All right, Python on hardware. Blinka, Blinka, Blinka, I made you out of Python. Blinka, Blinka, Blinka. I'd like to evaluate your REPL. That is, that's pretty good. I don't know. He thought of that on the fly. Look, I'm going to stick to the engineering, okay? So big news, Open Hardware Summit 2020 Badges circuit Python power. That's big news. Just drop the biggest news first, why don't you? The end, guys. No build up? Thanks everybody. Okay, fine. So here's some renderings. Before it got sent out. So you can see, Bluetooth, B&O055 sensor. Yeah, I'll go back to that. APDS sensor, four buttons. Yeah. Environmental sensing. Yeah. This is jam-packed. It's got a quick connector even. Yay. Yeah. And so what I think is cool. What's cool? Is it's the number 100 circuit Python board. Which we did not plan. It actually just happened that way. The 214th open source hardware certification. Grantee. That's looking number two. Yeah. It has DigiKey as a sponsor. Sparkfund and Oshpark are working on it. Making it. And I think best of all, as we were able to make something together as a community like circuit Python. And I saw the project log. And there was a bunch of different choices that the team who's working on this could make. And they evaluated all the things. No one picks things all the time because they like us. I assume they like us. But maybe let's assume they don't. Doesn't matter because you get so much with circuit Python. I think. Yeah. It was chosen because it was the best possible thing. It wasn't because like Adafruit asked for it. It wasn't because we had anything to do with it. In fact, on our list, circuitpython.org slash downloads. Yeah. There are more non Adafruit boards than Adafruit boards. True. There's 59.  I think he's project managing or kind of like he's working on this project. And I think his last project, he used the SP32, which is a great ship. I love the SP32, but because it doesn't have native USB, it can be challenging to get files on and off of it. And I think, you know, he was trying to have people change their photo and text on the badge. And I think like they had to come back to the desk to do it or use like a special tool. And that's why I think he liked the idea of circuit Python where anybody, once they had this watch slash badge, you could quickly modify, hack it, adapt it. And I think that's the goal of circuitpython. People are like, what's circuitpython about? It's about ease of use. In five minutes, you can get something done. You have the ease of use of Python and beginner friendliness of circuitpython, which also means experts find it easier to use as well. If you like rapid prototyping, if you like having great documentation, you like having lots of code. You want to just get to it? Sure. But I like that if you're doing a badge for the open hardware event, you kind of have to pick the most open stuff. You kind of have to pick the things that people will be able to do the mess with. And we didn't know about this. We didn't know anything about it other than it's like, hey, we're doing this now. So I thought that was cool. And it's one of my favorite quotes is be so good they can't ignore you. And I think that if you do a good job with firmware and code and lots of things, people will use it because they're like, well, like this is just the best thing. And that's how I feel about Feather and Stemma and Circuitpython and lots of other things in the electronic community. But this is neat. And I can't wait to get mine. We will. All right. Next up. Keith Packard is doing a very cool crowd supply. I was about to say crowdfunding because kicks are and all that, but it's on crowd supply. Well, there's a cool rendering. Meet the Snackboard. The Snackboard is a Circuitpython compatible board. It runs Snack. It is Python on a very, you know, small micro controller. And it's a great tool for teaching hands on robotics and programming for young and old. Here's all the stuff you can do. Build Snackboard out of Lego parts. And if you're interested in this, you can use Circuitpython or the Snack language. And it's available on crowd supplies. So we're a backer already. I think this is interesting because, you know, yes, of course Snack, this is a really cool low cost way to use Snack or Python on hardware. But the EV3 module from Lego, like their official programmable brick, is also now MicroPython compatible. That's new. Like a couple of weeks ago we announced that. So I think it's interesting to see how kind of everyone is sort of meandering, but eventually getting to the point of like, you know what, Python is a really good way to get people programming robotics and electronics. And you said before that robotics, you know, if you have to calibrate sensors and test motors, doing it in rapid iteration with Circuitpython is really great. Yeah. If you have to change one little value to make the servo do one more angle and hit compile and save it and all these things come up and then it transfers down and then has to boot up. Per iteration, you're looking at days and weeks just to do the same thing you can do live with a REPL. So I think wherever this electronic world ends up, I think live coding and REPL and a scripting language, Python like or Python, is going to be where it's at. And because that's where it's going too. It's not like, it's not we're making this up. We're actually just reporting on what's happening. Yeah. It just hasn't been distributed yet. It is. Like Bill Gibson would say. Okay. So that's going on. All right. Next up. So we have some massive updates on Circuitpython.org. Yeah, we've skinned up. It's cool. Blinka shed her skin and grown a new one. Yeah. So the things that are in there, there's a homepage with that has descriptive text on why Circuitpython is easy to use all the folks we thank and all the links to the different efforts that are out there. Special thanks to Damien George from MicroPython. That's where we got our start with Circuitpython. Downloads features over 100 boards and now has a counter of how many boards that are supported. Same for Blinka. There's a board counter and there's over 35 libraries. The Circuitpython library bundle contains all the current libraries available for Circuitpython over 200. Hand you links for how to contribute. The latest news. And I put in an RSS feed. Thank you, Justin. You've always wanted an RSS feed. Everybody should have an RSS feed. You're welcome. Links to awesome-circuitpython as a resource. The newsletter with all the past issues we've ever sent out. Help link discord server and how to get started. Go check it out. New boards. Circuitpython snakes its way to the seed. Seed we know. How do you think? The shell. The shell. Yeah. Okay. It's a minimal and low cost board uses that Mel, Sandy 21. Guess what? You weren't Circuitpython. It's a red one. But if you want to do some space stuff. So Max and Zach are doing an event. It's the robot exploration lab and Kubos and Lough Orbital. They're the host. And if you want to learn all about PyCube, the Circuitpython powered satellite board and why they chose Circuitpython, check it out. There's some slides and more that you'll be able to see on the tweets. But I posted up the event bright link and resources and more. This is kind of cool. There's a Laura watch coming soon. Open source Laura communicator and out of the box, out of the gate. Guess what? You could be doing something really important. They're saying Circuitpython is going to run on it. So they have posted up some renderings. I thought that was cool. That was nice. And here's the 3D one that spins around. I think it's like, yeah, it's very similar to the one. It's very similar to the watch. So this is so cool. We didn't get around to doing a watch yet. No problem. Someone else's. So that's cool. Nice work. Also, here's a cool video that was posted up. It's all about the Adafruit Itsy Bitsy NRF 52840. And watch the whole thing later. But this is a nice community made video that shows all the cool features and all the things you can do. Smaller than a 9 volt. There's some really neat games. We've had the Pie Badges and Pie Gamer out for a while. And it's a really cool game. And it's a really cool game. It's a little bit weird, but it's really a cool festival. And students are making pretty cool games. This is Joe in the jungle and Snackabobs Bongo Bonanza. It's a circuit python game, an old-school video game for Pie Badge. And it's made with the second circuit python and stage library to create a guitar hero-like game. This is the egg collector. Okay, I need eggs. Yeah.  Guess what you're gonna do? Oh, collect the eggs. Don't get the bomb. Don't get the bomb. Uh-oh. Tough. How do you get both eggs? Okay. It's tough. So the other thing that we've been trying to do, and again, it's like, I think I said this on the show on top, when people talk about stuff that are using it, they usually come up with better words than the people who are making it. So this is neat. You know, I always have to remember, like, what do people say about CircuitPython and Python on hardware? And John on Twitter was just talking about this. And someone was like, oh, what's the CircuitPython thing? And they said, it's super nice to be able to reuse the same libraries on the microcontroller as on the server and desktop. And that's what we did with CircuitPython and with Blinka, so that's nice. Here's the CircuitPython project. This is the NeoPixel strip matrix. It's animation with Neo Spray, bitmap-driven animations. We link to that in the forums and GitHub and YouTube. And you can see how this is made, and it uses CircuitPython. Up next. This is a 240 by 240 mini-pi TFT as a piehole with a BME 280 on a StemAQT with CircuitPython. This is cool because it's exactly what it's meant for. It's an ad blocker, but also connect up a sensor to the plug and then run our example code and you can immediately get a sensor there. Tom created a CircuitPython library for the FFT code based on SuperCon AudioBadge project. Using the Adafruit guides made super easy. You can check out the code and this is a little bit of a snippet from what it can do. Next up, lots of neat combinations. This is Evan's project. It's a Sphero RVR in CircuitPython working together. The metro and four over there. Yeah. Arturo of NXP chip fame, feather NXP fame. Had a neat thing. Took five minutes to add support for a new display, CircuitPython. That's how easy it is. Yeah. Five minutes. There you go. Like that? There you go. Your replant. This is from Deshipu, one of the most talented console makers for CircuitPython. This is a case mod that someone in the community did. It's really neat. The maker movement now just makes BabyYotus. It's 100% BabyYotus. This is a 3D printing project and this was from MicroCenter and they used a Circuit Playground to animate it or BabyYota. It's kind of cool. This is an LED little black dress with a sound reactive mode and other patterns by GeekMom Projects. It was made with a Circuit Playground blue fruit. Here is a first rev of Bluetooth LE air quality monitor using our stuff, Adabox right of Christmas. And here's another quote, crazy how much you can get built these days just using Python. That's right. You can build it with just Python. Other stuff going on and hardware that we thought was neat. There is a lot of really cool companion bots, it's from Angela and you can see this really cute bot.  The tail has a power cord in it, super cool. Over on the MicroBit world, Micromag.cc, there are now open for more contributions. So if you'd like yourself some MicroBit and some MicroPython of that, you can read an article. Couple neat projects. Some LEDs, NeoPixels and Resin, good for a project like Valentine's Day related soon. This is kind of neat, this is some 3D printing in NeoPixels. Yeah, I like these fans. It's so cool, it's like a different shape and style, I've not seen this kind of thing. And you know we had a recap of a lot of the guides, this is CircuitPython, PoweredCube and that is the Python on Hardware news this week. Thank you Adabot and Nerva.


