Meaning and Marketing - The Eye of the Storm

It's 1954. Yes, Mrs. Patricia Smith has been a goodspeed.
teacher today. She has remained on task and kept
her Third Grade Pupils in line. But she doesn't have toMoments laters, she is 1,000 miles high over the
work too hard at it. She weighs 200 Lbs and if sheNorth Pole and heading into outer space in an almost
ever grabs you and shakes you, and you can seeperfect straight line.
the buttons on her blouse coming at you at almost
the speed of light, so much so that you end upBut she just keeps on moving. She doesn't know
hypnotized and your brain feels like a pea soup - thiswhy. She only knows that she MUST. It's almost as if
is something you're not going to forget any timeshe has the energy of George inside of her to drive
soon.her forward like a supercharged engine. It's an
interesting feeling!
It can happen. Believe me. It can happen. So you had
better behave.Now what she doesn't know won't hurt her. She's
fast approaching the Speed of Light, 186,000 miles
So the pulpils sit real quietly, very quietly at theirper second. She now has shattered the Speed Limit
desks, and look at the clock 3 feet up the wallof the Universe and there are no Star Wars Cops to
above the black board behind Mrs. Smith's large self.catch her or pull her over.
Sometimes, Mrs. Smith, grows tired, sits in a chair inBut she keeps on running and running and running. Her
front of the class, spreads her legs just a bit so thatbody is now the size of a Proton, but with the same
you can see her thighs and a thin sheet of white toMass plus the Door - 239 lbs. She feels nothing, sees
hide her crotch. The pupils sort of smile at each othernothing. She just knows that SHE IS and that's all
as they lay their heads in their arms and peer away.that matters. Now she knows, without knowing it,
what Plato wanted.
To amuse herself and the class, Mrs. Smith talks
about her son George and what a good boy he is.Time and Space have been left behind and she is
He's her only son, her only beloved son, and theynow approaching an Unknown quantity - the Speed
know it...have heard it time after time after time. Andof Light squared. She is now located somewhere
this kid can do no wrong. AND THEY BELIEVE IT!beyond the farthest galaxy 20 billion light years from
earth and she is fast approaching the edge of the
About half-way through the school year, Mrs. SmithUniverse.
brings her 3 year old Son to class to spend the day,
and that's an experience none of them will everOf course, as in any good movie, or in our
forget. He's hyperactive and makes a wreck of theImaginations, she penetrates the hymen of the
whole day for everybody. And Mrs. Smith neverUniverse One Hundred Trillion of a Trillionth of a
punishes him even one time. How does he get awaySecond before she reaches that magical threshold of
with that? THEY WANT TO KNOW BUT AREspeed.
AFRAID TO ASK.
You know enough math to figure it out - her body
The pupils, however, don't lack for amusement onmass plus the door, 239 lbs, times the speed of light
the day when George is present. He's an Amusementsquared. It's not much for I AM to work with, but it's
Park Incarnate. But this is now on a different day. It'sjust enough. Thank you, Mrs. Smith. Thank you!
now the future, after George, and...
Suddenly, there is a Terrible Singularity. There are no
It's 10:00am and recess is only 30 minutes away. Mrs.laws or rules or theories of any kind, nor is there
Smith gets up from her chair, picks up a piece oflanguage. The temperature is so hot, it's cold, but if
chalk, and begins the most seminal lesson in all humanyou want to know - its around 6 trillion trillion degrees
history. She has already taught the class aboutFahrenheit.
conjugating verbs and now she is going to teach
them how to conjugate the verb "To Be". And sheA brand new universe has just been born beyond
writes on the blackboard as follows:the boundary of our own and it is growing
temporarily, until the temperature cools down, at a
Singular Plural 1st. Person I AM We are 2nd. Personspeed much faster than the speed of light in any
You are You are 3rd. Person He/She/It IS They aredirection it wants to.
Mrs. Smith doesn't know it, but she has just placedAs this new expanding Universe cools down, 'ittle,
the name of the Creator of the Universe on thebitty particles much smaller than atoms will form, and
black board and the Creator is very pleased becausethese will somehow find each other and get together
He/She/It likes to be seen, especially by children.and make hay, and you know the rest of the story....
don't you?
The Name is - I AM.
No you don't. Neither do I. You see, the Imagination
However, Mrs. Smith is squeezing the chalk a bit toois Infinite.
tightly because she has just had a thought about
George and the Lord of the Universe is feeling theI AM smiles at the Greek Man and at the Scientist
pain. I AM has never felt so much pain since the "Bigand says, "You've done a good deed today and I
Bang". Let's just say that IT IS - right now - is havingsure do appreciate it." And I AM is feeling much
a case of upset stomach.better already.
