Part 1: Locked Up, Shaped Up, Speaking Out!

How does a person spend nearly half of his life in prison, then grab it by the short hairs and start winning?   On this episode, I'll have an inspiring conversation with a formerly incarcerated person who is beating down old barriers to improve his pace and quality of life past 40.

#incarceration #prison #criminaljustice #rejuvenation #legalsystem #crime #communitysupport #addiction #recovery #illegaldrugs #gangviolence #massincarceration #parole #selfcare 

We spend a third of our lives in a state where we have very little awareness of our surroundings.   We have thrived as beings whose minds shut down involuntarily every day.   Sleep is a central part of our physiology and a most powerful partner in our survival.  This episode is dedicated to our most cherished friend to the end.

#Insomnia #SleepDeprivation #Sleep #GoodSleep #Dreams #SleepAids #Melatonin #RapidEyeMovement #MentalHealth #TowerofBabel #Rest

There are so many ways we could fall to the knees of our greatest creation.  Will AI computing inadvertently bring on the destruction of humanity?

It is likely that AI networks will someday overwrite human programming?  Will it have reduced ethical standards as it sets and prioritize goals?  Will human vitality be prioritized at all?

So many options to think about and so little time to understand what we must do to control it.  Full transparency from corporations, as AI is developed, might be a large part of the answer.  The time is now or are we already too late?

#TheMatrix #Terminator #Apocalypse #AI #GlobalDestruction #Transparency #AIProgramming #FutureOfAI

It would take  1.3 million Planet Earths to equal the Sun's mass and 7.5 trillion people to equal the Earth’s mass.  So, where do I fit in?  I myself am made up of 7 octillion atoms, which is 7 followed by 27 zeros.

Each human has a 1 in 400 trillion chance of coming into existence and the size of the Milky Way Galaxy is billions of times smaller than is a spec of dust when compared to the scale of the universe.  

Do we live in an endless mindless expanse or not?!   Is there an invisible being around us or not?!  Shouldn't we have figured out this definitively by now?  Oh well, we haven't.  Maybe we are like Chinese pygmy dormouse - blind.  Who knows.  Does it matter?  Probably.  Should we care?  Probably.   The oceans might know more clearly whether there is a God than we do.  So what.  Praise Jesus.

Challenge reality!

#CosmicPerspective #Philosophy #TowerOfBabel #Creation #Evolution

Is social cohesion breaking down?  Media networks have mastered the art of keeping viewers anxious and fearful.  Elected leaders create a false sense of urgency that drives us to want to escalate conflicts.  But, what happens when we step away from the screen and encounter real people in our communities who hold different political views?  Is political hatred going to infiltrate our neighborhoods and relationships to levels we have never seen before?  History says yes, but only time will tell.   

Americans own 400 million guns compared to 285 million cars.   The people own more guns than the military.  47% of the world’s guns are owned by Americans, yet only 30% of our households have guns.  Some Americans say they are ready to die for the right to bear arms.   

A man implies that God is his Father.  The same man changes jugs of water into wine at a marriage festival.  He was conceived without a human father and returns after his death to lead humanity back to its righteous nature.  

Three distinct beings make up the Christian God.  The mysteries of the Christian faith are deep and entrenching.  In today's episode, we'll take a look at what Christians believe, or are supposed to.

Just 5 food items form the basis for human survival.  They are the foundation for what makes civilization possible.  What are they?  What gives the five staples the capability to feed us all?  

There are more homeless youths than the population of Los Angeles.  When an orphaned child ages out of our foster care system at 18, one in four become immediately homeless.  Often, full-time wages for youths on their own, are not sufficient unless you have friends to share rent.  What a crisis.  

Anyone can be part of the American majority, if you look at the fine print.  That's firm ground for some, a slippery slope for others and for some Americans, it’s simply, “Fat Chance”!  The percentage of Americans that qualify is fluid.  What treachery is this!  And in real time, Hispanic Americans have a firm grasp as #1 minority.