The Atlanta Falcons not only fired their head coach, but fired the GM as well. So with all the misery that's going on over there in Atlanta, should the Ravens take advantage of it and try to trade for one Julio Jones? Are QB hits just as important of a statistic as Saksar? The Ravens have struggled in a few different areas this season so far. But right now, right here, what would you say the Ravens biggest need is? Please and many many more questions on this episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. To team keep it clean, what's going on is saying Raven here with another video and another episode of NFL Questions from Subscribers. What Questions from Subscribers is a series where you can ask me any NFL question you want to based off of any NFL team and we answer in a video just like this or sometimes we even do a live stream edition of Questions from Subscribers. 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So I appreciate the feedback and everything. I always appreciate your feedback man. I thank you for always sharing your feedback respectfully. Whether it's something that you like or not, whether it's something that you agree with or not, y'all always let me know respectfully. And that's the biggest thing on this channel like I always say is about respect. So appreciate it. I love y'all. I appreciate y'all and I respect y'all. Let's get into y'all's questions. Y'all make sure y'all send it to the right email man. I just, I know it's going to be some people that are going to be looking for that question. They're going to be like, man ain't great whatever to my question. You ain't sending it to the right email. So we can't do it. Anyway, first question that did go to the right email. Well, all of these questions moving forward, they went to the right email. Came from my boy, contact DD. Shout out to my guy man. He said, I just seen your last question from subscribers and I got a question. Why not just pick up AB? We don't have to give up anything for them. Then trade Judon and the third to the Texans for JJ Watt. They would give us a good wire receiver or that would give us a good wire receiver and a real pass rusher and save about 2 million in cap space. We need to move miles to tighten like they did Waller. Put Willie on the scout team. Oh, yikes. Put Willie on the scout team and start Devin Duvenay. Just think Hollywood Brown out wide and Devin Duvenay in the slot. Andrews and Lamar has already been working with AB. So you know he was throwing the ball and on a defensive side, JJ Wolf, big baby and Campbell. Now that's his front four. Sorry for it being long. Just my thoughts. What do you think? So that's how we starting off. He said, Judon 17 mil, JJ 15 mil this year. Well, Judon is actually 16.8 mil this year. But now that's 16.8 mil divided by like 16 or 17. But it's minus five because we play five games. So whatever the math is on that, he said, but I'm sure he will do a new contract and take less to win. He will go from not making the playoffs to maybe winning the Super Bowl. I just I don't see anybody doing that. I know a lot of people have suggested that as well. Not even just for JJ. Why? But for even other past rushes. I don't see it being a scenario where the team would trade somebody who's a better past rusher for Jude. Yeah, who's a better past rusher than Judon for Judon, even if you throw in a third round pick, because the salaries may be essentially the same. All they're getting is a third round pick and a not as good past rush as what they have already. Because some people suggested the same thing for Chandler Jones. Some people suggested the same thing for who was the other pastor. I forgot who else it was. But people have suggested the same thing for other teams like, hey, trade trade a past rusher for a past rusher. I just I don't think anybody will go for that. And with JJ White, I wouldn't mind if they gave up a third round pick for JJ White because it wouldn't be anything significant and I would not want them to give up a first. I would not want them to give up a second because with JJ White, his stamina seems to be a big question and he's obviously been very banged up over the years. And so I don't think giving anything significant for him would be worth it. But yeah, so I don't see them doing a Judon for JJ trade. As far as Antonio Brown, I'm going to see if somebody picks him up. I would like to see somebody pick him up right now. I don't know if it's going to happen, but I would like to see it happen. But would Ravens do it? Oh, boy, I don't think they would, but I don't think they would, but you never know. Because like you said, they wouldn't have to give up anything to get them. Like a lot of the people that we talk about, they would have to give up something in order to acquire them. But Antonio Brown, somebody would just have to give up a roster spot. Who that would be? That's a whole nother question. That question came from a boy, Rodeo, he said, my guy here today with questions about our rivals. Faker doesn't deliver wins and results this year. His job could be in jeopardy. That's true. Interestingly enough, if Jerry doesn't take care of his young star, could Cleveland go after Dag Prescott? Oh, that would be a scarier offense on paper. That would certainly be something. I didn't think about that because Dag Prescott, yeah, this was his franchise, he got franchise tag this year. Got 31 million guarantee, which is nice. But you don't have any long term contracts. So now everything depends on your health, everything depends on your recovery. And depending on how that goes, if I was a team, I would that didn't have a quarterback. I would take a look at Dag Prescott once he was healthy, of course. And I probably, the most I want to sign, I would probably want to sign him to like a one year deal, like a prove it deal. And then just to make sure he was fully back and then if he was fully back and then sign him to a contract extension in the middle of a season and at the end of the season, whatever it may be. But I wouldn't want to go all in on Dag Prescott, if I was a GM owner, whatever. But Cleveland Browns, that could be something. Because yeah, Baker Mayfield's job, it is not safe. They got a new, they obviously have a new head coach, new GM and all that. So they're a new regime. So the new regime, when the new regime comes in, nobody job is safe, nobody job is guaranteed. So that could happen. And then he said, same with the Steelers, with Ben's age and body, because the Steelers make an offer to try to acquire Matt Ryan or even Carson Wentz. Mmm, oh, like next year. I don't know, Big Ben says every year I'm going to retire, I'm going to retire. Oh, then he said, oh, I changed my mind, I changed my mind. So I did see that the Falcons owner, because I can't say GM, because they fired the GM, their owner Arthur Blank, because the GM was Thomas Demetroff and the coach was obviously Dan Quinn. But their owner said, I ain't committed to Matt Ryan. He came when he said that, said, OK, OK. So they said they could be looking at quarterbacks. So they may be looking for a fresh start. They said, hey, it's time, man. If the owner comes out and says that, oh, yeah, you you're pretty much done. So everything's on the table now. So Matt Ryan could end up being a free agent. They could end up cutting them. They could end up trying to trade them. And yeah, Steelers, they could. You never know, man. You never know, Matt Ryan as a Pittsburgh. Well, that would look really weird, but it's possible. This question came from a boy Ray J. He said, why don't the Ravens use the hard count more often on offense? It keeps the pass rush guessing. That's true. I like that idea. I wish they would. Why they don't. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. They use it a little bit, but if they use it more like in an effort to get that pass rush to try to jump off sides or just to keep them guessing. Yeah, that that could be something small, something small and simple that could help really sort of maximize the offense. Next question came from a boy David P. He said, what's going on in gravy? This Dave is always hope you in the family. Well, appreciate it. He said, I have a couple of questions and man, I wish some of these we get on the channel could go through on the press conferences because I swear some of the reporters questions must be scripted because it's horrid. And man, I am. And it, of course, ain't no disrespect to those reporters because they are reporters. We ain't reporters. We just we really, really ain't nobody. But some of the questions on this, it's like, Yikes, like what? What kind of like some of them will be like, really? Like, really? That's that's that's what you're choosing to ask. Whether they ask in hardball, whether they ask in a play or something. It's like, what? What's going on? But hey, it's all good. They got the media passes, not us. But anyway, he said, not a question, but they definitely need to give Dobbins a rock, a minimum 15 times per game right now. He clearly has the speed to get to the outside and the show from his long runs. He's our only back that's able to do that. Also reading the reports from what the bingles said. And it's clear to everyone that Lamar only throws to Brown and Andrews. And it's 90 percent of the middle of the field. He's going to have to get others involved and for the love of God, run some screens or throw the throw to the flat and intermediate routes when they're open. I agree. They all don't have to be 20 plus your completions. We'll have way more third and shorts, which has been our issue. But my question is, I agree. Some screens would be lovely, lovely. Seem like we run screen screens. I can't even talk. It seems like we run screens once a month. And once they get that, once they hit that quota, all right, we ran on screen this month, we're good. OK, don't run another one, y'all. Get it out. Don't worry about it. It's OK. It's like, man, yikes. And then he said they are. They all don't have to be 20 plus your completions. Yeah, that's Lamar does do that.  