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2020 Currently working with clients as a Health and Vision, and Writing Coach.
For an appointment contact Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine) at NerveWhisperer@gmail.com
Kimberly Burnham's Publication Credits
Web Content Manager / Editor
2017-2018 Content Manager, Writer, Editor for Insights Into Religion by the Non-Profit Lilly Endowment (2 years) News, Non-Profit, Religion, Sermon Resources. http://www.religioninsights.org
Blogger
Raising Consciousness Now Blog (2013-Present) Brain Health, Consciousness, Peace, Language, Mental Health. https://www.raisingconsciousnessnow.com/blog/author/Kimberly-Burnham%2C-PhD-(Integrative-Medicine) SpokaneFavs Blog. (2014-Present) Intersection of Health, Religion and Peace Initiatives. https://spokanefavs.com/author/kimberlyburnham/ Second Nexus (2017) News, Science, Health, Food, Travel. https://secondnexus.com/author/kim-burnham/ 5 Best News and Entertainment Blog. (2017-2018) Health, News, Food. https://5bestthings.com/author/kimberly/ Kimberly Burnham's Column on LinkedIn Pulse (2010-Present) 12,000 + followers https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyburnham/detail/recent-activity/posts/ A Selfish Poet, Trish Hopkinson's Blog, Making Money for Poets. (2017-Present) Poetry, Brain Health, Language, Peace. https://trishhopkinson.com/tag/kimberly-burnham/ Sivana Spirit Blog. (2018-Present) Health, Alternative Medicine. https://blog.sivanaspirit.com/author/kimberly-burnham/ Reform Judaism (2017-Present) Judaism, Jewish Themes, Jewish Books and Essays. https://reformjudaism.org/blog/blog-author/kimberly-burnham http://www.ncejudaism.org/finding-a-way-to-judaism/ Our Community of Humanity Blog in Inner Child Magazine (2014-2016) https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/category/community-of-humanity-blog Ride Fit (2016) Bicycling, Sports Health. http://www.ride-fit.com/Blog/Spinning-Bike-And-Turbo-Trainer-Workout-Blog-031113.html#.XHLvmYhKiM9 The Catalyzed Leader Blog (2012-2013). Vision, Brain Health, Leadership Training. https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/category/the-catalyzed-leader-blog ​
Academic Journal Articles
Academia.Edu (2005-Present) Journal Articles Health, Brain Function, Language and the Brain, Vision Health. [See all] https://akamaiuniversity.academia.edu/KimberlyBurnham Research Gate (2005-Present) Health, Brain Function, Language and the Brain, Vision Health. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kimberly_Burnham2 Google Scholar Profile (2015-Present) Health, Brain Function, Language and the Brain, Vision Health. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EI24aaoAAAAJ&hl=en
Individually Written Brain Health Books:
​ Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind (A Daily Brain Health Program (2019) by Kimberly Burnham (Creating Calm Network Publishing Group) B07KDZGSJM eBook $4.99 paperback $14.95 Parkinson's Alternatives, Walk Better, Sleep Deeper and Move Consciously (2014) by Kimberly Burnham (Creating Calm Network Publishing Group). ​ Our Fractal Nature, A Journey of Self-Discovery and Connection, Psychology Meets Science. (2011) A Messenger Mini Book by Kimberly Burnham (The Nerve Whisperer Press, The Messengers of Change Program). Balancing the Sleep-Wake Cycle: Sleep Better, Learn Faster, Contribute More, and Enjoy Life to Its Fullest. (2011 Kindle eBook) by Kimberly Burnham (The Nerve Whisperer Press). Regain Your Balance: Ataxia Solutions from The Nerve Whisperer, Find Health and Healing in Six Complementary and Alternative Medicine Arenas (2012 Kindle eBook) by Kimberly Burnham (The Nerve Whisperer Press). ​ Other Books What is Your LinkedIn Story? 21 Questions to Ignite Your Mood and Memory, A LinkedIn Story (Kindle eBook Jan 19, 2014)
Anthology Essays and Poetry
Trees, Healing, and You: Guided Imagery, Poems, Stories, & Other Empowering Tools (2016) by Kimberly Burnham, Céline Cloutier, Daniel Tigner, Margo Royce, Basia Alexander, Jim Conroy (Creating Calm Network Publishing). (Prose and Poetry). Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers by Elizabeth W Goldstein, Kimberly Burnham, Shefa Gold and Ann J White Co-editors, Rabbi Elizabeth W. Goldstein and Kimberly Burnham share the pages of this Jewish music anthology with 40 other authors including: Shefa Gold, Kimberly Burnham, Ann J White, Elizabeth W. Goldstein, Serene Victor, Natalie Young, Sheila Pearl, Susan Colin, Judy Caplan Ginsburgh, Joy Katzen-Guthrie, Rosalie Boxt, Beth Hamon, Shawn Israel Zevit, Robbi Sherwin, Jeff Gold, Hannah Seidel, Marci Vitkus, Rebekah Giangreco, Lisa Doob, Shira Wolosky, Sheldon Low, Saul Kaye, P. Faith Hayflich, Victoria Carmona, Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks, Dahlia Topolosky, Mindy Sandler, Jack Kessler, Eric Komar, Rami Shapiro, Shira Kline, George Henschel, Diane J. Schmidt, Ruth Anne Faust, Aaron H. Tornberg, Arnie Davidson, Rebecca Schwartz, Shelly Aronson, Steve Dropkin, Ter Lieberstein, and Michael Gurian. ​ No Mistakes!: How You Can Change Adversity into Abundance. (2013) Hampton Roads Publishing. All Authors in No Mistakes!: How You Can Change Adversity into Abundance: Madisyn Taylor, Sunny Dawn Johnston, HeatherAsh Amara, Christine Krinke, PhD, Karen Curry, Tianna Roser, Gloria Piantek, Robyn Benson, DOM, Siobhan Coulter, Susana M. Silverhøj, Carol J. Craig, Carole J Toms ND, Kyle Weaver & Scott Edmund Miller, Anne M. Deatly, Ann White (Publisher at the Creating Calm Network Publishing Group), Linda Wheeler Williams, Cliff Thomas, Karen Hasselo, Mandy Berlin, Sara Jane, Janet Rozzi, Tenaya Asan, Patricia Cohen, Kimberly Burnham, PhD (The Nerve Whisperer at St Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, Spokane Washington), Rosemary Hurwitz, Nancy Kaye, Nancy Smith, Christie Melonson, Kathy Jackson, Vicki Higgins. Pearls of Wisdom: 30 Inspirational Ideas to Live Your Best Life Now is an anthology of inspiration with Jack Canfield, Randy Davila, Marci Shimoff, Chris Attwood, Janet Attwood, Dr. Daniel Amen, Robert Evans, Kimberly Burnham, Barnett Bain, Michelle Manning-Kogler and other significant authors. Hampton Roads Publishing, 2012. (Print and audio book). Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time with New York Times Best-Selling Authors Christine Kloser, Marci Shimoff, Robert Allen and Sonia Choquette, as well as other transformational authors including, Kimberly Burnham, Marcelle Charrois, and many more wonderful authors. Transformational Books. 2012. Tears to Triumph, Stories to Transform Your Life Today (2013) Creating Calm Publishing Group.
