New ideas, book

We are in Newport, preparing for the big Concour of automobiles, to benefit the Preservation Society, that takes care of all the large Mansions of the Golden Age.
Our friends from Florida are here. They just returned from a world cruise, where they were frightened by two messages.

One was in Africa, where in Kenya, they were reminded on a tour that Obama's father lives in Kenya, and Obama is sympathetic to his father's views, ( father is a Muslim) so one wonders what the father's views are?? I can not decipher that, can you?

The other was a statement by an Egyptian businessman, educated in the United States, for 8 years, who warned that the United States is the only country who can stop the bomb from going to the extremists. Once they get the bomb, the United States, will never realize what hit them, they will destroy our economy and in turn the economy of the world. That is hard to consider, but easy to imagine happening.

I keep thinking, if the extremists were mass murderers, everyone would be looking for them, and our country would all be together in finding them. Should we change the language of description, from extremists to mass murderers, to get everyone on one side? The frustration of ending this religious suicide and mass murder is overwhelming. Will it really go away, by calling our troops home? What will end it, a capitulation? The questions are out there, and how WE see our future, is so important as we approach this Presidential election.

The other day I was reading Depak Chopra's new book, "Life After Death" and Depak makes the statement in so many words that Christ was the only one that talked about Heaven being inside of us. The page describing Christ's teachings, whether you believe in Christ or not, makes sense.If I had the book beside me I would quote it for you. All great ideas seem to be merging, there is a "Consilience"
A UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE WITH UNDERLYING DEEP LAWS, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE, but it is just coming to our consciousness.

I have with me this weekend, "The Jesus Papers", a book by one of the writers of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" I will be starting that as I finish Depak's book. I recommend Depak, to anyone that wants to start the chase of ideas. Chasing ideas is probably the best and most mysterious chase there is....all tie together, if you follow the books I have been reading.

Palm Beach days the 80's

Palm Beach Days
In the 80's we owned John Lennon's Vanderbilt mansion in Palm Beach, our daughter Karen is on left with her husband, Ian. The neighbor's cat was out front, and a car stopped as we watched...someone grabbed the cat, and yelled "we got John Lennon's cat!", and took off, like a bat! Ha ha...

I am thinking about Karen today, as I often do. She died about three years ago. A mother's heart never stops aching for a child. I sat with her for hours hoping to be there when she passed. Finally, the nurse told me to think about leaving the room, because sometimes a person hangs on when a loved one is there.

After 12 hours in the hospital, Howard came to get me. Ian took my place, and he was with Karen for about three more hours. She smiled as she died, he told me, and I was finally able to release my grief, in the privacy of my bedroom, squashing my pillow over my mouth. The long years of her suffering with cancer where over and my first born was gone forever from the earth. In the blink of an eye, in the moment of one breath, in a sigh of resignation... there was acceptance of what had to be

first book I read by Laszlo, great reading

Here is another book, I read over the last year, this was my introduction to Laszlo, and I loved the book. It helps to stay with his thoughts, which in my opinion are on target, since others are sharing his eye opening theories
Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything (Paperback)
by Ervin Laszlo (Author)

He and Wilson should talk, but, I am sure if I try and put them together, they will both throw out or not read my suggestion. What fun, what dreams they could explore! Maybe I will try and put them together. Who would dream the coincidence of me reading their ideas at the same time?

To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come”
—-Hamlet, William Shakespeare

listening to music , reading and thinking...nice links.

here is a nice link for easy music

Click here: my RED lounge - RED is Jazz, Blues, Swing and Lounge - Listen Live Now

While you listen,please read, what one of the great thinkers of our time Ervin Lazlo has to say about space and matter. Do you agree with me, his paper, is faintly familiar with the thoughts of Edward O. Wilson in the book Consilience

http://www.physlink.com/Education/essay_laszlo.cfm#top

too many parties

In Newport last night, went to a Gershwin Cabaret at the Redwood Library. The library is spectacular because it has a collection of antique portraits that rivals many museums in the country. There is also a collection of antique books, and an illustrated bible from the 14th century.

Too much partying this week, no desire to go to the parties in Newport next week, but friends from Florida are coming, along with friends from Framingham, so we must, we must, continue to party. We should have learned when we did the Palm Beach circuit!

Naval war museum July 19,Newport

We visited a display of art by the Naval War Museum. The Thomas Benton they own, stood out. "Launching"was the name of the work. A Thomas Benton, is so stylized that anyone can spot it across the room, once they know his style. I loved it, it truly epitomized the war effort.



There were other oils, that were great, such as the recruiting work that the museum has from World War 1, that was used also in World War 2. The oils of the battles in World War 2, remind me of a swarm of bees in nature, trying to attack. All of nature is related when you think of it.



An interesting little aside, about human nature. A woman called a company to complain that she fell down., on their property and broke her wrist. When asked to provide information about her operation, resulting from the fall, she hung up, saying quickly, "I have decided not to have the operation." What prompts people to get so desparate, that they try to embzzle money under false pretenses, from large stores, or for that matter from others?



