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30 • COLUMNS The Mountain Times • June 5-11, 2019 What’s not going to change Change. We spend much of our time thinking about, predicting and anticipating it. Several years ago, the founder and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos turned the question of change on its head. He said it is more important to consider what will not change. In other words, what are some fundamental truths we can rely upon? What won’t change Human nature. Sure, the players and environment may change, but how we behave as a group seldom Money Matters By Kevin Theissen changes. Our preferences as humans tend to be static. Our physiology (hardwiring) hasn’t changed much over the centuries. We are hardwired to be bad investors That is a fundamental truth. Think about it. As humans we are emotional, we tend to respond hastily when threatened, we often overreact, we prefer shiny or sexy things to the mundane, we are distracted easily and we hate uncertainty. We face this on a daily basis in the markets. Long-term investing is meant to be boring, but our brain desires the exciting. The majority of news is nothing more than noise to the long-term investor. It’s sexy and alluring, yet a costly distraction for most investors. We can learn from Mr. Bezos again. He said, “When you have something you know is true, even over the long term, you can afford to put a lot of energy into it.” Using your energy wisely Most investors use their time and energy speculating on market outcomes and public policy. In other words, we spend our time and energy on things that are unpredictable and always changing. We should spend our time and energy on things that don’t change – like human nature. We need to focus on what we can do today to respond better to whatever occurs tomorrow. For that reason, I focus on how to help all my clients ignore the noise, maintain the proper perspective and improve their financial decisions – despite our natural inclination to allow today’s news and yesterday’s market moves to influence us. Mother of the Skye: We must take care of our planet continued from page 29 early as 1990. Because of this, they decided to extend themselves to the outside world in an attempt to warn us and inspire us to change our ways before things got any worse. Those efforts resulted in a documentary film that was produced by the BBC entitled: “The Elder Brothers Warning; the Message from the Heart of the World”. Aired in 1990 and still available on video, the film opened many of our eyes, but it didn’t circulate widely enough to have an impact. Less than a decade after the BBC introduced them to us, the Mamas could see that ‘Aluna’ was in a state of emergency and that she would surely be dead by or before Aug. 11, 1999; all of their visions confirmed this. When Aug. 11 came and went without a tremor the Mamas went into their hearts to see what it was that had kept their prediction coming true. Drunvalo’s account of the story tells us exactly what happened: “According to the Kogi Mamas, by the last solar eclipse of the twentieth century, on Aug. 11, 1999, all the techno-cultural peoples of the world should have gone to another dimension of the Earth’s consciousness, leaving behind the indigenous and natural peoples of the world to inherit the physical planet. (This is reminiscent of the Bible’s words that the “meek shall inherit the Earth.” This prediction is also very similar to what Edgar Cayce, the ‘sleeping prophet,’ said, that by the winter of 1998 the poles of the Earth would shift and an enormous change would happen on Earth. Many New Age people thought this meant that most of the consciousness of the world would move into the fourth dimension.) The young man (who relayed this information to Drunvalo) moved closer to me as if to emphasize what he was about to tell me. He lowered his voice and whispered, “On Aug. 12, 1999, the Kogi Mamas saw that we, the techno-culture, were still here on Earth. They went into a deep meditation to see why, since this was the first time in their long history that one of their predictions didn’t come true.” According to him, there in the darkness the Kogi Mamas could see lights all over the surface of the planet – and they had not been there before. In investigating these lights, the Mamas found that they were the lights of people who had learned about their Light Bodies, which in ancient times were called ‘Mer-Ka- Bas. It was the Mamas’ belief that these people with their Light Bodies had changed the course of history. As a teacher of the science of the Mer-Ka-Ba, I know that once we remember our Mer-Ka-Ba, we can, with certain training, alter the external world by what we think and feel. According to the Kogi