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Papers by Joy Sters

Research paper thumbnail of Nutrition in Infancy - Early Child Development

Discussion on malnutrition in infancy.

Research paper thumbnail of THERE IS NO GOD ACCEPT GOD - PHIL101

Here is a cosmic joke if there ever was one … why make any additional pillars after this one. To... more Here is a cosmic joke if there ever was one … why make any additional pillars after this one. To claim anything but God is to say there is something outside of God. A human obviously thinking that it is outside of God, says have no idols and yet just to have a name in this world it to have an idol. There is no god, except God. That means, there is only God (period). It’s God saying it is not god (laugh) and it is God writing the books, it is God reading this writing and it is God typing the words, God plays all parts. One can be a denial of God but even that is God being a denial of God.

Research paper thumbnail of African Americans and the Slave Mentality

Actually, this is really not about either. There is intelligence like any other race, however, t... more Actually, this is really not about either. There is intelligence like any other race, however, the culture has been (in a sense) held back through slavery and so it was like being at the starting line of the “race” and while everyone else was running circles the Afro-Americans were at a standstill. However even standstills have advantages and we shall see in future generations just what that actually reveals or looks like because … like a pot on slow cook … the flavors sink in and make for something very tasty … this doesn’t mean better … it just means more flavor. Once cultural “blood lines” have had time to simmer you get to see what kind of soup will be served (which you can see how great the reward is by how fast Afro-Americans have been able to assimilate from the “slavery” mentality into mainstream living).

Research paper thumbnail of THE HISPANIC CHALLENGE

Am finding this hilarious, the United States goes to war to get rid of the Mexican Southwestern p... more Am finding this hilarious, the United States goes to war to get rid of the Mexican Southwestern people who were living there … kick them off the land and then calls them “illegal” aliens when they come back.

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY Q&A: PRAYER AND STILLNESS College of the Siskiyous

Ultimately, there is nothing wrong with Prayer, though at it’s premise in the way most seem to u... more Ultimately, there is nothing wrong with Prayer, though at it’s premise in the way most seem to use it, perpetuates two lies; one that there is something that the one praying is separate from and two, that things can be some other way than how they are. They are both actually the same thing.

Research paper thumbnail of SOCIOGOY CONVERSATION ON THE " I " THOUGHT

TheSOCTeach: Just remember: The "I" is the one who got you out of bed today, put your clothes o... more TheSOCTeach:

Just remember: The "I" is the one who got you out of bed today, put your clothes on, fed you, and emailed me.

Responded:

That is what you *think* but just because you *think* something doesn't make it so. If one takes the time to begin to watch ... become aware of what moves one ... they begin to see the lie of the "I' and begin to identify with what Truly moves them and yet has not moved all.

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY 101 -COLLEGE OF THE SISKIYOUS Q&A: THE ONLY QUESTION

You have very good questions and questions are great ... the more the merrier. One day however, y... more You have very good questions and questions are great ... the more the merrier. One day however, you will be left with only one question and it is the only question, actually, that one ever need ask, because in the discovery of the Answer is the end of all Questions and that is...

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY 101 -COLLEGE OF THE SISKIYOUS Q&A: DIVINE CHARACTERS AND REVELATIONS NOW

So this warning has been going out for 2000 years and everyone has been afraid of it for 2000 yea... more So this warning has been going out for 2000 years and everyone has been afraid of it for 2000 years and yet still are waiting for something to happen? Sounds like a giant case of "fear of fear" from here. If one can make you afraid of dying ... that one has all the power in the world ... even if it is a book.

Research paper thumbnail of A RANT ON EDUCATION  AND WOMEN’S LIBERATION

It is almost as if you have to watch the whole thing collapse before anything new can blossom. Wh... more It is almost as if you have to watch the whole thing collapse before anything new can blossom. What seems to have been won by women gaining independence is drug addiction, educational decline, divorce, everyone in the family in therapy, children under the age of 18 … even under the age of 10 on drugs you wouldn't give a 21-year-old if you had any common sense! And why are we drugging them? To get them to sit still in a boxed in class room learning man-made things that even most teachers are no longer interested in?