Individually Written Poetry Books
Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind (A Daily Brain Health Program by Kimberly Burnham (Creating Calm Network Publishing Group) B07KDZGSJM eBook $4.99 paperback $14.95 Live Like Someone Left The Gate Open by Kimberly Burnham ​
Anthology Poet Faces of Peace in India was recently published in The Current Anthology and launched at the Prime Poetry Festival on 10 March at Trissur, Kerala. Anthology of the The Kenyan International Poetry, Arts and Cultural Festival June 14, 2019 - June 24, 2019 in Bumala, Busia County, Western Kenya, marks the International Day of the African Child, 16th June 2019.​ ​Women Building The World: A Poetic International Women's Day Collection. Kimberly Burnham, Editor / Poet, Thuthukani Ndlovu, Collection Curator. Powerful book. Easy to identify with experiences described in poetry by 25 women from around the world. The Poets: Charlotte Addison; Kimberly Burnham; Sasha Leigh Coutinho; Ruth Ekong; Amina Hussain El-Yakub; Debbie Johnson; Usha Krishnamurthy; Alicja Maria Kuberska; Vimbai Josephine Lole; Cathrine Chidawanyika Makuvise; Chiwawa Fungai Manana; Tanyaradzwa Masaire; Kearoma Desiree Mosata; Xolani Msimango; Cheryl Zvikomborero Musimwa; Patience Osei Bonsu; Sandhya Padmanabhan; Toiwa Petronella; Nyakallo Posholi; Michelle L. Schmid; Linda Simone; Itzela Sosa; Rutendo Matewu Tigere; Latha Y; and Ruth Yacim. The Translators: Glenna Luschei; Xeshelihle R. Ncube; and Silindile Ndlovu. (Creating Calm Network Publishing & Radioactivetuts). 30 Poems in 30 Days: Writing Prompts & Poems from Tiferet Journal Editors: Kimberly Burnham and Lisa Sawyer; Cover Design by Monica Gurevich-Importico; The Poets: Tracy Brooks, Kimberly Burnham, Udo Hintze, Shannon S. Hyde, Catriona Knapman, Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg, Louise Jayne Moriarty, Hazel Saville, Ambika Talwar, Laura J. Wolfe. Healing Through Words (2012) Anthological Writers (Kimberly Burnham), William Peters (Foreword), Janet Caldwell (Preface). World Healing ~ World Peace Volume II: a poetry anthology by Inner Child Press ltd. (Mar 28, 2014) Paper Nautilus 2012 Lisa Mangini (Editor), Kimberly Burnham, Jason Primm, S D Stewart, Paul David Adkins, Jefferey Alfier, Martin Balgach, Janet Barry, Kristen Berkey-Abbott, George Bishop, C L Bledsoe, Duncan Campbell, Melissa Cannon, Darren Cormier, Matthew Denvir, Jacob Edwards, Laren Eyler, Jessica Forcier, Amy Gentile, Jason Hibbitts, Marianna Hofer, Nicole Hospital-Medina, Ann Howells, Marcia Hurlow, Jennifer Roth Jackson, Susan Johnson, Hillary Kobernick, Jean LeBlanc, Kathryn Locey, Edward Manai, Karen McPherson, Kelly McQuain, Zackary Medlin, Ann E Michael, Jesse Minkert, Mack J Mitchell, Brian D Morrison, Rich Murphy, Mike Petrik, Will Pewitt, Frederick Pollack, Melissa Reddish, Stephen R Roberts, Jay Rubin, Michael Saleman, Shae Savoy, Carolyn Foster Segal, Amanda Sibernagel, Gerald Solomon, Jessica Stilling, Doc Suds, Wally Swist, Allison Tobey, Brendan Walsh, William Wells, William Kelley Woolfitt, Mike Wright, Changming Yuan, Sheri L Wright. (2012). Paper Nautilus 2012. Published by Paper Nautilus Publishing.
​Found Poetry Poet Kimberly Burnham "write" or "find" poetry collections within the words of other authors of print books, nonfiction, novels, cookbooks, scientific journal articles, etc. Her first found poetry collection, The Adventure of Jewish History, Poems Found Within The Words of Solomon Grayzel's A History of The Jews https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QK1GSGN is available on Amazon kindle for 99 cents. Please contact her if you are interested in having her create a found poetry collection from your book. What she provides: 1. Marketing material for your website, Amazon page and marketing copy 2. 25 plus poems 3. A review for Amazon of your book (ie) https://www.amazon.com/review/R1AXFBM7PU97ZP 4. Promotion on my website. (ie) https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/the-adventure-of-jewish-history-found-poems-created-from-solomon-grayzels-a-history-of-the-jews ​5. Blog Interview on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/innitiating-nondual-shaman-kimberly-burnham/ 6. A copy of your original book with the found poems and art work. Cost 1. $125 for found poems and art work created from the pages of your book ($5 per poem if you want more than 25). While you will be able to use all the poems on your website or in your marketing material, the whole collection as an eBook and print book will be on Amazon by Kimberly Burnham.. 2. Three signed copies of your book mailed to Kimberly. Found Poems can be created from: Books (nonfiction, novels, cookbooks, dictionaries) like The Adventure of Jewish History, Poems Found Within The Words of Solomon Grayzel's A History of The Jews https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QK1GSGN ​From scientific journal articles: The Art, Science and Language of Colors and Color Vision https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/the-art-science-and-language-of-colors-and-color-vision Empathy from Nature Neuroscience https://www.humankindjournal.org/contrib_kimberly-burnham/issue-13-kimberly-burnham Found Poems fashioned from quotes and writings of famous people: Virginia Woolf's Peace Poetry, A Found Poem https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/virginia-woolf-s-peace-poetry-a-found-poem/ Einstein's Peace, A Found Poem https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/einstein-s-peace-a-found-poem/ Or in the stories of not so famous people's stories. Mohamed Maine Seed https://spokanefavs.com/safety-dreams-and-peace-of-mind/
Inner Child's The Year of the Poet
2014 - 2019 (Present) Member of the Inner Child Press Poetry Posse and contributor to monthly books entitled The Year of The Poet. Poetry published in over 60 books / volumes of The Year of the Poet.
