Watch Between the Lines interview with Richard Moss
More than 30 years ago Richard left his medical practice after a life changing realization and dedicated his life to helping others realize their multidimensional nature and achieve-self mastery. His teachings bridge science, psychology, energy medicine, and spiritual awareness practices. His most recent work is The Mandala of Being

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An internationally respected leader in the field of conscious living and inner transformation Richard's latest book shows us why and how we habitually obstruct our innate potential for what he calls radical aliveness, a life of authenticity, overflowing energy, and joy.

In the Mandala of Being Richard gives us an effective practice that's readily incorporated into daily life. It illustrates that there are only four places in our mind we ever go when we leave the Now - the past, the future, judgments of ourselves and judgments of others. It allows us to trace precisely the path we've taken away from our most authentic self whenever we are not fully present, and simultaneously shows us the way back home. Richard accompanies and encourages the reader on a journey toward freedom from fear and any other limiting or threatening feelings.

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The Phantom Load - When the lights go off at your house for the night your electricity meter is still hard at work, chugging along counting all of the wasted Kilowatts being used by sleepless machinery. This is called a phantom load. While some of this electricity usage is unavoidable, such as with your refrigerator, most of it is simply not necessary. It has been estimated that as of the year 2000 the average house consumed roughly 1.5 Kilowatt hours per day in standby power. The Department of Energy estimates yearly standby power usage to equal 64 million Megawatt Hours, or roughly the equivalent of eighteen power plants.

Of course phantom loads exist in the daytime as well. All of your mobile phone chargers, dvd players, computers, televisions, cable boxes and even the clocks on your stove are constantly drawing power whether they are being used or not. If you inspect the power bricks that come with your electronics and feel that it is hot to the touch when plugged in, that is an indication of it's power consumption. Notice that they are still quite hot even when not used. Most cell phone charges will draw just as much power whether they are charging your phone or not.

In some countries it is common for all wall plugs to have power switches to ensure that electricity is only being used when you want it to be. Unfortunately the United States is not one of those countries, so we have to come up with our own methods. The most obvious idea would be to simply unplug everything when it is not being used. This would of course become quite unwieldy in a normal sized house with multiple outlets in every room, not to mention the added wear and tear on the cords themselves over time.

The most practical solution then becomes power strips that can be switched off when not in use. This gives the advantage of being able to disconnect several devices at the same time with a flick of a switch, with the added benefit of surge protection on all of your expensive equipment. The danger is however that since these devices have so many plugs they tend to be overloaded. It is still not a bad idea to unplug something when it is not being used so you can plug in something you need rather than use up all six power slots unnecessarily.

Companies such as Wattstopper in the U.S. and Sava Socket in the U.K. are bringing in new products to help automate the power usage in your home by either automatically detecting if the device has entered standby mode or through the use of occupancy detectors. Smart plugs test the average load of a device and if it drops by 60% the plug is shut down, preventing needless idle usage. Occupancy sensors will turn lights in and around your home on or off depending on if anyone is actually in the room.

The days of Dad walking around the house wondering why the lights are on when no one is in the room has passed.  The unfortunate fact is that short of turning off the power to our house at the street every night, likely we'll never be able to completely eliminate our standby power usage. We can however dramatically decrease the amount we use by simply denying power to the offending products. Going one step further when you are in the market for a new electronic device inquire with the manufacturer exactly how much standby power is used and buy according to the lowest use. You can be sure if they received enough of these types of calls the average use along their entire product line would come down.

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