Reflection
 

Today I researched a couple different topics. I found two that were very interesting to me; those were paranormal activity and lucid dreaming. At first I was set on doing my research project on the paranormal, but once I started researching lucid dreaming, I think I have changed my mind.

 

On one hand, I have always been intrigued with paranormal activity. I love to watch those ghost hunting shows, and have personally been the Pythian Castle which I firmly believe is haunted. I say that because when I was there I caught the voice of a ghost on my phone. I am very interested with how ghost apparitions appear. I want to know more about how they manifest. I have heard a lot about how they apparently take energy from batteries and use that to show themselves or at least communicate with people. I am very interested to find more answers about them.

 

On the other hand, I came across the topic of lucid dreaming. I had never heard of lucid dreaming before, but when I started reading into it I learned a lot. I read from multiple sources that lucid dreaming is the ability to control your own dreams. There are ways to practice lucid dreaming and get good at doing it. The most common way is to lay down straight with your arms at your side and your eyes shut. You CANNOT move AT ALL. This is why it is so hard for people to practice lucid dreaming. I personally cannot stay still at all! But supposedly after you lay completely still for 20-30 minuets you will start to feel like your body is getting heavy and it feels like there is a weight on your chest. When this happens, it means your body is "turning off" or went to sleep but your mind is still awake and conscious. If you do it right you can start controlling your dreams in total clarity. You can literally do anything you want!!! But if you do it wrong your body enters sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is where you are awake but you cannot move your body, it is temporarily paralyzed. When people enter sleep paralysis, they often have hallucinations. Often times if you are scared the hallucinations tend to be bad ones, such as seeing an intruder in the room, or seeing ghosts or witches. But sometimes if your not scared you can hallucinate a cartoon character or something cool and peaceful like that. I'm nit 100% sure if these facts are correct, but I do know that this is the general idea about lucid dreaming.

 

I'm  about 70% sure that I am going to do my research project on lucid dreaming. I don't know why I am so interested in it, but I think it's because if it actually works there could be endless possibilities with what you could do. 

Article 2 Response

Something that Matters

 

After going through and watching some of these stories, I realized that there were a lot of interesting things that people are doing in the world. Although there were many cool stories, only three of them really stood out in my mind. I really enjoyed watching and reading about these three, because it reminded me just how good people can be even in hard times.

 

The first story that caught my attention was called Lamon Luther. It was actually about a man named Lamon Luther. He is a man that owns his own furniture company. I say that, but its actually furniture that is made out of scraps of wood from various places. It could have come from an old house, or barn, or just wood that someone found. Anyway, Lamon heard about a bunch of homeless people living out in the middle of the woods and he wanted to check it out. He found people that had been living out there for years and decided to give them the opportunity to change their lives. He gave many of them jobs to create furniture. They interview a man that had lived in the woods for fifteen years, and he said he was able to move into a house after one month of working for Lamon Luther. This story just inspired me, because most people wouldn't have given those homeless people a second look. Luther on the other hand gave them jobs.

 

 

The second story that really caught my attention was the one called "The Oregon Public house." It's  all about a local Pub in Oregon that brews its own beer. The owner of it realized that there were a lot of non for profit organizations that were struggling financially. He decided to lease a ballroom building in town and renovate it. Many local people volunteered to help him. It took a year and a half but it finally finished. Now they use the building for people to host parties and various activities. Every party held there has freshly brewed beer served, and all the money from the alcohol goes to the local non for profit organizations and charities. In doing this, he ended up bringing the community closer and the ballroom essentially gives back to the community.

 

 

The third story that really caught my attention was the "Good Spread Peanut Butter." I really liked this story. Its about two men Mark and Alex, they went mission to help kids get better nutrition growing up. They came across a company called mana. This company invented what they call a "super food." Basically this "super food" is a bag of nutrients that they give to kids overseas that are on the brink of death, due to lack of nutrients. One scientist said that mana's nutrient bag was like peanut butter on steroids! After finding this company, Mark and Alex immediately wanted to help out. But they didn't work for the company, so they thought of a different idea. The started their own company called "Good Spread Peanut Butter." it was just all natural peanut butter, but they made a deal with the company mana. For every pack or jar of Good Spread peanut butter sold, they would donate one pack of mana's "super food" to a child in need. This story really makes me want to buy some good spread!

 

Mycoskie's questions are pretty interesting to think about. I could come up with a lot of answers for these. For the first question though, I would have to say if I didn't have to worry about money, I would probably hang out with friends and family and go on some trips. For his second question, I want to teach kids. I like to help people, and I really enjoy the look that people get one their face when they learn something new that you just taught them. The last question is what cause would I serve? I think I would try to help as many kids grow into adults, and hope that I can impact each of their lives in a positive way.