Photographs in Children's books, Educational works, and Magazines
​Louisiana Facts and Symbols (States and Their Symbols) Emily McAuliffe.pg 22; Japan (Countries of the World) Michael Dahl. pg 10; Fall Harvest (Preparing for Winter) Gail Saunders-Smith; Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows Larry Hodgson pg 84 (center); Shapes: Discovering Flats and Solids (Exploring Math) Michele Koomen pg 7, 13 (bottom); The Growing Edge New Moon Pub pg 48; Backpacker Jun 1996 pg 32; Leisure in Society: A Comparative Approach Hilmi Ibrahim Cover (left side); Butterflies: How to Identify and Attract Them to Your Garden Marcus Schenck pg 18 (Mar 2001); With Cargo (Get Around). Lee Sullivan Hill pg 24; Passport to Mathematics Book 2 (2002). Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold and Lee pg 195br; Michigan (America Series) Tanya Lloyd Kyi pg 17; You're Ok, Your Cat's Ok Marcus Schneck Jill Caravan pg 86b; You're Ok, Your Dog's Ok Marcus Schneck Jill Caravan; Canadian Aquaculture, Volume 6 Harrison House Publishers pg 78; Backyard Fruits and Berries: Everything You Need to Know About Planting and Growing Fruits and Berries in Your Yard Miranda Smith pg 23ar; Ideals Friendship Publications Inc pg 25; Long Point Bird Observatory, Volumes 16-23 Long Point Bird Observatory pg 10; Gleanings in Bee Culture A. I. Root Co., 1989 - Bee culture pg 314.
​Poetry Publications and Online Poetry Presence
Empathy featured in the Human/Kind Journal (2019) Issue 1.3 https://www.humankindjournal.org https://www.humankindjournal.org/contrib_kimberly-burnham Poetry 24, The News is the Muse. (2019-Present) http://www.poetry24.co.uk/search/label/Kimberly%20Burnham Alabama's 86% Preferring One Religion Over Another The Frog In Me Poem Hunter Profile https://www.poemhunter.com/kimberly-burnham/ 2017 Tiferet Poem-a-Thon Poems by Kimberly Burnham 2017 http://tiferetjournal.com/april-2017-poem-a-thon/poems-kimberly-burnham-2017/ Excerpt from Dear Stranger by Kimberly Burnham (October, 2016) http://tiferetjournal.com/excerpt-dear-stranger-kimberly-burnham/ 2015 Poem-a-Thon Poems by Kimberly Burnham http://tiferetjournal.com/april-2015-poem-a-thon/poems-by-kimberly-burnham/ Winner of the 2013 SAGE USA Story Contest with a poem about the 2013 Hazon Cross USA bicycle ride.
Scientific Journal Articles and Publications​
Dr. Richard Baumann, Editor; Kimberly Burnham, Assistant Editor, Perla 1981, Annual Newsletter and Bibliography of The International Society of Plecopterologists.
​Presentations and Speaking Engagements
Spokane Pain Conference (2014). Emotional Freedom (EFT) Tap Fests (2013); Raising Consciousness Now Global Summit (2012); Creating Calm Broadcast Network (2013-2014); The Mastermind Show (2013); Inner Child Press Radio (2013); Women of Power Speakers Series (2012); Pearls of Wisdom Teleconference (2012); The Messengers of Change Network's Collective Energy Circle Meditation program (2011-2012); Defeat Autism Now conferences (2006); Alzheimer's Association meetings (2005);
​Journalist in the Agriculture and Food industry 1986 - 1995.
One thousand plus articles on nutrition and food including articles in the following publications: Canadian Fruitgrower. 15 articles. Mar 1991 - 1994.; Greenhouse Canada. 6 cover photos, 38 articles. Apr 90 - 1994; Onion World. 24 articles, 1 cover photo. Feb 88 - 1994.; The Produce News. 970 Articles and photos. July 1986 - 1994. ; Alive, Canadian Journal of Health & Nutrition. 1 article, Apr 92.; Seafood Leader. 1 article, Jan/Feb 92.; Canadian Aquaculture. Provesta Pigment news item. July/August 90.; Catering Today. 1 article and photos. Jan/Feb 91.; Cognition - Organic Farming 5 Info review sections, photos. Apr 90 - Apr 91.; Gleanings in Beekeeping. 1 article. June 1989.; The Grower. Cover photo. Mar 91.; The Growing Edge. 3 articles. Fall 89, Winter 89, Spring 90.; Mushroom Trade Report. 2 articles. Feb 91.; Organic Gardening. 1 photo. Apr 91.; Small Farmer's Journal. 1 article. Fall 1989; Jewish Vegetarians. 1 article. Autumn, 1988.
