcome. Be the Right Action, Here and Now!!!

Diagnosing, Judging, Coding, Labeling (Psychic Tattoo) and Drugging Endanger Humanity. Dont become a Mental Patient for Life and party to the VA Shuffle.

How does Wellbutrin and other psychiatric Meds help balance and help us find our equilibrium and harmony--clearly, without distortion. Scientific studies show they contribute the opposite affects. Western Psychiatry-Psychology is in the business of analyzing, interpreting, judging, assessing and treating symptoms with cocktail meds. Their experiments on human beings dont improve the quality of Life, Health, Interaction and Relationshipsdo the opposite.

You should check with your doctor and therapist immediately if any of these side effects occur when taking "Bupropion" and other psychiatric meds.

More common:

Anxiety

dry mouth

hyperventilation

irregular heartbeats

irritability

restlessness

shaking

shortness of breath

trouble sleeping

These are the noted side effects of these chemicals as they block the circulation and flow of energy throughout the body, mind, emotions, spirit, senses and relationships.

See our recommendations for recovery, restoration and resilience on our website and a Professional, Individualized Self Care Plan [link] that works to recover and restore energy of all of our Systems. Know that what affects One system, affects All Systems. Our Vet Families are all recovering from many years at war, deployed for many tours, separating the relationships and any stability that secures them.

Do visit my website and visit our Links in my Bibliography and see Dr. Peter Bregens introduction to the psychiatric medicine being prescribed. [link].

Note: Pic is Eleanor Vest, my granddaughter born 5 days following my Partner's passing.

Gerald W. Vest, ACSW/LISW/LMT
Organization Leader with Injured Warriors and Families, Professor Emeritus New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88005<

Sharing Life as Integrative Health Practitioner

Tue, 5 Apr 2016 18:42:16 GMT
Sharing my Life Today as a Holistic and Integrative Health
Practitioner, Here and Now!!!
By Gerald Vest, LISW, LMT Emeritus Professor, Integrative and Holistic Health Practitioner and Team Leader, SNM Injured Warrior Alliance

We are in this Life, all together. So when we realize we are talking to ourselves, Identify this Thinking and notice our tone of voice. The Pema Chodron Collection, No Escape, No Problem, p. 6.

Am sharing some Insights to liberate Being from my Mind and join her is my primary interest or focus and study, right now, with Lifes Great Adventure, interest and journey as I complete this physical being. Free at Last from Fear, Ignorance, Judging and Punishing myself relates to my studies, practices and work historyAm never Perfect Enough for my Mind and Egos. Im now happy with this understanding and appreciation of Life, Health, Relationships and Work. Om Ah Hum

Now, Being is experiencing everything in the Present, accepting allowing and perhaps recording everything eternally and all I have ever experienced--"Without Judgment"so lets no longer contaminate our mind with these 'unconscious' thoughts, fears and beliefs; furthermore, lets allow our Being to be open like the sky and All That Is.let go of things and thoughts so we can be spontaneous, open, honest, accepting and allowing (just like our Pets)internal chatter is gossip that makes us look ugly, unfulfilled, superior-inferior and unable to care for ourselves and othersWe are One SpiritSending Out my next Breath and 9 more as I observe my outbreath and exhale--allowing it- my breath-to be soft and light filled energy, with love in my heart and expressing to Nature and all of Humanity fully, and, now with my whole Being, Sending Hugs filled with love and gratefulness to Humanity and Nature--We are One.Be Here Now!!!

We can ask God to Heal our Planet and All of our inhabitantsNow, our Being is in No Time-Space-Knowledge(Tarthang Tuku) and, is without a foundation or structure our breath is our spirit connection, balance, relationship and am sending to All that Is.Beyond All Boundaries, Beyond the Beyond and Beyond that..God Bless us All or we couldnt "Be Here Now." Love this next breath and the next one as we are all joining Natures Breathour One True, Beautiful Happy and Loving Spirit Being.

Picture is by Daughter Christy, Denver, CO....so beautiful as Nature Presents Herself.

Missing Leadership in America

Sun, 20 Mar 2016 11:59:13 GMT
An Approaching Danger of Leadership in our Country

By

Gerald W. Vest, ACSW/LISW/LMT Professor Emeritus, NMSU; Organization Leader, Southern NM Injured Warrior Alliance and War Trauma Specialist

Perhaps we can discover a deeper meaning to the freedom and individualism that have inspired so much our success, and put them into practice within our own minds. If we could examine our present patterns of thought and action jeopardize the very qualities we most value, we might open our hearts and minds to a more comprehensive knowledge. (Tarthang Tulku, Knowledge of Freedom Time to Change, p. 53.)