Research paper thumbnail of THE LIGHT AND THE WAY

Jesus didn't walk around with a Bible telling people how to live their lives ... in fact, it does... more Jesus didn't walk around with a Bible telling people how to live their lives ... in fact, it doesn't seem he told people how to live their lives at all ... he just lived his. Those that had ears to hear were drawn to him. He didn't have to go searching for anyone or anything because he knew the saying "I am the light and the way" would draw any and all to him like a lighthouse draws a ship in the night.

Research paper thumbnail of 2013 10.02 - ETHNICITY 101 - Southeast Asian Women in Lowell Q&A

The book says that a “model minority” is a stereo type that is supposedly positive. Though how ca... more The book says that a “model minority” is a stereo type that is supposedly positive. Though how can it when anytime there is an attempt to make one person or group of people look “better” than another, it ends up negative? And it is supposed to invoke images of Chinese engineers, Japanese financiers, Filipino nurses, Korean entrepreneurs and Vietnamese restaurant owners as a testimony to the possibility of color-free (how if it is based on race?), problem-free (how if you are making it seem like only these races are capable?), government-free (making those that maybe on assistance appear even less capable?) in to the U.S. Society.

Research paper thumbnail of WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION

Ultimately, everything that you will learn in the world is false. If you are able to loosen the g... more Ultimately, everything that you will learn in the world is false. If you are able to loosen the grip of understanding and come from the standpoint of everything being false; then you will take what you learn much more lightly and with a much more fully open mind (which is also a lie).

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY 101 - CIRCUMCISION

If you ever plan to circumcise your child be wise to what you are doing … do not just follow the ... more If you ever plan to circumcise your child be wise to what you are doing … do not just follow the herd … educate yourself … it is not about religion or beliefs or popularity, you taking something from your child that you cannot ever return. You are changing his sexual experience for the rest of his life. You are inflicting a tremendous amount of pain as one of the first experience of life and it takes weeks to heal. If the skin was not supposed to be there … it wouldn’t be. Why are you cutting off a gift from God?

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY MID-TERM (JUDAISM) 2013

To have a statement such as this is to lead one out of one house of bondage right into another. R... more To have a statement such as this is to lead one out of one house of bondage right into another. Rules of any kind are a bondage from God. Religion is a bondage from God … no matter how good it feels … it is limiting in that God is not limiting and if one can only believe what is written then how can it hear what comes from what cannot be wrote? How can you be used by God ... if you are using “god” to keep God out?

Research paper thumbnail of Ethnicity 101 Q&A Native Americans Culture and Ethnicity

It is a catch 22 on the Mascots … where one can see that it is a form of disrespect and yet at th... more It is a catch 22 on the Mascots … where one can see that it is a form of disrespect and yet at the same time a gift for those like me growing up on the east coast there was not much shared about Native Americans and the history and so the Washington Redskins were almost the first revealing or reminder of the Native way … it was not seen like a joke … it was seen as a symbol or reminder of a history that was not being taught anywhere else. There are so few reminders around the world of Native Americans that one (this one) will take all that they can get (even if it is a Mascot) to remind one of the Native way. Because once the reminder appears … the Inner begins to reveal itSelf. It doesn’t matter that some people see the Mascots as a joke or mean-spirited … let the ignorant see what they see.

Research paper thumbnail of WAKING UP VEGAN PICNIC

The Vegan Picnic was odd. The whole thing came together around eating habits leaving us not much ... more The Vegan Picnic was odd. The whole thing came together around eating habits leaving us not much else in common. I was able to see a few interesting things. One; it came up to look at “control” as it appeared when a few members noticed that the information that was sent out said the meeting was for both Vegan and Vegetarian. I thought, “Shit it also said vegetarian … does that mean there will be cheese and dairy!” And then I realized I did not want to be one of “those kinds of people” that doesn’t go because of it and realized the only way not to be that way is to only eat what I bring. Although that is control too! It’s not having to “sound” like “one of those” but still being one. I didn’t realize that there are different reasons that people don’t eat animals. It seems insane here now that one would want to continue the insanity of mass slaughter, but most don’t even see the knife in their hands. They think someone else is the killer. Some people don’t care about the animals at all and only stop eating meat because it is not good for their bodies. I guess whatever gets you in the door … gets you in.

