Be safe, and stay at home as much as possible. That seems to be the standard of news and advice coming to us from all sources. There is not a shortage of paper products, so get what you need. As a minister friend of mine said, ‘If we accept karma, all that hoarded paper could cause the need to use it up.’ Do not put any papter other than toilet paper down toilets, please.
Let me say that there is incredible good in our universe. Focus on that and be of good spirits. We are each and every one of us important. Keep safe and healthy, no one is expendable in our world. Remember to focus up at least once each hour. Especially when and if you make important decisions. Focus up to that higher part of your brain one inch above and between the top of your ears, focus on past decisions, focus on futures and possible futures from your higher perspective. Then make the decision that blesses your integrity and reason. Make the best decision your higher perspective can make.
Do you know what day it is? Written on tax day. (4-15-20) I have not paid my taxes. I have not filed for an extension. I have not finished my tax form with my accountant. I am not going to sweat, stress or get freaked out about it.
For today we have Coronavirus and what we classify as a pandemic. The IRS has declared that we have extra days to file. We have until July 15th according to my understanding. Can you give me a wahoo?
Written a couple of days later: 4/18/2020, the sun is shining, but all’s not quite right with our world. Earth the grand old man and our most beautiful mother-nature is still spinning in our solar system. Let us endeavor to see how we might improve our world. Follow on to the high road of success and freedom. Freedom from fear and controversy to incomparable joy. Read on with mind and heart engaged.
In my world there was an old adage or two that said, ‘Do the right thing.’ or ‘Be the good person you want to see in the world’ and ‘Like attracts like.’ I will endeavor to make those my bywords today. What expression are you going to follow this week? Write your own or look one up and make it a good one. Positive and life affirming if you please. Maybe this is a good reminder not to only focus on the bad, like virus or death and deadly news. Look for the good everywhere. We know all persons can find good wherever they look. Try this; look around you and see if you can find good in all you see. One man told me that he could see good in everything but asphalt. We walked to the road and talked for a while and found good things in the roadbed we were standing on. There was no poison ivy there. There were cars that couldn’t get from here to there efficiently without it. If it were left alone for a few years the plants would totally destroy it and take it over. Ah yes we finally agreed there is good in about everything.
I have a goal to listen only to news with integrity, lucidity and sensibility every week. I believe people need to see both sides of an issue they are interested in. Always be open to what is sensible, integral, enlightening, positive if available, universal, up to the minute and including love for good. For me even the news must be informative and not a sales pitch. When it sounds like broadcasters are endeavoring to promote or demote one philosophy or another I get suspicious. It must register as neutral and needed information If not, I look for something else. They make knobs, buttons, keypads and remotes to change anything and sometimes everything. On the Coronavirus issue, I will turn off anything that judges it as anything other than a virus and we are saying now a pandemic. A virus we must conquer and get back to living positive and healthy lives. Something like this has not been around for about one hundred and one or two years. So we are knocking on new wood to focus on the problem and solve it.
We have a friend who is a nurse and doctor in training. When I talked with her she told me she wasn’t going back to school until we know more about the Corona virus. Her hospital was fully staffed. She thought the CDC had been compromised by the president and wanted an overseeing scientific, medical and logical group that had only the good of human beings in mind. None of which would be guided by anything more than a service for the Earth and all in it. I was thinking, yes, all the sentient beings hereabouts.
Today is a new day for our planet. Last week I asked Focus Up Philosophers to design a whole new world for us. Think about it. A new world. Your own design of a new world. You can write your highest and brightest thoughts on this country or an imaginary country. Possibly you’d add a thought or a couple of thoughts for Focus Up Philosophers (FUPS) to consider. Send them to focusupphilosophers@gmail.com.
Again I would ask you to: text, email or call friends and family to check and see that they’re all OK. If there’s anything holding you back from doing it, from forgiving people and letting the past go, deal with it. We learn from our mistakes. Make your challenges opportunities. Check it out, we can positively influence our environment, families and friends. Good thoughts are powerful. Send your good thoughts to all concerned. Do it now. Ask for forgiveness if that is a concern. Do it. You will appreciate yourself, your friends, your family, your environment and your life more if you do.
You may know how we got the name of Covid-19. ‘Co’ stands for Corona. ‘vi’ stands for virus. ‘d’ stands for disease. I am sure the ’19’ stands for 2019.
