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Recycling. Zero Point Energy. Happiness. Sacred Geometry. Peace. New Ideas.

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Mind Your Ps and Qs. Every action has a consequence. It is easy to forget these consequences when they are not our own. Every word you say that is heard by another individual affects their perception of you, their actions, and their experiences; which in turn have consequences of their own. By making our words kind, insightful, thoughtful and loving - one person at a time, one action at a time our world becomes a better place.

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• A comment on Conversation: Is it right to profit from addiction? Is it right to profit from harm?

  Sep 24 2012: Absolutely not. While this question is applicable to tobacco and alcohol corporate giants, I think we should not overlook street pharmacists. I am from North County St Louis and my city faces a heroine epidemic. A neighbor 10 houses down whom I've known for several years overdosed on heroine a week ago; almost ending his life. Had he not gotten the immediate treatment he needed he would have been another number on the list of drug related fatalities. This is a double sided coin because the dealers themselves typically run their business to support an addiction of their own. So not only are they profiting on the degradation of the health of others they are in turn using it to self destruct themselves. There were roughly 80-100 heroine related deaths in St Louis in 2011 and while that number has gone down in the first six recorded months of 2012, the problem persists. However it goes deeper than the deaths of these unfortunate victims. Dealers are not just profiting from the addiction of abusers, they are taking something far greater than the money that is attained at any cost. They take a part of their soul. Heroine consumes their life - it is a never ending cycle of waiting. Waiting for the drug to arrive, waiting for the intravenous dose to take effect, waiting for the pain and withdraw to subside only to come back with more force and hunger. I know good people that have recovered from this pain and maintain a pure lifestyle. It can be done. But still it hurts me to know that drug money soaked in pain, desperation and addiction is being used to buy food, prepaid phone minutes, cigarettes and more narcotics to feed the vicious cycle.

• A comment on Conversation: What motivates you?

  Sep 23 2012: Meditation. At the end of my day when I have accomplished everything in my allotted waking time that I have meditated on at sun rise, I can put my body to rest easy and let my mind wander and play freely without the burden of obligation. This peaceful cycle motivates me to rise every morning and grind through the day.
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  A comment on Conversation: Do you find it difficult to engage in intellectual conversations with people in general?

  Sep 23 2012: Being a gifted student and exceptionally bright individual I've had this problem since I was at a young age. I have always been able to relate myself on some level to those "intellectually challeged" for the purpose of conversing, making friends etc. However it gets to the point sometimes where I feel I'm being drained in conversation with those who know nothing outside of what they watch on TV or learn from their sub-par public school education. What I have found though is that everyone has an innate sense of curiosity despite their level of understanding, so if I can take an intellectually stimulating topic, present it in a creative way while using simple terms you can converse with anyone on a wide array of topics; ie suspended animation, sacred geometry, zero point technology or whatever interests you. It's a shame that this "real world" that is portrayed in the media underlies values of substance and ignorance, but by removing yourself from that and subsequently removing it from your thoughts, ideas and speech it's power of influence is diminished.