Hi Ambassadors, Baer and I want to give you an update on our progress. Last year, we had to upgrade all our technology because our equipment was outdated and some of it even stopped working altogether. Since we live in a remote area, overnight shipping can be anything but overnight. Additionally, if there’s an issue with an order we make each item can take lengthy delays to arrive. The good news is that as of late November and prior to our December Tucson Arizona training we were completely upgraded with the technology that we needed to produce the lessons effectively and efficiently. Needless to say, we were pumped about returning to our mountain and the winter conditions of hibernation so we could buckle down and get things moving with the new lessons. As the snow and storms piled up we began working on several lessons at the same time; the Philosophy Course lesson 13 Overview, and several lessons in the History Course. Just when things started to roll our plumbing went kaput and in short we were without plumbing and running water for nearly 3 weeks from Christmas to mid January. Not a small issue. It really threw off our creative edge. After solving that major problem our primary goal was to focus on finishing the Philosophy Course Overview lesson 13. This is a critical lesson as it is foundational to the Paxtial Arts System and we plan to use it to market and bring awareness to the Paxtial Arts. We are also upgrading the sound and lesson material for lesson 2 Formula as this was desperately needed. The early lessons were produced on a shoestring and a dime. Sound quality was horrible and it haunted us. There are 12 Chapters (Glyphs through Mindsync) in the Philosophy Course Overview lesson. This lesson in particular must contain a comprehensive and condensed summary of each lesson in the Philosophy Course and we completely guesstimated wrong the amount of time and creative brainwork it would require to get it done right. As we dove into it we realized how important this first Philosophy Course is in the Paxtial Arts System. The good news is that with the new tech and program that we have acquired to produce the lessons, the video quality is vastly improved. The discouraging part is that it is taking much longer than expected. We have been working diligently every day but we had no idea the requirements of this lesson until we started working on it. Our aged brains are stretched far beyond what we thought containable as libraries of data are ingested while hours are invested schooling on tech then simultaneously outputting concentrated passages of compressed material out for the lesson content. It's just ouch. That being said, we are heartened with all the writings in the forum. We are just blown away by the quality of character in this amazing group of Peacemaker Ambassadors. We love our new Ambassador Emissaries and all that they are contributing in the forum. We just want to point out that Tyros are kids and there are no kids in this Gen 1 circle. We know that everyone involved in this online course has been led here by a force greater than us all and we are thankful for every one of you. We have the best of the best in this circle. We might be the leaders in this journey but we are all pioneers blazing this trail together. In the end this entire curriculum will have everyone's fingerprint written into and embedded in the Curriculum of the Paxtial Arts System. Once this first Paxtial Arts Ambassador Level Curriculum is released in totality it will be HUGE. We anticipate many venues will seek the Paxtial Arts Peacemaker Curriculum and we will make each course available separately as well. The Paxtial Arts System is revolutionary and will become a global force for good. Our aim and goal is to qualify for grant money which can open up future opportunities for us all. The Philosophy Course Lesson 13 Overview video will hopefully kick open that door... We cannot thank you all enough for your patience, support and belief in the Paxtial Arts. We promise that you will not be disappointed in the lesson videos as we work to improve with each production we release. Aloha and Maluhia, Ed and Baer Parker

Last night sometime between wake and sleep, I think I had slept a few minutes minutes and almost woken up so I think about 1 o clock or so, but I was thinking why do we have paxtial arts? I thought of some things, and in that state of wakefulness the answer came in a flash. I thought that's it. I woke up the rest of the way, got up, went to the kitchen table and was going to write the answer I had. But a Somewhere in waking up and getting there the answer I received in a flash had disappeared. I did write however, "why we have paxtial arts and not just ask those who are good at talking to people and experienced in conflict resolution to play that role. I'm looking at that paper now. Today, Saturday the 23rd, I've come up with several good answers like cause we need people with some actual martial arts training to be there to play that role. All those answers. But these are answers that true as they are, come from the company president side of the mind not the intuitive side. There are a lot of people out there who are good at conflict resolution and a win win sollution. The first i can think of are mother's. Then I think of business owners who most of the time are pretty good but there are some who learn to mis use those abilities. Politicians think they are good at it. So there are those who genuinely are gifted in finding a win win. Can we rely on them completely? I don't think so. Now I have the task of trying to find the answer I had in a flash. Maybe the reason I was given the answer is so I would forget and write this post and having had a discussion among all who would take part the answer would be more heard since many had discussed it not one guy coming foreward with an answer. Answers tend to work like that. If several people are working on it the answer is more remembered and accepted. It's kind of like taking a written test and the questions we just write the answer are soon forgotten after the test is handed in but the ones we wonder if it is a trick that we have to really think thru, those are remembered longer. Maybe that's how it is here. I'm going to have to find it again. I think the answer had to do with credibility and being followable. What do the rest of you think? I know i need to keep paper by the bed. Why is it desirable to have paxtial arts not just rely on those who are good at conflict resolution? When considering that, what does your company president side of your mind tell you verses what does your intuitive side tell you? If several of you answer I think we will see examples of both answers. What do you think?

I've been reflecting on the Paxtial Arts for a while now and what it all means, so to speak. Something that came into my head is that the ideas and topics presented are non-violent, but they are more than that. What do you call something that is non-violent, but yet novel in its' approach? I continued reflecting on this and came up with a term that seems to resonate with me, and that is "creative non-violence". Borrowing from the Bible (as it is a book I am quite familiar with), there is a passage from Matthew 5:41 that states: If a soldier forces you to walk with him one mile, go with him two. As I read this for the thousandth time, I finally asked the question, "why"? As I dug in I found something really interesting. Back in the days of the Bible, a Roman soldier was allowed by law to have non-Roman citizens carry their gear for one mile. But, why does the passage above say to "go with him two"? The answer I came to is that it upsets the power dynamic. For the first mile, the solder is in control of the power. That soldier effectively owns that person carrying their gear for one mile. However, once you get to mile two, you have a choice. Drop the gear and go on with you life, or offer to take it another mile. Doing this has a prfound consequence. You upset the power dynamic. Now, the Roman soldier either has to refuse the help, or accept it, thereby humanizing the person carrying the gear. With that brief moment, the power has been taken away from the Roman soldier, and given to the person carrying the gear. So, I encourage you all as you watch these lessons to consider how we can use what we learn in order to incite "creative non-violence". I think I may go back over some lessons I completed with this new lens and consider things a little differently. Hope y'all are doing well, enjoyed the holidays, and enjoying your Paxtial Arts journey. I know I am. Travis