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​Kimberly Burnham
Kimberly Burnham, PhD (Integrative Medicine) served as a Mormon missionary in Tokyo, Japan, left the church of her childhood when she came out as a lesbian, and years later converted to Judaism. She is currently working on a collection of poems about her cross-USA bicycle ride, titled The Journey Home. Kim has a clinical practice in alternative medicine specializing in brain and nervous system disorders in Spokane, WA. She and her wife, Rabbi Elizabeth W. Goldstein (HUC, NY, 2001) edited an anthology titled Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers. Her latest book of poetry is Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/burnham.kimberly Twitter https://twitter.com/KimberlyBurnham Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creatingcalmnetwork/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyburnham View all posts by Kimberly Burnham https://reformjudaism.org/blog/blog-author/kimberly-burnham
Writing the Torah and Honoring the Name of God by Kimberly Burnham 12/16/2015
There was such joy in his voice as Rabbi Kevin Hale talked about going to the river near his house to wash himself in a mikveh (ritual bath) before writing the name of God in the Torah scroll he worked on. Letters gather into words. Words spiral into sacred texts. Each one is different. Each one strives to create a world of peace. Each one calls out a name of God. One of about 100 Torah scribes in the United States, Hale taught a dozen or so attendees at the 2015 Parliament of World Religions in Salt Lake City, UT, how to sing out each letter and word as we inscribed "... Read More https://reformjudaism.org/blog/2015/12/16/writing-torah-and-honoring-name-god Crossing the Border, Jewish at the Boundaries by Kimberly Burnham 7/24/2015 "You know, I was never Christian. I was born Jewish." "I know, and your momma and your ema and your grandparents were all born Jewish," I said, deep in conversation with my 6-year-old stepdaughter, Shaya. "I, on the other hand, am the only one in my family that is Jewish," I added. "Because you turned Jewish," she piped up. Three years ago – before I knew anything about this amazing child or her mother, who I fell in love with, or her twin brother and the 9-year-old twins – I decided to bicycle... Read More https://reformjudaism.org/blog/2015/07/24/crossing-border-jewish-boundaries Anthology Essays and Poetry
Trees, Healing, and You: Guided Imagery, Poems, Stories, & Other Empowering Tools (2016) by Kimberly Burnham, Céline Cloutier, Daniel Tigner, Margo Royce, Basia Alexander, Jim Conroy (Creating Calm Network Publishing). (Prose and Poetry). Music, Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers by Elizabeth W Goldstein, Kimberly Burnham, Shefa Gold and Ann J White Co-editors, Rabbi Elizabeth W. Goldstein and Kimberly Burnham share the pages of this Jewish music anthology with 40 other authors including: Shefa Gold, Kimberly Burnham, Ann J White, Elizabeth W. Goldstein, Serene Victor, Natalie Young, Sheila Pearl, Susan Colin, Judy Caplan Ginsburgh, Joy Katzen-Guthrie, Rosalie Boxt, Beth Hamon, Shawn Israel Zevit, Robbi Sherwin, Jeff Gold, Hannah Seidel, Marci Vitkus, Rebekah Giangreco, Lisa Doob, Shira Wolosky, Sheldon Low, Saul Kaye, P. Faith Hayflich, Victoria Carmona, Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks, Dahlia Topolosky, Mindy Sandler, Jack Kessler, Eric Komar, Rami Shapiro, Shira Kline, George Henschel, Diane J. Schmidt, Ruth Anne Faust, Aaron H. Tornberg, Arnie Davidson, Rebecca Schwartz, Shelly Aronson, Steve Dropkin, Ter Lieberstein, and Michael Gurian. No Mistakes!: How You Can Change Adversity into Abundance. (2013) Hampton Roads Publishing. All Authors in No Mistakes!: How You Can Change Adversity into Abundance: Madisyn Taylor, Sunny Dawn Johnston, HeatherAsh Amara, Christine Krinke, PhD, Karen Curry, Tianna Roser, Gloria Piantek, Robyn Benson, DOM, Siobhan Coulter, Susana M. Silverhøj, Carol J. Craig, Carole J Toms ND, Kyle Weaver & Scott Edmund Miller, Anne M. Deatly, Ann White (Publisher at the Creating Calm Network Publishing Group), Linda Wheeler Williams, Cliff Thomas, Karen Hasselo, Mandy Berlin, Sara Jane, Janet Rozzi, Tenaya Asan, Patricia Cohen, Kimberly Burnham, PhD (The Nerve Whisperer at St Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, Spokane Washington), Rosemary Hurwitz, Nancy Kaye, Nancy Smith, Christie Melonson, Kathy Jackson, Vicki Higgins. Pearls of Wisdom: 30 Inspirational Ideas to Live Your Best Life Now is an anthology of inspiration with Jack Canfield, Randy Davila, Marci Shimoff, Chris Attwood, Janet Attwood, Dr. Daniel Amen, Robert Evans, Kimberly Burnham, Barnett Bain, Michelle Manning-Kogler and other significant authors. Hampton Roads Publishing, 2012. (Print and audio book). Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time with New York Times Best-Selling Authors Christine Kloser, Marci Shimoff, Robert Allen and Sonia Choquette, as well as other transformational authors including, Kimberly Burnham, Marcelle Charrois, and many more wonderful authors. Transformational Books. 2012. Tears to Triumph, Stories to Transform Your Life Today (2013) Creating Calm Publishing Group. Bicycling for Food (2013) Creating Calm Publishing Group.