It seemed like he's looking for that big strike and won't take the underneath stuff. But anyway, anyway, he said my question is with Chandler Jones done as much as we love a pass rush. I just don't see or know a stud that's available from a non-playoff team. The next is you might as well improve the offense. That helps the defense as well. Green once out, but Atlanta may be willing to part with Julio Green. Oh, you talking about AJ Green? Oh, he's signed till 2023, making 20 plus meal per. But if you have the Falcons, take on some of it. It's possible. I know he's been injured for the last five years. LOL, we can just ease him in when he's fully recovered. What are your thoughts? I wouldn't mind Julio, but yet that injury part was scared me. Now, somebody did make a good point. I forgot who it was for my apologies, but they they had commented that they said with Julio because I had meant we had talked about this in a video before. They said with Julio Jones that he is he's obviously injury prone. But with Julio Jones, they said that he would not be used as much in with the Ravens as he's used with the Falcons. So he wouldn't be having these 90, 100 yard, I mean, 100 catch seasons, anything like that. And his he will still be a focal point. He could still be a great receiver for the Ravens. He would actually think about he would probably be the most talented, wide receiver the Ravens had ever had if they were able to get him. But he just he would be used a lot less was their point. So there would be a little less chance for injury, since it'd be a little less wear and tear. I mean, he still be out there on the field and all that. I still had to block and all that. And we know with Julio, Julio, don't mind getting physical now. He don't mind getting physical. Because Matt Ryan be throwing all them picks and Julio, he turned into a defender quick.  He will have some drops now, too. Cool. You know, Julio, he'll be able to drop. But he will certainly make up for it with the big plays, too. So anything is possible. I don't think it's likely that the Ravens acquire Julio Jones. That would be crazy. I just don't I don't see it happening, though. Should they? He could certainly help.  And Ravens, they don't have much to play with. They do. Again, salary cap don't mean nothing there. Salary cap does not mean anything. Because again, chiefs have shown that this season and so have the Rams. So the Ravens could make a way. But I just, Julio Jones, I don't think they will. Next question came from my boy, Jason. He said, I noticed something today. And as I think back to the past three other games, Lamar does not pull the ball at the last minute anymore. This allows the opponents to spy a bit easier. Last season, it was all to talk. Some controversial media speaking about skin color being the problem and finding the ball. Why have the Ravens stopped doing this? Some people have been saying he has lost a step, which obviously isn't true, with his longest run of his career for a 50-yard touchdown. So why not go back to that? Anyway, I hope that you and the family are enjoying this Ravens win as much as I am. And I'll be watching for more content. Appreciate it, Jason. I think maybe he is dealing with an injury. Maybe that is the case. Because he just, yeah, he hasn't been taken off like that. Or maybe they just really trying to expand his passing game. Maybe that's what it is. They just really trying to expand his passing game. So when the need does come in those games where he does really need to pass a lot more, then they'll be ready. The Ravens will be ready. The receivers will be ready. Everybody will be on the same page. Next question came from my boy, Travis D. He said, what's going on, bro? Hope all is well, like always. With Ronnie Stanley missing the game against Washington and the real OBJ stepping in on the left side of him and actually playing well. Do you think we tag and trade Stanley this all season and get possibly two first rounders for him? Stanley is good, no doubt. But with someone like Lamar and quarterback, you could plug a lot of people at Stanley's position and we could still do as good as we have been. Plus, they may be healthier than him. Ooh. Okay. I do definitely think that is a possibility. I really do. I do not think that Stanley is a lock to be a Raven forever. Especially with them having had contract talks with him and nothing happening yet. Obviously things could change. But until you are signed to that extension, anything is possible. Anything is possible. While I do think the Ravens will like to keep him, I don't think it is a lock. And I think that if they don't end up keeping him, then they're definitely not going to just let him walk as a free agent and just get some nice third round comp. Oh, no. Oh, no. If they're going to let him walk, they're not going to let him walk. But if he's not going to be a Raven, then he will be traded for first round picks and more. Next question came from a boy, Nicholas Wallace. Shout out to Biggie. He said, what's up in Raven? Hope everything is going good with you today. Do you think instead of Greg Roman holding Lamar back a little, it actually might be Lamar holding himself back? I don't know if he wants to prove he's a better pass or what, but there's been so many times just here where he looks like the Sean Watson where he'll hold on to the ball instead of taking off. He's even had lanes to run, but sometimes he won't take them, but last year he would have. Honestly, I think Lamar needs to get some runs in a game to get his confidence going to throw better. He started throwing better against Washington after that 50-yard touchdown run. So yeah, like I said, could be an injury that we just don't know about. We don't know the extent of the injury because they did talk about the growing injury before. And that could be a part of it too. Maybe they're just trying to really prove it, trying to change people's narrative. I hope that that's not it, but anything's possible because again, the Ravens, more so when it comes to the Chiefs, but the Ravens have definitely shown that they hear the noise. They hear the noise and they listen to the noise. I mean, we saw it from Jump last season, last season, week one, I think he ran, he had like six yards rushing and threw five touchdowns. So they were making sure that he threw that ball all over. But I mean, they did just take advantage of the situation that they were put in because the Dolphins, their pass defense, certainly wasn't anything serious. But so they've proved it. We've seen that they let the outside noise get in sometimes. And again, like I said, hopefully that's not what's going on, but you never know. The next question really comment came from my guy, Nicholas Wallace too. He said, remember when the Ravens tried to give Ryan Grant that big contract? Oh yeah. He said, L-O-L Pepperidge Farm, remember. Shout out to Pepperidge Farm. And then he had another question. He said, what's up in Graven? I'm watching your live stream. And you said that you want to get caught up on these 84 emails, L-O-L, not today. And I just surely didn't that day either. He said, who do you think the Ravens should trade for at wide receiver before the trade deadline? If they do trade for somebody, wide receiver that they could trade for before the deadline. Who's a wide receiver that the Ravens could trade for? Maybe there's Shark. There's, yeah, there's Shark. There's, who else? Ashon, Jeffrey be banged up too much. I wish De'Andre, that would be one that, but you know, that's done. I wish Kenan Allen too, but yeah, he just got his contract extended. I wish Mike Williams also from the charges, but they ain't doing that. It's Kenan Allen's banged up right now. I don't even know. I'm gonna have the left team keep it clean, take this one. Who should the Ravens trade for at wide receiver? If they do make a trade for wide receiver at the trade deadline, I'll let y'all take that one. Next question came from a boy, DJ. He said, they ain't great. Been following you for a few years now. Great work, I appreciate it, DJ. He said, my question is, do you believe the Ravens have too much talent to feed without enough food or hands to feed them? I feel as though our coaching staff needs tweaking. To have that much talent is probably driving them on the coaching staff crazy trying to make everybody happy. I still believe we may be a year or so away from reaching our full potential. Going forward, they should start with Duvenay, Hollywood, and Prochet as my starting wide receivers. And Dobbins will be my starter with Gus backing him up. And let's go. Too much talent, where though? Like at running back, I don't even think it's necessarily that they have too much talent, but they just, they just obviously have not been, or they're trying to feed the talent too much. That's what it is at the running game. They're really trying to feed everybody too much. And they need to establish a lead guy. Now, as far as a wide receiver, I don't think that they, I don't think it's a thing where they have too much talent. I just think they just, the same talent keeps eating. And no other talent is really eating like that. Like it's just Hollywood and Andrews. Nobody else is really eating like that. So I don't even think that it's that they have too much talent, it's just that they haven't been distributing and using that talent effectively. Next question came from a guy, Shadow Badger Cat. He said, what's up? I hope you're feeling good. Number one, do you think anyone will be in undefeated halfway through the season? No, chiefs, they just lost. Are there any, or Steelers are undefeated right now. They had that weird schedule, but is there anybody that's even undefeated? Like right now, though the bills, I think. Bills and Steelers. And is there anybody else? Oh, Seahawks, I believe. Yeah, Seahawks are too. I'm trying to check the NFL schedule right now. Oh, standings, that would be the best place to go. So one second, if my phone decides it wants to load. All right, Buffalo's undefeated, Pittsburgh's undefeated. Oh, the Titans are undefeated. Well, that's because they've been having all these by weeks. So they ain't even been playing. And oh, the Packers. Packers are a sleeper undefeated team. So do I think that at the midway point in the season, somebody could be eight and oh? No, I don't think so. I think that all these guys are gonna end up losing. So, and then his next question was, depending on the Washington football schedule and how they decided to bench Haskins after he had a good game against the Ravens. It just seemed like it's just such a mess there. I don't know what's going on with them, but I mean, I can't even put my foot on it. Maybe they just really wanted Alex Smith to start. Maybe they were looking for an excuse for him to start. I know what's the name started first, Kyle Allen. But then they said he got hurt and then Alex Smith ended up coming in. And maybe they just looking for a reason to move on from Haskins. Maybe Ron Rivera like, this ain't my guy. So yeah, I ain't with him. So I just, I don't know what is going on over there, but it's just, it's the same mess that it's always been over there. And number three, he said, this one's not related to football that much. LA hasn't been cleaning up garbage in their city because cleaning is against COVID restrictions there. Do you think LA is even gonna be playable with all this mess, including the wildfires? I'm not sure. I'm not sure, because I don't have much information or knowledge on what's going on over there. So I honestly can't even really say. This question came from a boy, Antonio U. He said, do you think the Ravens offense is basic? Every time the Ravens call a play in the huddle, they stick to that play instead of calling audibles or making adjustments to the defense. And can we please stop doing motion before the play? It fools no one and gives the play away. Do I think that their offense is basic? Yeah, it is pretty basic. I, yeah, it's been pretty basic. Simple stuff, simple