http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwWBHRKFYCA&feature=related
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
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For other uses, see Gas lighting and Gaslight (disambiguation).
Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented with the intent of making a victim doubt his or her own memory and perception. It may simply be the denial by an abuser that previous abusive incidents ever occurred, or it could be the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of disorienting the victim.The term "gaslighting" comes from the play Gas Light and its film adaptations. In those works a character uses a variety of tricks, including turning the gas lamps lower than normal, to convince his spouse that she is crazy. Since then it became a colloquial expression which has now also been used in clinical and research literature.[1][2]
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[edit] Etymology
The term derives from the 1938 stage play Gas Light (originally known as Angel Street in the United States), and the 1940 and 1944 film adaptations. The plot concerns a husband who attempts to drive his wife to insanity by manipulating small elements of their environment, and insisting that she is mistaken or misremembering when she points out these changes. The title stems from the husband's subtle dimming of the house's gas lights, which she accurately notices and which the husband insists she's imagining.The term "gaslighting" has been used colloquially since at least the late 1970s to describe efforts to manipulate someone's sense of reality. In a 1980 book on child sex abuse, Florence Rush summarized George Cukor's 1944 film version of Gas Light, and writes, "even today the word [gaslight] is used to describe an attempt to destroy another's perception of reality".[3]
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2848 (While living in Campbell, CA my family used to visit the Gaslighter Theater and it was lots of fun what with popcorn and cold drinks.) ...cal
http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/ (We lived several blocks from the Winchester Mystery House) ...cal
Winchester Mystery House
http://www.casttv.com/video/tl4rlnn/most-haunted-places-on-earth-winchester-mystery-house-video
http://eqi.org/
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http://eqi.org/empathy.htm#Too much empathy?
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Showing Empathy
To show empathy is to identify with another's feelings. It is to emotionally put yourself in the place of another. The ability to empathize is directly dependent on your ability to feel your own feelings and identify them.
If you have never felt a certain feeling, it will be hard for you to understand how another person is feeling. This holds equally true for pleasure and pain. If, for example, you have never put your hand in a flame, you will not know the pain of fire. If you have not experienced sexual passion, you will not understand its power. Similarly, if you have never felt rebellious or defiant, you will not understand those feelings. Reading about a feeling and intellectually knowing about it is very different than actually experiencing it for yourself.
Among those with an equal level of innate emotional intelligence, the person who has actually experienced the widest range and variety of feelings -- the great depths of depression and the heights of fulfillment, for example, -- is the one who is most able to empathize with the greatest number of people from all walks of life. On the other hand, when we say that someone "can't relate" to other people, it is likely because they haven't experienced, acknowledged or accepted many feelings of their own.
Once you have felt discriminated against, for example, it is much easier to relate with someone else who has been discriminated against. Our innate emotional intelligence gives us the ability to quickly recall those instances and form associations when we encounter discrimination again. We then can use the "reliving" of those emotions to guide our thinking and actions. This is one of the ways nature slowly evolves towards a higher level of survival. In other words, over time, awareness of our own feelings may lead us to treat others in a more pro-survival way.
For this process to work, the first step is that we must be able to experience our own emotions. This means we must be open to them and not distract ourselves from them or try to numb ourselves from our feelings through drugs, alcohol, etc.
Next, we need to become aware of what we are actually feeling -- to acknowledge, identify, and accept our feelings. Only then can we empathize with others. That is one reason it is important to work on your own emotional awareness and sensitivity-- in other words, to be "in touch with" your feelings. -- and to help children stay in touch with their feelings.
http://eqi.org/what_not_to_do.htm
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America: An Example of What Not to DO
In many ways, America is an example of what not to do. I was motivated to start this page today, November 22, 2011, when I was thinking of a TV show featuring someone named Steve Wilkos.
Steve is a product of the American culture. He is someone who I would say has relatively high emotional intelligence, but he has learned how to use it to hurt others more than help him.
Steve seems to have a lot of unmet emotional needs himself. For example he seems to need to feel superior and self-righteous. A lot of Americans have these same needs.
Steve is very judgmental and sarcastic. He seems to have another unmet emotional need: to feel important and valued. (I see that he and I have a lot in common!)
To give him the benefit of the doubt, I think there are times when he is sincerely motivated by a desire to help. But I fear he does more damage than he does good. This is similar to the way the USA uses its power, especially its military and lethal and destructive power. (See our petition for the use of non-lethal weapons)
So to summarize, the American culture is producing too many people who are emotionally starved, in other words, who have too many unmet emotional needs. This results in people who are judgmental, cynical, resentful, sarcastic, violent, aggressive, self-righteous, insecure, defensive - to name a few characteristics common to many people raised in the USA.