Mamas, some of us did change the outer world so much that a new reality was created.” Out of gratitude for the work that Drunvalo has done the Mamas sent a gift along with the emissary who showed up mysteriously at the end of a workshop to deliver their message. After he finished telling Drunvalo what they had seen, the young man handed him a small bundle of tobacco, wrapped in red felt and said, “The Kogi Mamas wish to thank you for teaching about the Mer-Ka-Ba and for changing the world in the process.” Ever since I was a kid, in and around all the other things that have filled up my life, my main focus has always been my spiritual work. After 50 years on a path that began in earnest when I was a teenager, I didn’t come across Drunvalo’s work until 1997. Since that time, the Mer-Ka-Ba Teachings have been my spiritual mainstay. Every time I meditate I see how it changes the conditions in my outer reality and I have always held the faith that the work that I do inside myself has an impact on the greater whole. It wasn’t until the Kogi story came to my attention that I had any concrete evidence to prove that my meditations were more than just a way to make my own life better. The network of lights that the Kogi saw stretched out across the planet is made up of thousands of people. All of them are connected by the same wish and, along with the Mer-Ka-Ba Meditation all of them understand the secrets of the heart. If it amazes you that a small percentage of the human population could do that much to change the world, try to imagine what we could do if all of us turned our attention toward the teachings of the heart. Does the Kogi story call up a desire to turn on your light? With the ascension process so clearly imminent, does anything else matter? Let me leave you with that, and invite you to take what you can from this week’s ‘scopes. CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES ACROSS 1. Ancient Rome had one 7. Engagement rings tend to have them 13. Not the leader 14. Decorated 16. Morning 17. The Garden State 19. __, myself and I 20. Gets up 22. Type of meal 23. Cavalry sword 25. Proclaims 26. Historic places 28. They go into space 29. Hostelry 30. Peter’s last name 31. Necessary for syrup 33. Kids’ channel 34. Take upon oneself 36. A bog 38. Small cavities in a gland 40. Grand Theft Auto vehicle 41. More vigorous 43. Supply to excess 44. Pie _ __ mode 45. Dash 47. You sometimes pardon it 48. Catch doing something wrong 51. A constellation’s second star 53. Famed French painter of dancers 55. Engines do it 56. Chemically inactive 58. Moved quickly on foot 59. Threaten persistently 60. Commercial 61. Listen without the speaker’s knowledge 64. Rhodium 65. Caregivers to kids 67. Highly ornamented 69. Real, fixed property 70. Brains CLUES DOWN 1. Resembling apes 2. Famed TV host Sullivan 3. Rare Hawaiian geese 4. Convicted traitor 5. Make into leather 6. Urge to do something 7. Small town in Spain 8. They promote products 9. Small Eurasian deer 10. Ancient people 11. The Volunteer State 12. Academic term 13. Natives of Alberta, Canada 15. Cause to become insane 18. Feed 21. Crime organization 24. Acrobatic feats 26. Car mechanics group 27. Mustachioed actor Elliott 30. Inquired 32. S. Korean industrial city 35. Member of the cuckoo family 37. Test for high schoolers 38. Some nights are these 39. Helps you stay organized 42. Cool! 43. Genus containing pigs 46. An opinion at odds 47. Types of bears 49. Smartphones give them 50. Nobel physicist Hans 52. Where rock stars work 54. Your car needs it 55. Dutch name for Ypres 57. Go after 59. Cold wind 62. Examines animals 63. Popular island alcohol 66. Northeast 68. Indicates position Solutions on page 36 SUDOKU Each block is divided by its own matrix of nine cells. The rule for solving Sudoku puzzles are very simple. Each row, column and block, must contain one of the numbers from “1” to “9”. No number may appear more than once in any row, column, or block. When you’ve filled the entire grid the puzzle is solved. Solutions on page 36