It is interesting that in 2017 three or more magazines told us that China was the possible breeding ground for a virus. For a potential pandemic as it were. As it seems now nothing or not enough was done to clean up the problems and prevent what we now have.
Australia and New Zealand have almost conquered the Coronavirus in their countries. We read that children are back to school and the pubs are open again. They took it seriously from the top down. Nobody was left out of the effort to curb the viral invasion. Fourteen days quarantine was mandatory. Jucinda Ardern PM of New Zealand and Scott Morrison the current Prime Minister of Australia listened and learned from the scientists. They even hired more scientists to further their efforts in combating the dis-ease, ill-mess or pandemic as it is now deemed in our country.
Let’s investigate a little of what we know about the Corona virus. First I’d say not to fear it. On the other hand be intelligent. Keep social distancing for your own health and others. Wear your mask. Masks should not be worn for four or five days after an initial wearing. Then on the fourth or fifth day you can wear the mask again. You can wash reusable masks in a hydrogen peroxide and soap combination. We recommend for five minutes. Stirring the mask to get all surfaces thoroughly clean. Hanging masks in the sun and fresh air is a good preventive measure also. A friend puts hers in the windshield of the car. The sun and heat, she believes, help. We agree with the Jewish grandmothers, ‘It couldn’t hurt.’ (NYC- it couldn’t hoit) Wear your gloves, then wash as above or give them a five day turnaround or trash them. The latest we hear from G&G, doctor friends in Australia with their good preparedness and Covid-19 success rate, wash hands with soap for a minimum of one minute. I wash in soap, hot water, and a soap, hydrogen peroxide solution. We have a formula if you want to make your own hand wash. 1/3 hydrogen peroxide, 1/3 liquid soap, & 1/3 aloe Vera. The new information we have is six feet or two meters apart when walking. Eight to ten feet, three to four meters, when active. One does not want to walk or run through another’s exhales. Wear your mask and encourage all to do the same. Do not look at pictures or spend your day looking at news about Covid-19. Keep sequestered and think positive healthy thoughts. Daily exercise is important. Do it alone. You can do yoga with the people on TV. I personally can’t get to most of the positions they do. I do as much as I can and call it good. Exercise is important We know the disease we call Covid-19 has an age-fatality correlation, ’60-70 years of age’= 75% survival. ’70-80’=50% survival-fatal. ’80-90’= 75% fatal. Over 90 it is very lethal. I have heard about a woman over 100 who survived. Good living, good thinking, positive attitude, or what else? I trust, all the above help. Let’s say hooray for her. Then, don’t catch it to prove any theories. The latest I’ve heard is that the disease compromises systems within the individual.
They say obesity doesn’t help when one catches Coronavirus.. This is motivating me to eat more fruits, vegetables and nuts. Raw fruits and vegetables have enzymes that help you digest them. Try eating 80%-90% raw foods for better health. I did it and I’m alive now at eighty-ish.
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Don’t read the following 5 paragraphs about viruses if you are up to your ears with alligators and you don’t want to drain the swamp. Covid-19 as follows:
The old Biology teacher in me will tell you a little about SARS-CoV-2 sometimes called the ‘novel coronavirus.’ We have deemed it Covid-19 or simply Coronavirus. The bat scientists have found viruses in bats. Since the bat is the only mammal that flies in the air it has developed certain immunities to the stress caused by flapping its wings seventeen times a second. Therefore bats can handle the viruses in their bodies in a different way than do other mammals. In fact in many ways bats are closely related to reptiles. Viruses do not seem to trigger an inflammatory and dis-ease reaction in the bat. Viruses do trigger negative results in other mammals. Especially in man. The human being is especially vulnerable to what we call Covid-19 the Coronavirus.
In other parts of the world there are wet markets. Live markets or wet markets or wildlife markets that sell fresh foods. Fresh fruits and vegetables are sold along with meats and some even sell wildlife. They are often large markets with open air stalls. Many different sellers have stalls where one can buy right from the seller. Some wet markets sell, even slaughter live animals on the spot. The term wet market came about because people buy fresh or wet goods. Rather than dry goods such as canned foods and the like. Of course the wet goods are perishable. Wet markets don’t normally sell wildlife. There are wildlife markets that sell wild animals for their meat. They may also sell pets. There is a movement to close these types of markets because of the possibility of disease and illegal species being sold along with legal ones. Wuhan China hunan wet market is the supposed source of the Coronavirus. Late in January china did ban the sales and consumption of wild animals for food. Not the banning of wet markets.