routes, simple concepts, simple everything. But their complexity comes in the run game. But the run game has not been what the run game was last year. We see different flashes of it, but the Ravens don't stick to it enough to maintain that consistency with it. So we're still waiting. And maybe that is by design. So we're still waiting to find that out as well. The question came from a guy, Ravens Pride. He said, what up in Raven? It's your boy Ravens Pride. Hope you and the family are well. This is serious talk. I watched that battle of the belt way and I can tell you from what I've seen is an offense that looks dysfunctional. I really believe Lamar isn't happy with this play calling. This is just me talking. So I'm not saying this is true, but you can see why I say this. Ravens know they have a dynamic play in Lamar. So with him not producing the way he did a season ago, they could use this in his up and coming contract and wouldn't get the high paying salary. I feel like this is some type of sabotage to not pay him. Not saying not to win, but with other ways and other players. Cause look, look at this offense is disappointing to watch. I just feel like they haven't really still, they haven't still given Lamar enough firepower on the outside to thrive even more. And our defense, why did they just go and get pass rushes? Why don't they just go and get a pass rush and now before it's too late? Cause this defense is getting it handed to them with better offenses. So if they can't make this happen, we will once again be AFC North champions and no playoff win. Thanks bro for what you do and go Raven nation. I, you never know with the nasty dirty business that the NFL is, but at the same time, I don't think that the Ravens would do that because that wouldn't be smart for them to try to save some money by sabotaging themselves and sabotaging the play of their quarterback, sabotaging the play calling for their quarterback and for their offense. That wouldn't be smart at all because the number one goal in the NFL, the number one goal for these franchises as businessmen is to make money, not to win championship to make money. Then after that is the championships part for us fans, it's the championship part, but for them as businessmen and women, they are there to make money because it is a business. But their business could make even more money with more success that the team has with the team being a spotlight with the team performing well, with the team doing good. That brings in more viewers, more attraction, more talk about your team. So with that being said, it would be of no benefit for the Ravens to sabotage Lamar Jackson and the team, the play, it wouldn't be of any benefit to them at all. Next question came from a boy, Harry H. He said, how's it going in Raven? The members of the team keep it clean. After four weeks, I guess I shouldn't be complaining because we are three in one. This was obviously before the last game. He said, but I wouldn't be a true Ravens fan if I didn't critique them. Even though he got a couple of sacks in the game against the no names, I think Ravens made a mistake by franchising Matt Judon. Hopefully this was the game that will start him on the path to success, but I doubt it. We should have let him go and sign the speeds off the edge like Vic Beasley. I also think that Greg Roman is trying to be cute and not use the running game. If we actually let our three running backs get a steady diet, they will be able to dominate and that will set up our receivers to get open and make place. Also besides Brown and Andrews, I'm gonna need them to use Boykin and Duvenay a lot more. KC beat us down because they could go anywhere with the ball. We need to work on that aspect of the passing game. Those four should be getting a minimum at five receptions each game. Let me know your thoughts. And yeah, Ravens certainly need to spread the ball around more. They need to spread the ball around more. No, nobody's gonna debate you on that. Nobody's gonna argue, fight you with that because it's true. We all know that it's true. That has been one of the Ravens biggest issues. Even dating back to last year, it's just the lack of spreading the ball around. And that's on the mark. That's on the mark. But that's also one of the receivers to make place, to get open. Again, to build that trust, that's the biggest thing, man. Building that trust. And then that's also on the coordinators to design plays to get them open. So it's just a collective group effort that has just, it's been pretty rough so far. But definitely the sooner that the other guys can get involved and really establish themselves as playmakers, the better it'll be for the Ravens. Next question came from my boy, Big Bird Jerm. He said, ain't great, but another question for you. I know a lot of Ravens fans are with me and not being the biggest Matt Judon fans. Oh, and my guy, and the previous question right before that, he just mentioned it. And he said, but the ones who are fans of him and any defend him and always bring up the QB hit stat. I honestly don't like this statistic at all. If you don't get the sack, I don't care. We just saw last week, Marlon Humphrey crushed my home on a Blitz, yet he still bombed a TD. I just want to know your thoughts on the QB hit statistic. And thanks again. That's a good question. QB hits, they do mean something though, because that is part of the mental game of football. If you keep on hitting a quarterback, if that quarterback doesn't have time in a pocket and you hitting him clean, and it's not like late hits anything, then that can mess with his mentals and that can mess with his, just the timing of his passes. He may think he has, if you keep hitting him over and over again, he'll start thinking he has less and less time in the pocket so that can rattle him. That can frustrate him and that can fluster him. So the QB hits, they do mean something. They certainly mean something. Sacks are not everything. Sacks are not everything. That's just you finishing the job. But the QB hits, those are a big part of the job as well. But sacks are on everything. They are a lot and they're nice, but the QB hits and the pressures and all that, that means just as much. And another question from my boy, Big Bird Jerm. He said, I hope you're in a family doing well. Random question, pop into my head. How do you think CJ Mollie feels about signing with the Jets with him now being in his second year there? I know the 17 meal per year is probably nice, but man, there's absolutely no hope in that organization and that's got to kill a player's drive to get better and play the game. What level do you think CJ will be playing at if he stayed here and we think that he will ever be a household name ever again? Thanks and stay safe. I don't think he regrets it.  He was a very small player.  So with the Jets, they were offering him the most money. He said, okay, I'll go there. And again, just like with a lot of the organizations, their number one goal is to make money. With a lot of the players, they wanna win. They wanna have some success and wanna build a legacy and whatever, but the thing that they want the most, a lot of them, they wanna make some money. They want to make money, be taken care of, they have their families taken care of, they wanna make bread, man. Super Bowls, they can help get you paid, but Super Bowls don't pay you. You get some extra game checks, but Super Bowls, that's not a record breaking contract. Playoffs, regular season wins, team success. No, your contract is what gets you paid.  CJ, he saw the contract that he wanted and he got paid. I don't think he regrets it at all. I think there's certainly be an aspect of him missing that winning feeling and having a lot of fun, but I don't think he regrets it at all. I really don't. And if he was still with the Ravens, I think he'd be doing just fine. He'd be doing just fine and just the same as he always did. Very solid player, sound player. He was a very important part of the defense, very good part of the defense. So I think he would just, he would be continuing that. And then another one from Big Bird, Jeremy as well, he says, sorry, engraving another question for you, LOL. But with the recent news of Texans players coming out against the signing of Arrow Thomas, do you think that helps the Ravens case against him? I think at this point it's basically a done deal that the Ravens get that money back. We'd love to know your thoughts. I don't think it's a done deal for that. I do think there will still be a struggle for it because that him posting that video of the play that he said happened before the fight, that doesn't help. And if they do have a lot of records of him being late to practices, missing meetings and whatnot, that certainly wouldn't help either. But it's gonna be hard, man. It's gonna be hard. Texans players, them, the whole he say she say about them not wanting Arrow Thomas to be on the team, that's cool or whatever, but that doesn't do anything for the Ravens. That literally does nothing for the Ravens. Cause you could, they could go, NFL could go ask another team, hey, would you want Arrow Thomas on the team? And if those players say yes, then what does that mean? Would that make the case go back in Arrow Thomas favor? So I don't think, I don't think just because the Texans supposedly said that about Arrow Thomas, I don't think that that would help the Ravens at all. Next question came from my boy Chris Hall. He said, the Ravens bounced back against the football and, oh against the football team, I think. And yet it didn't look pretty. We still managed to get the win. Shout out to everything the Ravens, oh shout out to everything Ravens with this fantastic idea for the Ravens to do on offense. You know what the NFL is a copycat league. Everything you see has definitely been used unless you're the chiefs and you have Andy Reed and Eric Benjamin. He basically said the Ravens should run a similar style offense like the 49ers, getting the tight end involved in finding creative ways to get those speedy wide receivers involved like Devon Duvenay and Hollywood. It couldn't hurt because so far the play calling has just been so repetitive, especially in the passing game and little in the run to start and, and he said, I'm starting to think that Roman is the real kryptonite. They certainly could implement some things from what the 49ers do. Like with guys like Debo Samuel and of course with George Kittle. I mean Ravens already keep Mark Andrews super involved enough as is. But that could up his game and just help get the guys just to involve more. Cause that's been the biggest thing with the Ravens just them having a lack of involvement from other playmakers besides Hollywood and Andrews. Next question came from my guy Schme.  Hope you and the family are doing well.  