"It is a common experience-and well established experimentally-that music can engage us emotionally in a compelling manner. The mechanisms underlying these experiences are receiving increasing scrutiny. However, the extent to which other domains of aesthetic experience can similarly elicit strong emotions is unknown. Using psychophysiology, neuroimaging and behavioral responses, we show that recited poetry can act as a powerful stimulus for eliciting peak emotional responses, including chills and objectively measurable goosebumps that engage the primary reward circuitry. Importantly, while these responses to poetry are largely analogous to those found for music, their neural underpinnings show important differences, specifically with regard to the crucial role of the nucleus accumbens. We also go beyond replicating previous music-related studies by showing that peak aesthetic pleasure can co-occur with physiological markers of negative affect. Finally, the distribution of chills across the trajectory of poems provides insight into compositional principles of poetry." - Wassiliwizky, E., S. Koelsch, et al. (2017). "The emotional power of poetry: neural circuitry, psychophysiology and compositional principles." Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci)12(8): 1229-1240.  The Poetry Posse 2018
The Year of the Poet project was the brain-child of Jamie Bond and William S. Peters, Sr. The original vision was to commit themselves to writing and publishing a book a month for the year of 2014. In further discussion the vision expanded to include the other Gifted & Talented Writers you see below. The objective is to bring the Poetry Community together with the various cross demographic representations found in Gender, Religion, Geography, Culture and Ethnicity. We hope you enjoy the myriad of perspectives represented here. Thank You, Inner Child Press International. Gail Weston Shazor. This is a creative promise ~ my pen will speak to and for the world. Enamored with letters and respectful of their power, I have been writing for most of my life. A mother, daughter, sister and grandmother I give what I have been given, greatfilledly. Author of "An Overstanding of an Imperfect Love" & Notes from the Blue Roof Lies My Grandfathers Told Me available at Inner Child Press. www.facebook.com/gailwestonshazor www.innerchildpress.com/gail-weston-shazor navypoet1@gmail.com Caroline 'Ceri Naz' Nazareno-Gabis born in Anda, Pangasinan known as a ‘poet of peace and friendship’, is a multi-awarded poet, journalist, editor, publicist, linguist, educator, and women’s advocate. Graduated cum laude with the degree of Bachelor of Elementary Education, specialized in General Science at Pangasinan State University. Ceri have been a voracious researcher in various arts, science and literature. She volunteered in Richmond Multicultural Concerns Society, TELUS World Science, Vancouver Art Gallery, and Vancouver Aquarium. She was privileged to be chosen as one of the Directors of Writers Capital International Foundation ( WCIF ), Member of the Poetry Posse, one of the Board of Directors of Galaktika ATUNIS Magazine based in Albania; the World Poetry Canada and International Director to Philippines; Global Citizen’s Initiatives Member, Association for Women’s rights in Development ( AWID ) and Anacbanua. She has been a 4th Placer in World Union of Poets Poetry Prize 2016, Writers International NetworkCanada ‘’Amazing Poet 2015’’, The Frang Bardhi Literary Prize 2014 (Albania), the sair-gazeteci or Poet-Journalist Award 2014 (Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey) and World Poetry Empowered Poet 2013 (Vancouver, Canada). Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo is a multi-awarded and an Internationally-Published Contemporary Author/Poet and a Professional Writer / Creative Writer / Feature Writer / Journalist / Travel Writer from the Philippines. She has 2 published books, "Seasons of Emotions" (UK) and "Inner Reflections of the Muse", (USA). Elizabeth is also a coauthor to more than 60 international anthologies in the USA, Canada, UK, Romania, India. She is a Contributing Editor of Inner Child Magazine, USA and an Advisory Board Member of Reflection Magazine, an international literary magazine. She is a member of the American Authors Association (AAA) and PEN International. Web links: Facebook Fan Page https://free.facebook.com/ElizabethEsguerraCastillo Google Plus https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ElizabethCastillo Tzemin Ition Tsai (蔡澤民博士) was born in Taiwan, Republic of China, in 1957. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and two Masters of Science in Applied Mathematics and Chemical Engineering. He is an associate professor at the Asia University (Taiwan), editor of “Reading, Writing and Teaching” academic text. He also writes the long-term columns for Chinese Language Monthly in Taiwan. He is a scholar with a wide range of expertise, while maintaining a common and positive interest in science, engineering and literature member. He has won many national literary awards. His literary works have been anthologized and published in books, journals, and newspapers in more than 40 countries and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Shareef Abdur-Rasheed, AKA Zakir Flo was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His education includes Brooklyn College, Suffolk County Community College and Makkah, Saudi Arabia. He is a Veteran of the Viet Nam era, where in 1969 he reverted to his now reverently embraced Islamic Faith. He is very active in the Islamic community and beyond with his teachings, activism and his humanity. Shareef’s spiritual expression comes through the persona of "Zakir Flo." Zakir is Arabic for "To remind". Never silent, Shareef Abdur-Rasheed is always dropping science, love, consciousness and signs of the time in rhyme. Shareef is the Patriarch of the Abdur-Rasheed Family with 9 Children (6 Sons and 3 Daughters) and 41 Grandchildren (24 Boys and 17 Girls). For more information about Shareef, visit his personal FaceBook Page at https://www.facebook.com/shareef.abdurrasheed1 https://zakirflo.wordpress.com Kimberly Burnham, PhD. (Integrative Medicine), Nerve Whisperer. Find yourself in the pattern. As a 28-year-old photographer, Kimberly Burnham appreciated beauty. Then an ophthalmologist diagnosed her with a genetic eye condition saying, "Consider life, if you become blind." She discovered a healing path with insight, magnificence, and vision. Today, 33 years later, a poet and neurosciences expert with a PhD in Integrative Medicine, Kimberly's life mission is to change the global face of brain health. Using health coaching, Reiki, Matrix Energetics, craniosacral therapy, acupressure, and energy medicine, she supports people in their healing from brain, nervous system, and chronic pain issues. As managing editor of Inner Child Magazine, Kimberly's 2019 project is peace, language, and visionary poetry with her recently published book, Awakenings: Peace Dictionary, Language and the Mind, a Daily Brain Health Program. http://www.NerveWhisperer.Solutions https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyburnham Jackie Davis Allen, otherwise known as Jacqueline D. Allen or Jackie Allen, grew up in the Cumberland Mountains of Appalachia. As the next eldest daughter of a coal miner father and a stay at home mother, she was the first in her family to attend and graduate from college. Her siblings, in their own right, are accomplished, though she is the only one, to date, that has discovered the gift of writing. Graduating from Radford University, with a Bachelors of Science degree in Early Education, she taught in both public and private schools. For over a decade she taught private art classes to children both in her home and at a local Art and Framing Shop where she also sold her original soft sculptured Victorian dolls and original christening gowns. She resides in northern Virginia with her husband, taking much needed get-aways to their mountain home near the Blue Ridge Mountains, a place that evokes memories of days spent growing up in the Appalachian Mountains. A lover of hats, she has worn many. Following marriage to her college sweetheart, and as wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, tutor, artist, writer, poet and crafter, she is a lover of art and antiques, surrounding herself, always, with books, seeking to learn more. In 2015 she authored Looking for Rainbows, Poetry, Prose and Art and in 2017, Dark Side of the Moon. Both books of mostly narrative poetry were published by Inner Child Press and were edited by hulya n. yilmaz. Teresa E. Gallion was born in Shreveport, Louisiana and moved to Illinois at the age of 15. