..  ................. ............... Accredited Nature-Connecting Holistic Degree Courses Online: Natural Career Education Personal and Professional Whole Life System Internet Training Grants and Jobs Project NatureConnect Institute of Global Education Organic Psychology and Natural Attraction Ecology Special NGO Consultant, United Nations Economic and Social Council Practical online distance learning to increase person/planet wellness. EDUCATING, COUNSELING AND HEALING WITH NATURE Living Earth Intelligence Degree and Research Program Creates Healthy Love Relationships, Heart Facts and Job Opportunities SYNOPSIS: This web page describes a funded Mother Earth sensory research science in action. It is a new, holistic, organic psychology tool whose activities give us the opportunity to improve health wellness and counseling by enabling our thinking and feeling to safely tap into the nature's grace, balance and restorative powers. Participants benefit from and strengthen their inborn love of nature, as they master alternative therapist coaching, stress release management and holistic spiritual psychology. Project NatureConnect's online, living Earth intelligence Internet degree program researches healthy love and heart facts and activities. It offers job opportunities based on the holistic natural attraction wisdom relationships of the universe. The program uses nature's winter solstice and an imaginary natural attraction pond to create alternative thinking and help explain the odd and bizarre personal, social and environmental disorders that we suffer.  PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Educating Counseling and Healing With Nature Supportive Degrees, Career Training Courses and Jobs Online Project NatureConnect offers a nature-centered distant learning opportunity that enables you to add the benefits of nature-connecting research, methods and credentials to your degree program and/or your skills, interests and hobbies. We honor your prior training and life experience by providing grants and equivalent education credit for it. You may take accredited or professional online CEU coursework and/or obtain a Nature-Connected Degree or Certificate in most disciplines or personal interests. A partial subject list is located at the bottom of this page. Improve your income and satisfaction through new independent, interdisciplinary or integrated study and Ecopsychology activities. Help people connect their heart, thoughts and feelings with the self-correcting and renewing ways of nature. Increase personal social and environmental well being. Add the self-correcting sunlight beauty and spirit of the natural world to your life, job and community. Visit our Internet Homepage for complete information  ..........................                   ...                                             ...................................................................... Living Earth Intelligence Degree and Research Program "I ask you, what could possibly have been wrong with that whack-job fellow we ran into?  You remember when we saw him, and heard him splashing, too. There was no doubt that he was swimming in the pond with his clothes on and it was the middle of the winter.  You asked him why he was in the pond. He said, "In a what? I'm not in a pond."  Then, as I took photographs, we watched him get out of the pond. Water dripped from his clothes and hair. You offered him a towel.  He said, "What's that for? I'm dry."  This man's pond experience was obviously not registering in him.  He was suffering from some kind of odd or bizarre sensory disorder so his thoughts and feelings were nonsense. We also could say that he was a drip and his thinking was all wet." For us to think reasonably, anything that registers in our senses is recognized as being a fact especially during the moments we register it.  Our memory of it, if correct, is also a fact.  An accurate measurement or photograph of something is also a fact since the photo reasonably registers that thing on our senses. We might not want make fun of the odd swimmer and his condition in the fictional quote, above. With respect to our relationship with a different type of pond, that I describe below, we are immersed in exactly the same bizarre situation as he was and we are just as unreasonable. Beyond reasonable doubt and research, we daily swim in our living earth pond full of attraction energy and we have learned to mostly be unaware of it. We have been taught to omit or reject that we are in this pond environment. This makes us think, feel and act unreasonably regarding it and many other things. It causes us and the world to suffer great disorders. The facts are clear.  Things that tend to stay together, (ie things that don't separate unless they are "pushed,") are held together, or dance together, through attraction.  Attraction attaches them.  Like glue, velcro or magnets, attraction holds them in healthy relationship until they are parted by other stronger attractions that they then follow. The, above described, researched attraction facts and activities hold true for the subatomic relationships in the nucleus of an atom. They are also true for a vast natural attraction pond that we swim in but that we have learned to ignore.  It is a pond environment whose heart and center is the sun and whose circumference extends through the orbit of the planet Neptune and far beyond. The holistic natural attraction pond we swim in may extend out to the edge of our universe. Although the universe expands, it is also a dance that is held together in relationship by attraction. Our natural attraction pond environment is attracted to be aware of itself on some level because it is attractive. This is intelligent and attractive on its part.  It makes perfect sense for the pond, being attractive, to want to be conscious or aware of itself and the heart of what it is.  