My Freakin Dot Com

Ξ October 16th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

For as there are many faiths and many conception of the one paradox by which man exists as transient flesh and enduring spirit, all these faiths stem from the one faith, the wonder and mystery of which we are an inseparable part.

Let each man, though bereft of teacher, priest and preceptor, but depend upon this faith, and so be reborn by life itself into the greater whole. And so see before him at last, through the cycles of his widening perception, the one road which is his to tread with all. (more…)

Green Construction

Ξ October 12th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Construction, Environment, People, Uncategorized |

Bitching is fine but we have to produce something too. We helped a good friend put together Insulated Concrete Forms for the foundation of a greenhouse addition.

We used the same technology for the foundation of our house which is nearing completion now. Some folks build the whole house out of this stuff which can give you an R-40 wall that is super strong. This particular product is very easy to use as this picture shows:

Contact Tim Lyden

Fortress Green Building Supply, and New Genesis Construction

for assistance with Green Building in Massachusetts

Work: 508-993-1114

Cell: 508-971-1004

Location: 38 Faunce Corner Rd. in Dartmouth Ma

The more the merrier

Ξ October 8th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Community, Spirit, Peace, People, Uncategorized |

Zaads check it out…

Our Mission. We’re gonna change the world. Our math goes like this: you be the change + you follow your bliss + you give your greatest strengths to the world moment to moment to moment + we do everything in our power to help you succeed + you inspire and empower everyone you know to do the same + we team up with millions like us = we just affected billions = we (together) changed the world.

Galactic Butterfly

Ξ October 8th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Mayan Calendar, Uncategorized |

This symbol is called the Galactic Butterfly which is said to represent all of the consciousness that has ever existed in this galaxy.

Please visit Mayan Majix for more info

A guest in your house

Ξ September 26th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

Am I guest here in my own country? On this planet? I was at a funeral yesterday, and it occured to me just how rude and offensive it would be if I demonstrated anything less than the respectful tolerance for another’s point of view, that one would show a host while in her home.

Am I attending a much larger funeral mass now? Should I keep my opinions to myself? A good friend when faced with a not so gentle nudge about the real world, told me that some people when they learn they have terminal cancer decide to enjoy the time they have left and are resigned to the fate of an early end. Another younger fellow says he just minds his own business.

I don’t agree with them, but I respect both points of view. Who they are, where they are and for the time they are in, they are doing what they feel is correct. Of course we say the same for Gunsmoke and Rummy.

One thing is for sure more people are more aware than I have given credit for.

Lets thread the eye of the needle. Become aware of your inner wisdom and wholeness.

Practice Practice Practice

Ξ September 12th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

Thats all we are doing here. We are practicing. What is our intent? Are we aware of it? Are we in Harmony with it?

I choose the power of love every chance I can. Sometimes I choose love of power. I recognize this in myself and in others.

I do not judge. As I become aware,I consciously choose the power of LOVE.

I CHOOSE PEACE

Southern New England School of Law

Ξ September 11th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

Sept. 11, 2006

My good friends:

Please indulge me with a brief moment of your time, and allow me to share with you my innermost feelings about SNESL.

I feel a profound sense of gratitude that such a wonderful group of staff, faculty and administrators are here on the Southcoast. Everyone I have met here, right down to the last, is generous with their time and knowledge. I want to acknowledge the friendly and kind atmosphere that the students promote. I cannot overstate the appreciation I feel to have been, in my own small way, a participant.

After one year of part time, I am spending one year away. Statistically, although I am unaware of the numbers, I would suppose that, the chances could be slim that I will see this course of education to its completion. However I still possess an enthusiasm for SNESL and for the LAW and in my heart of hearts I intend to continue my education here.

No matter what tomorrow brings I am confident that I am a stronger member of the community thanks to all the participants at SNESL. I would prefer to extend my gratitude to Dean Clifford, Judge Jacobs, Profs, Markey, Cohen, and Markey in person, but my schedule does not permit it. A diverse group, all teaching with your own brand of enthusiasm, passion and kindness; I thank you right here and right now.

I am keenly aware of the world and time I find myself in. I have chosen this day to write you all very carefully.

And so it is on this day that I take the LIBERTY to give you a very gentle nudge. I am sensitive to the fact that administering a nudge when one is not asked for can be a dangerous thing.

And so I do this as if standing on the head of a pin.

I am very grateful that more than any other time in my 40 years, I am able to see just a little bit further over the horizon. Perhaps it was my all too brief interaction with the Administrators, Faculty, and Students of SNESL that taught me to stand straight and tall thus allowing me the benefit of a new found modicum of foresight.

And so it is on this day September 11^th, 2006, I say to you, I see choppy seas ahead for our nation. I would ask you to consider in the weeks and months ahead, especially when things feel gloomy, that we co-create the world we share. That you possess a real and awesome power to write the script of your own future.

Evolution has not stopped, in fact some say it is increasing in velocity! This is a fantastic time to be alive! The age of ETHICS is on the horizon. If we can navigate this last giant storm of Power run amok. I foresee a very bright future!

I foresee a very bright future as greater and greater numbers WAKE UP and realize the TRUTH.

We are INDEED able to create our own reality.

If I am fortunate enough to return to SNESL I will do so with great joy.

You have all earned my deepest respect.

I choose Peace.

Andrew E. Ashley

East Freetown, Massachusetts

Home Schooler

Home Builder

Organic Farmer

Wetlands Consultant

Law Student

The guy with the boots

Leaders create Leaders

Ξ September 11th, 2006 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |

Leaders are not what people think - people with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without looking to see if anyone is following them.  “Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do with out them. They include at the very least, courage, endurance, patience, humor, flexibility, resourcefulness, determination, a keen sense of reality, and the ability to keep a cool and clear head even when things are going badly.

This is the opposite of “charisma” that we hear so much about. Charismatic leaders make you think, “Oh, if only I could do that, be like that.” true leaders make us think, “If they can do that, then by golly I can too.” They do not make people into followers, but into new leaders. The homeschooling movement is full of such people, “ordinary” people doing things they never would have thought they could do - learning the law, questioning the experts, holding their ground against arrogant and threatening authorities, defending themselves and their convictions in the press, on TV, even in court. seeing them, other ordinary people think they can do the same, and soon they do.

This is why it may be a little misleading to speak of the homeschool “movement”. Most people think of a movement as something like the army, a few generals and a great many buck privates. In the movement for homeschooling everyone is a general.

excerpted from TEACH YOUR OWN, politics of unschooling, by John Holt. A Heroes, John spent ten years trying to work with school systems, superintendants boards and committees, in an attempt to affect change. Basically he had to give the effort up. Of course 20 years later we are able to see very clearly why he had to forget about making change. One Step at a time. For now lets swap out the word homeschool for Peace and take the message to heart and then blend it with the words from the Hopi until you have a brew that works for you!

I CHOOSE PEACE