Hello,everyone!

[Wildcat1one]

Hi,hello,and greetings to everyone,
and the best of Happy Holidays!James Willhide,
here in Mount Vernon,Indiana,ready to ask some
questions on how to be a better hypnotist.

Question 1:I was checking out the Internet,
and I saw that a school in Los Angeles was offering
a FREE hypnosis training program to residents outside
the Los Angeles area.I signed up for it,but I'm a bit
skeptical.I just wondered if anyone else had heard
of this course,and if they had any advice on whether
I should believe the course or not.

Question 2:If said course is NOT as it was advertised,
I will ask this question:Besides The Empowerment Institute
and American Pacific University's hypnosis training programs,
can you recommend any good hypnosis schools in the
Midwest that can provide me with training?

And finally,Question 3:How do you in hypnosis feel
about stage hypnotists,such as Marshall Sylver?I'd like
to eventually get into stage hypnosis,but would like
to learn how to do it right.Any suggestions?

Well,those are my questions.I look forward to reading
all the answers.Thanks,everyone,and Happy Holidays To All!
Take Care and God Bless.


Wildcat1one James Willhide
willhide@yahoo.com
:cool:

[Connie]

Hi, James.

Re: #1. You don't mention any specifics or name of the school/free course, so it's unlikely you'll get any comments, either pro or con. I also don't know what you mean by "should I BELIEVE the course." Believe in it's existence?

#3. Some of us here are stage hypnotists as well as hypnotherapists. They serve different functions, have different goals, entertainment vs. change-work. I suggest a professional stage hypnosis in-person training, if you're serious about it. Google is your friend.

[Don]

My guess is that you're talking about HMI, the Hypnosis Motivation Institute.

We have discussed them before. Basically, nobody has any complaints about what they teach or how they teach it. However, it appears that they use the "free" training as a way to use alleged high pressure to get people to sign up for other courses.

Consider yourself. Have you ever been talked into something which you initially didn't want? How do you react to pressure to do something? If you can stand up to someone and repeatedly say, "No, no, no," then it might be a good training for you. Otherwise, your "free" training might cost you thousands of dollars.

Oh, that's not to say that the expensive course isn't good. It's just a question of whether you want to spend that much money.

[Terry]

Are you really ready to believe that someone who has spent lots of money, and years of work and study to become competent in any area of life, is also willing to spend even more money, and time teaching you for free? If so, I have a bridge for sale, and would be happy to sell it to you on time payments, such as "pay me now, and pay me later"......

[Poodle]

We have an expansive archive of questions asked and answered here. Why not use the "search" and conclude with your own thoughts.

Also, please note that this Forum is bought and paid for by American Pacific University and therefore makes one of your questions moot.

If you want stage hypnosis, PM Connie. She has the in's and out's of it. It all depends on what YOU want to learn and do with your life.

First, please read Merlin's FAQ's, booklist and Skip has an excellent booklist too.

Enjoy your reading!!

Pood

[Wildcat1one]

Thank you everyone for all the responses.
I'll treasure all the information.
Again,Have A Great Holiday Season!

Wildcat1one James Willhide:)

[firegold]

I also am assuming you're talking about HMI. The free course is good, though HMI does have their own take on things that don't necessarily jive with the Elman or Ericksonian lines of thought. But that's all to the better, really; what kind of world would it be if everyone thought the same, right?

I took the free course and didn't have a high pressure attempt to sign up for the advanced course. That said, I'm currently enrolled in the online streaming version of the advanced course, lol. They did a free trial of it, and I decided I'd take advantage of it and go as far as I could while my budget allows.

It can't hurt to sign up for the free basic course, imo. The worst that'll happen is you might decide it's not for you and you won't sign up for the advanced. *shrug*

Joshua

[Don]

Actually, the worst that could happen is that he'd be pressured into signing up for something he can't afford, resulting in collection calls, the ruining of his credit, and the inability to rent an apartment, buy a car or house at a reasonable loan rate, or even get fired from a job or not get a job for which he's qualified.

[firegold]

You're leaving out experiencing an anal probe while abducted by aliens, having the loan sharks put a hit out on him, having to go into the Witness Protection Program, picking up AIDS from using a contaminated needle while getting high to distract himself from all his woes, ...