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of Illinois Chicago and received her master’s degree in Psychology from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She retired from New Mexico state government in 2012. She moved to New Mexico in 1987. While writing sporadically for many years, in 1998 she started reading her work in the local Albuquerque poetry community. She has been a featured reader at local coffee houses, bookstores, art galleries, museums, libraries, Outpost Performance Space, the Route 66 Festival in 2001 and the State of Oklahoma’s Poetry Festival in Cheyenne, Oklahoma in 2004. She occasionally hosts an open mic. Teresa’s work is published in numerous Journals and anthologies. She has two CDs: On the Wings of the Wind and Poems from Chasing Light. She has published three books: Walking Sacred Ground, Contemplation in the High Desert and Chasing Light. Chasing Light was a finalist in the 2013 New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards. The surreal high desert landscape and her personal spiritual journey influence the writing of this Albuquerque poet. When she is not writing, she is committed to hiking the enchanted landscapes of New Mexico. You may preview her work at http://bit.ly/1aIVPNq or http://bit.ly/13IMLGh Hulya N. Yilmaz, a retired Liberal Arts professor, hülya n. yılmaz [sic] is Co-Chair and Director of Editing Services at Inner Child Press International, and a literary translator. Her poetry has been published in an excess of sixty anthologies of global endeavors. Two of her poems are permanently installed in TelePoem Booth, a nation-wide public art exhibition in the U.S. She has shared her work in Kosovo, Canada, Jordan and Tunisia. hülya has been honored with a 2018 WIN Award of British Colombia, Canada. She is presently working on three poetry books and a short-story collection. hülya finds it vital for everyone to understand a deeper sense of self and writes creatively to attain a comprehensive awareness for and development of our humanity. hülya n. yılmaz, Ph.D. Writing Web Site hulyanyilmaz.com Editing Web Site hulyasfreelancing.com Nizar Sartawi is a poet, translator, essayist, and columnist. He was born in Sarta, Palestine, in 1951. He is a member of literary and cultural organizations, including the Jordanian Writers Association (Jordan), General Union of Arab Writers (Cairo), Poetry Posse (U.S.), Inner Child Press International (U.S.), Bodgani (Belgium), and Axlepin Publishing (the Philippines). He has participated in poetry readings and international forums and festivals in numerous countries, including Jordan, Lebanon, Kosovo, Palestine, Morocco, Egypt, and India. Sartawi’s poems have been translated into several languages. His poetry has been anthologized and published in many anthologies, journals, and newspapers in Arab countries, the U.S., Australia, Indonesia, Bosnia, Italy, India, the Philippines, and Taiwan. Sartawi has published more than 20 books of poetry and poetry translation. His last poetry collection, My Shadow, was published in June, 2017 by Inner Child Press in the U.S. For the last seven years, Sartawi has been working on poetry translation from English to Arabic and Arabic to English. This includes his Arabic poetry translation project, “Arab Contemporary Poets Series” in which 13 bilingual books have been published so far. He also has translated poems for a number of contemporary international poets such as, Veronica Golos, Elaine Equi; William S. Peters; Kalpna Singh-Chitnis; Nathalie Handal, Naomi Shihab Nye; Candice James; Ashok Bhargava; Santiago Villafania, Virginia Jasmin Pasalo; Rosa Jamali; Taro Aizu; Fahredin Shehu, and many others. Alicja Maria Kuberska an Awarded Polish poetess, novelist, journalist, editor. She was born in 1960, in Świebodzin, Poland. She now lives in Inowrocław, Poland. In 2011 she published her first volume of poems entitled: “The Glass Reality”. Her second volume “Analysis of Feelings”, was published in 2012. The third collection “Moments” was published in English in 2014, both in Poland and in the USA. In 2014, she also published the novel - “Virtual roses” and volume of poems “On the border of dream”. Next year her volume entitled “Girl in the Mirror” was published in the UK and “Love me,” “(Not )my poem” in the USA. In 2015 she also edited anthology entitled “The Other Side of the Screen”. In 2016 she edited two volumes: “Taste of Love” (USA), “Thief of Dreams” ( Poland) and international anthology entitled “ Love is like Air” (USA). In 2017 she published volume entitled “View from the window” (Poland). She also edits series of anthologies entitled “Metaphor of Contemporary” (Poland) Her poems have been published in numerous anthologies and magazines in Poland, the USA, the UK, Albania, Belgium, Chile, Spain, Israel, Canada, India, Italy, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, South Korea and Australia. She was a featured poet of New Mirage Journal (USA) in the summer of 2011. Alicja Kuberska is a member of the Polish Writers Associations in Warsaw, Poland and IWA Bogdani, Albania. She is also a member of directors’ board of Soflay Literature Foundation. Swapna Behera is a bilingual contemporary poet, author, translator and editor from Odisha, India .She was a teacher from 1984 to 2015 . Her stories, poems and articles are widely published in National and International journals, and ezines, and are translated into different national and International languages. She has penned four books. She was conferred upon the Prestigious International Poesis Award of Honor at the 2nd Bharat Award for Literature as Jury in 2015, The Enchanting Muse Award in India World Poetree Festival 2017, World Icon of Peace Award in 2017, and the Pentasi B World Fellow Poet in 2017.. She is the recipient of Gold Cross Of Wisdom Award ,the medal for The Best Teachers of the World from World Union of Poets in 2018, and The LIfe time Achievement Award ,The Best Planner Award, The Sahitya Shiromani Award, ATAL BiHARI BAJPAYEE AWARD 2018, Ambassador De Literature Award 2018 .She is the Ambassador of Humanity by Hafrikan Prince Art World Africa 2018 and an official member of World Nation’s Writers Union ,Kazakhstan2018. At present she is the manager at Large, Planner and Columnist of The Literati, the administrator of several poetic groups ,the member of the Special Council of Five of World Union of Poets and the Cultural Ambassador of Inner Child Press U.S. William S. Peters, Sr. Bill’s writing career spans a period of over 50 years. Being first Published in 1972, Bill has since went on to Author in excess of 40 additional Volumes of Poetry, Short Stories, etc., expressing his thoughts on matters of the Heart, Spirit, Consciousness and Humanity. His primary focus is that of Love, Peace and Understanding! Bill says . . . I have always likened Life to that of a Garden. So, for me, Life is simply about the Seeds we Sow and Nourish. All things we “Think and Do”, will “Be” Cause and eventually manifest itself to being an “Effect” within our own personal “Existences” and “Experiences” . . . whether it be Fruit, Flowers, Weeds or Barren Landscapes! Bill highly regards the Fruits of his Labor and wishes that everyone would thus go on to plant “Lovely” Seeds on “Good Ground” in their own Gardens of Life! to connect with Bill, he is all things Inner Child www.iaminnerchild.com Personal Web Site www.iamjustbill.com Originally Posted in Our Community of Humanity at Inner Child Magazine