He got his two sacks and five QB hits even though he was unblocked on the sex. I can't complain with that. However, I digress. That whole game versus Washington was a B minus at best. Still, lots of infield, unfield holds and work this team needs to do. LOL sometimes I feel team keeping clean can coach the Ravens better. I know I can't be the only one that thinks that. But anyway, sorry I keep getting off track. Our performance against Washington was good enough to win. Like you said, we've been as much as we could, but thankfully we didn't break. Our play in that game was not nearly good enough to beat an actual good or playoff team. Sure, we'll get away with some poor play calling and poor play and not adjusting on defense in some games. Not to mention Lamar's poor deep ball on Sunday. But against a good team in the playoffs, we cannot afford to do that. So my question to you, Mr. Bartholomew and Grave, what is that? We know and seen what this team is capable of. So does the Ravens lack of real elite play concern you moving forward? Especially considering the fact that we will play better teams than Washington. I know we haven't had OTAs, a pre-season, et cetera, but it's already week five, so the jitters should be gone by now, right? Let me know your thoughts and you know what I'm gonna say. Team keeping clean, go check out the podcast, support my boy. All info is down below in the description and I'm out, peace. And he said, oh, sorry if you got this email twice, I messed up while typing it and deleted it and wrote it again. It's all good, man. I did get it twice by the way and I did see the first one and the second one. So anyway, I appreciate it. It is a little bit concerning. But my thing is that I, it's a little bit concerning. I'm not like, I'll be more concerned when it's playoff time. I'll be more concerned and just I'll be more concerned depending on how the flow of things is going a little before playoff time. Like if they're still struggling around playoff time and they make the playoffs, but they're still struggling on offense right before the playoffs and there's still a lot of question marks and whatnot. We still had a lot of these same conversations then. Then I will be concerned. Right now, I'm not overly concerned but because it just seems like this has gotta be a strategy for something bigger. It's gotta be a strategy for something bigger. It has to be. There's no other explanation that it could be. So that's what I'm gonna roll with and hopefully that is the case and hopefully these conversations can end up dying down as the season goes on. Next question came from my guy Austin M. He said, what's up man? So just wondering, what do you think besides the pass rush is our biggest need? I believe we should consider looking for either safety help. DeSean Elliott is looking a little shabby or we should consider wide receiver help. LaMar needs more options just as well as our snappy defense. Snappy meaning we bite at everything on defense. Oh, and I forgot. What do you think we will go for in a draft and who right now is our best option if the draft was tomorrow based on the first four games and what us Ravens fans have witnessed? So, what do I think our biggest need is? The Ravens biggest need, I think, I think it's, if you're talking about play, I think it's just consistency. Consistency in their game and consistently using the running game, being consistent in the passing and just consistency getting into more of a rhythm. But if you're talking about player or position, I think the Ravens biggest need right now could actually be a right guard. I think it could be a right guard. And with it being a right guard, I know the pass rush that has been tough has been a little bit of a big yikes. And then, of course, the questions with wide receiver. But I feel like the offensive lines, they could block better for LaMar, give them some more time, give them some more trust. So that can enable him to actually look for more people than just Andrews in Hollywood. And there have been some cases where he has had good blocking and still only look for Andrews in Hollywood. But everything, for me, I think it starts up front with the offensive line. Everything, everything goes to them. So I would actually say the biggest need would be offensive line.  And if I had to rank the three, I would put offensive line pass rushes right under it and then wide receivers down there too. But all three, if the Ravens could upgrade in all three positions, that would certainly help them out a lot. And he also said, what will be our best option right now to go for in a draft? I think an interior offensive line, whether it be a center or a right guard. Interior of the offensive line, one of those two positions would be our best. But all right, next question, the last question on this episode, NFL question from subscribers, came from a boy Tyler G. He said, and Graven, hope all this will and hope this finds you in good spirits. After watching Sunday's game against the Nameless team from Washington, I couldn't help but feel underwhelmed by the Ravens performance. To me, it looked like the Ravens were playing very flat on offense. And although there was some nice plays, it just seemed like there was something missing. Lamar made an excellent play with his legs for that run, but it sure seemed like our play calling has been very stale in comparison to last year. Do you think that this is more of a play calling issue this year, or more so of a lack of talent and weapons for Lamar? I think it's definitely a play calling and Lamar just needing to try to get other people involved more. So yeah. And then he said conversely, in regards to the defense, Marlon did his thing per usual, and Patrick Queen made an excellent goal line stop. Judon finally got his first sack of the year and so did Jaylen Ferguson. However, the pass rush really should have had a field day and Haskins often had years to get rid of the ball. Do you think the Ravens need to start rotating their pass rushes out more often until we truly find who the top guys are? Think Malik Harris and Patrick Queen and even the Chris Baud could benefit the pass rush of giving more opportunities to Blitz. As always, keep up the good work and just like Bill O'Brien, I'm out. Appreciate it Tyler. That would be interesting if they could get a little more of a rotate. I think they actually do do a lot of rotation on a defensive line, especially with the pass rushes because you do see different guys out there. But, because I think that Bowser has already established himself as our best pass rusher but it certainly couldn't help if you got Malik out there, Malik Harris and Blitz and some more. Of course, Patrick Queen, he has been blitzing quite often and also just a little mix of everybody who's active on game day. Everybody, everybody. But, if you keep guys fresh, maybe that can be that boost. And then, of course, we got Justin Matta-Bike back and we had got him after like a week after he sent his email because it was obviously after the Washington game. But with him coming back, that should help as well. And I didn't really get to watch. I wasn't really focused on him individually but a lot of people told me that he did pretty good and he got some pressures and he was getting some good push. So that's a good sign. So hopefully there will be more to come from him and moving forward just with the entire pass rush as a whole.


8 Intuition or Guidance In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. There is nothing too great of accomplishment for the man who knows the power of his word, and who follows his intuitive leads. By the word he starts in action unseen forces and can rebuild his body or remold his affairs. It is therefore of the utmost importance to choose the right words, and the student carefully selects the affirmation he wishes to catapult into the invisible. He knows that God is his supply, and that there is a supply for every demand, and that his spoken word releases this supply. Ask and ye shall receive. One must make the first move, draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. I have often been asked just how to make a demonstration. I reply, Speak the word, and then do not do anything until you get a definite lead. Demand the lead, saying, Infinite Spirit, reveal to me the way, let me know if there is anything for me to do. The answer will come through intuition or hunch, a chance remark from someone, or a passage in a book, etc., etc. The answers are sometimes quite startling in their exactness. For example, a woman desired a large sum of money. She spoke the words, Infinite Spirit, open the way for my immediate supply, let all that is mined by divine right now reach me in great avalanches of abundance. Then she added, Give me a definite lead, let me know if there is anything for me to do. The thought came quickly, give a certain friend, who had helped her spiritually, a hundred dollars. She told her friend, who said, Wait and get another lead before giving it, so she waited, and that day met a woman who said to her, I gave someone a dollar today, it was just as much for me as it would be for you to give someone a hundred. This was indeed an unmistakable lead, so she knew she was right in giving the hundred dollars. It was a gift which proved a great investment for shortly after that. A large sum of money came to her in a remarkable way. Giving opens the way for receiving. In order to create activity in finances, one should give. Tithing, or giving one tenth of one's income, is an old Jewish custom and is sure to bring increase. Many of the richest men in the country have been tithers, and have never known it to fail as an investment. The tenth part goes forth, and returns blessed and multiplied, but the gift or tithe must be given with love and cheerfulness, for God loveth a cheerful giver. Bills should be paid cheerfully, all money should be sent forth fearlessly and with a blessing. This attitude of mind makes man master of money. It is his to obey, and his spoken word then opens vast reservoirs of wealth. Man himself limits his supply by his limited vision. Sometimes the student has a great realization of wealth, but is afraid to act. The vision and action must go hand in hand, as in the case of the man who bought the fur-lined overcoat. A woman came to me asking me to speak the word for a position. So I demanded, infinite spirit, open the way for this woman's right position. Never ask for just a position. Ask for the right position, the place already planned in divine mind, as it is the only one that will give satisfaction. I then gave thanks that she had already received, and that it would manifest quickly. Very soon she had three positions offered her, two in New York and one in Palm Beach. And she did not know which one to choose. I said ask for a definite lead. The time was almost up and was still undecided when one day she telephoned. When I woke up this morning I could smell Palm Beach. She had been there before and knew its balmy fragrance. I replied, well if you can smell Palm Beach from here, it's certainly your lead. She accepted the position and it proved a great success. One one's lead comes at an unexpected time. One day I was walking down the street when suddenly I felt a strong urge to go to a certain bakery, a block or two away. The reasoning mind resisted, arguing, there's nothing there that you want. However, I had learned not to reason, so I went to the bakery, looked at everything, and there was certainly nothing there that I wanted. And coming out I encountered a woman I had thought of often and who was in great need of the help which I could give her. So often one goes for one thing and finds another. Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain but simply points the way. A person often receives a lead during a treatment. The idea that comes may seem quite irrelevant but some of God's leadings are mysterious. In the class one day I was treating that each individual would receive a definite lead. A woman came to me afterwards and said, while you were treating I got the hunch to take my furniture out of storage and get an apartment. The woman had come to be treated for health. I told her I knew in getting a home of her own, her health would improve. And I added, I believe your trouble, which is a congestion, has come from having things stored away. Congestion of things causes congestion in the body. You have violated the law of use and your body is paying the penalty. So I gave thanks that divine order was established in her mind, body and affairs. It is a little dream of how their affairs react on the body. There is a mental correspondence for every disease. A person might receive instantaneous healing through the realization of his body being a perfect idea in divine mind and therefore whole and perfect, but if he continues his destructive thinking, hoarding, hating, fearing, condemning, the disease will return. Jesus Christ knew that all sickness came from sin, but admonished the leper after the healing to go and sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon him. So man's soul, or subconscious mind, must be washed wider than snow for permanent healing and the metaphysician is always delving deep for the correspondence. Jesus Christ said, condemn not, lest ye also be condemned. Judge not, lest ye be judged. Many people have attracted disease and unhappiness through the condemnation of others. What man condemns in others he attracts to himself. For example, a friend came to me in anger and distress because her husband had deserted her for another woman. She condemned the other woman and said continually, she knew he was a married man, she had no right to accept his attentions. I replied, stop condemning the woman, bless her and be through with the situation, otherwise you are attracting the same thing to yourself. She was deaf to my words and a year or two later became deeply interested in a married man herself. Man picks up a live wire whenever he criticizes or condemns and may expect a shock. In decision is a stumbling block in many a pathway. In order to overcome it, make the statement repeatedly, I am always under direct inspiration, I make right decisions quickly. These words impress the subconscious and soon one finds himself awake and alert making his right moves without hesitation. I have found it destructive to look to the psychic plane for guidance as it is the plane of many minds and not the one mind. As man opens his mind to subjectivity he becomes a target for destructive forces. The psychic plane is the result of man's mortal thought and is on the plane of opposites. He may receive either good or bad messages. The science of numbers and the reading of horoscopes keep man down the mental or mortal plane for they deal only with the karmic path. I know of a man who should have been dead years ago according to his horoscope but he is alive and a leader of one of the biggest movements in this country for the uplift of humanity. It takes a very strong mind to neutralize the prophecy of evil. The student should declare, every false prophecy shall come to not. Every plan my father in heaven has not planned shall be dissolved and dissipated. The divine idea now comes to pass. However, if any good message has ever been given one of coming happiness or wealth harbour and expect it and it will manifest sooner or later through the law of expectancy. Man's will should be used to back the universal will. I will that the will of God be done. It is God's will to give every man every righteous desire of his heart and man's will should be used to hold the perfect vision without wavering. The prodigal son said, I will arise and go to my father. It is indeed often an effort of the will to leave the husks and swine of mortal thinking. It is so much easier for the average person to have fear than faith. So faith is an effort of the will. As man becomes spiritually awakened, he recognizes that any external in harmony is the correspondence of mental in harmony. If he stumbles or falls, he may know he is stumbling or falling in consciousness. One day a student was walking along the street condemning someone in her thoughts. She was saying mentally, that woman is the most disagreeable woman on earth. When suddenly three Boy Scouts rushed around the corner and almost knocked her over. She did not condemn the Boy Scouts but immediately called on the law of forgiveness and saluted the divinity in the woman. Wisdom's ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. When one has made his demands upon the universal he must be ready for surprises. Everything may seem to be going wrong, when reality it is going right. For example, a woman was told that there was no loss in divine mind, therefore she could not lose anything which belonged to her. Anything lost would be returned, or she would receive its equivalent. Several years previously she had lost two thousand dollars. She had loaned the money to a relative during her lifetime, but the relative had died, leaving no mention of it in her will. The woman was resentful and angry, and as she had no written statement of the transaction she never received the money, so she determined to deny the loss and collect the two thousand dollars from the bank of the universal. She had to begin by forgiving the woman as resentment and unforgiveness closed the door of this wonderful bank. She made this statement, I deny loss, there is no loss in divine mind, therefore I cannot lose the two thousand dollars which belonged to me by divine right, as one door shuts another opens. She was living in an apartment house which was for sale, and in the lease was a clause stating that if the house was sold the tenants would be required to move out within ninety days. Suddenly the landlord broke the leases and raised the rent. Again injustice was on her pathway, but this time she was undisturbed. She blessed the landlord and said, as the rent has been raised it means that I'll be that much richer for God as my supply. The new leases were made out for the advanced rent, but by some divine mistake the ninety day clause had been forgotten. Soon after the landlord had an opportunity to sell the house, on account of the mistake in the new leases the tenants held possession for another year. The agent offered each tenant two hundred dollars if he would vacate. Several families moved, three remained including the woman. A month or two passed and the agent again appeared. This time he said to the woman, will you break your lease for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars? It flashed upon her, here comes the two thousand dollars. She remembered having said to friends in the house, we will all act together if anything more is said about leaving. So her lead was to consult her friends. These friends said, well if they have offered you fifteen hundred they will certainly give two thousand. So she received a check for two thousand dollars for giving up the apartment. It was certainly a remarkable working of the law and the apparent injustice was merely an opening for the way for her demonstration. It proved that there is no loss and when man takes his spiritual stand he collects all that is his from this great reservoir of good. I will restore to you the years the locusts have eaten. The locusts are the doubts, fears, resentments and regrets of mortal thinking. These adverse thoughts alone rob man for no man gives to himself but himself and no man takes away from himself but himself. Man is here to prove God and to bear witness to the truth and he can only prove God by bringing plenty out of lack and justice out of injustice. Prove me now herewith saith the Lord of hosts if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that there shall be not room enough to receive it. End of chapter 8, recording by Amy Conger. Chapter 9 of The Game of Life and How to Play It. The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel-Shen. Chapter 9, Perfect Self-Expression or The Divine Design. No wind can drive my bark astray nor change the tide of destiny. There is for each man perfect self-expression. There is a place which he is to fill and no one else can fill, something which he is to do, which no one else can do, it is his destiny. This achievement is held, a perfect idea in divine mind awaiting man's recognition. As the imaging faculty is the creative faculty, it is necessary for man to see the idea before it can manifest, so man's highest demand is for the divine design of his life. He may not have the faintest conception of what it is, for there is possibly some marvellous talent hidden deep within him. His demand should be, infinite spirit, open the way for the divine design of my life to manifest. Let the genius within me now be released. Let me see clearly the perfect plan. The perfect plan includes health, wealth, love and perfect self-expression. This is the square of life, which brings perfect happiness. When one has made this demand, he may find great changes taking place in his life, for nearly every man has wandered far from the divine design. I know in one woman's case it was as though a cyclone had struck her affairs, but readjustments came quickly and new and wonderful conditions took the place of old ones. Perfect self-expression will never be labour, but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play. The student knows also, as man comes into the world financed by God, the supply needed for his perfect self-expression will be at hand. Many a genius has struggled for years with the problem of supply, when his spoken word and faith would have released quickly the necessary funds. For example, after the class one day a man came to me and handed me a scent. He said, I have just seven cents in the world and I am going to give you one, for I have faith in the power of your spoken word. I want you to speak the word from my perfect self-expression and prosperity. I spoke the word and did not see him again until a year later. He came in one day, successful and happy with a roll of yellow bills in a pocket. He said, immediately after you spoke the word I had a position offered me in a distant city and I am now demonstrating health, happiness and supply. A woman's self-expression may be in becoming a perfect wife, a perfect mother, a perfect homemaker and not necessarily in having a public career. Demand definitely leads and the way will be made easy and successful. One should not visualize or force a mental picture. When he demands the divine design to come into his conscious mind, he will receive flashes of inspiration and begin to see himself making some great accomplishment. This is the picture or idea he must hold without wavering. The thing man seeks is seeking him. The telephone was seeking Belle. Parents should never force careers and professions upon their children. With a knowledge of spiritual truth, the divine plan could be spoken for early in childhood or prenatally. A prenatal treatment should be, let the God in this child have perfect self-expression. Let the divine design of his mind, body and affairs be made manifest throughout his life, throughout eternity. God's will be done, not man's. God's pattern, not man's pattern is the command we find running through all the scriptures and the Bible is a book dealing with the science