The Mountain Times • June 5-11, 2019 COLUMNS • 31 Every once in a while, I splurge and buy myself a nice piece of clothing. Now, “splurge” to me and “splurge” to others can mean wildly different things. I’m not cheap, but I also cannot fathom spending several hundred dollars for an article of clothing, I don’t care what designer made it. So, when I say “splurge,” I’m talking maybe $75 dollars (and that’s a big maybe). For instance, The Movie Diary By Dom Cioffi Dressed for success I was in Dick’s Sporting Goods recently looking for a new golf shirt. My first inclination was to head to the clearance rack to see what’s available. More often than not, I can find a great shirt for a reduced price (even if it was a style from a month ago). Occasionally, I’ll check out the brand name racks with the current looks, but I’m often turned away when I see price tags for $90. I mean, a collared shirt for almost $100 dollars? Sorry, I don’t care what it’s made out of. And, having had a career in marketing, I know that most of those items are marked up to pay for the relentless corporate advertising. Places like TJ Maxx were absolutely developed for my mindset. I’m not into boutique shopping and I don’t need the latest and greatest looks. I want comfortable, sharp, and well-made and I don’t want to break the bank to pay for it. Up until recently, I’ve been able to clothe my son for a reasonable price, but he’s starting to take notice of styles and brand names and is requesting items that are outside of my financial comfort zone. I’m especially wary buying him pricey items because he’s still young enough that everything he wears gets stained within hours of putting it on. I learned this lesson recently when he cajoled me into buying him white Adidas sweat pants. They were sharp, for sure, but my intuition told me they would be ruined within a week. I was right. I was doing the laundry not long after I bought them and noticed green marker on the right thigh. When I asked, he sheepishly told me that he did it by accident while writing on his arm. In my mind they were ruined, but he had no problem slipping them back on. Thankfully my son is now starting to earn his own money so when he starts pining for a pair of overpriced sneakers or a ridiculously marked-up team jersey, I can encourage him to tap into his own bank account. My wife operates in an entirely different realm. She can drop hundreds of dollars for a new dress that looks freakishly close to three other dresses she already owns. And don’t get me started on the shoes and handbags! Why one person would need multiple articles of clothing or accessories that look nearly identical to items you already own is beyond me. She will admit to having a problem, but does little to curb the buying. I wouldn’t say it’s to the level of an addiction, but she’s definitely teetering on the edge. I’ve learned to keep my criticism in check because it’s a sensitive subject, but when I start to see multiple ROCKETMAN new articles of clothing appearing in the dirty laundry, it’s hard for me not to mention that I still have shirts from when I was in college (sad but true). But the real kicker is when I announce that I’m heading to Goodwill over the weekend and ask her to gather any items she wants to donate. Soon enough, a bag will appear with a bevy of clothing items that I know are less than a year old and that may have been worn only one or two times. It seems her life is a constant costume change. This week’s film, “Rocketman,” the musical life story of Elton John, features countless costumes changes that mirror the tumultuous life of one of rock and roll’s most original stars. Starring Taron Egerton (“Kingsman”) as Elton John, “Rocketman” is more of a musical documentary than a standard film (think “La La Land”). Egerton, who does all of the singing, does a wonderful job portraying the singer from his youthful days scrubbing for music gigs to his eventual rehab stint decades later. Any fan of John’s music will appreciate how his backlog of hits are interwoven into his life story. What may come as a surprise to many viewers will be the revelation of just how dysfunctional John’s life was as a child and how it led to his eventual drug and alcohol addictions. Check this one out if you’re a fan of the artist. And if you’re not, this is just the kind of vehicle to turn you into one. A rocking “A-” for “Rocketman.” Got a question or comment for Dom? You can email him at moviediary@att.net. QUESTION: Cliff and Butch are playing in a tournament. On the 6th hole, Butch’s putt rests on the green next to the flagstick, which is in the hole. Part of the ball lies below the surface of the green. Butch says the ball is considered holed even though the ball is not entirely below the surface of the green. Cliff says the entire ball must be below the surface of the green to be considered holed. Is Cliff correct? ANSWER: If any part of the ball lies below the surface of the green, it is considered holed. Cliff is incorrect. See Rule 13-2c in the Official Guide to the Rules of Golf, effective 2019. Saturday morning golf clinics will commence June 8th @ 10:30-12:00. Remember, the swing’s the thing and continuous improvement is what it’s all about. BE HEARD. Please call or check us out online for this week’s movie offerings. Movie Hotline: 877-789-6684 WWW.FLAGSHIPCINEMAS.COM Mounta in Times mountaintimes.info
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