A Happy New Year the Neurotheology of Dopamine This year eat, sleep, move your body, meditate, sing, love and if you can do it in community even better. According to Kenneth Blum et al (2015) “Finding happiness may not only reside in our genome [genetic material or genes] but may indeed be impacted by positive meditative practices, positive psychology, spiritual acceptance, love of others and self, and taking inventory of ourselves-one day at a time.” Happiness Will the new year be happier for you? Do you have a meditative practice that also involves movements, like Qigong, Taichi, breathing exercises, yoga, chanting, running, etc. Do you seek to bring new awareness to your psychological state and how you feel? Do you practice love of self and others? In the 2015 article entitled, "The Molecular Neurobiology of Twelve Steps Program & Fellowship: Connecting the Dots for Recovery," in the Journal of Reward Deficit Syndrome 1(1): 46-64, Blum and his colleagues outline each step of the Twelve Step Recovery Program in terms of what is happening in the brain and how dopamine (pleasure and anti-stress brain chemical) is involved. Dopamine The researchers note, "A breakdown of this Brain Reward Cascade will lead to the dysregulation and dysfunction of dopamine homeostasis [balance]. Dopamine has been established as the pleasure and antistress molecule. Any reduction in dopamine function can result in a deficiency in reward that leads to substance seeking behavior [addictions]." While the article focuses on people with significant addictions who are trying to recovery, there are some lessons for all of us in how we seek community and how we look for rewards and support in our lives. Neurotheology First, let's consider these questions: How can we use the sensations we experience in the world and our beliefs about our surroundings to feel better and help our communities function better? How can we bring more awareness to our lives and see the path forward more clearly? This is really at the core of the neurotheology or the spiritual neuroscience of brain health and dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter or a small molecule that is produced in the brain and helps nerve signals travel from one place to another. It also helps us feel good, feel rewarded, and move comfortably. In a simplistic way, Parkinson's disease, with its tremors, tight muscles, chronic back pain can be described as not enough dopamine, as is also true of some people with significant addictions. At the opposite end of the spectrum, schizophrenia with it hallucinations and breaks with reality can be described as too much dopamine. Brain Cross Talk and Well Being The researchers continued, "There is evidence that through the 12-step program and fellowship cross-talk [communication] between the Pre-Frontal Cortex-Cingulate (site of decision-making) and the Nucleus Accumbens (NAc) (site of craving behavior) is developed. The site of the brain where one experiences feelings of well-being is called the Mesolimbic System and has been termed the reward center. The reward center is where chemical messages, including dopamine (DA), serotonin, enkephalins, and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), work together, to provide a net release of dopamine in the Nucleus Accumbens. " AntiStress "Dopamine, as stated earlier, has been associated with pleasure and is the primary neurotransmitter modulating the activation of the reward system of the brain. It has been called the anti-stress molecule and the pleasure molecule. When dopamine is released receptors are stimulated and feelings of well-being and stress reduction increase." Food, Sex, & Exploration "Drugs of abuse are considered to be stronger positive reinforcers than natural reinforcers (like food and sex). Natural rewards include satisfaction of physiological drives (like hunger and reproduction and exploratory locomotion), and unnatural rewards are learned and involve satisfaction of acquired drives. Acquired drives involve hedonic sensations and pleasure derived from alcohol, other drugs, as well as, from gambling and other risk-taking behaviors." When an individual is trying to make up for not enough dopamine they may use drugs and other non-natural rewards. Think about your practices around food and sex. Do you feel like you have a healthy relationship to both? Are you stimulating the brain reward centers naturally? Is Chocolate the Answer? Certainly chocolate and salty grease foods can be satisfying for a short period of time but when was the last time you ate delicious healthy food prepared with love that brought you pleasure and a deep sense of satisfaction? Move Your Body "Exploratory locomotion" is the third natural reward. How often do you move as you explore your environment? Many of us drive cars and are moving in space as we see new sights but our bodies are not moving. This research implies that we have a physiological drive to move our bodies and explore new things in our environment. And that our brain rewards this "exploratory locomotion" with a better balance of dopamine and a strong sense of satisfaction. Other research indicates that consciously long walking or taking long steps can also enhance the balance of dopamine in the body. One of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (too little dopamine) is the development of a shuffling gait or walking with short steps. One way to counteract this and improve walking, balance, and muscle relaxation is to consciously take long steps. Music "The reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse such as cocaine, alcohol, nicotine, food, and music are mediated in the NAc, a site within the ventral striatum. Indeed, it is believed that this structure directs motivated behaviors, elicited by natural rewards or incentive stimuli." In what ways do you involve music in your life? Do you sing to or listen to music in a community setting? Does performing or listening to music bring you pleasure and satisfaction? Meditation "Other work by Davidson’s group on mindfulness reveals the importance of mediation in terms of brain activation of the reward circuitry. Understanding this could suggest that meditation coupled with enhance spiritual belief may indeed induce dopamine release" and a happier new year. https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/category/community-of-humanity-blog http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php
Music, The Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers Project Notes
If you are one of the Authors, Musicians, Cantors, Rabbis, Poets, or Singers involved in the project - Thank you. This is a very special project for Ann White and Kimberly Burnham at The Creating Calm Network Publishing Group and the editors, Elizabeth Goldstein and Kimberly Burnham. There is a saying that, "A rising tide lifts all boats." In the case of Music, The Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers, an anthology launch lifts all spirits and moves your ideas out into the world. This book is about sharing your experiences so that people can live happier, more connected fulfilled lives because of what each of us shares. Each of the fifty or so participants (musicians, cantors, rabbis, singers, poets, writers) in this project have been asked to choose a piece of Jewish music, liturgy or Torah passage to focus on as they tell their story of intention and music. The following five questions are guiding the writing process. 1) What is your intention while singing during Jewish services? What do you intend with your song? What does the singing draw you towards? 2) "Music is the carrier of intention, so the intention and focus of the person leading liturgical music is vital to the well-being of the congregation." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? What are your thoughts on this idea? 3) "The intention and focus of the individual listening to and participating in a Jewish prayer service, influences not only their own well-being but that of everyone else around them because the music connects us." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? What are your thoughts on this idea? 4) Is there a piece of prayer, praise or gratitude expressed in music that particularly touches you? Why? 5) Would you like to share a story about the power of music in your spiritual, mental or physical life? The questions are meant as guidelines to express the way the music touches you and impacts your life and that of your community.