(This is only a metaphor, of course, but it is as goodHowever, a second thought comes to MIND. I AM
as any. When it comes to I AM, be careful. Just uselooks around Himself/Herself/Itself and wonders,
metaphors)"Where's George?" Then, just as suddenly, I AM
disppears,as if HE IS is running for His/Her/Its own
Mrs. Smith feels the chalk getting hot in her hand. Shelife.
looks at the chalk and is mesmerized. She trembles
because IT now has a light pink glow to it.The Clock in the Classroom now stands at 10:30am.
and the children have gleefully gone outside to the
Suddenly, like in the movie Star Wars, an image of aplay while the Principal goes in search of Mrs. Smith
person appears on her left and another image ofand the school custodian.
another person to her right. The person on her left is
Greek. She's sure of it because she has a replica ofEnd of Story, except that.... "Whoa!" to all you
an ancient Greek Vase on her mantle at home with aMarketers! Before you go out to the Play Ground of
picture similar to his on it.Life to do your business, I want to make sure you
have learned this lesson well:
Because George is only 3 years old and can't reach it
yet, the Vase is still in one piece. Mrs. Smith takesHE IS. Therefore, YOU ARE.
comfort in that remembrance even in the present
moment with this "stranger" standing to her left. HerHE IS is in you; YOU ARE are in I AM.
focus is amazing.
What are you going to do with I AM?
To her right, again, out of nowhere, has appeared an
image of a 19th Century Scientist with a head full ofMore importantly, what is I AM going to do with you?
graying unrulely hair. She recognizes him too from his
picture in a recent issue of Life Magazine. Also, sheHow much POWER do you have? (You will need
has read about him in science books since her ownsome scales to find out exactly if you are caught up
5th grade.purely in the physical world)
(Mrs. Smith likes to read and she likes to read, ofWhat are you going to do with it?
course, to you know who...)
I have just walked out my back door. It's @ 7:00am.
She looks at them both, turning her head one way,A fall Spider has woven its web. Trapped inside the
then the other way. Then she looks again at theweb is a lightning bug. The Spider devours the
chalk in her hand, which has now dissolved. It is nowglowing bug. I have never seen this before. It is a
a thin film of white spreading up her hand and armSign and a Wonder.
beneath her blouse and shows no sign of stopping.
TEST: How much power does the Spider now have
If this keeps happening, she is going to look likeand what is She going to do with it?
Casper the Ghost and she knows it.
(Answer to be provided in Meaning and Marketing:
The pupils meanwhile see nothing, hear nothing, butThe WILL)
do catch a wind as at an Exit at the ground floor of
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The Scientist on Mrs. Smith's right whispers into herthe Trigger
ear - "Hurry, you must run and save the children."
The Greek on her left says nothing, but has a lookPlato's "Apologia" Five Dialogues Plato, G. M. Grube,
of profound sadness on his face because he wouldGrube G. M. A. (Translator)
wish to take her place. But it is too late for that and
he is feeling very unlucky. But he is there to grantThe Bible, Exodus, Chapter 3:14 The Bible, Gospel Of
her moral and spiritual support and to be a witness toJohn, Chapter 8:58 The Bible, Gospel of Mark,
this great event. It's suppose to be a privilege, but...Chapter 10:15 (That's A.M. EST)
"Why could He not have been 'Chosin'?" (One of myE = mc²: A Biography of the World's Most
Links)Famous Equation David Bodanis Einstein in Love: A
Scientific Romance Dennis Overbye Dear Professor
Meanwhile, I AM, back at HIS?HER?ITS? Castle, isEinstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children
doing some quick math.Alice Calaprice (Editor), Foreword by Evelyn Einstein
With not even a moment for thought, Mrs. SmithChosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War Eric M.
bolts from the Classroom. The children are in shockHammel
because their teacher has just disappeared. Vanished!
Also, the Door to the Classroom has vanished!
Did I AM borrow the door?THE TRIGGER: Snell lives with his wife, Jean, and
younger Son, Steven, and their dog Blackie, in
They are now feeling a slight tingling in their ears, butLexington, NC. He is a former Presbyterian USA
nothing more, and there is very little dust. Where isminister and has been in Network Marketing full time
Mrs. Smith now?since 2002. Paul, at the age of 61, has recently been
diagnosed as Bi-Polor with A.D.D as a minor
Mrs. Smith is free of the building and is flying fastercomponent. He, with the encouragement of his great
than Superwoman. In two seconds she is over PilotMentors at the PowerShift Loop, is an Advocate for
knob. Another five seconds, she is over Westthe treatment of mental illnesses - all kinds. Go, Larry
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