If we could make a new pair of eyeglass lenses out of water from the natural attraction pond, this opportunity might serve as an attraction-sensitive scientific tool for our use to better perceive the basic and holistic natural attraction love that pervades the world.  The glasses we design would enable us to see, register and think with accurate facts about the nature of the natural attraction pond.  We would understand the pond's intelligence and how it works through natural attraction.  The process of designing pond water natural attraction glasses and then thinking and feeling while we wear them, mimics the science of Natural Attraction Ecology (NAE).  NAE acts like a new kind of sensitivity telescope or microscope that we can use for exploration and discovery in our sensory relationship with nature. NAE helps us see the world while including, rather than omitting, the attraction energies that hold the world together. For example, although there are many scientific explanations for why the sun "rises" every morning, NAE helps us find an explanation that we usually omit.  It is this: natural attraction energies of the "universal attraction pond" attract the Earth to spin so the Sun appears to rise. We might accurately say, too, that it appears that the Sun is attracted, or finds it attractive, to rise every morning.  Similar to the Sun's attraction to rise in the morning, during the winter solstice, the sun is attracted to return southward from its six month travel to the north. This phenomenon is due to the attraction of Earth to wobble at a certain angle while it is attracted to travel around the sun. If Earth was not attracted to this angle, life on earth would be quite different.  For example, there might not be a change in the seasons. As part of the solstice phenomenon, humanity's natural attraction to season and our coriolus attraction to the motion of our planet, attract us to try to attract the sun to return back from its winter journey.  Many cultures incorporate this mid-winter attraction of ours as a spiritual time for Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Saturnalia, etc. Even the birth date of Jesus may have been moved in this regard. We are born with an innate natural attraction to relate to the world in peace and balance. We inherit these powers from nature so as not to injure or pollute the NAE pond or ourselves as part of it.  In order for our society to conquer and exploit nature for profit, we learn to overcome our inborn natural attraction to living our lives in peaceful balance.  For this reason, we are taught, from early childhood on, to ignore that natural attraction and its basic influence exists.  We ignore that it flows through, in and around us and that as we constantly swim in it, it flows through us. Our consciousness and thinking learn to omit that natural attraction is an essence of our psyche, of our body mind and spirit relationships. In contrast to omitting the wisdom in our sensory natural attraction pond, NAE helps us think and feel that we are as connected to the pond and nature as our fingers are connected to our toes. Humanity is part of the pond. At birth we register 53 natural attractions as natural senses.  For example, our natural sense or sensation of thirst is our biological attraction to water expressing itself and guiding us to fulfill it. We have 52 additional natural attraction senses including sight, temperature, reason, literacy, place, trust, community, taste, humor, fear and belonging.   Each is an attraction sensitivity that we share with the rest of the web of life in order for it and us to survive and grow in peaceful balance.  However, in its conquest of nature, our society teaches to to remove most of our natural senses and their wisdom out of our thinking.  For example, we commonly learn that we know and relate to the world through five senses. It is bizarre to note that the sense of thirst is one of them yet we don't include it.  Similarly, the odd pond swimmer did not know that he was wet. As we omit 90 percent of our natural attraction senses from how we think and feel, we end up as foolish and insensitive as the man swimming in the natural attraction pool.  The deteriorating state of the world and humanity demonstrate the results of our desensitization and nonsense.  NAE offers us an alternative.  It enables us to invite the attraction wisdom of the pond to help our psyche restore our presently missing natural attraction consciousness, intelligence and sensitivities. TESTIMONIALS Below, are some examples and results of the natural attraction pond as it embraces people, places and things. Each testimonial is an experience, a fact and a cause for hope. Each makes a sensible contribution to NAE.  To our loss, we are conditioned to follow leaders who are usually the most benighted and desensitized swimmers in the natural attraction pool.  Simply look at the deteriorating state of the world and its people that our leadership funds and guides us to create.  Aren't our leaders drips whose thinking is all wet?  How many of them have studied or support the NAE alternative?  NAE is important because it empowers us to create moments that let earth teach.  It enables us to teach this skill to others, too. It helps us grow, think and feel like nature's purity and balanced perfection works. The quotes that are included, below, are from the field study journals of participants in Project NatureConnect's online NAE courses and degree programs.  