| Date | Comment | Entry |
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2008-11-23
14:12 | jerryvest: Thank you for introducing yourself and
work with Reiki and lovng touch, Mary Ellen. Yes, we are very involved in using touch with elders and all populations with our stressOut Program. Our volunteers in Southern CA, Las Cruces, NM and El P.. | Update on Safe, Skillful, Loving Touch with Elders |
2008-11-19
01:12 | Mary Ellen Floyd@207.69.139.137: touch for elders
I have many years of working with elders (and others). I have learned of the value of healing touch and have included it in my work (I am an Usui Reiki Master) and have been an activities director fo.. | Update on Safe, Skillful, Loving Touch with Elders |
2008-11-10
01:56 | jerryvest: I don't think our society has caught up
or are aware of the pain, suffering and injuries that our soldiers and their families experience every day. I fully agree with you a-d. "All should be working on the Healing together...." Many of our .. | War Hurts Families |
2008-11-09
23:02 | a-d: EVERY single person
on the Planet is hurt by ANY War!... be it in "my own Backyard" or thousands of miles from it! How people can think it to be any other way is beyond me! And,... then -of course-- there is the Question.. | War Hurts Families |
2008-11-08
16:45 | jerryvest: Thanks Vax...it is so true
that many of our warriors do feel like "throw aways." During my first 3 months while serving as a clinical social worker in our Center, every day, following my experience with listening and empowering.. | War Hurts Families |
2008-11-08
16:28 | vaxen: Nice...
to see you back, jerry.
"Obvious to me is that when the troop morale goes down, our forces will not be able to protect and secure our Nation as we would like."
That's the whole point Jerry san. .. | War Hurts Families |
2008-08-15
18:34 | gerald vest@192.138.52.41: Thanks for responding to the AWE
Thanks, a-d, I always appreciate your support and your comments. It does make even common sense to "keep our whole Being in Line with our Universe..." Seems humans don't always learn from being out of.. | Ron Lautenbach visits our Warrior Center |
2008-08-15
04:43 | a-d: Awakening the Awe
Beautiful!
Yes, that is exactly what we humans "should do": AWAKE the Awe (about LIFE ) and drop & forget the 'Shock' from "it" (Shock & Awe-treatment of Humanity) we create to keep each other bambo.. | Ron Lautenbach visits our Warrior Center |
2008-07-13
18:25 | jerryvest: Skookum...thank you for your comment.
I fully agree that our WWII vets should receive these great benefits for their service...an opportunity to heal. I appreciate your comment about EFT..."EFT can help release with less trauma than retel.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-11
21:15 | vaxen: Our country...
per se is a legal fiction. As the days of the warfare state/nation end and the cognizance that we are one humanity dwelling on earth in need of collaboration dawns in the minds of the few we will achi.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-11
12:10 | jerryvest: Thanks, Vax...I just read the Sergeant's
story. I suspect that there are many like this and it is a travesty. If our country really cared about the vets, they would put investagators out into the streets, find, treat and honor the 'street' s.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-11
07:12 | vaxen: Silent nights...
Jerry asks the following question:
"Why is it that giving and receiving touch to meet a basic human need requirement is a secret in our society--physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually?"
.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-11
03:24 | a-d: Yes, that is
very Good News! Thanks! Ahhh, so much LOVE & Heart in your Web-site! (...The Purple Heart!!.... THAT IS a true Purple Heart!... -if there was one! )
Give "Everybody" a hug from me! : )/A-d | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-11
00:51 | jerryvest: Hi Astrid....I'm beginning to see that
integrative health works well with the medical care system. There is a working relationship with our case managers who coordinate the care of the wounded warriors. As an integrative health practitione.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-10
18:37 | a-d: I just want to share , Jerry, that....
...the Love/Compassion you guys put into your Work & Interaction with all these people/Warriors, that you mention here in your article and in your comments,is absolutely tangible THROUGH your words, d.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-10
02:03 | jerryvest: WoW!!!These are powerful messages--all.
