Great Philosophies That Apply to Education

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Everything has a philosophy that can be applied to it. You can put your own spin on any event you encounter in your personal life. How about applying philosophies to your education? It is something that is very important; therefore, you should look for various ways to get the most out of your learning experiences. Let's discuss examples.

The learning process starts after birth. Babies begin learning things right away; however, they can only learn a limited amount of things on their own. If you are a parent, talk to your babies to help them develop their speech and vocabulary skills. Read to your babies while showing them your book to help them learn to read.

After your babies become a little advanced, do your best to teach them how to spell and write. Teach them basic math. For example, you could put five apples in front of your kids and ask them, "If I take away two of these apples, how many will be left?"

There are other things you can do to boost your kids' educational development. Teach them how to behave and think rationally at all times. Introduce them to PBS and "Sesame Street".

Education can be fun. If you are a student, think of your classroom and homework experiences as adventures that will take you to a paradise above the clouds. If you choose to have fun when you attend classes or study, you will have more educational success and increase your chances of living a life of utopia.

Good behavior will allow you to have more fun at school. The less time you spend serving a punishment, the more fun you will have; furthermore, you should not want your classmates to ridicule you for standing in the corner or taking a trip to the principals office.

Learning can be accomplished through special tools. You are likely to have an easier time grasping some of your material through great gadgets such as flash cards, vocabulary games, educational games and software that focuses on education.

Learning is sometimes accomplished visually. If you are a kid, learn geography by looking at a map of a country such as The United States and then fill in the names of the states or territories of that country on a blank map while you are not looking at the completed map.

Motor skills must be learned. Do things that will help you develop physical dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Work on jigsaw puzzles. Play video games. Grip and lift a quarter between your fingers. Touch a mark on a wall with each finger on both hands a few times.

It is your responsibility to physically learn to do things through personal application. You must start doing what someone shows you because you actually become competent at something by doing it in addition to watching how it is done.

As we move ahead in the Technology Age, it is becoming more important to learn how to type quickly and accurately. Work on typing exercises and games. Concentrate on how to type the various letters on your keyboard. Use your left hand to type a 'T', 'G', 'V' and all letters to the left of them. Use your right hand to type a 'Y', 'H', 'B' and all letters to the right of them.

You must take learning proper grammar and punctuation seriously. You will improve your odds of finding a good job and earning job promotions if you speak and write well. If you have good writing skills, you can directly increase the amount of money you earn throughout your life by getting many articles you write published by Internet sites that pay for article submissions. If you submit enough quality articles, you could receive a high ranking and earn more money than poor writers.

It is a mistake to be too proud to get help to improve your grades. If you struggle with a subject, get tutoring or spend time with your teacher when your class is not in session.

A good education is the best gift you can give yourself. Put these philosophies to use every day to get a great reward!

Todd Hicks owns Skill Development Institute, an enterprise that provides a keyboard typing lesson and academic study guide. To become a great typist or student, visit Skill Development Institute. http://sdinst.blogspot.com

Book Reviews - The Lost Hall of Records - Edgar Cayce's Forgotten Record in the Ancient Yucatan

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What is a myth? Perhaps it's a story that isn't true on the outside, but is true on the inside. The tension between what our heart's intuition tells us and what we can actually experience on the outside is a source of great creativity and development, both personal and for the human race. Cayce's story of the history and destiny of humanity is a lesson here. Not only does his story include our spiritual creation and its purpose, but also the external history of life on planet earth, including predictions about major changes ahead. Is this story a myth? For many of those who contemplate it, his story is stimulating and spiritually fulfilling, which is what a good myth should be. But Cayce presents his story as being literally true. Did things really happen the way he tells it?

One of the fascinating aspects of his story concerns the existence of "Halls of Records," where this history is recorded. He said that one such Hall of Records was in Yucatan, Mexico. Furthermore, he said that at this site, there was also evidence of another key element in Cayce's story - the (in)famous "Firestone Crystal" of Atlantis, which was their source of power, but which had been misused and helped bring down that civilization.

I vividly remember discovering the Edgar Cayce material and having my imagination sparked as never before by the story of the Firestone and its connection with Mayan imagery. Soon I was making pilgrimages to Yucatan to search for the Hall of Records. Whereas the external search was expensive and proved beyond my skill range, an inner search was also in progress and was more rewarding.

I developed a symbolic meaning for the Firestone crystal; namely, that there is a dormant power of consciousness that can be awakened in spiritual community. Through group dream work (such as Atlantic University's Sundance: The Community Dream Journal) and interpersonal intuition of the heart, I was able to verify the tremendous creative power and wisdom that may be unleashed through cooperation when individuality is given equal footing with the unitive effort. As I became more involved with researching the inner meaning of the Firestone, my fascination with Yucatan and prehistory faded.

But today I am inspired to turn about, to look again with interest toward the outer side of the story. What motivates this revival comes through the publication of a significant book, The Lost Hall of Records: Edgar Cayce's Forgotten Record in the Ancient Yucatan (Eagle Wing Books). The authors, John Van Auken, a past executive director at A.R.E., and Lora Little, Ed.D., a psychologist, have spent years correlating information in the Edgar Cayce material with archaeological findings. In their meticulously researched book they have integrated a panoramic view of Cayce's spiritual story with scientific findings that take the story out of the realm of pure myth and into the realm of history. Archaeological research, including advances in the interpretation of Mayan hieroglyphs and what they reveal about the Mayans' astonishing astronomical observations, has made it possible as never before to suggest that Cayce's story just might be true on the outside. Moreover, Van Auken and Little's research has made a significant breakthrough that makes their book as newsworthy as it is inspiring.

