For as the same fire causes gold to glow brightly, and chaff to smoke; and under the same flail the straw is beaten small, while the grain is cleansed.” St. Augustine of Hippo.

I was putting my life together after The Catastrophe. I was working for a large international airline. An excellent and demanding job. Lots of traveling all around South America and the USA. I was divorced. My kids were finishing high school, but I was still looking at the “Whys” of the Disaster. A catastrophe is when you enter the Castle of your Dreams. You are treated like a Prince. The Owner of the Castle expects you to ask The Question, and you don’t know what to ask. The worst part is that you were told what to ask but didn’t.

It was a beautiful Saturday morning in Coral Gables. I decided to spend the day at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne. I packed a Cuban Sandwich, an apple, a water bottle, a folding chair, and a book by the eminent Jungian analyst Dr. Robert A. Johnson, entitled HE. [1]

I finished reading by around 6 p.m. I was moved by the book’s message. The park is usually closed by sundown. I looked at the sea, and it was beautiful and serene. I walked to the edge of the sand. I stood there looking at the reflection of my shadow at the bottom of the sea. Then I said: “Angles, I want to see your shadows next to mine. I saw only my shadow.

I started returning to the parking lot where I had parked my car. Suddenly, I had a feeling that somebody was walking with me. I looked, but nobody was there. Then I saw a patch of grass with wildflowers moving circularly. Nothing else was moving. There was no wind. I stop in fascination. I said: “Is this the answer to my request?”. Then they stop. I said move once more if this is real. Then they began moving in a different direction. An indescribable feeling invaded me. Then understood the message of Dr. Johnson: “The object of life is not happiness, but to serve God or the Grail. All of the Grail quests is to serve God. If one understands this and drops his idiotic notion that the meaning of life is personal happiness, then one will find that elusive quality immediately at hand.”[1]

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[1] HE Understanding Masculine Psychology. Dr. Robert A. Johnson. Harper Perennial

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My name is Julian L Sevillano. I am the Executive Director of this space that aims to disseminate pertinent information about the human brain, emphasizing brain neuroplasticity and the tools that can help us weather our circumstances. My mission is to bring some hope regarding the dilemma of people of all ages. And the difficulty is because we not only have to fight with problems that our condition brings but also with what adaptation to the results of the pandemic and the so-called "New Normal" entails. Notice to the reader that I said "our condition" since I just turned 86! I continued my studies at Harvard Extension School in Fundamentals of Neuroscience. I obtained Certificates in the Electrical Properties of Neurons, Neural Networks and Neurons and The Brain. I previously studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated with a bachelor’s in accounting and economics. I am the Coordinator of Neurocognitive Research Programs for Seniors—I-Function, Inc. (University of Miami School of Medicine start-up). I am a Consultant at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Aging. Miller School of Medicine. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. I also work as a Neuroplasticity and BrainHQ Posit Science Certified Brain Adequacy Trainer at brain training centers located at the Village Activity Center in Key Biscayne, Florida, at the City of Coral Gables, Florida Activity Center, and The Palace Coral Gables (self-contained accommodations and services for seniors) in Coral Gables, Florida.

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