BELIEF is the death of intellegence

This is one of the catch phrases that we use but it is also very accurate in its meaning////////There are many types of belief and they vary much in thier ability to cause disruption in the logical thought process ////////////If you believe that you will fail in a given endeavor, you should probably not even try to accomplish it / it would be better to just recognise it as difficult, but these types of conflicts are very HUMAN in thier presentation and do not create major intellectual problems///only problems with your success...

Of much more concern to the true seeker is belief that is founded in DOGMA /// dogma creates the inability to see outside of its paradigms and as a result it is almost like wearing blinders // this is how the commercial religions control the faithful [true believers] it was in the past also a real block to scientific advancement, for instance nothing heavier than air could fly / now isn't that a present day joke of sorts....

WE PROMOTE THE CONCEPT OF USING CONCEPTUAL THOUGHT AS A PRACTICE TOOL ALWAYS SEEING THE OPPOSITE OF THE INITIAL THOUGHT//this allows the individual to view the thought in direct contrast to itself and is possiblly a true metaphysical process if we use the definition of Imanuel Kant as metaphysics being the study of reality in direct contradistinction to itself...doing this avoids interfering belief from entering the thought process and allows the concept to float thru the entire realm of possibles and thereby creates a more balanced approach to the problem at hand..IF SOMEONE IS SURE THAT A SOLUTION LIES IN A GIVEN DIRECTION DOES THAT NOT STOP HER FROM PERSUING OTHERS or even recognizing thier possibilities..

REMEMBER THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It behoves us all to proceed thru life without dogma remember that KNOWLEDGE IS ONLY OBTAINED THRU EXPIERENCE...
THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
COUGINA

HAVE ARRIVED

BOY WHAT A RIDE//A FEW SCREW UPS BUT TOTALLY WONDERFUL///SHOTS LIKE THIS ONE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY I'LL SHARE THEM ONE OR TWO AT A TIME AS I STAY HERE IN TOWN///I GOT SOME NICE ONES..
YESTERDAY I GOT SENT DOWN A DEAD END ROAD AND MY SUPPOSED 232 MILE TRIP FROMSARASOTA ENDING UP BEING 316 MILES AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE A RIDE FROM MY HOSTESS'S BOYFRIEND FOR THE LAST 50 OF THEM///REAL NICE FOLKS I'LL E READING FOR THEM AND INTRODUCING THEM TO YOU THIS WEEK ON THE SISTER BLOG BY VIDEO//

ALL IN ALL A VERY PLEASANT RIDE, IF YOU EVER WANT A NICE RIDE IN FLORIDA THIS IS IT AND YOU CAN BICYCLE THE DIKE AROUND LAKE OKOOCHOBEE///ALL 110 MILES OF IT AND CAmp out on the way no hassels and really beautiful///really worth the trouble if you just want to take your time and enjoy a week in central Florida and enjoy the second largest land bound lake in the country////WATCH FOR GATORS WHEN SWIMMING..

WELL I WILL POST A LOT NOW THAT I AM SEDENTARY FOR AWHILE//GET MORE MEMBERS PLEASE//makes me feel like I work for NPR or something
Think Green
Blessed Be
Cougina

I AM ON THE ROAD

REAL QUICK BATTERY LOW//ALL IS W2QELL 5 MILES OUTSIDE BELLE GLADE//HAD TO BACKTRACK 20 MILES DO TO A BAD LISTING FROM MY MAP FOLKS BUT AM FINE///////SITTING IN A CANE FIELD USING COMP///SKYPED TERRI PRETTY NICE MORESOON
THINK GREEN
COUGINA

FLORIDA some pictures

CAMPED ACROSS HHWY FROM DESOTO STATE PRISON///SORT OF HIDING IN SOME TREES AND GETTING EATEN BY MOSQUITOSTHE PEACE RIVER//SURE WISH I COULD GET CONTROLOF THE PLACEMENT OF PICS ETC.

THE COLD WINTER DID NOT HURT THE ORANGES

THIS MORNING I  WILL GO TO JUST BEYOND THE TOWN OF OCACHOBEE AND GET SOME MORE NICE SCENERY//ALREADY GETTING BACK IN SHAPE //MAYBE LUCKY TODAY AND HAVE LESS HEAD WIND TO WEAR ME OUT SO FAST BUT I AM ON SCHEDULE AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN POMPANO ON THE 7TH AS PLANNED///SO FAR NOTHING BUT PLEASANT AURAS AND LOVELY PEEOPLE.......PLEASE THINKK  AND ACT GREEN BEAUTY LIKE THIS NEEDS RESPECT..
BLESSED BE
COUGINA

WHAT A LIFE

I PULLED IN TO CAMP//AND THESE GUYS

JUST SAID STAY HERE FOR THE NIGHT AND SAVE THE BUCKS//WOW WHAT A LIFE//I AM SITTING HERE DRINKING A BEER AND ENJOYING THE NEW FRIENDS I HAVE MET///MEET DOUG//
AND HIS DAD JOE/////really a nice coouple of guys on thier  way back to Mich next weekend//I could not believe my lucck ineeting them

NICE SHOWER/CLEAN CROTCH ETC.. so heres more pics from today

The latest from Cougina,
I spoke to him about 2PM Arizona time today. He left Houston yesterday late morning with a school teacher moving to Sarasota. They hadn't planned it, but she drove all night and arrived in Sarasota this morning. By 8:30 AM he had already petaled 3 1/2 hours. He is currently camped on the side of road about 60 miles from Lake Okeechobee across from Desoto Correctional Facility. He said he could not get enough of a charge with the solar panels to fire up the computer so here I am. He will blog when he gets more juice for the computer.

Blessed Be
Donna

Render unto Caesar...

Jesus once said "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."

Paying taxes is obviously a hot issue with a lot of people. It shows up in a lot of different ways in my client's behavior. I wish to point out one common way I have observed. It happened to me and it seems to happen to most of us on our evolutionary path. At some point we become really pissed off at our government and wish to refrain from giving them a penny of our money. The government gives us plenty of reasons to justify our attitude, but this attitude can lead to people taking risky measures, not filing or fraudulent filing of returns. I know the US tax system is likely not even legal, but but from my experience not playing along can create problems, ergo render unto Caesar. I wish to address how to come to grips with the energy of paying taxes when and if you choose to pay. I am not judging those who do not pay, I totally understand. What I do and have advised others to do is to find some area of our government that you can perceive as doing some good. Protecting species, education, roads (you do use the roads, right?), parks, forests, social programs, space exploration and the like. Now imagine the taxes you pay going into that area of government. What you have done is gone from one extreme to another. As Cougina once pointed out to me, “The best way to find center is go to the two extremes”. After awhile you can imagine nothing and have a neutral energy about your money and taxes.

A lot of what I post will be obvious statements that you are already aware of, but what I learned from years of playing basketball was the importance of 'the basics'. Returning to the basics of anything can only help.