of the mind. It is a book telling man how to release his soul or subconscious mind from bondage. The battles described are pictures of man waging war against mortal thoughts. A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Every man is Jehoshaphat and every man is David who slays Goliath, mortal thinking, with the little white stone, faith. So man must be careful that he is not the wicked and slothful servant who buried his talent. There is a terrible penalty to be paid for not using one's ability. Often fear stands between man and his perfect self-expression. Stage fright has hampered many a genius. This may be overcome by the spoken word or treatment. The individual then loses all self-consciousness and feels simply that he is a channel for infinite intelligence to express itself through. He is under direct inspiration, fearless and confident, for he feels that it is the father within who does the work. A young boy came often to my class with his mother. He asked me to speak the word for his coming examinations at school. I told him to make the statement, I am one with infinite intelligence, I know everything I should know on this subject. He had an excellent knowledge of history but was not sure of his arithmetic. I saw him afterwards and he said, I spoke the word for my arithmetic and passed with the highest honors, but I thought I could depend upon myself for history and got a very poor mark. He often receives a setback when he is too sure of himself, which means he is trusting to his personality and not the father within. Another of my students gave me an example of this. She took an extended trip abroad one summer, visiting many countries where she was ignorant of the languages. She was calling for guidance and protection every minute and her affairs went smoothly and miraculously. Her luggage was never delayed nor lost. Accommodations were always ready for her at the best hotels and she had perfect service wherever she went. She returned to New York. Knowing the language she felt God was no longer necessary so looked after her affairs in an ordinary manner. Everything went wrong. Her trunks delayed amid in harmony and confusion. The student must form the habit of practicing the presence of God every minute. In all thy ways acknowledge him. Nothing is too small or too great. Sometimes an insignificant incident may be the turning point in a man's life. Robert Fulton, watching some boiling water, simmering in a tea kettle, saw a steamboat. I have seen a student often keep back his demonstration through resistance or pointing the way. He pins his faith to one channel only and dictates just the way he desires the manifestation to come, which brings things to a standstill. My way, not your way, is the command of infinite intelligence. Like all power, be it steam or electricity, it must have a non-resistant engine or instrument to work through, and man is that engine or instrument. Over and over again man is told to stand still. Oh Judah, fear not, but tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord will be with you. You shall not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you. We see this, in the incidents of the $2,000 coming to the woman through the landlord when she became non-resistant and undisturbed, and the woman who won the man's love after all suffering had ceased. The student's goal is poise, poise is power, for it gives God power a chance to rush through man, to will and to do its good pleasure. Poised, he thinks clearly. Man makes right decisions quickly. He never misses a trick. Anger blurs the visions, poisons the blood, is the root of many diseases and causes wrong decision leading to failure. It has been named one of the worst sins, as its reaction is so harmful. The student learns that in metaphysics, sin has a much broader meaning than in the old teaching. Whatsoever is not of faith is sin. He finds that fear and worry are deadly sins. They are inverted faith and through distorted mental pictures bring to pass the thing he fears. His work is to drive out these enemies from the subconscious mind. When man is fearless, he is finished. Laterlink says that man is God afraid. So as we read in the previous chapters, man can only vanquish fear by walking up to the thing he is afraid of. When Jehoshaphat and his army prepared to meet the enemy, singing praise the Lord for his mercy endureth forever, they found their enemies had destroyed each other and there was nothing to fight. For example, a woman asked a friend to deliver a message to another friend. The woman feared to give the message as the reasoning mind said, don't get mixed up in this affair, don't give that message. She was troubled in spirit for she had given her promise. At last she determined to walk up to the lion and call on the law of divine protection. She met the friend to whom she was to deliver the message. She opened her mouth to speak it when her friend said, so and so has left town. This made it unnecessary to give the message, as the situation depended upon the person being in town. As she was willing to do it, she was not obliged to, as she did not fear, the situation vanished. The student often delays his demonstration through a belief in incompletion. He should make this statement, in divine mind there is only completion, therefore my demonstration is completed, my perfect word, my perfect home, my perfect health. Whatever he demands are perfect ideas registered in divine mind and must manifest under grace in a perfect way. He gives thanks he has already received on the invisible and makes active preparation for receiving on the visible. One of my students was in need of a financial demonstration. She came to me and asked why it was not completed. I replied, perhaps you are in the habit of leaving things unfinished and the subconscious has gotten into the habit of not completing, as the without sow the within. She said, you are right, I often begin things and never finish them. I'll go home and finish something I commenced weeks ago and I know it will be symbolic of my demonstration. So she sowed assiduously and the article was soon completed. Shortly thereafter the money came in a most curious manner. Her husband was paid his salary twice that month. He told the people of their mistake and they sent word to keep it. One man asks, believing he must receive for God creates his own channels. I have been sometimes asked, suppose one has several talents, how is he to know which one to choose? Demand to be shown definitely. Say, infinite spirit, give me a definite lead, reveal to me my perfect self-expression, show which talent I am to make use of now. I have known people to suddenly enter a new line of work and be fully equipped with little to no training, so make the statement, I am fully equipped for the divine plan of my life and be fearless in grasping opportunities. Some people are cheerful givers but bad receivers. They refuse gifts through pride or some negative reason thereby blocking their channels and invariably find themselves eventually with little or nothing. For example, a woman who had given away a great deal of money had a gift offered her of several thousand dollars. She refused to take it, saying she did not need it. Finally thereafter her finances were tied up and she found herself in debt for that amount. Man should receive gracefully the bread returning to him upon the water. Freely ye have given, freely ye shall receive. There is always the perfect balance of giving and receiving and though man should give without thinking of returns, he violates law if he does not accept the returns which come to him, for all gifts are from God, man being merely the channel. A thought of lack should never be held over the giver. For example, when the man gave me one cent I did not say, poor man, he cannot afford to give me that. I saw him rich and prosperous with his supply pouring in. It was this thought which brought it. If one has been a bad receiver he must become a good one and take even a postage stamp of it as given him and open up his channels for receiving. The Lord loveth a cheerful receiver as well as a cheerful giver. I have often been asked why one man is born rich and healthy and another poor and sick. Where there is an effect there is always a cause there is no such thing as chance. This question is answered through the law of reincarnation. Man goes through many births and deaths until he knows the truth which sets him free. He is drawn back to the earth plain through unsatisfied desire to pay his karmic debts or to fulfill his destiny. The man born rich and healthy has had pictures in his subconscious mind, in his past life of health and riches and the poor and sick man of disease and poverty. Man manifests on any plane the sum total of his subconscious beliefs. However, birth and death are man made laws for the wages of sin is death. The Adamic fall in consciousness through the belief in two powers. The real man, spiritual man is birthless and deathless. He was never born and has never died. As he was in the beginning he is now and shall ever be. So through the truth man is set free from the law of karma, sin and death and manifests the man made in his image and likeness. Man's freedom comes through fulfilling his destiny, bringing into manifestation the divine design of his life. His Lord will say unto him, well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things, death itself, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord eternal life. End of Chapter 9. CHAPTER 10. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. All the good that is to be made manifest in man's life is already an accomplished fact in divine mind, and is released through man's recognition or spoken word, so he must be careful to decree that only the divine idea be made manifest. For often he decrees, through his idle words, failure or misfortune. It is therefore of the utmost importance to word one's demands correctly, as stated in a previous chapter. If one desires a home, friend, position or any other good thing, make the demand for the divine selection. For example, infinite spirit, open the way for my right home, my right friend, my right position. I give thanks that it now manifests under grace in a perfect way. The latter part of this statement is most important. For example, I knew a woman who demanded a thousand dollars. Her daughter was injured, and they received a thousand dollars indemnity, so it did not come in a perfect way. The demand should have been worded in this way. Infinite spirit, I give thanks that the one thousand dollars, which is mined by divine right, is now released and reaches me under grace in a perfect way. As one grows in a financial consciousness, he should demand that the enormous sums of money which are his by divine right reach him under grace in perfect ways. It is impossible for man to release more than he thinks is possible, for one is bound by the limited expectancies of the subconscious. He must enlarge his expectancies in order to receive in a larger way. Man so often limits himself in his demands. For example, a student made the demands for six hundred dollars by a certain date. He did receive it, but heard afterwards that he came very near receiving a thousand dollars, but he was given just six hundred as a result of his spoken word. They limited the holy one of Israel. Wealth is a matter of consciousness. The French have a legend giving an example of this. A poor man was walking along a road when he met a traveller who stopped him and said, My good friend, I see that you are poor. Take this gold nugget, sell it, and you will be rich all your days. The man was overjoyed at his good fortune and took the nugget home. He immediately found work and became so prosperous that he did not sell the nugget. The man was passed and he became a very rich man. One day he met a poor man on the road.  