South Korea and the US were early recipients of virus cases. South Korea immediately took it seriously. It seems that their 10,674 cases and 236 deaths put them about in the middle of the country-Coronavirus list. The US did not test and social distance and get defenses in place early and we are the world leader of cases. 735 thousand plus with 40 thousand plus deaths approximately. Yemen is at the bottom of the country list with 1 case and no deaths to now. We now know that masks and disposable gloves would’ve helped in the very beginning. Even today they are a good step.
Viruses like SARS and this virus, the Coronavirus has a key. It moves into the cell of animals and finds a lock it can open. Once found in the cell of an animal then it makes its way in and begins to spread. We now think that the virus attaches to the nose hairs and moves into the individual from there. Wild animals and those in stress or under duress are susceptible. Note: 2 cats in New York are found to have the virus. Animals kept in stacked cages can be stressed and are in close contact with each other. If they are dirty or sickened in any way viruses can spread more easily. Here is the possible transmission of viral pathogens and the possible mutation of them. Then the jump from animal to human can take place with handlers and customers.
Covid-19 kills by attacking the body, seemingly from head to toe. Lungs, Kidneys, heart, blood vessels, intestines and brain. The ferocity of the virus’ attack on the body is devastating. Blood clotting can happen and cause simple cases to become life threatening emergencies. The Coronavirus attacks like no microbe humanity has seen before. The virus when inhaled hijacks cellular machinery. It makes copies of itself and invades new cells rapidly.
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Please read more good news. Good magazines, good newspapers, good internet articles. Keep informed. Do not obsess over virus news. Do what is intelligent. Do what works. Stay safe and stay healthy. It stands to reason that healthy, positive, life affirming and up-lifting thoughts are better than negative ones.
Don’t spend all day at the computer. Get outside. I saw several neighbors during my doggie walks in the last couple of days who were going on or had been on bike rides. One young man said when I asked if he and his three companions were healthy. ‘I was until I rode so many miles with these three’ one of the young men said. We all laughed out loud. I want to stand on the side of laughter. Many people have been positively aided by laughter. I will give you the three, no four laughter places in your body. Check them out for yourself. Place your hand in front of your face or body where you think these laughs emanate. First is ‘Tee Hee’ Next is ‘Ha Ha’ Then ‘Heh Heh’ and lastly there’s ‘Ho Ho’ Check where your hand goes when you do the sounds aloud. I’ll tell you at the end of our article and you can see how close you are. Laugh for three minutes non-stop. The universe records laughter it doesn’t judge whether there’s something funny promoting it. 3 minutes.
Today when there is little personal interaction outside the home why not start on your thousand page novel or a blog or poetry or self help article, even a book. A non-fiction book would work, why not your life story? Do any other writing you might want to do. Design the new world. Write it down. Something committed to writing changes your perspective.
You could paint the next Mona Lisa or Walden’s pond. Look at a Monet, Manet painting or check out the Americans, Edward Hopper & Winslow Homer, etc. Then paint an inspired painting. It can be all your style, beautiful, interesting oh my yes and perhaps salable or to hang on your wall or to give to a friend or family member for their wall. I know there are basement and garage walls for my paintings.
Join in on groups doing virtual meetings. Some of the Astronomical Societies are doing virtual star parties. They used to be star-b-ques. So get some barbecue and cook out and watch the stars and star parties online. I see there’s a virtual star party May 6th. Museums around the world are offering tours from your couch. British Museum, London, Van Gogh, Amsterdam, Guggenheim, New York, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, are but a few offering art and science info. The National Museum of Natural History, DC, has a 360 degree tour. NASA’s Langley Research Center and The Glenn Research Center have virtual tours. The Space Center Houston, TX has an app that provides virtual tours. USAF has a tour of its museum. You can see the Oxford University History of Science Museum virtual tour. Museo Galileo offers a virtual tour also. On and on let your imagination be your search engine with computer involved.
The Metropolitan Opera in New York will be offering shows. It reminds me when I lived in NYC and knew some actors in ‘The City’ they had a question. How do you get to the Met? 1. Practice, practice, practice. 2. One step at a time.
