20TH PRACTICE: Let us see

One of the deeper things I learned becoming a Sirmiq Aattuq Wisdom Keeper is simply stated, but important to learn. For some the degree of difficulty disciplining one's self to read, or hear this mirrors how difficult it will be to internalize the three steps and do the work necessary. For me I was fresh into dealing with my physical heart. It had changed after I'd been struck by lightning, and in the following years the center piece of my healing process was not the steady rhythm I was use to. Forced with a new reality I needed the association of healers who understood to listen and help me where I couldn't. This is where I want to stop and show you something small, but significant.

First, learn to breath and slow the heart. Second, see the heart as a friend, a brother, not as an enemy. Embrace it. And thirdly, even in the face of death you must breath and see the present. In the present is the place to change the future. In the present is the only place to learn from the past. ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12.12.13

Feb. 26, 2013

EYE looking at EYE

I don't know whose conceptual idea this is, but it is a bit more than brilliant. I found this in Misa Campo's photo gallery on Facebook. The photographer remains unknown. Unfortunate because credit for talent, work and contribution to the better good is important to give to creators. Mimics have their place, but it is minimized because they have to wait for a creator to surface with a creation to be mimicked. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12.12.13 

Another Dream...

Misa Campo

Misa Campo  Photo by @minkedlashes
Nov. 25, 2013

Misa Campo (born January 28, 1988 in Montréal, Quebec) is a Filipina/Dutch model (person). She currently is "working on her growing career as a model while living in Los Angeles." - 2013

Misa Campo
Nov. 23, 2013

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It is a mysterious school of thought ...

Misa Campo

Misa Campo is an exquisite beauty who can play with that beauty which is refreshing in this medium. In real life it must be infectiousness and captivating. This personality says to her fans, "Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?" 

Only play can be comfortable within a woman or a man to make such admissions. Freedom's relationship to play is integral to personal development, and child's play. This is a special spirit. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 12.3.13

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Misa Campo 

A Sun Ceremony for Christmas Day

Misa Campo
April 27, 2013



"A poignant moment shared with friends like this keep life in the space of magical influences. Most people don't have the experience of seeing animals in their natural habitats doing the same thing standing in awe of their surroundings unable to express the unexpressed acknowledgement of being alive and centered in the magic of being an alive creature!" - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 12.3.13

Misa Campo and friends into the sunset!!

HOW SHE SITS

Misa Campo
July 17, 2013

Misa Campo in white chucks July 17, 2013

"This pose sitting very still and composed in shorts and Chuck tennis shoes in some kind of asana is suggestive of the elements of the Goddess. What that means to a crude nature leaves them blinking without comprehension which is the bane of a woman's existence.' - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 12.3.13

photo: Gideon Perez 

Sandra Bullock sitting on toilet. 

DREAM of being. . .

My wife and I saw the movie, Interstellar, yesterday. I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone, but it is a mind expanding story. Don't stop listening. Don't stop receiving. Don't stop thinking. Beyond that I can't tell anything else about the movie except to adhere to the wisdom of Albert Einstein when he said that a mind expanded by new knowledge never reverts back to its original form! - Gregory 11.16.14

Misa Campo is a Filipina/Dutch model born in Montréal, Canada. 

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Just Playing

Misa Campo
Sept. 16, 2013

Misa Campo jumping on the bed. I use to play like that. It was fun.
August 15, 2013

One in Three spaces

If I was to title this shot I'd acknowledge the art of the photographer's concept as I see it. Something is upside down. The world is in reverse. Is she sitting atop space? Are the stars beneath her? Is she seeing within? Look into the black. What happens to form looking into black? 

I'd call this "Amongst the Stars in Space". I tip my head to the art of the photographer somehow placing the subject (Misa Campo) in more than one dimension. - Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories 12.4.13

photographed by Van Styles of Misa Campo sitting crossed legged from an aerial view!
May 25, 2013

Our Problem in Caring

Misa Campo
May 5, 2013
Celebrating Cinco de Mayo in a large sombrero and a version of a traditional Mexican dress.