I'm sorry that I can't take the time, right now, to respond to all of these exceptional comments as I know you are all working to help raise the level of consciousness for humanity-one. I think that w.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-09
19:23 | vaxen: The MSM Meme...
The MSM Meme Continues -- War Hero Commits Suicide
By David Hinz - Posted on July 7th, 2008
Tagged: Op-Ed
In the apparently never-ending theme that has so taken over the MSM, the Iraq War has onc.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-09
16:45 | skookum: EFT can help release
with less trauma than retelling over and over
I had an uncle that was never able to fully deal with his WWII experience.
These people are just as much casualties of war as the physically wounded.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-09
05:50 | a-d: I too have been pondering about this
Age Old Human Adagio!.... The ONLY meaningful solution I have been able to make a a cohesive Answer is what --I think-- Jesus was implying all the time: That we indeed are made, hence meant to be,COSM.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-09
01:36 | mortimer: Wings of a bird
Every 500 years or so, the wings go up or down, society keeps trying to fly. It’s the end of an era and all has been inverted. Oppression has reached critical mass and humanity is headed back towards.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-09
00:07 | jerryvest: Thanks, Mortimer...I love your
response "to live in accord is true freedom." I wonder how long it will take humanity to live in harmony with one another and with nature? Seems we never learn from our errors and seems to me we have .. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-07-08
07:04 | mortimer: emotional punch
You are correct, the healing isn't to forget, the best healing method is to remember, to retrieve the subconscious and regain control. We can effectively control what we correctly understand. The pain.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-06-14
01:37 | jerryvest: I have added a link that
introduces the lies and deceit of the Bush Administration. Perhaps, it is true, there are NO SECRETS and TRUTH WILL PREVAIL. (Truth=Law) {link:http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/06/111933.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-06-01
00:19 | jerryvest: Thanks for your comments, Astrd...
Yes, it is so silly that all of these professions are so fearful of touch. I suspect that there will be a new DSM disorder created and some drugs prescribed for these fearful professionals. It's alway.. | Another Critical Look at the DSM |
2008-05-31
18:31 | jerryvest: Again, you are right on target with your
comments about soldiers *not* deserving what they get because they chose this profession. No one would choose to be a professional soldier if they knew they would be deceived and lied to while being s.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-05-31
18:02 | a-d: Tchhhaaa!....
....don't these poor deceived Soldiers deserve at least that much!?!?.... In may cases we are talking about eighteen year old KIDS, for crying out loud!( I didn't feel "grown up" until...ah well...I'm.. | The Wounded Warrior by Robert Peek |
2008-05-31
17:52 | a-d: I LOVE it!...
it rings so true to me...So happy th hear that the Myth of the BADness of Touch in any kind of Therapy/Assisting in Healing!... When I was working the Floor (at any of my Floor Wards) I always sat a.. | Another Critical Look at the DSM |
2008-05-14
14:59 | Jerry Vest@192.138.52.41: Another Article on Warrior R&R Center-
This is another article describing our Center.
From: American Forces Press Service [mailto:afps@subscriptions.dod.mil]
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 5:16 PM
Center Creates 'Little Miracles' in Tre.. | Prototype Health Program for Wounded Warriors |
2008-04-13
13:55 | jerryvest: Thanks for your comments, Astrid.
For sure. As we get experience in life, it would seem that we would have some wisdom to share with next generations; however, we also see more devastation--from war, profiteering, predators, politicia.. | Meditation Quotes |
2008-04-12
23:42 | a-d: I think these
go hand in hand: relating and compassion. Compassion and relating!When we can relate to pain, which by now each & every one of us SHOULD be able, there will automatically be compassion! When we have (.. | Meditation Quotes |
2008-04-12
23:34 | jerryvest: This is a very good book on dealing
with our Anger.