Taking care of Business and our Health every day is our way to provide for our self-preservation or meeting basic human need requirementsand, desires. Aside from this is an awareness that this activity is life support just like every creature on the planet must protect and secure itself. Seems our Instincts are covered over with thoughts, plans, ideas, fears, judgments and unfinished business in Life and Living. (And, taking psychiatric meds, blocks the natural flow of energy of the frontal lobe of the Brain where Reason and Right Action evolve. In Time-Self Lobotomy as introduced by Dr. Peter Breggin, leading psychiatrist disclosing their professions deadly cocktails). Doubt this comment, visit your local mental health, nursing homes, jails, prisons, schools, hospitals and VA.

Speaking of Basic Human Need Requirements for livingwe are the only ones responsible for our Lives while awakening ourselves to our best possibilitiesphysically, mentally, emotionally and sociallywe need everyone and everything inside and outside for maintaining a life as a Human Being. Returning to Nature as we ArrivedInnocent--Open, Accepting, Allowing, Experiencing everything in the presentAll is New and All is Learning. We are making our Presentation in Nature along with our Pecan Trees, animals, insects and we feel very proud and able to take whatever we think we Need and the pleasure we experience at the Time (our Body and everything physical)we have our Time as does this laptop allowing me to express myself in words and connect-interact with my brothers and sisters in my life. We Are One!!!

Am saying Happy 8 + 1 or 9 x 9=81 years on Spaceship Earth (B. Fuller) Currently, like most of us in America are experiencing, every day, throughout the day and night, on the Political News--Jokers Wild. I am witnessing what was historically identified or introduced as quality of Leadership-- Scholarship, Wisdom, Knowledge, Creative, Open, Honest, Respectful and Kind with others--guiding by example.in other words, we have few who can practice what they teach or preach in politics, religion and governmentnot honest, open, accepting, allowing and appreciating the opportunity to offer us the Best Possible Models for our next generations. NOT!!!

Wonder why we punish and put more humans in jail and prison than any other Modern Country? And, call this Christian? All about an eye for an eye mental conditionFear of God, Sex, Sin and Death are the basis of our Justice System and essentially every social system, starting with the Family and see for ourselves how some of them manage on minimum wage with limited resources to offer them safety, love and securityespecially when we have a political party called Red States Religionthey just dont realize they are projecting their historical beliefs and tradition with the hatred for persons of color and especially our Blacks and Indians (Native-True Americans)

Not going to stop here as we are in an experience where we have no one at the Top we can TrustPoliticians are owned and controlled by the Corporations that make us their Slave. Everyone seems to be experiencing this disaster of Leadership in America in every System.all fail to serve Humanity and NatureWe are One!!!What affects One affects All, whether aware or notNo Accidents in Nature, just Collisions of Energy. (Oscar Ichazo)

12 or More Discussion Groups sharing Reseach

Mon, 7 Mar 2016 08:12:37 GMT
Please visit my StressOut and Integrative-Holistic Health Forum and the dozen or more Discussion Groups...great for teachers, researchers and health practitioners to present to their clients, patients, vets, acitive duty and especially families who have had to suffer with the lack of health resources and a Recovery Self Care Plan for more than a decade. [link]

I have 940 messages in this Discussion Group on War Post Traumatic Stress (Injuries). For those doing research and investigating the psychiatric scamming and drugging of everyone they visit with, usually for less than 15 minutes in the Military, just long enough to identify several symptoms to match a dangerous chemical. Beware of Western Psychiatry, Psychology and the Clinical Professions who believe or promote themselves as "Health Professionals"- Not, unless making referrals to holistic and integrative pro's while providing intensive and extensive Health Services...most identified in this Group and on my Southern NM Injured Warrior Alliance.

We Welcome Home our Vets and their Families with meaningful work opportunities, integrative & holistic health services, support groups, and a natural healing environment to join.

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Picture is Eleanor Vest, Son, Patrick and Annie brought into Life, 5 days following the loss of Louise M. Vest, my life companion and partner for over 50 years.

Organize Supportive Teams and Join with Us Serving Vets

Wed, 3 Feb 2016 21:39:55 GMT
Dear Friends and Partners and Colleagues and Brothers and Sisters,

Seems we all know we are in a downturn of our society observing the politicians of our Country showing off and telling us what they will do for us if elected. We know they are in this theater for their own benefit and have only created great dangers for Humanity One. We spend 57 cents of every Tax $ to provide for the Pentagon to continue our Wars that never end...we are looking for Action as our society is just a Buyer Beware Economy and with short lived pleasures. Everyone is suffering with the exception of those who learn to find Teamwork with balance, harmony and equilibrium of our Mind.