These are sponsored in part by Akamai University's Institute of Applied Ecopsychology, Portland State University Extended Education courses, and the Institute of Global Education. The quotes come from students who are learning how to apply and teach the alternative integral ecology of educating, counseling and healing with nature. "Thank you Project NatureConnect! Because of this degree.... I just got hired at the local college teaching 2 First Nations health classes! Yahoo! I can integrate Natural Attraction Ecology into holistic health teachings!" ^^^   In Scotland, farmers were overturning their hay bales to exterminate rats that lived beneath them. A trio of rats tried to flee but, unlike the other fleeing rats, these three were attracted to stay close together. This hindered their escape and they became vulnerable. Upon investigation, the farmers found that the middle rat was blind; its companions were guiding it to safety. Deeply moved by their attraction to the way the rats related to each other, the farmers, rather than kill these rats, were attracted to celebrate them. ^^^ "I can truly say that all my human relationships are so much healthier and happier because of my involvement with natural attractions showing me the way." ^^^ "I have really enjoyed the course activites and I am learning a lot about myself. Everyone's responses have been so beautiful too, just the awareness that we are participating in an experience like this says a lot about our character and willingness to help Earth and it's people." ^^^ "This program offers an important paradigm shift in the field of psychotherapy. It moves away from therapist as change agent to nature as change agent. This shift utilizes natures unlimited strength, intellect, and openness to see one’s self as a natural being." ^^^ Without holding planning meetings, geese are attracted to fly in V formations because that pattern creates winds that pull along the geese behind the lead goose. The geese are also attracted to switch leaders to prevent exhaustion and for some stop to help an injured goose until it recovers or dies. ^^^ "I used to feel I was in tune with nature and this course showed me that I needed a tune-up.  The direct result of this personal nature time is a more centered, calm mind." ^^^ A German shepherd mix was attracted to lunge and bark at police officers as they tried to assist another dog that was injured on the busy Major Deegan Expressway in New York City.  The protective dog was attracted to run frantically around the other dog who lay injured on the road. The two dogs brought traffic to a standstill. ^^^ During this course, my friends and I found a deep connection between our inner self, our breath and our natural surroundings.  We learned new ways of functioning that bring about more happiness as we move through our fast paced, and at times, nature disconnected culture. ^^^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE-Nyt4Bmi8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fAGzY9rnaA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/user/jurgenmanfred ^^^ I have found this course of tremendous value. The intuitive connection I've always felt between psyche, art and ecology has been validated and extended with the range of ideas, techniques and most of all experiences from the course. ^^^ "I see from my natural experiences here that I am a person who gets good feelings by sensing the color of the trees, I am inspired by the trees' cooperation and joy regardless of their age" ^^^ "Project Nature Connect (PNC) provides humans the tools to cultivate a deeper sense of happiness, compassion and contentment on this earth." ^^^ "This is beautiful! Nature showed me that I like myself because I offer peace and a soft, reassuring and inviting energy." ^^^ "Much of this course was spent just “being” within natural surroundings and allowing natural senses to flourish and rejuvenate our inner being.  This process continues to allow each of us to step back, and learn more about who we are." ^^^ "I learned that without seeing, sensing or respecting the attraction in nature and our inner nature, we break, injure and ignore it. It's disappearance in our consciousness produces an organic void, an uncomfortable psychological unattractive emptiness in our thoughts and lives that we constantly try to fill.  As an addictions counselor i see this all the time. and it is quite accurate and it is epidemic." ^^^ "NAE is a very valuable experience.  I appreciate the confirming and supportive energy it provided." ^^^ "I'm definately going to bring a more ecopsychological perspective to both my psychotherapy practice and my adademic teaching. Several of my students have been turned on to an ecopsychology perspective through the ideas from the course book" ^^^ "The cooperation demonstrated by nature created an enabling environment for optimum performance and survival of all of its members.” ^^^ "The hurtful effect of self-despondence in me has been re-educated and become SELF-BELIEF." ^^^ Nature is alive and well in me. I know this because it feels good to pay attention to nature's attractions.....Even a small attraction such as spying an orange butterfly uplifts my spirit and feeds my senses. ^^^ "This experience enhanced my self-worth ... now I think, 'Wow, I'm really doing it, I'm really part of this world out here, I've allowed Nature to come into me and there's a reciprocity beyond belief.' " ^^^ "We are in an illusion regarding how things are supposed to be, not what they actually are and since we often think and reason with our illusions, we become confused." ^^^ "Nature has taught me that my purpose is to live out my life appreciating the uniqueness and abilities found in me as well as others and using them to support the rest of nature, not to conquer it." ^^^ "This magical connection with nature’s energy spilled over into my daily interactions with other humans." ^^^ "I am cared for…………….What is there not to trust?  