Would it help if I rephrased that to "The worst that could *reasonably* happen ... "? And added "IMO"? It's a free trial. Lots of places offer free trials. Most people who take advantage of free trials don't end up in the situation you describe.

Using your reasoning, no one should come in for a free consultation with a hypnotist, either; they might end up signing up for a program they can't afford, resulting in collection calls ...

Sorry, but I don't believe in planning for or expecting the worst. Being prepared if things go wrong, yes, but not expecting the worst. I greatly prefer to look at the positives. In this area, at least, I suppose you could say I have a 'toward' motivation rather than an 'away from.'

Joshua

PS. Yes, I'm fully aware that there are far too many people who *are* in a bad credit situation like you describe. And that it's far too easy to get into that situation. However, you can't live your life afraid of what *might* happen.

PPS. Well, you can, actually. It just doesn't work too well.

PPPS. IMO

[Jack]

It always surprises me when fully grown adults believe that they can be pressured into doing anything they do not wish to do.

It reminds me of the principle of negative acquiescence where agreement is gained because the penalty of not agreeing to an unwanted action is perceived as worse than the penalty of agreeing. It is usually applied to children or the retarded.

I was in Malaga last year and I was warned about the timeshare salesmen and women who accost you nearly everywhere. Repeating NO works fine, as does ignoring. It is what adults do.

Jack

[Soren K (existing)]

It always surprises me when fully grown adults believe that they can be pressured into doing anything they do not wish to do.

It reminds me of the principle of negative acquiescence where agreement is gained because the penalty of not agreeing to an unwanted action is perceived as worse than the penalty of agreeing. It is usually applied to children or the retarded.

I was in Malaga last year and I was warned about the timeshare salesmen and women who accost you nearly everywhere. Repeating NO works fine, as does ignoring. It is what adults do.

Jack

Hey Jack,

My next door neighbour used to sell time share, and (to use a phrase of his) I can assure you 99.9% of the people who actually buy timeshare don't seek it out. Seems to me that you are saying that people who buy timeshare are like retards or children... But you know, I think a lot of people are really not that simple. For a start, time share sales people don't come up to you and say - do you want to buy a timeshare.. that would be too easy. When I was in tenerife once, the first thing one guy asked me was ... are you friendly and English, then proceeded to rattle off a list of other questions which the answer should be 'yes' to - do you like the beautiful sunshine we're having?, would you come here again? Are you finding time to relax and enjoy yourself? questions that any person on their holidays might naturally answer 'yes' to. And, for anyone good at objection mastery (how do you know you don't want to buy a timeshare), it can be an awkward and embarrassing process. I remember seeing one guy who had no idea what to say to the salesperson and looking very undignified by the end of the beasting he was getting from the reps. Ads to another element... fear. At the time when my neighbour was the manager of a number of resorts there was no get-out clause and once they had the deal closed - come along to a free evening of entertainment and receive your free bottle of champagne - people with the buyer's remorse had no way out. At the end of the day the timeshare salesman is not selling you something you don't want (in a certain respect - who doesn't want a luxury appartment in a sunshine holiday destination?). However, you may not have set out budgeting that into your lifestyle. My neighbour told me a number of nasty stories about people with buyer's remorse... One couple tried to bluff out by telling my neighbour their son had died and they had to go home and that buying was inappropriate. He called their bluff and agreed it would be unreasonable, then offered to pay their flights home and do all manner of things to help. When they got awkward about it, he went very direct to the point. Guilt trip about their lieing and refusal to offer any cancellation. Bastard, huh? (ooh it's an ugly business sometimes I fear..). But, now, in most countries, there are legal items in place to allow you to get out of the deal you didn't really want before you were persuaded you did.

So you can say 'no' right enough... always say no... but a timeshare salesman's talent is in getting you to say yes, or at very least, making it extremely difficult to say no, even when you still would ultimately like to say no. Some people say yes, simply to get away from any more interaction with these people. I don't think it is reasonable to say that people are like retards or children, seems to me to be more sophisticated than that... here's your dream... not affordable? We can make it affordable.

Are you friendly and English... my answer - I'm from Scotland, enjoying the weather... not really I got sunburn, bit too hot. Would you come back? - if someone paid me perhaps, someone is always trying to sell you something here, that gets on my tits. Got to go, bye. Sometimes, ignoring them can have them squaking after you as you walk up the street - very irriating.

