MAY 20 - MAY 27, 2006

The Masks We Wear: A Major Cause For Misdiagnosis 
by Bob Olson 

Although this article relates to depression, the valuable lesson taught applies to all illnesses, issues and aspects of our life.

Our Masks Confuse Our Family And Friends

The other day I talked to a family whose daughter was in a lock-up psychiatric ward due to a suicide attempt. The patient (a young woman in her early thirties) was sitting with her father, mother and sister in a private visiting room when I arrived there with my wife, Melissa. My first impression when we walked into the room was revealing. The patient, let’s call her Julie, was sitting in a chair talking, smiling and laughing. I immediately identified one of Julie’s major obstacles toward achieving the help and support she needed to get better. 

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Music Therapy: A Peaceful Revolution 
by Sam Pasco

You’ll be in trouble with the law if you play your music too loudly in Rochester, New York. Anyone found violating local and state noise ordinances by means of overly loud “boom boxes,” stereos, motorcycles, automobiles or loud partying will be ticketed. 

New York City has also begun to oppose the bombardment of noise. Its Department of Environmental Protection has a Quality of Life Hotline. 70% of the calls received concern noise. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has established a Council on the Environment. There is a citywide group (with a somewhat unfortunate acronym) called Friends Against Noisy New York. On April 25th, there were observances of International Noise Awareness Day. The mayor also established Operation Silent Night, a citywide quality of life initiative to combat loud and excessive noise in New York City. 

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Will the World Really End on December 21, 2012?
by Jean-Claude Koven

I was recently asked how I interpreted the Mayan and Hopi predictions that the world, as we know it, will end on the 21st of December 2012. Would there be global war — possibly triggering a nuclear holocaust? Would the planet’s life forms finally succumb to the ecological quagmire that’s been building in our soils, oceans and atmosphere? Would the current steady increase of previously unknown diseases overcome our ability to defend against them? Or will we suddenly move into a new Golden Age in which the lion lies down with the lamb and struggle, pain, and suffering are gone forever? 

This is no small question. Quite the contrary, it deals with some of the larger concepts in the universe. From a metaphysical perspective, the world ends and recreates itself every instant. December 21, 2012 is certainly no exception. However, it does offer a target date that brings all the possible scenarios into vivid focus.