I have just formed a team with some injured warriors and with Dr. Alton Kantor in Hawaii who served as a guest presenter in Integrative Health, Acupuncture, Meditation and Tai Chi during my tenure with NMSU School of Social Work, as some of you know. I want to encourage all of you leaders to form a team and contribute to improving the quality of life, health and relationships of our Society....Am introducing a short article about my feelings and experiences with teamwork. Hard to believe that our Health Promotion Teams gave over 10,000 StressOuts at NMSU and contributed to Diabetic Research Projects that became the "Best Practice" by American Diabetes Association for Past Decade. I also appreciate that over 165,000 participants viewed my website this past year, from over 25 countries, introducing our Mission. [link]

Teams are powerful and it is timely to identify at least 3 close partners who wish to bring healthy energy to our Communities for Change....most persons, couples and families are suffering with pain, separation, loss, fear, safety and security. Our Culture of Guns and Violence is increasing daily....Time to Change and form a Team to especially serve our Returning Warriors, Vets and their Families. They are being used, abused and neglected....come on, join and Help us develop Health Services by organizing and designing a Team that Works for you and our Returning Warriors and Vets from other Wars, primarily given "the cocktail drugs and shaft."

Would love to introduce our "Teamwork, Cooperation and Interaction Program" that we learned from Oscar Ichazo. When you have 3 or more interested team members or wish to join an existing Team let me know. Let's do The Work, Be the Work and Pass the Work!!! http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v400/__show_article/_a000400-000082.htm

Best wishes, my friends,
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Served as Founder and CEO, Chartiers Center-My Story

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:44:00 GMT
In their search for alternatives, a substantial number of therapists have discovered that the teachings of the Buddha offer the potential for deeper insight into the workings of mind. Tarthang Tulku, Mind over Matter, Reflections on Buddhism in the West.

I am the founder and first CEO of Chartiers MH/MR Center, Inc., Pgh, Pa.(1970-74) and departed after 5 years of successful health services for everyone entering our program. Unfortunately, when the mental hospitals were closed, psychiatry dumped their residents into our community, homeless, loaded with drugs, ECT, lobotomies and other treatments that reduce the frontal lobe of the brain. We cut their meds in half and connected them with a social worker and health advocates for nutrition, safety and security. Unfortunately, the mission of Health is lost once psychiatric protocols go into operation. http://chartierscenter.org/service-locations/

I just learned that they changed their name and thought I would share some of my experience with you. This change from the closure of mental hospitals opened up enormous changes for those of us learning and teaching Integrative and Holistic Health Practices. Now we are living in the age of drugging everyone to oblivion while giving them some Psychic Tattoo (Disorder Label) and no one has ever recovered from this disease or illness and psychiatry has tried just about every possible torture devise available. Now, patients are lobotomizing themselves with the evidence of the shrinking of the frontal lobe of the brain...where we reason or not.

Any comments are encouraged as we are in an epidemic of lobotomies-memory loss beginning to show up after several years taking these antipsychotics and other meds. Please visit our website where we introduce our Injured Warriors to health practices that help them recover and restore their lives following over 20 yrs. of wars...every physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social system is injured to the core and takes several years of nutrition, exercise, meditation, body work, group processing, family support, and, most importantly a professional, individualized Self Care Plan that identifies and works all of the Systems. SNM Alliance with Injured Warriors

Note: Pic is me holding Aley and Jack, both rescued creatures who have found their place in my heart...my buddies forever....

Learning to Discover and Develop Awareness

Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:09:43 GMT
Learning to Discover and Follow our Thoughts to Completion to Develop Awareness

by Gerald W. Vest, ACSW, LISW, LMT and Professor Emeritus

"On the surface of experience, thoughts come and go quickly, even instantaneously. One event succeeds another, one reaction follows the next in a powerful momentum that structures linear time. Let yourself become aware of this dynamic and the rhythm that supports it. Gradually introduce a different rhythm: As a single feeling or emotion or thought arises, enter into it and abide there--as though you would be ready to live your life right within that experience." Tarthang Tulku, Dynamics of Time and Space-Transcending Limits on Knowledge,, p.262.

Following a thought is such a good meditation experience to play and entertain ourselves when the other media-news, sports, games, etc, and other activities are no longer attractive. So I am learning to observe these thoughts that keep me tuned in to their message, while another arrives and doesnt want to leave or wont depart until recognized. These thoughts continue to return until we attend or pay attention to themthey are introducing something of value or nota message, a reminder, a wish, a fear while we would like to have said goodbye to them forever and ever. Linear thinking is the way of our Mind until we learn to join our Mind with our Witness.