Research paper thumbnail of PHIL Q&A: GOD & JUDAISM

I worked for a company that was all Jewish except for me and one other girl ... they were all Has... more I worked for a company that was all Jewish except for me and one other girl ... they were all Hasidic Jews and wore wigs to cover their hair which was consider "sacred" for only the husband and G-d to see ... however when I asked them what their real hair looked like ... they said "exactly like the wig" and the wig was made of someone else’s real hair! That just seemed like the funniest freaking thing! Why bother wearing the damn wig!

Research paper thumbnail of ETHNICITY ESSAY - MIDTERM Q&A (MINORITY GROUPS)

Minority Groups are formed usually for some kind of social structure and belonging. People tend t... more Minority Groups are formed usually for some kind of social structure and belonging. People tend to not want to stand-alone and so they go and attempt to find others that share similar interests or cultural identities. Doing this makes them stand out more and tends to give them a sense of Group Power (which does not usually lead to good things). It is becoming more and more obvious that a “group” anything is to the exclusion of another and a “group mentality” seems to form that causes more problems than solutions.

Research paper thumbnail of THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

This life that is in front of us will one day just disappear like your favorite TV show ending an... more This life that is in front of us will one day just disappear like your favorite TV show ending and it will be as if it didn’t ever happen … similar to the many Great Books that will not ever be read by you or anyone else … through time … they become dust and dirt on this giant composter we call “Earth,” which devours everything and will one day be devoured itself.

Research paper thumbnail of A CONVERSATION ABOUT BEES

I honestly don’t know if cellphones are killing the BEES. I only know it is what my GUT tells me ... more I honestly don’t know if cellphones are killing the BEES. I only know it is what my GUT tells me and there was energy and pressure to get rid of the cellphone and anytime I would ask why … it would come up that it was from the BEEs. You will find in life that you can’t always seek validation from the “outside” for what you begin to discover on the “inside” you just have to begin to Trust yourself … it’s like a “training program” and the training is in “faith” that you don’t have proof but you don’t need it and Faith grows from following the things that your “gut” or “intuition” or “whatever you want to call it” tell you.

Research paper thumbnail of Nutrition in Infancy - Early Child Development

Discussion on malnutrition in infancy.

Research paper thumbnail of THERE IS NO GOD ACCEPT GOD - PHIL101

Here is a cosmic joke if there ever was one … why make any additional pillars after this one. To... more Here is a cosmic joke if there ever was one … why make any additional pillars after this one. To claim anything but God is to say there is something outside of God. A human obviously thinking that it is outside of God, says have no idols and yet just to have a name in this world it to have an idol. There is no god, except God. That means, there is only God (period). It’s God saying it is not god (laugh) and it is God writing the books, it is God reading this writing and it is God typing the words, God plays all parts. One can be a denial of God but even that is God being a denial of God.

Research paper thumbnail of African Americans and the Slave Mentality

Actually, this is really not about either. There is intelligence like any other race, however, t... more Actually, this is really not about either. There is intelligence like any other race, however, the culture has been (in a sense) held back through slavery and so it was like being at the starting line of the “race” and while everyone else was running circles the Afro-Americans were at a standstill. However even standstills have advantages and we shall see in future generations just what that actually reveals or looks like because … like a pot on slow cook … the flavors sink in and make for something very tasty … this doesn’t mean better … it just means more flavor. Once cultural “blood lines” have had time to simmer you get to see what kind of soup will be served (which you can see how great the reward is by how fast Afro-Americans have been able to assimilate from the “slavery” mentality into mainstream living).

Research paper thumbnail of THE HISPANIC CHALLENGE

Am finding this hilarious, the United States goes to war to get rid of the Mexican Southwestern p... more Am finding this hilarious, the United States goes to war to get rid of the Mexican Southwestern people who were living there … kick them off the land and then calls them “illegal” aliens when they come back.

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY Q&A: PRAYER AND STILLNESS College of the Siskiyous

Ultimately, there is nothing wrong with Prayer, though at it’s premise in the way most seem to u... more Ultimately, there is nothing wrong with Prayer, though at it’s premise in the way most seem to use it, perpetuates two lies; one that there is something that the one praying is separate from and two, that things can be some other way than how they are. They are both actually the same thing.

