Dan Brown's Lost Symbol introduces Noetics to me

I've just finished reading Dan's latest blockbuster: The Lost Symbol.

Fabulous, my friends. A gotta read!

The book sold one million copies the first day, or so the e-zine ishift said in their article they sent me on my gmail.

The book's setting is in the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C.

As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building.

When Langdon's mentor, Peter Solomon—a Mason —is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is plunged into the world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations.

Add Peter's beautiful sister Katherine who has a secret lab in the Capital Building catacombs where she is studying Noetics.

The heroic duo, Robert Landon and Katherine Solomon, finally take out the mad, bad guy, after, of course, enduring pain and torture. What is left in this popular fiction blockbuster is amazing and delightful; a new science called Noetics.

As I understand it Noetics is the scientific study of human consciousness that proves that enlightenment is not a personal matter but an evolutionary potential that has the power to change our world from the inside out. And I say, None too soon.

Today is drifting away

The first day of a new month, and one of my favorites at that: October. First things first, of course; coffee and toast. Quick visit with my daughter Sharon who lives down the street, then get dressed, comb flyaway hair.

Now John and I head out for the Senior Center to get our vouchers for seven free lunches. Petey the Chihuahua comes along for the ride and a walk in Vista Park afterwards.

These lunches are redeemable at the Copper Queen Hospital Cafeteria. Now that might not sound like a place to get great food, but it is. Chef Evan, knows how to prepare good food. The cafeteria part makes it hard sometimes to keep the food fresh but we go as close to opening as possible: 11:30AM.

A typical menu for the week includes things like Chile Relleno Casserole, Carrot Ginger Soup, Apple Pork Chops, Spaghetti Squash, JoJo Potatoes, and Wild Rice Pilaf. The lunch includes, soup or salad, choice between two main courses, beverage, and dessert. Free. Sponsored by the Arizona Council on Aging.

So that was the day's beginning. Back home by 10AM. Didn't go to the cafeteria since it's Thursday: hamburger day, so I made a brunch of pancakes, sausage and a fried egg. I got the mail and decided to get on the computer and check my email since the cat, ole Koochareeno, wasn't using my chair. Like Sharon's cat, Turtle, the computer chair is their favorite place to nap, so we have to catch our time when we can.

It is now 3:30PM and what I want to know is - Where the f__k did the time go?

My poem Dream Ride

This is from a dream I had and woke up remembering

so I wrote it down, polished it up, and

here it is:

Dream Ride

There appeared a ring of fire.
Inside the fire was a field of sunflowers.
In each sunflower appeared the human face
of everyone I’ve loved who’s died.
I spoke my love to each one.

The fire died down to embers,
faces and flowers faded away.
In the red light a shape appeared,
a black horse with stars on her back.
She reared and spread her wings.

I crossed the embers on bare feet
and mounted that black angel horse.
I sat in the glow of stars on her back.
Again she reared and lifted from the grass.
Together we rose into the air.

We flew toward the gibbous crescent moon,
then orbited into its full light.
Ablaze in moonlight, we disappeared.
On earth many saw a falling star.
We rode on in Spirit form.