Developing our Awareness is now our Work to take charge ofin the sense that these thoughts have a beginning, middle and ending. Completing themselves (thought mission) and not returning is part of their operation that I am examining. AH!!! Lots of pain and suffering comes with these energy giants that take our heart and soul while along comes feelings or thoughts of what the fuck- hopelessness.this is just how powerful these THOUGHTS can be when we lose awareness of them and dont address them.

Now is the Time for all of us to use our natural ability to transcend thoughts and learn to transform these energy giants into Space. Lets free ourselves from internal chatter that we take so personal and allow these thoughts to torture us for years and are located somewhere in the Mind.some thoughts want priority while others even offer a Solution to a question or concern we may have..Our Mind is Perfect. We can learn to listen to our real quiet and calm being as we develop our practice regularly and with awareness of the activity of our Mind. We can learn to support our lives, our health and our relationships with the Open, Honest, Accepting and Allowing Creatures of Nature, designed with an opportunity and ability to develop and maintain Awareness of our Mind. Our Mind and Being are our Best Friends and Companions foreverWe are One!!!

My Guide and Teacher, Tarthang Tuku, introduces us to many meditation practices that helps me discover and learn to become more whole, balanced and enjoy my visit to Spaceship Earth, as Buckminster Fuller describes our adventure through Space. There is so much in this environment to join with and learn from when our Knowledge is being presented with Awareness. Notice also how important Safe, Skillful and Nourishing-Healthy Touch improves the quality of life, health and relationships that are not accepted by the sick care profession that only promotes drugs and labels--cut, burn, poison and zap is the way of Western Medicine...no one recovers from Disorders without healthy touch. [link]

Note: Picture by Robin Woolley, LISW, SNM Alliance School Social Worker and Team Leader

See Bibliography: [link]

Beware of Scammers in Social Networks-Got Me!!!

Tue, 5 Jan 2016 17:46:43 GMT
Beware of Charlatans and Scammers in our Social Networks-Got Me!!!

"One thing we can be sure of in life is that we do not know everything. We have no certain knowledge of the past from which we came nor to the future we are proceeding. We may not even know the present condition of our bodies, minds and feelings." Tarthang Tulku, Tibetan Meditation-Practical teaching and step-by-step exercises on how to live in harmony,peace and happiness

Knowledge is a special concept that is just accepted as fact, yet we rarely examine where our Truth comes from or how we Know what we Know. Has to be our Experience as this is our only way to know for certain that we have learned from our actions, reactions and non-actions. (Every action produces a reaction and some form of response while our Witness observes and accepts everything.the balance point and equilibrium are in the experience with us.)

I am visiting my Tarot Cards to examine how learning takes place as we join our Nature-Nurture as the Fool. Wonder how many kids and babies will be watching the Super Bowl, sporting events and doing what parents enjoy without also attending to the Whole Family.

I am a Fool who has allowed my thoughts to over-take reasonable action. I have been caught in an Internet Scam thinking one of the characters was a very good friend guiding me as the Scammer uses my long-term friends FB identity with his persuasion to get my $s to cover the costs of a large transaction from abroad.

I never thought I could fall for such deceit and lies but my loyalty was used and placed with a long-term friends Face Book (FB) page taken over by the scammer. After calling and talking with him about this experience, he informed me that others had also been scammed using his old account and advised him to contact FB about this misuse of his identify.

The Scammers FB Page identified himself as a government employee and both participants (really one) had a similar story about how I was selected for this Award to pay for health services for my Injured Warriors and Families. A huge International prize was to be awarded so I could serve our vets with all the health services at no cost. So, the charges to receive this gift were passed on to me, step by step, had to be paid up-front, in advance and the check is waiting at the border so taxes, insurance, delivery and other requirements came with adding $s on to my investment.

What started to add up was the way both called me Gerald while all my friends, including this one, know I go by Jerry. The final request was for me to get a loan for several thousand $s that made me examine everything I was doing to fall into this dark well and cloudy vision of success and wealth.

I know now that we must always know that we live in a buyer beware economy where business as usual is to get as much as they can out of their customer, product, service and scam. We fall for these rackets as weve lived with them for our entire life and have not learned to follow our Truth, our Experience, our Knowledge and our Instincts.

I am very ashamed and embarrassed about being used and trapped by my own inhabitant of increasing my wealth to improve services and even employ some professionals to give free Holistic and Integrative Health Services to our Returning Warriors and Families. Didnt sleep much last night as I reviewed my experience from beginning to end, shared my experience with my Daughter, who I have also been wanting to help her through some challenging life experiences with faulty cars, 3 teenagers needing support in private school and soon the oldest granddaughter will be attending our University this coming Fall semester.