April 10, 2008
"Compassionate Listening Relieves Suffering. When a person’s speech is full of anger, it is because he or she suffers deeply. Because he has so much suffering, he .. | Meditation Quotes |
2008-04-06
14:09 | jerryvest: The NY Times has an interesting
article related to the injury, stress, anxiety and depression of the soldiers serving multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even though this is certainly not new information, our news media should g.. | Our Primary Concern is our Client .... |
2008-04-06
00:05 | a-d: Great Idea!
".... to tell their stories to the public so that the war mongers will see the uselessness and the harm caused by politicians and corporations and others who benefit or use the military for their own.. | Our Primary Concern is our Client .... |
2008-04-05
14:55 | jerryvest: I'm sorry for my over-reaching
or reactive comment, Mortimer. I appreciate that you share your comments here and hope you will continue to participate here. Best wishes, Jerry
PS I am experiencing more stress than I had prepared.. | Our Primary Concern is our Client .... |
2008-04-05
14:51 | jerryvest: Thanks Astrid...your encouragement
and message is really great. I posted the songs by Lennart on my forum so that it can have a wider response and I am going to also pass the lyrics on to our soldiers. Beyond shedding many tears, I am .. | Our Primary Concern is our Client .... |
2008-04-05
04:06 | a-d: Here , my friends,
I will give you some links to my friend Lennart in Stockholm,Sweden, who started doing Djembe Drumming ( first , originally, to go along with his Meditation Sessions, but then took a life of its own,.. | Our Primary Concern is our Client .... |
2008-04-04
14:04 | mortimer: emotional art
I related with their pride, pinnacle achievement – static character. Self healing, it’s about relatedness and affinity, hence not belittling … hum … Perhaps “belittle them” is a Redline District? | Our Primary Concern is our Client .... |
2008-03-20
14:13 | jerryvest: Thanks for visiting my logs, Charles.
I'm glad that I made some sense to you. I am especially enjoying and appreciating my work experience with our Wounded Warrior Program at Ft. Bliss. I feel that I can make a difference in the lives of .. | Expressing our Creativity through Work |
2008-03-19
14:21 | Charles@152.22.0.254: WTF
this makes so much sense now, thanks | Expressing our Creativity through Work |
2008-01-19
16:29 | jerryvest: Thanks for sharing your comments,
Mortimer. I can tell you first hand that the soldiers that I have met who suffer from trauma and other consequences of war are true Warriors. They are to be commended, not to be put down for joining o.. | Our Primary Concern is our Client .... |
2008-01-16
16:57 | mortimer: some military training... (ahg!)
Memorial Day weekend… I spent a day of sharing with a group of soldiers. I did not get many words in; instead they took turn telling their story. I sat and listened and watched and the (military) cond.. | Our Primary Concern is our Client .... |
2008-01-12
17:46 | jerryvest: I am thinking about starting a
group to organize and improve our mental health system in America and use the many scattered resources--organizations, professionals, patients/clients and others to help with the design and plan.
.. | Study Finds, Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression |
2008-01-05
14:16 | jerryvest: Yes, I noticed that some of the
psychiatrists are returning to shock treatments. Seems that when they don't know what else to do and the drugs don't work, they return to the "Cuckoo's Nest" interventions. I've talked with 'patients'.. | Study Finds, Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression |
2008-01-05
01:22 | a-d: My idea reall y, was to
point out how those so called Psycho Pharmaca didn't do what they "promised" , when invented. And now we are back to Lobotomies and the rest of the really Medieval "Medical" practises in Psychiatry!.... | Study Finds, Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression |
2008-01-05
00:23 | jerryvest: Hi Astrid...I don't know what to
say as we've been down this path many times and I thought that I was through discussing it any further. However, these recent research reports show the dangers of the big Pharmas; the misuse of these .. | Study Finds, Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression |
2008-01-04
21:26 | a-d: Thanks Jerry!