A key point in Cayce's remote viewing of the Mayan archaeological findings concerned some artifacts, emblems of the Firestone, that were stored in the University of Pennsylvania museum. Previous investigations had failed to locate these artifacts in the museum's collection. The authors make a strong case, however, that the artifacts in question were those found in the ruins known as Piedras Negras, a Mayan site in Guatemala.

Though not in the state of Yucatan, Mexico, but part of the Mayan civilization in the general area of the Yucatan peninsula, nevertheless Piedras Negras could easily be described by Cayce's psychic perception as "Yucatan." Making this slight shift in focal point has unleashed a provocative set of new findings. Although there isn't space here to detail all the nitty gritty that the authors combine to paint a credible hypothesis about the external validation of Cayce's story, suffice it to say that they've excited me again to the possibility that there just might be a Hall of Records in that tropical jungle, as well as a model of the Firestone crystal.

I am reminded of Cayce's statement that the records would Ibe found and could be read only when the consciousness of the seeker matched the contents of those records. The lesson for me is that while an inner search is important, not to be forgotten is that it is equally important to look to the outer reality. Maybe it is time for me to make a return trip to the Mayan ruins to see what I shall see.

Henry Reed, Ph.D., is on staff at Atlantic University. He has been the prime designer of A.R.E.'s psychic development program, in its various aspects, for the past twenty some years. He is one of the trainers of A.R.E.'s most successful, and long running, psychic training conference, "The Edgar Cayce Legacy: Be Your Own Psychic." He developed A.R.E.'s program of evaluating psychics. He has published scientific articles on his research into intuition and psychic functioning. He is the author of Edgar Cayce on Awakening Your Psychic Powers, Edgar Cayce on Channeling Your Higher Self, and Your Intuitive Heart.

The Ongoing Search For the Lost City of Atlantis

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One of the best known myths in history is that of "The Lost City of Atlantis". The Greek philosopher Plato was the first to acknowledge the existence of Atlantis in his dialogues "Timaeus" and "Critias". Plato's accounts have Atlantis lying "beyond the pillars of Hercules" and being a island of great naval power that conquered parts of Africa and Western Europe. Plato describes Atlantis as a great island, a kind of paradise having magnificent mountain ranges, lush plains that were home to a large variety of animals and luxurious gardens with an infinite abundance of wondrous fruits and vegetables. As described by Plato the city was laid out and arranged in five zones built in perfect concentric circles , with different ports supported by a system of canals which were said to be always full of vessels and merchants coming from all parts.

At the heart of the city were great palaces and temples which outside were covered in silver with the pinnacles being covered in gold. The temples were glorious with its insides and roof made of ivory wrought everywhere with gold and silver Orichalcum. In the dialogues Atlantis is said at the beginning to be a perfect society being highly versed in technology and living in peace and harmony. Then over time the great society begins to decay as the people start to worship false gods of wealth, idleness and luxury. Being a constant pessimist about human nature Plato writes:

"When the divine portion began to fade away, and became diluted too often and too much with the mortal admixture, and the human nature gained the upper hand, they then, being unable to bear their fortune, behaved in an unseemly manner, and to him who had an eye to see, grew visibly debased, for they were losing the fairest to their precious gifts; but to those who had no eye to see the true happiness, they appeared glorious and blessed at the very time when they were full of avarice and unrighteous power."

It was at this time the citizens of Atlantis are said to embark on a war driven to make conquest through out the Mediterranean. Its said they launched huge fleets of ships against other islands and enslaving there inhabitants. The only power to stand up against them was the city of Athens who won a brilliant victory.The many wrongs of Atlantis brought down the wrath of the Gods as Plato takes up the story saying " Then came violent earthquakes and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune .... the island of Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea."

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This wonderful story of Atlantis has grown in luster through out the years leading to many debates by everyone from scientist to historical explorers. Many people consider Atlantis as being fiction simply being a story written by Plato as a warning of the ease in which society can become corrupted. Although there are many other who feel that Atlantis was born from real accounts and that the great city certainly did exist as Plato describes. The search to find this lost city has become a life long pursuit for many people tracking clue's to its location to points around the world. There have even been many accounts made by psychic's offering clues to possible locations some not even being within the Atlantic Ocean waters.

Here is a list of the historically proposed locations where the Lost City of Atlantis may lie waiting to be found.

Sardinia, Crete
Santorini, Sicily
Cyprus
Malta
Troy, Tartessos
Tantalus, Turkey
Canaan

Bosporus and Ancomah (Black Sea locations)
Sunken in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Northern Europe including Sweden and even spots in the North Sea. Many other locations have been given consideration such as the Bermuda Triangle, Antarctica, Indonesia, Canary Islands, and various spots in the Caribbean Sea.

Many people claim to have found the location of the Lost City of Atlantis trying to prove that various items and finds through the years show possible links of proof. To date there has yet to be any accepted location or find that can prove the myth of Atlantis.

Will this great society and lost city ever be found? Does the lost city offer humanity great gifts of technology and wisdom just waiting to be discovered?

"The Search Never Ends"

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