TEACHING: - Einstein said "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." We are great believers in the freeing nature of knowledge. But education seems to segment and create far too many hierarchies and layers of 'expertise' that don't integrate and use the whole body of relevant knowledge. Some people above these layers of paladins or minions have historically benefited. There is no doubt this is true. But, you might wonder why and who? You have every right and even an obligation or responsibility to so wonder; a benefit to all mankind can result. If we allow anyone of the human race to be diminished we all suffer. This thought echoed by John Donne (a great metaphysician) is totally ensconced in the Keltic Creed and Brotherhood of Iesa. It is evident in the 2800 year archaeologic record of Malta and it should be what we are striving for even if our history is one of evil and war.

In Wisdom of the Ages, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer does another of his great integrations of scholarship and shows us the root of wisdom is in the heart or soul. The inside flap of his book quotes a brief poem from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

"Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time.

Footprints, that perhaps another,

Sailing o'er life's solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

Seeing, shall take heart again. ?

In his own life he deals with the powerful effects of group-think rather than education as it should be (as Socrates would want or the Druids did encourage). He has eight 'wonderful' children and he faces the common issues beyond mere academic musings.

"If everyone seems to think that it is cool to drink and use drugs, and you are undecided, take a different path {He use's Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken' as a lead-in to this thought.} Choose the road that you and only you are going to traverse, {Knowing that when you actually meet people of like mind they are real and you can trust them; is one of the benefits.} and it will make all the difference. One reason peer pressure has such a powerful effect on young people is that we adults are victims of the same group-think mentality. We often excuse youngsters because we have difficulty making a difference in our own lives." (7)