Comes as "no big surprize", but needs to be said over & over again, since it is
very important to burst this SICK bubble of The -so called- Benefits of Pharma Pills -deception! There really aren't t.. | Study Finds, Drugs Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression |
2007-12-17
20:59 | jerryvest: Here is a good article describing
prevention and the extent of this hazardous product, how it is promoted knowing the extent of killing others with their poison. What's your interest in promoting tobacco?
"Tobacco is the leading pr.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-17
20:50 | dkill: I think theres..
one small fact that your overlooking. Tobbacco has been on this planet long before corporations and even before us humans walked the earth. People and plants have a sinergy together. They give us some.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-15
19:41 | jerryvest: Yes, corporations are cold blooded
and have no "wiseness" when it comes to selling their products and getting kids hooked as we've discussed here. Yesterday, I read an article about how alike the Big Pharmas and the Tobacco Companies a.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-15
17:59 | dkill: Dont snow throw balls.
If i may add to your comment athedge i would say that proper guidence by the parents could have avoided this dissaster from an oppotunist. If the boy was brought up to be aware of all danger he would .. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-14
18:27 | jerryvest: Yes, we do lose our loved ones from
smoking and it is too bad in this day and age that parents will continue to teach their kids that it is ok. I also think that the reports show that tv shows and movies that continue to show the actors.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-14
18:10 | skookum: Smoking cigarettes
gave my step father COPD and lung cancer. He was 62 when he died. He had no other health problems. He was a brilliant man. Lost too soon to a preventable disease. Of course he got addicted way before .. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-14
18:03 | dkill: The point...
you are trying to make has been got for years. The government allready has the policy of banning something that may potencialy be a threat to there society. Now correct me if im wrong but you are sayi.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-14
17:50 | athedge: I believe it would be a pleasure
to have those conversations with you. I have not read either one of these books yet. I look forward to becoming familiar with them. I will pick them up this weekend. Thank you, friend! | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-13
21:41 | jerryvest: Good metaphor, Michael...
Yes, it would be so great to have a responsible, respectful and compassionate humanity that understood our relationhips with one another and with our true nature. Even here in a NCN discussion forum t.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-13
19:14 | athedge: Imagine a snow-laden slope
rising high above the edge of a cliff. Imagine a boy of 14 years playing at the bottom of this slope -- not too near the edge -- his parents have warned him that that would not be wise. Mom and Dad.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-12
22:59 | bushman: Well,
I do agree that corps need new meat, to replace those that die or figure it out, I agree with putting restrictions on advertizing of many things that are prooven harmful. And in my book parents have t.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-12
22:05 | jerryvest: Ok, Bushman...I
understand and appreciate your concerns about losing our rights. Can you also see that corporations like Tobacco Companies target kids at an early age before they even know what their rights are as hu.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-12
21:48 | bushman: lol,
well I for one dont care what someone I dont know thinks, I do care to see why others think stuff, in that just because someone that some people dont like, suports a certine position, either way Im ju.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-12
21:16 | jerryvest: Hi Bushman,,,,are you sure that
we should read something that Tucker Carlson supports?:) I can't think of anyone who is more out-to-lunch than this guy. And, I think it is true if we are protecting the stupid people like Bush and Co.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-12
19:47 | bushman: Hmm,
in my oppinion the system goes too far to protect the, lets say stupid people, what the system does is promote de-evolution of humanity by blocking natural selection, people complain the world is over.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-12
19:23 | jerryvest: Dkill, you are very judgmental and
projecting your own lack of knowledge, wisdom and experience onto me. I would suggest that you examine each statement that you made about me and add..."and, this is my existence." For sure what you sa.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-12
15:26 | dkill: Jerry Jerry Jerry
You are looking at life from one dimension, the systems dimension of capitalism and cunsumerism. Its as if you have no understanding of humans, only containing humans.
