praise/rewards

We have two possibilities, and the full continuum in-between: a brain that is nourished with rich sensory experiences from birth forward, one that integrates and therefore understands, with true intelligence, what it experiences with balance and harmony - and a sensory deprived brain, a brain that is constantly at war with itself.

Personal and international peace is impossible when aggressive, violent abuse of children is accepted, even encouraged as normal throughout the world. I see it every day, rich and poor, black and white. Abuse is normal.

Connect the Dots…Children are herded like cattle into Maryland courthouse for forced vaccinations as armed police and attack dogs stand guard. / Propaganda, Dirty Tricks and The Erosion of Democracy / Jerry Mander: How Media Shapes Political Forms / California Changing Vaccination Laws / The Fascist Blueprint, by Naomi Wolf / The Violent Radicalization Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (a return of McCarthy Commission) / How to Legally Avoid Unwanted Immunizations of All Kinds.

What we think of as the ego only pops up along with the need to defend or justify. The less security, the louder it screams and the more dominance it asserts in order to protect its image.

Looking at my own family system was where I discovered normal wasn’t healthy. How the socialization process itself here and what I call the excited States of America may be normal but it’s not healthy.

Nonviolent Communication says get good at expressing two things: what’s alive in you right now and what would make life more wonderful.

PGA Tour and Hall of Fame - I had tremendous self-esteem because of my father. I had a very secure childhood. I knew he loved me and accepted me. And I know that there's no affirmation stronger than a father's affirmation that you're going to succeed.

MM: Joe, I have been using the phrase "the intelligence of play for many years. What is the relationship between play and learning?

Through studying child-development, I saw how our cultural world view was formed by our social models; and how this view is locked into the very neural structures of our brains, not as opinion but as our world-forming, perceptual-conceptual process.

PGA Tour - I'm not a great guy if I shoot 65 and I'm not a bad guy if I shoot 78. I'm still Peter Jacobson the person and my golf score is simply that, my golf score.