I also don't recommend fighting talk. I said to one guy in tenerife something about a glasgow kiss one time and had about 10 reps circling around me ready to kick my head in. I had a bottle of beer in my hand at the time and one guy goes, put the bottle down... I said, am I **** - and held onto it, it was getting tense but my girlfriend came wading in and started shouting at them 'I can't believe this.... you're all on coke!' they seemed to get a bit freaked out by this and she pulled me away from it all in the end (that was actually quite exhilirating when I remember back to it).

But personally, they really get on my tits - if they get like this people should really report them to the mayor (or equivalent) of the holiday destination since it can ruin your experience of a place.

Soren

[Connie]

I took the free HMI course, as well, and managed to escape the clutches of further training. From them! I spent thousands elsewhere (and continue to do so). It wasn't particularly a hard sell, but I have no trouble terminating telemarketing calls.

What you don't do (as I've learned) is hop in a vehicle with strangers for them to take you to a time share offer in Mexico, and strand you at the resort there if you say "no."

[Soren K (existing)]

HMI does have their own take on things that don't necessarily jive with {...] Ericksonian lines of thought. But that's all to the better, really; what kind of world would it be if everyone thought the same, right?

Non Ericksonian?

:)

[Don]

Using your reasoning, no one should come in for a free consultation with a hypnotist, either; they might end up signing up for a program they can't afford, resulting in collection calls ...IMO

I don't know of any hypnotists who high pressure a person into a set of hypnotherapy sessions as using such high pressure, IMO, would be contrary
to effective work. If such practitioners are out there they should be identified and information about their tactics should be made available.

[firegold]

Something else I forgot to mention is the fact that I believe I had already said I'd gone through HMI's free course and did *not* experience any high pressure tactics. Yes, I'm now in the advanced course, but I enrolled in that almost a year after the free introductory course.

Couldn't have been too high pressure, huh?

Joshua

[Terry]

Firegold, thank you for presenting the other side of the coin. It is good to know that you felt no pressure when you took that free course, but I would have been much happier with what you wrote if you had given us an idea of cost of such an advanced course. You see, to this point, what you write could be a very valid comment from a satified client, or it could be that you have an axe to grind, and a connection to HMI. As for pressure tactics, as a skilled practitioner of hypnosis, I see no cause or reason to get my way via "pressure", any more than a highly competent sales person needs to use such tactics to get a sale.
Can you therefore satisfy my curiosity by telling us the cost the the true course. Yes I know you call it an advanced course, but fact is, the freebee is only a taster, and the real training is the one that you pay for. Unless of course the people at HMI are complete fools who give away the ranch after building it to success........
Incidentally, I do see a problem here, since a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and those who take the freebee may well believe they are skilled enough to practise, and in that event might well cause a problem both for themselves and others.

[firegold]

The costs of the course are clearly stated on their website, which I'm unable to link to, seeing as how it's a commercial site. ;)

And I'm not linked to them in any way, other than being a customer of theirs. As I tried to imply earlier, I don't necessarily agree with everything they teach, but there's still value in learning other approaches. For example, they teach that regression should *never* be done; instead, they teach a process they call 'retrogression.'

While the free course is just a taster, it does give you the foundations of their method. They don't get into a whole lot of how to use it for therapeutic purposes, but they do completely teach their method of inducing, etc. hypnosis.

A little digression here: when you give something away as a marketing tactic, you don't want to give away something with *no* value. If you do, people won't buy the full product. You also don't want to give away *everything,* as then there's no incentive to buy the full product. You need to find a good compromise between those two goals.

The real drawback to HMI's course is the fact that it's a distance course. You're watching videos of the classes, and there's no hands-on built into the course. They've changed that some by adding the ability to start and join practice groups in your area, which is a good thing. Most of the practice groups, however, probably don't have an experienced hypnotist; just newbies practicing on each other.

That said, that's not necessarily a reason to avoid it. If you're good at learning and can find someone to practice with, you can successfully learn how to hypnotize people safely. And if you can find a more experienced hypnotist to help, even better. It's just something to be aware of when considering it.

Now, as to your question about the cost for the advanced course (note: their terminology, not mine), it depends a bit on which option you take: online streaming videos is the cheapest option at $98 a month for 18 months (works out to $1,764 total, but spread out over a year and a half). The most expensive in the long run option is $188 a month for 18 months, receiving the DVDs in the mail (works out to $3,960 total). The other option is to pay in full up front and receive the DVDs, which is a little cheaper than the previous option at $3,168.

