Category: Brahma

That moment when you feel you are creating something, making an original work presented to the world... That is Brahma in you, you in Brahma, creation and creating, one and all, in the Now.

The cause of anything is everything.

I bow to the infinite for the grace of being.

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Of course, every post here can be seen as a reflection of Brahma!

PSA for Abusive Head Trauma

Abusive Head Trauma often occurs when a care-giver is frustrated with an infant's behavior, and takes action...incorrectly.

How would you deal with a shark attack? A home invasion? Loss of your job?

While thinking and talking about things is a good first step, action is what changes the world, and to take correct action amongst a variety of stimulus, we need practice.

Practice Taking Action (PTA)

1) Teamwork

At the beginning of your child care journey, always practice with another, and preferably with someone who has experience. Assign one of you as lead for a fixed period (say 15 minutes to start) while the other watches, then review and suggest new actions for the next time.

2) Talk It Out

While having first Teamwork practices, talk through all the thoughts and feelings that come into your head. Often we try to internalize everything, and this pressure build up can lead to future explosions. Be aware of your own, and your partners', monologue in connection with their actions, to find possible triggers for feelings of frustration and anger. Be especially aware of any physical changes, such as grabbing the infant more firmly, or a change in tone of voice.

3) Practice Options

With your partner, come up with options of behavior, and practice taking those options explicitly. Practice being with the child, then actively disengaging, and reaching out to others, so that when the triggering behavior comes, you have these alternate behaviours trained up and ready to go.

Continue cycling through these steps in larger time increments, up to a couple of hours.

By working within this framework of Teamwork, Talking It Out, and Practicing Options, you will gradually build the skills you need to handle an infant, and support others in their infant handling as well.

Potatoes Only for Two Weeks

I am going to only eat potatoes for the next two weeks.

And it starts NOW

Only white potatoes, baked or boiled.

Thanks, Penn Jillette

Whole when prepared, like Penn says.

No yams or sweet potatoes.

Only herbal teas, and water, with lemon or lime juice. (Wow. Just added lemons and limes...and that still works. Coolio.)

Different types of potatoes...red, white, blue, gold...those are okay. Just not the super-sweet sugary ones.

No yeast or oil added to it.

Any vitamins and supplements that I have currently.

No salt or pepper or even herbs added. (Curious if my body will call out for salt like with the avocado and corn tortilla...)

What a wonderful challenge!

(Feel free to help me out with a comment or an email to show your support...)

...I have been saying all of this out loud. Telling myself, in effect...seeing how I react to the hearing of it.

No pressure to exercise, but will as I want. A walk, bike ride, asana, elliptical...jumping jacks!

And it feels good.

;-)

Winter is coming, and my body and mind are ready, for the changing of the seasons.

Tangerine Vegan Pesto

Tangerine Vegan Pesto
  • 2 tangerines
  • 1 Package TJ’s Organic Basil
  • 1 bulb of garlic
  • 1 white onion (though any color will do...)
  • 2 lemons
  • 1/4 cup organic olive oil
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts
  • 1 tsp lemongrass salt (or any salt) to taste
  • sprinkle white pepper to taste

Wash the basil, peel the onion and all the garlic cloves.

Cut the onion into fourths. Separate the garlic cloves into 2 equal piles.

Put basil, 1 fourth of the onion, 1 of the garlic clove piles, nutritional yeast into the blender. (That order works best for keeping the yeast up and blending nicely.)

Chop the remaining 3 fourths of the onion. Chop the remaining garlic clove piles.

Pour the olive oil into a pan, simmer at medium-low.

Add the chopped onions and garlic to the oil in the pan, simmer until shiny and soft (5 - 10 minutes, stirring occasionally)

While the onions and garlic are simmering, squeeze the juice of the tangerines and lemons into the blender.

Then add the pine nuts to the onion-garlic-oil mix, and simmer until the pine nuts turn golden (~5 minutes, stirring occasionally)

Once the pine nuts are golden lovely perfect, lift the pan and pour the pinenut-onion-garlic-olive oil into the blender.

Cover up the blender, and blend as a dip (start slow and gradually build up)

Air-Fried Chicken Sliders

Air-Fried Chicken Sliders

Keto version

Super-tasty little air-fried chicken sliders whipped up in a moment

Calories 700

  • Chicken thigh 250
    • Dredged with flour, egg, breading
    • Matzo crumbs with yeast, smoked paprika, TJs Chili Lime Powder
    • Spritzed with canola spray for air fryer
  • 3 mini Hawaiian rolls, toasted (270 = 3 * 90)
  • 1tbsp mayo 100
  • lettuce, tomato, red onion, sweet pickled jalapenos 80?

Longan Honey Sumac Fruit Salad

Longan Honey Sumac Fruit Salad

A delightful fruit salad inspired by the tang of Sumac and basil...

  • 1 Apple
  • 1 Banana
  • 2 Tangerines
  • 1 Lemon
  • Handful of Fresh Organic Basil
  • Longan Fermented Honey Vinegar
  • Spices
    • Sumac
    • Cumin
    • Organic Poppy Seeds
    • Cloves
    • Cinnamon
    • Cardamom
    • Turmeric

Clean the apple and basil.

Dice the banana and apple into a bowl.

Cover with chopped basil.

Peel and chop the tangerine into the bowl.

Peel the lemon, squeeze the juice over the fruit in the bowl, then chop up the remaining pulp and add to the bowl as well.

Sprinkle with the spices, smelling each and enjoying their depth.

Drizzle with honey vinegar.

Toss, and enjoy!

The picture is the fruit salad in the jar on the left, while the bowl is the fruit salad with the additions of yogurt, organic raw walnuts, marcona almonds, pepitas

Birth of Blog

This is the first try of using HTMLy

So far, pretty nifty!

In my web browsings, I somehow ended up at Who are the happy gods?, which immediately piqued my interest. (Their videos are quite funny as well, in a real-life goofy happy way...)

I was curious about the technology of the various posts, which led to HTMLy.

HTMLy is an open source Databaseless Blogging Platform or Flat-File Blog prioritizes simplicity and speed written in PHP. HTMLy can be referred to as Flat-File CMS either since it will also manage your content.

Once downloaded, it was simple enough to dive into the code, and it was connected to some loving ideas via Who are the happy gods?, so HTMLy has joined the technology family of Their Temple.