I am Earth." ^^^ "I've learned a new set of techniques for nature connecting activities, new ideas for teaching on the relation of ecology and mind, and new possibilities for using this work with mypatients." ^^^ "From following this course and spending moments reconnecting with nature, I felt calm and peaceful.  It gave me a sense of confidence and control of myself." ^^^ "The magical connections with nature’s energy spilled over into our daily interactions with other humans." ^^^ "This experience with nature shows me I’m a person who gets good feelings from Rainbows. They have come as Messengers of Confirmation of my intimate connection with All Creation." ^^^ "The intuitive connection I've always felt between psyche, art and ecology has been validated and extended through the course and email interaction with its members" ^^^ The peace I received during my contact with my garden is the peace I searched for for a long time. This peace that we long to get from other humans is always available in nature when they let us down." ^^^ "To have these experience and feelings taken away I would feel the bitterness of having lost natural senses and integrity of myself as a part of nature." ^^^ "I have not always asked for consent when engaging others.  I did not think that non-human relationships needed to be treated with the same level of respect.“ ^^^ This activity absolutely enhanced my trustfullness of nature. I know with all my being that even in darkest, coldest times nature will be there to warm me, and to bring light and beauty to my world. ^^^ "Contact with nature revealed the existence of subconscious memories and their effect on our daily relationships.  The memories seldom enter our rational thinking to protect us, however the hurt webstring feelings attached to them often come into play and disturb us." ^^^ "This course touched each of us on deep level and gave us the tools to process our senses, feelings and build inner strength. I stored information gems in my psyche and this trustable, uncontaminated, thought and feeling space grew and shines brightly."   ^^^ "About 90% of my natural attraction awareness scores before I took the course averaged 5.4 but after the course almost all my responses had improved to 9.5 out of a possible 10." ^^^ "In the world of nature, I feel safer as I can comfortably predict what will happen because all outcomes are correct. Nature never gives me wrong answers." ^^^ "This is one of the best courses on nature and it has opened my eyes towards nature. I visited 2 forests with my friends after taking this course just to see how it feels to be with nature. The feeling is really great, refreshing and unexplainable." ^^^ "The effect the activities had on me was that I felt a sense of trust, a sense of humor, a sense of flight, a sense of freedom, a sense of breath, a sense of touch, a sense of sound, a sense of support and a sense of care. That was delicious! The more I engage with nature and the more I place my focus on Her, the more alive I feel." ^^^ Explore your attractive self. Benefit from your natural attractions, strengthen your personal and professional well-being and save time and money. 1. Read some of the student reports, above, and discover if you find them attractive. If so: 2. Do this fun and easy natural attraction activity.  If it makes sense and is attractive to you, you are eligible to take our Organic Psychology Track for a degree or certification in the organic application of ecopsychology.  This track saves you the costs and time of 16 credits of graduate work, or two years of undergraduate work. 3. Call or email nature@interisland.net for an application 360-378-6313.   We accept USA invitations from you to call you. SUGGESTION: Save time and be complete. Call us. Tell us about yourself and what you are looking for or seek to accomplish. We will help you find the quickest and least expensive means to achieve your goals. 360-378-6313 Email us and we'll call you (USA): nature@interisland.net Act now. Master Organic Psychology by doing it. 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We learn to block from our thinking over 98 percent of the wise sensory callings and fulfillments we normally share with natural systems and their eons of experience. Our subconscious hurt and frustration from the severed disconnection of these senses underlies our greatest troubles. -Michael J. Cohen  .................................. Benefit from learning to enhance the natural psychic pulse within and around us. Add the sensory ecoscience of Organic Psychology to your life and livelihood.       .   Project NatureConnect Homepage Organic Psychology Search Engine Contacts Email 360-378-6313 Grant-funded, social and environemental science accredited courses, career training and holistic organic learning degrees: alternative adult education and sustainable career training jobs online for personal and global health. 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INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL EDUCATION Special NGO consultant United Nations Economic and Social Council PROJECT NATURECONNECT SUBSIDIZED CONTINUING EDUCATION, COUNSELING AND HEALING WITH NATURE Project NatureConnect offers accredited CEU Courses, Certification, Grants and Degree Programs online to sustain the well-being of person, planet and spirit. Prior training and life experience is incorporated into all programs. Successful completion of a CEU course makes you automatically eligible for the Project NatureConnect program. Visit us at www.ecopsych.com P.O. Box 1605, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 360-378-6313 ORGANIC APPLIED ECOPSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION The Natural Systems Thinking Process Dr. Michael J. Cohen, Director send email All programs start with the Orientation Course contained in the book The Web of Life Imperative.   Act now: degrees, courses, self-help, online sustainable jobs, grants, books,     .