So yes, it is expensive. Then again, most hypnosis training is. They also offer options to put things on hold if you decide you can't afford it for a couple months or whatever, as well as refund options.

Since I'm *not* affiliated with them and I'm *not* a salesperson of theirs, I'm not going to go into all the details of how it works.

Joshua

PS. I don't really understand how my stating the price would make you feel better about my saying I didn't experience high pressure, but as you can see, I've complied with your request. Also, I don't appreciate it when people assume that others "have axes to grind and are connected to ... " That's tantamount to calling the other person a liar, which is not a very neighborly thing to do. ;)

Only reason I did what you asked is because you were polite about it and *didn't* outright say you thought I was a shill of some sort. I have no reason to convince anyone to enroll at HMI; if the original poster chooses not to, that's perfectly fine. I'm not answering in hopes of persuading anyone to go take HMI's course.

I'm answering because I find the "focus on the negative" attitude annoying and useless. And for better or worse, I tend to challenge that attitude, lol.

[Terry]

Thank you Joshua, as for the reason for my question, you should know that I read with care any post I might choose to reply to, and they way I read what you wrote was neither positive or negative, I wished to be sure of your intent, and that you have now stated in your last paragraph regarding why you replied to the original post.
As for value, there are pros and cons to all methods, but to me, hands on with an instructor will always be preffered. However, paying on a monthly based makes good sense to those who lack a good bank account, and lack of other students to practise with is indeed a negative, but not insurmountable I agree.
Cost wise, it compares to those charged in my area for personal training, so the only choice that will make any difference is what is taught. Regression is not the be all and end all of therapy, but I suggest they are in fact teaching it under another name.

[firegold]

I also agree that they are teaching it under a different name, as well as a little different approach to it. It's still a form of regression, however.

Joshua

[Don]

Joshua, it could be that their high pressure sales is limited to their on-site classes.

The thing about mail order or on-line classes is that after you create the training materials, costs are very minimal. There may be no reasons to high pressure people taking distance learning.

I agree with your analysis of the problems of distance learning. It also has lots of benefits. IMO both in-person and distance learning combined can be very effective.

[eyeglazer]

I went to the introductory course at HMI in Oct. '04 after seeing an ad in the paper reading "Learn How to Hypnotize for Free!!'

The first 30 days (2 nights a week+ Saturday practicums) were devoted to basic hypnosis theory and techniques and were completely free. I experienced absolutely no pressure.

After the 30 day period, some left but most stayed.


I found the staff there to be quite committed and professional and always ready to give you personal attention if you needed it.

I consider it one of the most beneficial and worthwhile experiences I've ever had.

[Soren K (existing)]

I found the staff there to be quite committed and professional and always ready to give you personal attention if you needed it.

I consider it one of the most beneficial and worthwhile experiences I've ever had.

I'm really not interested... but thanks all the same. :rolleyes:

[eyeglazer]

I'm really not interested... but thanks all the same. :rolleyes:
Your post seems to imply that you think it was directed at you personally.

You know, as a Hypnotherapist I am in a good position to help you with that "issue". lol!

[Soren K (existing)]

Your post seems to imply that you think it was directed at you personally.

Using the software of this site, you replied to the post I posted and continued your promotion of HMI, what else is one to think? Now I have to say, I'm really not enjoying your attitude, can you help with that?

[eyeglazer]

Using the software of this site, you replied to the post I posted and continued your promotion of HMI, what else is one to think? Now I have to say, I'm really not enjoying your attitude, can you help with that?
Yes, glad to help!

First, I will point out that I was not "promoting" HMI, I was simply relating my experiences.

I can also point out that my response was given in the spirit of playfulness (thus the attached "lol") and was by no means a sign of disrespect.

Lastly I can remind you of who you are. I can remind you that your validity is not the result of being a Hypnotherapist, of being a woman, of being either "right" or "wrong", "good" or "bad".

Your validity stems from the Truth that you are God Expressed. That you are Eternal Love, Life, and Innocence.

If you don't appreciate that attitude, then I can only say i'm sorry.

It's the best I can do.