The mendicant took the nugget, had it valued, and found it was only brass. So we see, the first man became rich through feeling rich, thinking the nugget was gold. Every man has within him a gold nugget. It is his consciousness of gold, of opulence, which brings riches into his life. In making his demands, man begins at his journey's end. That is, he declares he has already received. Before ye call, I shall answer. Continually affirming establishes the belief in the subconscious. It would not be necessary to make an affirmation more than once if one had perfect faith. One should not plead or supplicate, but give thanks repeatedly that he has received. The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. This rejoicing, which is yet in the desert, state of consciousness, opens the way for release. The Lord's prayer is in the form of command and demand. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And ends in praise, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Concerning the works of my hands, command ye me. So prayer is command and demand, praise and thanksgiving. This student's work is in making himself believe that, with God, all things are possible. This is easy enough to state in the abstract, but a little more difficult when confronted with a problem. For example, it was necessary for a woman to demonstrate a large sum of money within a stated time. She knew she must do something to get a realization, for realization is manifestation, and she demanded a lead. She was walking through a department store when she saw a very beautiful pink enamel paper cutter. She felt the pull towards it. The thought came, I have it to paper cutter good enough to open letters containing large checks. So she bought the paper cutter, which the reasoning mind would have called an extravagance. When she held it in her hand, she had a flash of a picture of herself opening an envelope containing a large check, and within a few weeks she received the money. The pink paper cutter was her bridge of active faith. Many stories are told of the power of the subconscious when directed in faith. For example, a man was spending the night in a farmhouse. The windows of the room had been nailed down, and in the middle of the night he felt suffocated and made his way in the dark to the window. He could not open it, so he smashed the pain with his fist, drew in drafts of fine fresh air, and had a wonderful night's sleep. The next morning he found he had smashed the glass of a bookcase, and the window had remained closed during the whole night. He had supplied himself with oxygen, simply by his thought of oxygen. When a student starts out to demonstrate, he should never turn back. Let not that man who waivers think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. A student once made this wonderful statement. When I ask the Father for anything, I put my foot down and I say, Father, I'll take nothing less than I've asked for, but more. So man should never compromise, having done all stand. This is sometimes the most difficult time of demonstrating. The temptation comes to give up, to turn back, to compromise. He also serves who only stands and waits. Demonstrations often come at the eleventh hour because man then lets go, that is, stops reasoning, and infinite intelligence has a chance to work. Man's dreary desires are answered drearily, and his impatient desires long delayed or violently fulfilled. For example, a woman asked me why it was she was constantly losing or breaking her glasses. We found she often said to herself and others with vexation, I wish I could get rid of my glasses. So her impatient desire was violently fulfilled. What she should have demanded was perfect eyesight, but what she registered in the subconscious was simply the impatient desire to be rid of her glasses, so they were continually being broken or lost. Two attitudes of mind cause loss, depreciation, as in the case of the woman who did not appreciate her husband, or fear of loss, which makes a picture of loss in the subconscious. When a student is able to let go of his problem, cast his burden, he will have instantaneous manifestation. For example, a woman was out during a very stormy day, and her umbrella was blown inside out. She was about to make a call on some people whom she had never met, and she did not wish to make her first appearance with a dilapidated umbrella. She could not throw it away as it did not belong to her. So in desperation, she exclaimed, Oh God, you take charge of this umbrella. I don't know what to do. A moment later, a voice behind her said, Lady, do you want your umbrella mended? There stood an umbrella mender. She replied, Indeed I do. The man mended the umbrella while she went into the house to pay her call, and when she returned she had a good umbrella. So there is always an umbrella mender at hand on man's pathway when one puts the umbrella or situation in God's hands. One should always follow a denial with an affirmation. For example, I was called on the phone late one night to treat a man whom I had never seen. He was apparently very ill. I made the statement, I deny the appearance of disease. It is unreal. Therefore cannot register in his consciousness. This man is a perfect idea in divine mind, pure substance expressing perfection. There is no time or space in divine mind. For the word reaches instantly its destination and does not return void. I have treated patients in Europe and have found that the result was instantaneous. I am asked so often the difference between visualizing and visioning. Visualizing is a mental process governed by the reasoning or conscious mind. Visualizing is a spiritual process governed by intuition or the super conscious mind. The student should train his mind to receive these flashes of inspiration and work out the divine pictures through definite leads. One a man can say, I desire only that which God desires for me. His false desires fade from the consciousness and a new set of blueprints is given him by the master architect, the God within. God's plan for each man transcends the limitation of the reasoning mind and is always the square of life containing health, wealth, love, and perfect self-expression. Many a man is building for himself in imagination a bungalow when he should be building a palace. If a student tries to force a demonstration through the reasoning mind he brings it to a stand still. I will hasten it saith the Lord. He should act only through intuition or definite leads. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently. Trust also in him and he will bring it to pass. I have seen the law work in the most astonishing manner. For example, a student stated that it was necessary for her to have a hundred dollars by the following day. It was a debt of vital importance which had to be met. I spoke the word, declaring spirit was never too late, and that the supply was at hand. That evening she phoned me of the miracle. She said that the thought came to her to go to her safety deposit box at the bank to examine some papers. She looked over the papers and at the bottom of the box was a new one hundred dollar bill. She was astounded and she said she knew she had never put it there for she had gone through the papers many times. It may have been a materialization as Jesus Christ materialized the loaves and fishes. Matt will reach the stage where his word is made flesh or materialized instantly. The fields ripe with the harvest will manifest immediately as in all of the miracles of Jesus Christ. There is a tremendous power alone in the name Jesus Christ. It stands for truth made manifest. He said whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name he will give it to you. The power of this name raises the student into the fourth dimension where he is freed from all astral and psychic influences and he becomes unconditioned and absolute as God himself is unconditioned and absolute. I have seen many healings accomplished by using the words in the name of Jesus Christ. Christ was both person and principle and the Christ within each man is his redeemer and salvation. The Christ within is his own fourth dimensional self the man made in God's image and likeness. This is the self which has never failed, never known sickness or sorrow, was never born and has never died. It is the resurrection and the life of each man. No man comes to the Father saved by the Son means that God the universal working on the place of the particular becomes the Christ in man and the Holy Ghost means God in action. So daily man is manifesting the trinity of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Man should make an art of thinking. The master thinker is an artist and is careful to paint only the divine designs upon the canvas of his mind and he paints these pictures with masterly strokes of power and decision having perfect faith that there is no power to mar their perfection and that they shall manifest in his life the ideal made real. All power is given man through right thinking to bring his heaven upon his earth and this is the goal of the game of life. The simple rules are fearless faith, non-resistance and love. May each reader be now freed from that thing which has held him in bondage through the ages, standing between him and his own and know the truth which makes him free, free to fulfill his destiny, to bring into manifestation the divine design of his life, health, wealth, love and perfect self expression. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. For prosperity God is my unfailing supply and large sums of money come to me quickly under grace in perfect ways. For right conditions Every plan my Father in heaven has not planned shall be dissolved and dissipated and the divine idea now comes to pass. For right conditions Only that which is true of God is true of me for I on the Father are one for faith as I am one with God I am one with my good for God is both the giver and the gift I cannot separate the giver from the gift. For right conditions Divine love now dissolves and dissipates every wrong condition in my mind, body and affairs. Divine love is the most powerful chemical in the universe and dissolves everything which is not of itself. For health Divine love fills my consciousness with health and every cell in my body is filled with light. For the eyesight My eyes are God's eyes I see with the eyes of spirit I see clearly the open way There are no obstacles on my pathway I see clearly the perfect plan For guidance I am divinely sensitive to my intuitive leads and give instant obedience to thy will For the hearing My ears are God's ears I hear with the ears of spirit I am non-resistant and am willing to be led I hear glad tidings of great joy For right work I have a perfect work in a perfect way I give a perfect service for perfect pay For freedom from all bondage I cast this burden on the Christ within and I go free