The Heroes of Healthcare.gov


Since the roll-out on October 1st, we've heard little more from the mainstream media than stories on how badly the Healthcare.gov website rolled out (OK, stumbled and staggeredout), how long it's taken to get to working only badly (rather than mostly not at all), and how much this largely ineffective website has cost (certainly over $600 million plus by now).  Even now, after the deadline has come and gone for the site to be'repaired', the best that anyone with an IT background will say publicly about it is that though partially incomplete, it still leaves a lot to be desired.  (What they say privately is largely in an obscene version of 'geek speak', that's wholly unintelligible and largely unprintable.) 

Now before we look too harshly on the code writers responsible however, it should be pointed out that they are mostly contractors given contradictory and constantly altering design parameters by politicians and bureaucrats who have no experience in insurance, less in administrating health care, and none at all in website design. To say that the resulting SNAFUwas probably the best that could be expected would be an understatement.  So while all of the charges that you've heard about how bad things are with Healthcare.gov are apparently true, I believe that there's more to the story and that the web designers are getting a bad rap.

Like Washington DC bureaucrats who quietly (and regularly)attempt to perpetuate monumental governmental inefficiency to keep our leaders from 'saving us to death', these unassuming geeks have apparently done all in their power to keep a website that could do incalculable damage to millions from launching or operating successfully. And what do they get for throwing themselves under the bus in the nation's defense; constant ridicule from the media, and abuse both sides of the aisle.  Distracted by stories where the website is concerned, the greater tragedy potential in website success is all but ignored.  The media spends its time arguing about how badly the band on deck is playing, while largely ignoring the fact that the Healthcare ship is sinking under this law.  

Robert Heinlein used to speak in his novels about TNSTAAFL(There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch).  Where Health Care is concerned, this 'Payment' entails:  

• Someone is going to have to pay for all those signing up who are being added to Medicaid rolls.  Whether it's Federal or State money, it's still taxpayer money.
• These Medicaid additions will put a strain on the system creating cues for doctors far longer than those currently considered a problem on the website.
• The lack of doctors will eventually force the government to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates to encourage greater doctor participation and ease the strain; further adding to the taxpayer cost of that program.
• Insurance rates are already increasing for many of those going on the sites (Federal and State) more than expected, since the greater coverage mandated in the ACA naturally includes greater costs.
• Small employers sooner, and eventually larger ones, will begin drop employee coverage or likewise increase employee costs in order to reach ACA compliance.
• Smaller network availability for those going through the website is likely to send it through the same fiscal spiral as Medicaid; quickly increasing rates and subsidies (and at the same time, debt and taxes). 

The day will come in the not-so-distant future when we will be forced to recognize the delaying action fought by these noble nerds for its true value.  (Can you say "Battle of Britain"?)  Sowing contention, confusion, and obfuscation while fighting in only their limited contractual role, it's these efforts that will be recognized for providing us the time to create a winning strategy to seal a final victory over the ACA.  One day, some may even be awarded a Presidential Pocket Protector of Freedom for largely unheralded service, but all of them will have earned the thanks of a grateful nation for turning grossly ineffectual efforts into epically failing ones.

As a student of history and a libertarian who hopes that the ACA is a doomed bit of government overreach, I am humbled by the chance to salute the gallant geeks of Healthcare.gov for their heroic efforts in the current struggle.


Posted by Timothy W Higgins at Tuesday, December 03, 2013

From Canada to Los Angeles

Misa Campo

Rey Trajano shot this and other photos of me in West Covina, California in early November 2013. We were at a skate park. It was much like my high school days drinking slurpees from 7 Eleven and skating back home in Montreal, Canada.  - Misa Campo, Nov. 5, 2013

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Misa Campo is a Filipina/Dutch model from French speaking Montreal, Canada. She lives in Los Angeles, California building her portfolio in the fashion and modeling industry. This photograph of her seated on a dark gray sofa in black stockings, a pink bra and blue panties was taken by @arturodfwc and posted on her Facebook page  Jan. 7, 2013