Research paper thumbnail of SOCIOGOY CONVERSATION ON THE " I " THOUGHT

TheSOCTeach: Just remember: The "I" is the one who got you out of bed today, put your clothes o... more TheSOCTeach:

Just remember: The "I" is the one who got you out of bed today, put your clothes on, fed you, and emailed me.

Responded:

That is what you *think* but just because you *think* something doesn't make it so. If one takes the time to begin to watch ... become aware of what moves one ... they begin to see the lie of the "I' and begin to identify with what Truly moves them and yet has not moved all.

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY 101 -COLLEGE OF THE SISKIYOUS Q&A: THE ONLY QUESTION

You have very good questions and questions are great ... the more the merrier. One day however, y... more You have very good questions and questions are great ... the more the merrier. One day however, you will be left with only one question and it is the only question, actually, that one ever need ask, because in the discovery of the Answer is the end of all Questions and that is...

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY 101 -COLLEGE OF THE SISKIYOUS Q&A: DIVINE CHARACTERS AND REVELATIONS NOW

So this warning has been going out for 2000 years and everyone has been afraid of it for 2000 yea... more So this warning has been going out for 2000 years and everyone has been afraid of it for 2000 years and yet still are waiting for something to happen? Sounds like a giant case of "fear of fear" from here. If one can make you afraid of dying ... that one has all the power in the world ... even if it is a book.

Research paper thumbnail of A RANT ON EDUCATION  AND WOMEN’S LIBERATION

It is almost as if you have to watch the whole thing collapse before anything new can blossom. Wh... more It is almost as if you have to watch the whole thing collapse before anything new can blossom. What seems to have been won by women gaining independence is drug addiction, educational decline, divorce, everyone in the family in therapy, children under the age of 18 … even under the age of 10 on drugs you wouldn't give a 21-year-old if you had any common sense! And why are we drugging them? To get them to sit still in a boxed in class room learning man-made things that even most teachers are no longer interested in?

Research paper thumbnail of THE LIGHT AND THE WAY

Jesus didn't walk around with a Bible telling people how to live their lives ... in fact, it does... more Jesus didn't walk around with a Bible telling people how to live their lives ... in fact, it doesn't seem he told people how to live their lives at all ... he just lived his. Those that had ears to hear were drawn to him. He didn't have to go searching for anyone or anything because he knew the saying "I am the light and the way" would draw any and all to him like a lighthouse draws a ship in the night.

Research paper thumbnail of 2013 10.02 - ETHNICITY 101 - Southeast Asian Women in Lowell Q&A

The book says that a “model minority” is a stereo type that is supposedly positive. Though how ca... more The book says that a “model minority” is a stereo type that is supposedly positive. Though how can it when anytime there is an attempt to make one person or group of people look “better” than another, it ends up negative? And it is supposed to invoke images of Chinese engineers, Japanese financiers, Filipino nurses, Korean entrepreneurs and Vietnamese restaurant owners as a testimony to the possibility of color-free (how if it is based on race?), problem-free (how if you are making it seem like only these races are capable?), government-free (making those that maybe on assistance appear even less capable?) in to the U.S. Society.

Research paper thumbnail of WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH EDUCATION

Ultimately, everything that you will learn in the world is false. If you are able to loosen the g... more Ultimately, everything that you will learn in the world is false. If you are able to loosen the grip of understanding and come from the standpoint of everything being false; then you will take what you learn much more lightly and with a much more fully open mind (which is also a lie).

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY 101 - CIRCUMCISION

If you ever plan to circumcise your child be wise to what you are doing … do not just follow the ... more If you ever plan to circumcise your child be wise to what you are doing … do not just follow the herd … educate yourself … it is not about religion or beliefs or popularity, you taking something from your child that you cannot ever return. You are changing his sexual experience for the rest of his life. You are inflicting a tremendous amount of pain as one of the first experience of life and it takes weeks to heal. If the skin was not supposed to be there … it wouldn’t be. Why are you cutting off a gift from God?

