In today’s episode we will discuss - Second-hand embarrassment also called Vicarious Embarrassment or empathetic embarrassment.

We will discuss This unique emotional response-

In today’s episode we will discuss the Scientific evidence of how The bodytries to compensate for lost REM sleep, leading to a period of increased andintensified REM activity, which results in more vivid dreams.

Greece and Rome Dreams were thought to be divine in origin,a way for the gods to communicate with mortals.Dream incubation centers existed wherepeople would sleep hoping to receive prophetic dreams.

Biblical traditions (Old Testament) Dreams were seen as a significant way forGod to communicate with leaders, seers, and prophets.Sleep was believed to thin the veil betweenthe living world and the world of spirits and angels.

Native American cultures Dreams and visions were consideredspiritually significant.Lee Irwin's "Walking the Sky: VisionaryTraditions of the Great Plains" explores the meaning of dreams in thesecultures.

Ancient EgyptThe dream world was a space between theland of the living and the realm of deities and the dead, a pathway forcommunication.

Islam - Dreams, including the dream of ArchangelGabriel to the Prophet Muhammed, were considered a significant way for Allah to communicate with humans.

Hinduism and Buddhism These religions emphasize the expansion ofconsciousness and self-control during sleep and dreaming, as a path towardenlightenment.

......who knows you could have been conversingwith The Divine

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Have you ever smiled at someone and then immediately regretted it?

In 2015 a study from the American Psychological Association conducted a study on smiling. The study determined that smiling is a learned social reflex- often used to mask emotions and avoid conflict. More than 50 percent of thoseinvolved in the study reported smiling when they did not feel happy or even friendly.

In today’s episode we will discuss the nature of the smile with a Male convicted felon, a well connected affluent woman.

19,000 Palm Prints Tested, NO MATCH FOUND

In Today’s episode – what is a Charismatic Connection- we are going to explore the likely hood that either one of us would join a cult just to feel seen, understood, safe andsimply to be a part of something bigger then ourselves?

Don’t worry, this isn’t a conspiracy episode. We are not going to convince you to build a compound or drink the Kool-aid we are talking about something much more personal: the Human need for connection, certainty and purpose. So, would you be susceptible to a cult?

In the United Kingdom, the United States and in Japan, the prisons have transformed there typical jail cell into geriatric wards, as their population moves into the twilight of their lives, behind cold metal doors. The number of inmates aged 60 and over, has more than tripled since the early 2000’s. Rising to over 5000 in 2020.

Most the cases concerning our elderly in prison originates from the a basic human need to simply secure shelter, meals, some semblance of care and refuge from a perverse world that has forgotten them.

Is there a possible solution to such serious monopolization of manipulation- where the system profits from aging pain and punishment has become a substitute for care?

How do we dismantle a machine that cages the lonely instead of lifting them up?