(I was also born and raised/indoctrinated/damaged/brainwashed/abused in the USA)
S. Hein
Nov 22, 2011
http://eqi.org/petition1.htm
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An Emotionally Intelligent Petition Against War, Killing and Destruction
We believe wars are unhealthy for humanity and not emotionally intelligent. We ask our political leaders to endorse the following statement:
We will no longer use deadly or destructive weapons.
We will no longer invest in their design or manufacture.
We will set a new course.
Our goal is a world with no deadly or destructive weapons.
We will use our technology to protect and disarm, but not to kill or destroy. We will use this technology when it is necessary to stop violence and killing, but we will not use deadly or destructive force.
We will attempt to understand the feelings of those who are using violence. We will give them a chance to express their feelings verbally. We believe people who feel heard, understood and respected will not feel the need to resort to violence. Therefore instead of killing or punishing, we will give provide forums where people can be heard. We will take their feelings and beliefs into consideration, rather than impose our will onto them. We will at all times treat them with respect for their feelings.
Our countries will become leaders in non-violent, non-destructive and non-lethal technology.
Wars are wasteful. Wars create feelings of resentment, revenge, hatred, grief, depression, stress, chaos and terror.
In our future policies and actions we will begin to take human feelings into consideration, including the feelings of those who disagree with us, because we realize feelings lead to behahvior and it is more emotionally intelligent to address underlying feelings than to try to control behavior without regard for feelings.
We further realize that war, killing and destruction do not create feelings of respect, and that the key to lasting peace is mutual respect, which must include respect for individual and group feelings.
Seeds of Peace - This is a summer camp program which brings Israeli and Muslim teenagers together in search of peace..
When I talked to a former Israeli military pilot who I met while traveling earlier this year, I mentioned a program I saw once about non-lethal weapons. He quickly told me that Israel was a leader in such technology. Yet I did not see any of these being used by the Israelis in Lebanon in July 2006. Nor have I seen the USA which is at present the world's most powerful nation, using such technology in Iraq.
Because I oppose all forms of killing and destruction, and I believe such technology does exist and could be much more widely developed and employed in the world, I propose the following petition to be signed by those interested in the concept of emotional intelligence. I welcome your comments and suggestions.
Steve Hein
Aug 21, 2006
Something I found..
When injustice or oppression occurs there are only two choices; to act or do nothing. Once a decision to act is made there are countless possibilities. Of these possibilities there are two main categories of gaining power- violent-based or non-violent-based. This Catalog of Nonviolent Weaponry is dedicated to the increasingly viable and strategic use of nonviolent tactics that have been identified and systematized over the last several decades by the work of Dr. Gene Sharp and currently under the auspices of the Albert Einstein Institution.
The catalog entries were created by the seventh and eighth grade students of Rio Gallinas School in Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA. As an Expeditionary Learning School, this product represents a five-month study of the tactics and strategies of nonviolent actions around the world. The stories were harvested from the United World College where 200 International Baccalaureate students represent 90 countries.
“Nonviolent action is a means of combat, as is war… Nonviolent action is just what it says: action which is nonviolent, not inaction. This technique consists, not simply of words, but of active protest, noncooperation, and intervention. Overwhelmingly, it is a group or mass action.”
Dr. Gene Sharp -- http://nonviolentweapons.com/
Something else I found..
Description: This submittal provides an additional reason for the already existing concept to use non-destructive weapons or weapons with very limited collateral damage. In the year 2025 (or even now for that matter), the global economy will make the use of destructive weapons prohibitively expensive for US business. Ownership of business resources will be worldwide for many US and foreign companies. Creating a destructive environment, in addition to having potential inhumane consequences, will have great potential to destroy US and allied business resources. The concept of borders will become less and less important. This and other consequences of a global economy will produce conditions which might reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of our current weaponry and force the generation of completely new concepts in warfare. From csat.au.af.mil/2025/concepts/900960.HTM -- The United States Air Force Center for Strategy and Technology
No one is copying this yet. as of Nov 2011
http://www.darksouls-thebook.com/one-big-lie.html
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After reading Claudia Moscovoci's excellent article this morning on "Why Psychopaths lie" I decided to do an article explaining the crazy making ways in which psychopaths lie and manipulate their victims. There's an expression made famous by Bill Clinton when he was asked if he had sex with Monica Lewinsky and he replied “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” Then was then a pause to which he then went on to say “Monica Lewinsky, I never told anyone to lie” and then changed the subject completely to divert from the original question.