"Society creates rules, prim.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-11
21:14 | jerryvest: Thanks for the referral to this
"Freecycle Network"--I'll look into it. Vax, what is so great about our NCN and our participants is that we are introduced to various articles, research and groups who can help us learn more about our.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-11
20:22 | a-d: Funny.....
... reading Steve's Words of Wisdom vis a vis teaching/bringing up Kids vs what Jerry said.... In truth; BOTH approaches are NEEDED and equally important in that process! : )
I know; had my Mom not .. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-11
20:13 | vaxen: So...
that is your family in the picture above, jerry? What is the beautiful place, top right (monitor left) that you are looking out over? I don't know how informed I am keeping anyone about the true natur.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-11
15:14 | jerryvest: Thanks, Vax....I'll look into it for
sure. I have already dedicated my creative works to the public domain. I hope this helps to get our use of safe, skillful and nourishing touch out to a wider community. I appreciate that you are keepi.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-11
08:15 | vaxen: Free Culture
Here is a free download (pdf) of Professor Lessigs' "Free Culture," jerry, that you might be interested in if you don't already have the book. Others, as well, could benefit from a perusal of this sem.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-10
22:10 | jerryvest: Hello, dkill...I'm not sure what
you mean about rules and contradictions. Society creates rules, primarily through the courts as a means to protect us to provide safety and from injury, poison such as DDT and other chemicals that are.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-10
19:22 | dkill: Contradiction
Im not quite sure what you mean by the ww ll story but i wrote something a few years back that sounds similar - "I know little and most THINK less than that." Which may only make sense to ME but i wro.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-08
19:00 | jerryvest: I'm fully in agreement with both
you and Astrid, Dkill. After all is said and done, I know nothing. I remember an old world war II show where one of the guards in a camp was always being in the wrong place at the wrong time and he al.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-08
17:59 | dkill: Said better then i could have
Thanx Astrid for for comming in on this subject, im fully with you on every part of your above comments.
Jerry the example of the knife was a great one , your just choosing not to see the greatnes.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-07
21:03 | a-d: Click here
http://www.yesmagazine.org/default.asp?ID=241 /// and you will access an article in "YES" Magazine that talks exactly about Gandhi's "Advice" to Humankind.
Your PC's "Back" Button should be lit up .. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-07
18:28 | jerryvest: Excellent comment,
Astrid. I love Gandhi's words as well. We are part of nature and it is important for us to be responsible and respectful of our roots, partners and of our relationships. As you also note, it is import.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-07
16:22 | a-d: Commercial Cigs....
... just like ANYTHING else in and for COMMERSIAL use are made as the Devil's Concoction... be it Milk, cigs or sugar!... for the Mainstream Person; who is not-"too" -much-into-own critical-thinking.... | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-07
14:07 | jerryvest: Yes, Astrid, I read that the
additives to tobacco were very dangerous and caused great danger to our body-minds. Also, even though the US has stopped spraying DDT on crops, many foreign countries have not and that is an additiona.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-07
05:15 | a-d: No we don't know
"All the Facts"! The Mainstream Lay Person, like yourselves know only what some most likely bias person/Corp wants you to know!..... There's a lot of Secrets about Health and Illness that Mainstream h.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-07
00:29 | jerryvest: Dkill, try and smoke a knife and
see what happens. :) I don't accept your example because it - a knife - is not poison and children are not being targeted to inhale it and get addicted by these corporate predators. Children are not a.. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-06
15:24 | dkill: Yes yes yes
we know all the facts but i think that your totaly missing my point. Your still looking for solutions from within the system. The system DOESNT work, it needs to be replaced, all of the facts u state .. | Nicotene and Smoking - Don't get Started!!! |
2007-12-06
14:48 | jerryvest: There are certainly many philosophers
who have discussed these issues and I suspect there will be an "inevitable possibility" that they will continue. Personally, I don't understand many of them aa it often appears to me as a play on word.. | A Story about a Drug Representative of the Big Pharmas |
