Every day we hear stories, or get letters, from parents of children on the Autism Spectrum (like the one below) who have received help from our valued donors to be able to take a Son-Rise Program or Option Institute Course. After their attendance in these programs, the impact is often life-changing. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED[…]
“What exactly does that mean? How could something that’s empty have energy? Because even empty space still has time and gravity — and within it, the pregnancy of matter is not yet defined or manifested. “Are you confused? Is the man writing these words confused? Let’s make believe no one is confused. Start with believing[…]
“All our lives, we’ve gotten the message and then often reinforced the conclusion – ‘There must be something wrong with me.’ Well, such self-judgment paves the roadway to our personal version of hell. We might be imperfect (ah, how blessed!). We might be different, even unusual (ah, how distinct!). We might even be criticized by[…]
Archival Photo of Bears (Barry Neil Kaufman), CEO/Co-Founder of the Option Institute and Author of Happiness Is A Choice and Samahria Lyte Kaufman, Co-Founder/Co-Creator with their favorite salad bowl “Here it is – empty. Imagine just starting with an empty wooden bowl. We feed ourselves daily (at least most of us do). We fill our[…]
Archival Photo of Me, Bears, with one of my grandchildren. “CHILDREN DESIGN THEMSELVES TO BE CHILDREN, NOT ADULTS. (Adults make choices to ‘act’ adult). “Let’s not pressure our children to make our choices but to encourage themselves TO BE and CELEBRATE THEMSELVES as they choose to be. A child’s job is not to ‘make-believe’ he/she is an adult[…]
Bears (Barry Neil Kaufman), CEO/Co-Founder of the Option Institute and Author of Happiness Is A Choice with Class Participants “Facts and words and concepts are recalled rather easily and quite accurately. Episodic memory (recalling events, sequences of events) are more difficult to recall and accuracy tends to be quite compromised. How come? We tend to[…]
“Make your love visible.” -Bears (Barry Neil Kaufman), CEO/Co-Founder Photo Notation: Bears (Barry Neil Kaufman), CEO/Co-Founder of the Option Institute and Author of Happiness Is A Choice and Samahria Lyte Kaufman Co-Founder/Co-Creator
Photo Notation: Bears (Barry Neil Kaufman), CEO/Co-Founder of the Option Institute and Author of Happiness Is A Choice and Samahria Lyte Kaufman Co-Founder/Co-Creator “Sweet image. Easy to digest. But we don’t fix people. Why? No one needs to be fixed. Period. But what we do help people to do is help them to change themselves…[…]
“Biggest form of baggage: Two common Beliefs (resulting in unhappiness and disease-enabling). 1) ‘This is bad for me’ and 2) ‘I can’t handle this.’ “Result: Feeling stressed or depressed. Decreased immune function/elevated cytokine levels. “Followed by: Increased tissue inflammation and susceptibility to infections and[…]
Photo Notation: Bears (at 70) with Samahria (just months away from the same number). Within a year, we will have the next milestone birthday cake assuming I am still walking this planet – 100 minus 20 – or 80. And if I never plant 80 on a cake…how wonderful to have been able, right[…]