Most people would have taken what he has said as the truth but he wasn't answering the question directly. Interesting enough I have always had my own opinions about Bill Clinton but I read with interest and an article where someone described Clinton as
an adaptive psychopath
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He is not real. Efron writes of the fragment of stone at the bottom of Stephanopolous' kaleidoscope -- reflecting in a unique way, showing a different facet to each person as Clinton turns. This is a metaphor for the elusive "real Clinton;" but, in truth, there is no real Clinton that we could possibly comprehend. That little fragment is so alien that it might as well not exist in our universe. At the core of this man, Clinton, where the soul is supposed to be, there is, instead, a gaping void. A black hole. The Sun King exists only as the irresistible gravitational pull he exerts on others and the dying light -- the catastrophic annihilation -- of everyone and everything that strays too close to his event horizon. Within, there is an unknowable emptiness.
http://www.luckystarz.com/Articles/tecumseh.html
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Tecumseh’s Curse
There was a deep mystical tradition among the Shawnee Indians of the Ohio valley, embodied in the teachings and practices of a sage called "the Prophet," emboldened by his brother, the great Chief Tecumseh. Tecumseh felt that all Indians were one people, and insisted that only with the consent of all — could land rightly be ceded by or purchased from an individual tribe. For several years, he successfully journeyed from tribe to tribe, working with Indians of all sections to secure their cooperation in this great work of unification. Tecumseh was a daring visionary -- a powerful orator, remarkable military chief, successful negotiator, and enthusiastic leader. Indeed, the flame of hatred for the white man burned in his heart, and he swore eternal vengeance against the white race for decimating his proud nation.
When the United States refused to recognize Tecumseh’s unification principle, he bound together the Native Americans of the Old Northwest, the South, and the Eastern Mississippi Valley as a military force to defend Native American rights to the land. His plan failed with the defeat of his brother, the Shawnee Prophet, at the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. Although history reports the battle of Tippecanoe a draw, it nevertheless broke the power of the Shawnee, and became known historically as marking the collapse of the Native American military movement.
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Apaches_accuse_Prescott_Bush_of_robbing_Geronimo's_grave
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Apaches accuse Prescott Bush of robbing Geronimo's grave
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Native Americans are petitioning Congress to investigate the elite Skull and Bones group and return what they believe are the remains of Apache warrior Geronimo for reburial.
The petition alleges that Geronimo's grave was robbed in 1918 by members of the society, including Prescott Bush, President George W. Bush's grandfather. The alleged graverobbers stole Geronimo's head and his prized silver bridle, which had been buried with him. These allegations are also within a book by Yale graduate, Alexandra Robbins, titled; "Secrets of the Tomb". Robbins suggests that the reason these men robbed graves is; "Bones as a society is preoccupied with death; skulls, skeletons, and artwork depicting death are prevalent in the tomb. When Bonesmen steal things they use the euphemism that they are taking 'gifts to the goddess' whom they honor within the tomb."
Native Americans are petitioning Congress to investigate the elite Skull and Bones group and return what they believe are the remains of Apache warrior Geronimo for reburial.
The petition alleges that Geronimo's grave was robbed in 1918 by members of the society, including Prescott Bush, President George W. Bush's grandfather. The alleged graverobbers stole Geronimo's head and his prized silver bridle, which had been buried with him. These allegations are also within a book by Yale graduate, Alexandra Robbins, titled; "Secrets of the Tomb". Robbins suggests that the reason these men robbed graves is; "Bones as a society is preoccupied with death; skulls, skeletons, and artwork depicting death are prevalent in the tomb. When Bonesmen steal things they use the euphemism that they are taking 'gifts to the goddess' whom they honor within the tomb."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hawk_War
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http://www.isreview.org/issues/39/tecumseh.shtml
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kern_River_Oil_Field (I went to school in Lost Hills, CA and my daddy worked for the JP Getty company.) ...cal
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Operations and estimated reserves
While most of the oil has been removed from the field, enhanced production technologies such as steam flooding have made it possible to extract much of the oil once considered unfeasible to recover. The recent high price of oil also makes recovery of previously marginal pools attractive. Total estimated reserves of the Kern River field at the end of 2006 totaled more than 475 million barrels (75,500,000 m3), which represented approximately 15% of California's 3.2-billion-barrel (510,000,000 m3) reserve.[7]
Wastewater from the field was once allowed to drain directly into the streams dissecting the region, and thence into the Kern River. This practice ended in the 1960s and 1970s when more stringent environmental regulations were enacted both on federal and state levels. Wastewater now is treated in facilities specifically built for this purpose, and after the treatment, is used to irrigate crops in the San Joaquin Valley
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-autocross-track-racing/612665-vara-buttonwillow-race-video-sat.html (I made a friend at IBM -Dave Kimes- who shared my love of speed and Porsches and he had raced at Buttonwillow racetrack. It was fun sitting here remembering while racing on the net.) ...cal
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