Even a joke about men that went around on the internet this week, was so critical of men, that I wondered how could any woman that passed this on, be happy with her husband. It was not even funny, it was just a whining, belittling piece of information, about the arrogance and utter studpidity of men. I for one can not believe that some of the women, whose husbands give them luxury life status, could even consider passing this along.

here is the missing picture

Here is the 17 year old girl, that is still inside of me. She never leaves me, even though I am changing inside and out. Why is this? Why do we remain eternally young inside , yet the world does not know this. It reminds me of the old man story that is traveling the net. No one knows who or what he was in his life, because his now appearance throws the world off. It touches the souls of the people who pass it on, maybe because they too, are in their aging years.

July 19, 2007 browzing Newport, Rhode Island

Busy this week. Tuesday night we went to a short lecture by Mary McFadden, designer of fabulous gowns. She talked about patterns in nature, showing slides of locations across the world. A few of her gowns were on display at Rosecliff. Met some new interesting people.

Wednesday night, went to the opening of the Vanderbilt time share hotel in Newport, Rhode Island. You can buy 6 weeks in the hotel for $45,000. It is yours forever, and you can sell it when you want to. The hotel will be operated eventually by the owners, and your stuff will be stored and brought out for your 6 week stint. This seems to be a trend for the future, rather than owning in different places, people are buying shares of homes, and hotels. The Ritz is big into this idea. We met Barbara and Richard at the cocktail party, joining them for dinner at Lucia on Thames street later. Joe came over and convinced us to look at his father's new condominium on the water,in Newport, one more time. So we will probably do that tomorrow. We think our home in Osterville, on the Cape is going to be sold in a month.

Tonight we are going to the war college event at the museum here in Newport. Have to run back to work this morning, returning tonight with Mr Ambassador, our grandson Kenny, who knows everyone in Newport, Portsmouth, and Middletown, Rhode Island, from his exposure at the Portsmouth Abby School. He loves Newport, and he is going to to to Salve Regina University here.

books and thoughts

My image button is not working, so I will have to post later. I am thinking again about Wilson's Consilience, it is interesting how professors at the same school are not aware of the work of their fellow professors. I read an article by a Harvard professor in a professional real estate magazine about settingwhat I deem," artificial goals for housing", answered it, with the thought that the author should read Wilson., (who is also Harvard affiliated) That was to no avail, as usual. I did hope to get an opinion back , but, I guess my letter was tossed in the trash. But, it does give rise to an interesting thought, "Should we be aware by summary, and exposition of the ideas and publications of other professors that are not in our field.



Consilience, demands that we have our eyes over the horizon and know what other scholoars are thinking, publishing, and putting out to the world, otherwise how can we grow. In essence this lack of interdisciplinary knowledge can be considered wearing horse blinders. How to diseminate the rapid learning we are absorbing, and not absorbing today, is something that presents a challenge to us as educators also. Sometimes what we are teaching is outmoded.



I am also interested in the search for God, and loved Francis Collins Book, The Language of God. I attach here the link for your perusal, if it does not work, just type it in the browzer.

Click here: I’ve found God, says man who cracked the genome - Times Online



My grandson was just assigned the following book for summer reading to enter the freshman class at Salve Regina University , Newport ,Rhode Island. It looks like a valuable book for my interests, so it will be on my reading list shortly. Meanwhile I have Genghis Khan, waiting in the background, while I finish, John Templeton, which I love. He was a magnificent man !



Recently I read somewhere that the thinking and teachings of Freud are being brought into question. It is hoped that I can find out what that is about and talk about it with you.



The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life (Paperback) by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. (Author) "Although C. S. Lewis, a full generation younger than Sigmund Freud, embraced Freud's atheism during the first half of his life, he eventually rejected that..." (more) Key Phrases: spiritual worldview, changed worldview, hallucinatory psychosis, New Testament, Oskar Pfister, Jesus Christ (more...)

books and thoughts

Reading this week, "The Queens and Sex"...how the author researched these stories is incredible, delving in to the diaries and notes of many who attended the courts to get the "dirt".



Women suffered, but found ways to find happiness, in the face of grave danger, losing their head in more than one way. Royalty needed to have an heir and it was not always necessary that the new royal be of royal blood, since the Kings masculinity had to be preserved no matter whose heir the new royal turned out to be, as long as the birth of the child appeared to be, the child of royal blood .

Just finished "Consilience", by Edward O. Wilson, this is about the unity of knowledge...intellectual reading rather than relaxing. I happen to agree with the ideas of Wilson a biologist, who esposes the belief that all knowledge is unified. Consilience comes from the interlocking of natural laws that lie beneath everything we create , do, etc. I love his warning, that each advance is also "a prosthesis, an artificial device dependent on advanced expertise and intense continuing management". We frequently meddle, trying to optimize life for everyone, creating artificial environments, to make people equal in status, in education, housing, medicine, etc., but the laws beneath the surface trump us, creating another problem. Think about it!

This is a great book, if you enjoy reading, thinking and postulating your own ideas. Then you will find excitment in this read

I am now trying to figure out how to use YouTube in other ways to present ideas, thoughts and excitement to my blogger. Hope I am successful in this new approach to sharing what is in us, unseen, unexplored, rather than what you meet briefly on the surface.

In my mind, I am still this young seventeen year old girl, but she does not look back at me in the mirror, rather the new person who has evolved over the years, looks back at me, the young girl of many years ago. Say "hello", to the person who is still inside my aging body.