​Music, The Carrier of Intention in 49 Jewish Prayers Co-editors, Rabbi Elizabeth W. Goldstein (HUC NY and Kimberly Burnham share the pages of this Jewish music anthology with 40 other authors including: Shefa Gold, Kimberly Burnham, Ann J White, Elizabeth W. Goldstein, Serene Victor, Natalie Young, Sheila Pearl, Susan Colin, Judy Caplan Ginsburgh, Joy Katzen-Guthrie, Rosalie Boxt, Beth Hamon, Shawn Israel Zevit, Robbi Sherwin, Jeff Gold, Hannah Seidel, Marci Vitkus, Rebekah Giangreco, Lisa Doob, Shira Wolosky, Sheldon Low, Saul Kaye, P. Faith Hayflich, Victoria Carmona, Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks, Dahlia Topolosky, Mindy Sandler, Jack Kessler, Eric Komar, Rami Shapiro, Shira Kline, George Henschel, Diane J. Schmidt, Ruth Anne Faust, Aaron H. Tornberg, Arnie Davidson, Rebecca Schwartz, Shelly Aronson, Steve Dropkin, Ter Lieberstein, and Michael Gurian.
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Real Community Prayer There is a saying, "Worrying is like praying for what you don't want." Do you pray? What are you praying for? Sometimes I wonder truly, "What is prayer?" Is it the thoughts I have when I meet a relationship challenge? Is it the song in my heart as I bicycle past a beautiful blue lake cradling the clouds on its glassy surface? Is it the words I form and speak in a worship community? Is it the gratitude I feel when I wake up creative and brilliant in the morning or as I watch the light fade from the sky at night, knowing I have lived one more day. I don't know anyone who would object to these things. Who would deny my right to express and communicate with the world in this way. But for some, the way I pray in my heart or in my community divides me from the community of humanity. We all have needs: food, shelter, warmth, a sense of connection and more. Do you pray for these things for yourself, for your family, and for your community? Where is the line where you stop praying? Is it a boundary around yourself, your family, your community, your nation, your continent or your species? Is it possible to pray for everyone? What does that mean? What kind of a time and space commitment is that—praying for everyone and everything? It could take up every minute of every day for the rest of my life. And what kind of life would that be? If I pray for my neighbor do I not, first have to think about who is my neighbor? Who is your neighbor? Where do you draw the boundary, the line around what is you and yours and what is other? I have crisscrossed the globe, lived in five countries and worked for short periods of time in a dozen more. I know how to feel like a stranger, a foreigner, a Gringo, an ugly America, a third culture kid, or a global nomad. I feel how people draw the lines around yours and mine. And so I continue to search for the abundance that knows no limit, where there is enough for all and we are one community of humanity on a connected and vital planet as the title of this page implies. We are joined with all the other living creatures and with even the molecules of the earth and the sky. Recent research associated health with praying and an expectation that the prayer would be answered. Researchers said, "This study assesses the health-related effects of trust-based prayer expectancies, which reflect the belief that God answers prayers at the right time and in the best way." They also found, "people who endorse trust-based prayer expectancies will have greater feelings of self-esteem; and higher self-esteem is associated with better self-rated health." Krause, N. and R. D. Hayward (2014). "Trust-based prayer expectancies and health among older Mexican Americans." J Relig Health 53(2): 591-603. When you reach out to ask and thank the universe or power beyond yourself, do you expect a response? How is your health and self-esteem? How is your neighbor's? In another study which "investigated the effect of Muslim prayer (salat) on electroencephalography (EEG - Brain waves), autonomic nervous activity and heart rate variability," researchers found, "during salat, parasympathetic activity increased [rest and digest] and sympathetic activity [fight or flight] decreased. Therefore, regular salat practices may help promote relaxation, minimize anxiety, and reduce cardiovascular risk." Doufesh, H., F. Ibrahim, et al. (2014). "Effect of Muslim Prayer (Salat) on alpha Electroencephalography and Its Relationship with Autonomic Nervous System Activity." J Altern Complement Med. Do your daily practices promote relaxation, minimize anxiety and reduce cardiovascular risk [heart attacks] for yourself, your family and your community? Community, community, community to cultivate your imagination. A 2013 study showed, "many social scientists attribute the health-giving properties of religious practice to social support." The researchers argued "that another mechanism may be a positive relationship with the supernatural, a proposal that builds upon anthropological accounts of symbolic healing. Such a mechanism depends upon the learned cultivation of the imagination and the capacity to make what is imagined more real and more good." Luhrmann, T. M. (2013). "Making God real and making God good: some mechanisms through which prayer may contribute to healing." Transcult Psychiatry 50(5): 707-725. What do you think is real? Is your community and connections real? My favorite definition of what is real comes from the book, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. The Skin Horse, in the Velveteen Rabbit, "had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces. He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away, and he knew that they were only toys, and would never turn into anything else. For nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. "What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?" "Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real." "Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit. "Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt." "Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?" "It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." "I suppose you are real?" said the Rabbit. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive. But the Skin Horse only smiled. Researchers go on to support the "claim that a relationship with a loving God, cultivated through the imagination in prayer, may contribute to good health and may contribute to healing in trauma and psychosis. " Luhrmann, T. M. (2013). "Making God real and making God good: some mechanisms through which prayer may contribute to healing." Transcult Psychiatry 50(5): 707-725. How do you make real connections? https://www.nervewhisperer.solutions/peace/category/community-of-humanity-blog http://www.innerchildmagazine.com/the-community-of-humanity.php |
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