Now I am sharing this to open my mind to the whole game of deceit, fear, ignorance and greed (always wanting more than I need.) I am also cautioning others about scammers taking on identities of friends who we believe in and, even with the best of intentions for using the $s for service, is not using our Mind to separate, fact from fiction and help guide us through the cloudy vision of making a more successful life with additional money.

I also learned that my four values of being human, rely on honesty, openness, accepting and allowing ourselves to Join our Nature with Gods Nature.as our Tarot-Tora or Laws are designed to show us, in the Cards, starting with our Fool in the First Position, standing on a cliff, being warned by society (the little dog) how these experiences in Life, Health and Relationships are manifested to help us achieve and complete our lives successfully by Learning about every step we take in life to improve ourselves. We have to Fall into the Ravine and get swallowed up by our Society that is also learning to awaken Consciousness and Awareness.

I now know I am vulnerable, trusting, caring and respectful of others; however, we can be cheated, deceived and used when we dont learn about our processes of becoming whole and integrative beings. Learning to Trust others in our Country and beyond is a life long journey to become fully human and social creatures. Our social networking can lead us into challenging relationships when we lose sight of our reason for being on Planet Earthawakening our Minds and Consciousness so we do not fall into the ravine and get swallowed up by the Alligators-Tricksters-Scammers, out to take advantage of others and our innocence. Learned this also from a very good and wise daughter, "when someone is asking for money to give you special funds, it is probably a SCAM."

Gerald W. Vest, ACSW/LISW/LMT
Injured Warrior, Provider--Individual, Couple, Family & Group
Holistic & Integrative Health Practitioner & Professor Emeritus NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88005

Giving Everything a Name is Nature of Education

Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:01:11 GMT
Giving Everything a Name is the Nature of EducationEven if Not in Existence

By

Gerald W. Vest, ACSW, LISW, LMT

"When we cannot trust the stability or intensions of others, what freedom actually remains to us? We live in fear on the streets and in our homes; we lock our doors, instill fear in our children, and arm ourselves. In the name of our own personal freedom, we may feel compelled to demand stronger laws....And few of us would be happy living in a society where security and stability depended solely upon increased restrictions and every harsher enforcement of the law." Tarthang Tulku, Knowledge of Freedom - Time to Change, p. 50.

We were told early on that using Gods name in vain will make us suffer and we will go to Helldont remember the exact message given us by our adultsparents, teachers, coaches, preachers and others in charge and other religious beings assuming responsibility for our behavior and our manners; however, I have a different and less punishing question. What if we didnt give our Creator and Creation a Name in the first place? Then, there could be no laws broken and no one ever gets put to death for not accepting gods rules beliefs, fear, prejudice and assumptions are only accepted and taught with Religions Laws.

What is in the Name? Our sciences around the World are continually looking to find something New-Unique to identify and Name. Even if something cant be seen or observed like our early creatures of all kinds, scientists extend their naming beyond our universe with telescopes and many invisible energies with a microscope. Our physical and social Anthropology can be very proud of its Work to learn about all of our Inhabitants physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, spiritually and how all is in total interaction and relationship with Nature and with othersand, with All that Is in Existence. Very adventurous professions to go everywhere and investigate how everything becomes developed, evolves and meets basic need requirements for living a complete life.

Seems we humans are curious, cant learn without naming everything and examining it to assure ourselves we are safe, secure and wont be harmed. We are very delicate and sensitive beings physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and socially as we witness and observe our life experiences as child, adolescent, young adult, adult and now elder.

Seems that the names we give everything and everyone is to identify the changes that accompany them and us with measurements of Time. We and everything Physical has its own Time as introduced in our Particle and Metaphysical sciencesand, the Atom, not unlike Adam and Eve stories of uniting their body parts are to be introduced in concepts that are often considered anti-socialsexual encounters and the active and attractive energies uniting one another without judgment, fear, ignorance and prejudice. Everything, is just an expression of being, experiencing and especially with humans, feeling left out of life, health and relationships.so we had better maintain and support our vital energy with total honesty, openness, acceptance of All, while allowing total interaction, relationships and learning to interact and relate responsibly and respectfully as Human Beings.

Note: Pic is Eleanor, my granddaughter born few days following loss of my Partner, Louise.

Gerald W. Vest, ACSW/LISW/LMT

Injured Warrior, TRICARE Provider--Individual, Couple, Family & Group
Holistic & Integrative Health Practitioner & Professor Emeritus NMSU
Las Cruces, NM 88005

Website: http://jerryvestinjuredwarrior.com

575.524.2379