[Connie]

I have this calendar on my desk. Got it from the "You Can Do It" conference where I saw Wayne Dyer. Anyway, it's a tear off daily calendar with cute drawings and little inspirational snippets of a line or two. One of them was so perfect I stuck it under my clear desk protector to see and be reminded. It says: You are energy, light, love, color... and a few other good things I'm not remembering at the moment.

EG, your remark reminds me of that. Do you have my same calendar?? :) I never took your comments as a commercial.

[Soren K (existing)]

Lastly I can remind you of who you are. I can remind you that your validity is not the result of being a Hypnotherapist, of being a woman, of being either "right" or "wrong", "good" or "bad".

Your validity stems from the Truth that you are God Expressed. That you are Eternal Love, Life, and Innocence.

If you don't appreciate that attitude, then I can only say i'm sorry.

It's the best I can do.

Very revealing, that this is your limit. Unfortunately (in a sense), 'sorry' is not a value I put a price on. What do you want to say? That I should appreciate your attitude because you have certain beliefs about me? I'm interested now, how does that work well for you as a 'hypnotherapist'?

[eyeglazer]

Hi, Connie!

I am a big fan of Wayne Dyer's (as well as many other spiritual teachers), but no, I don't have any calendars or such. As I explained in my introductory post I got side tracked from an early fascination with hypnosis into first religion (Thank God that didn't last! LOL!) and then spirituality as taught by Dyer, Joel Goldsmith et al.

Hi, Soren K (existing);

I get the impression (and it may be simply my projection) that no matter what I say, you are going to use it as an excuse to quarrel with me!

I did not come to this site to quarrel, defend myself, attack others, explain, kow-tow, or do anything but to learn from others with greater experience of hypnosis than I have, and also to share my understanding based upon 35 years of experience in spirituality and metaphysics with those who are interested (but only if they ask, since this site is devoted to Hypnotherapy and I will not push the boundaries without being invited).

Perhaps we could start over on a mutually supportive basis?

[Soren K (existing)]

Hi, Soren K (existing);

I get the impression (and it may be simply my projection) that no matter what I say, you are going to use it as an excuse to quarrel with me!

:)

Who knows, I don't think I'm that organised. Sometimes I like to be a bit difficult to see what I can uncover or create (hey I'm an expression fo deity, these things come natural ;))

One thing, and well maybe a thread in other discussions on it would be good/ maybe even acceptable! (though I've lost a little hope on that front) what do you mean by havign expereince of metaphysics?

<falling forward with back of hand on forehead>
Soren

[Poodle]

Behave! It's not nice to toy with people's minds that have absolutely no idea what you are writing about my sweet little "yes-set" guy! I see what SimpleGuy means about your posts across the screen now. With the big laptop screen it all showed up but on this old one it's the same old thing.

Hmmm, a time share in southern Spain. Gosh that sounds great.

Hugs, ma

[Soren K (existing)]

With the big laptop screen it all showed up but on this old one it's the same old thing.


New laptop Ma? Well, you will eat oranges while you type... which, to me tasted delicious btw. :)

Ever seen the episode of Top Cat where TC takes control of a fortune that Benny inherits? Benny says to TC - can I have a burger TC? TC says, 'mmm, a juicy sizzling burger, with relish benny? cheese? salad? 1/4 pound?, oozing deliciousness?' Benny (salivating) says, 'yes, yes TC that's it..' TC replies, there Benny you just had one. Now let's go... 'Can I have another TC?'. The really real is oh so more desireable. As you know I am looking forward to my next trip to the states.. and the one after that, and that.. and that.. and so much more..

As ever,
Soren

[Poodle]

and we are ever so glad you are coming here! Maybe we'll chat a few minutes while you are here.

Merry Christmas!
ma

[eyeglazer]

Very revealing, that this is your limit. Unfortunately (in a sense), 'sorry' is not a value I put a price on. What do you want to say? That I should appreciate your attitude because you have certain beliefs about me? I'm interested now, how does that work well for you as a 'hypnotherapist'?
Limits? What limits? I was not implying limits, but a lack of same. and what you consider it being revealing of, only you can say. Not my issue.

Not sorry that you don't value sorry. Don't see much use for it myself, just being polite (do you value that?).

As for appreciating my attitude, why would I care? Why would you? I am sure that as a fellow Scotsman, you are too wise to use anything I do as an excuse for feeling bad!

Re; Being a Hypnotherapist

In school we had this older gentleman (80's-90's), an ex-doctor, who said "first we went to medical school, then we went out and learned to become doctors!".