Research paper thumbnail of PHILOSOPHY MID-TERM (JUDAISM) 2013

To have a statement such as this is to lead one out of one house of bondage right into another. R... more To have a statement such as this is to lead one out of one house of bondage right into another. Rules of any kind are a bondage from God. Religion is a bondage from God … no matter how good it feels … it is limiting in that God is not limiting and if one can only believe what is written then how can it hear what comes from what cannot be wrote? How can you be used by God ... if you are using “god” to keep God out?

Research paper thumbnail of Ethnicity 101 Q&A Native Americans Culture and Ethnicity

It is a catch 22 on the Mascots … where one can see that it is a form of disrespect and yet at th... more It is a catch 22 on the Mascots … where one can see that it is a form of disrespect and yet at the same time a gift for those like me growing up on the east coast there was not much shared about Native Americans and the history and so the Washington Redskins were almost the first revealing or reminder of the Native way … it was not seen like a joke … it was seen as a symbol or reminder of a history that was not being taught anywhere else. There are so few reminders around the world of Native Americans that one (this one) will take all that they can get (even if it is a Mascot) to remind one of the Native way. Because once the reminder appears … the Inner begins to reveal itSelf. It doesn’t matter that some people see the Mascots as a joke or mean-spirited … let the ignorant see what they see.

Research paper thumbnail of WAKING UP VEGAN PICNIC

The Vegan Picnic was odd. The whole thing came together around eating habits leaving us not much ... more The Vegan Picnic was odd. The whole thing came together around eating habits leaving us not much else in common. I was able to see a few interesting things. One; it came up to look at “control” as it appeared when a few members noticed that the information that was sent out said the meeting was for both Vegan and Vegetarian. I thought, “Shit it also said vegetarian … does that mean there will be cheese and dairy!” And then I realized I did not want to be one of “those kinds of people” that doesn’t go because of it and realized the only way not to be that way is to only eat what I bring. Although that is control too! It’s not having to “sound” like “one of those” but still being one. I didn’t realize that there are different reasons that people don’t eat animals. It seems insane here now that one would want to continue the insanity of mass slaughter, but most don’t even see the knife in their hands. They think someone else is the killer. Some people don’t care about the animals at all and only stop eating meat because it is not good for their bodies. I guess whatever gets you in the door … gets you in.

Research paper thumbnail of PHIL Q&A: GOD & JUDAISM

I worked for a company that was all Jewish except for me and one other girl ... they were all Has... more I worked for a company that was all Jewish except for me and one other girl ... they were all Hasidic Jews and wore wigs to cover their hair which was consider "sacred" for only the husband and G-d to see ... however when I asked them what their real hair looked like ... they said "exactly like the wig" and the wig was made of someone else’s real hair! That just seemed like the funniest freaking thing! Why bother wearing the damn wig!

Research paper thumbnail of ETHNICITY ESSAY - MIDTERM Q&A (MINORITY GROUPS)

Minority Groups are formed usually for some kind of social structure and belonging. People tend t... more Minority Groups are formed usually for some kind of social structure and belonging. People tend to not want to stand-alone and so they go and attempt to find others that share similar interests or cultural identities. Doing this makes them stand out more and tends to give them a sense of Group Power (which does not usually lead to good things). It is becoming more and more obvious that a “group” anything is to the exclusion of another and a “group mentality” seems to form that causes more problems than solutions.

Research paper thumbnail of THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD

This life that is in front of us will one day just disappear like your favorite TV show ending an... more This life that is in front of us will one day just disappear like your favorite TV show ending and it will be as if it didn’t ever happen … similar to the many Great Books that will not ever be read by you or anyone else … through time … they become dust and dirt on this giant composter we call “Earth,” which devours everything and will one day be devoured itself.

Research paper thumbnail of A CONVERSATION ABOUT BEES

I honestly don’t know if cellphones are killing the BEES. I only know it is what my GUT tells me ... more I honestly don’t know if cellphones are killing the BEES. I only know it is what my GUT tells me and there was energy and pressure to get rid of the cellphone and anytime I would ask why … it would come up that it was from the BEEs. You will find in life that you can’t always seek validation from the “outside” for what you begin to discover on the “inside” you just have to begin to Trust yourself … it’s like a “training program” and the training is in “faith” that you don’t have proof but you don’t need it and Faith grows from following the things that your “gut” or “intuition” or “whatever you want to call it” tell you.