Karl Anthony and other meditation and mantra music along with so many others are on YouTube just search for what interests you. I saw an old time rock and roll singer singing a mantra. Why not write a song?
I personally like music of the 50’s and early 60’s. Drifters, Coasters, Platters, Fats Domino, Big Bopper, Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, Ben E. King, Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, etc. Saw Chubby Checker on my 21st Birthday in Daytona Beach. Went on a cruise with the Bill Haley Comets, Bill had made his transition. Talked with Percy Sledge and he grabbed my arm and held me next to him when he sang, ‘Take Time to Know Her.’ My friend Curt and I had computerized the bar in Petersburg, VA. We were called the Curt and Ernie show. As in ‘Here comes Curt and Ernie.’
What other groups interest you? Let us know and we’ll let all our Focus Up Philosophers know. You are worthy of being doing and having what you fondly desire. You are powerful and what you know no one can take away from you. Keep your brain tuned up. Keep it active. The world awaits the good of you. Let ’em have it.
Read a good book. I got Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’ for my birthday so I am reading some every day. Read history, Will and Ariel Durant ‘The Lessons of History,’ I recommend. Read some philosophy. ‘A history of Western Philosophy,’ Bertrand Russell, ‘Philosophy for Dummies.’ Try science especially the current magazines, Try spirituality, Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes or Emerson’s Essays, Ralph Waldo Emerson. You can read novels-the good ones, and non-fiction for learning and entertainment.
A friend did a stained glass for his front door. It was good. It took myriads of time and he was demonstrably proud of it. Do texts, phone calls, now with computers we can Skype & Zoom calls and chats are ever available. There are a lot of ways you can enrich or enlighten yourself and others and still be personal contact free.
Senator Chris Murphy tells that the Senate offered money to President Trump and others in government on February fifth. Trump and everyone involved in national security and health turned them down. Now we are giving away two trillion dollars. We got our 2,400 dollars direct deposited the other day. If you have not gotten yours check and see why not. I hear Canada is availing citizens with money ongoing. For people who pay rent or mortgages one payment is not going to keep them afloat very long.
We are exploring a ‘new thinking’ philosophy. We will call it metaphilosophy. Our Focus Up Philosophers are assisting in the writing of it. Here is my first cut at a prospectus for it. Throughout history there have been good, positive and life affirming philosophies. The philosophers speaking, writing, and picturing them are known and many are unknown in our time and in the past. When we say that our exploration of those philosophies down through time is interesting, sometimes perplexing and thought provoking it’s an understatement. Our posit of metaphilosophy is as follows: positive, beneficial, integral, healthy and helpful thoughts, words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, written pages books and volumes. Deeds, actions, doings, individual and group interactions for good. Neighborhood, town, city, state, country and earth endeavors for the highest and best result imaginable and achievable. Universe and universal changes for infinite blessings and unending good. The goal is to look to the very beginning of our past and add to that a look into a thousand years in the future. So from the big bang or clear poof to around 3,000 AD/CE, You are invited to assist. Email us your thoughts, words, deeds and/or infinite blessings and any writings that are relevant. focusupphilosophers@gmail.com
Let us know how you and family are doing? We want to know ASAP. If there’s no-prob we will give thanks with you. If there is a problem we can hold good thoughts and send good and positive thoughts directly to you and yours. We specialize in good, true and lovable thoughts.
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Laugh along: Home schooling and yesterday the teacher got fired for drinking on the job. (I don’t know that I get it, do you?)
Lock all your doors! This is challenging for me. I was raised with nary a door locked. People were in and out of our houses with alacrity. One friend took high school friends down to our basement to play pool with them. He played there all the time and was quite good on that table. Come to find out he’d win their lunch money and ask my mom to fix them both a sandwich before returning to school.
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Focus Up Philosophers Society. and bless your pea-pickin’ heart as Tennessee Ernie Ford would say. Incidentally he played his Ukelele and sang to a girl in my mom’s college. He got locked up for it, I understand. You can listen to him on YouTube.
Oh yes Tee Hee hand in front of forehead. Ha Ha hand ahead of mouth, Heh Heh hand goes to throat, and Ho Ho you’ve got this one haven’t you? It’s the solar plexus. Now laugh yourself to greater health. At least three minutes of solid laughter. Hah, Ho etc.