I don't consider myself a Hypnotherapist (despite my playful dig at you). I have some Hypnotherapy training, and hope someday soon to feel qualified to be considered your junior colleague (with your help?)

In the meantime, if you prefer games, it's your serve.

Terry (Eternally Existing) McGraham

[Soren K (existing)]

That's a bit spooky that you are Terry (eternally existing) Since my own username here was chosen in connection withTerry's here who was (for a while due to an original login problem) Terry (existing). Anyway, I'm glad to hear you are a Scot. And, actually, truth be told I thought you were someone else when you posted originally, so I guess my comments were out of sync somehow. Still, no regret no surrender :) Being a McGraham, I'm sure you'll appreciate that!

So for the sake of conversation:

Limits? What limits? I was not implying limits, but a lack of same.

When someone says 'If you don't like that, that's the best I can do' that to me implies a limit. Revealing? Well, it is interesting that you chose to respond by explaining that I am an expression of deity and that I am valid due to the truth of beign god expressed, eternal love, etc. What does this reveal? That you have certain beliefs, a certain outlook. I know you read deepak chopra and it seems that you have come to accept his metaphysics. That you chose that response suggests that you have this metaphysics as a significant motivator in your current consciousness.

Not sorry that you don't value sorry. Don't see much use for it myself, just being polite (do you value that?).I do value manners, but I don't think people should apologise for their inflexibility, it seemed to me more like sanctification (a seal) on the limit - probably not a good idea, in my current reality.

As for appreciating my attitude, why would I care? Why would you? Personally, I'd like to appreciate both my own attitude and yours. However, tongue in cheek was probably my main motivation.

I am sure that as a fellow Scotsman, you are too wise to use anything I do as an excuse for feeling bad!Do we live in the same country!? :)

Really, I only feel bad under the duress of reasons, I generally don't feel bad then make excuses. All said, I don't feel bad done by by you.

Re; Being a Hypnotherapist

In school we had this older gentleman (80's-90's), an ex-doctor, who said "first we went to medical school, then we went out and learned to become doctors!".I had the same thought when I was driving my car to work this morning. It is much more fun now.

I don't consider myself a Hypnotherapist (despite my playful dig at you). I have some Hypnotherapy training, and hope someday soon to feel qualified to be considered your junior colleague (with your help?) I'd have to get some hypnotherapy training for that to happen. I'm massively interested in Milton Erickson, but I'm more into NLP type thing than hypnosis. I'm not a hypnotherapist. I'm foremost interested in improving my communication skills, I get a great deal of satisfaction out of that.

In the meantime, if you prefer games, it's your serve.nnnnuhhhhhh. Let's forget about games, yes? It's more fun just to play, I'd prefer that

To your best,
Soren

[Soren K (existing)]

and we are ever so glad you are coming here! Maybe we'll chat a few minutes while you are here.

Merry Christmas!
ma


Thanks Ma, yes that'd be good.. and a Merry Christmas to you to!

love and best
Soren

[eyeglazer]

Soren;

Unfortunately, I have yet to figure out how to display comments/questions from the post I am replying to......ah well.

I must say I have truly enjoyed this interaction with you. I wish to clarify a couple points before I move on to other threads.

I am not Terry "(eternally existing)", That was just a humorous play-off of Terry (existing) combined with my "Deepak Chopra beliefs." lol.

(Actually, Chopra really isn't a major player in the formulation of my world-view. He is just an example of a change in direction that the human race is in the process of taking and which will become predominant over the next few decades.
IMHO, any Hypnotherapist (perhaps not so much for NLPers) who isn't well-versed in "Quantum Spirituality" (to coin a phrase) will be considered hopelessly out of date, if not sooner!).

I am actually only a Scot by ancestry, not by birth, being born and raised in theU.S. Even so, I am inordinately proud of that ancestry.

(My sister has been an NLP practitioner and teacher for 20-25 years and is very good at it.)

You said "Let's forget about games, yes? It's more fun just to play.....".

Agreed. Whereas I can play games with the best of 'em, I really prefer just playing in joy and without conflict.

So it's time to go browse around this site and see where else I can "contribute". lol!

[Soren K (existing)]

change in direction that the human race is in the process of taking and which will become predominant over the next few decades.

The future is an exciting place. :)