The Great Healing – part 11: Expressing our Better Angels

In the last post I talked about how ‘giving a f*ck’ about things that really matter is crucial to our well-being as we move forward in these chaotic times.  It’s not only political and economic but as the recent hurricanes demonstrate, even mother nature is seemingly sending us a message.  Read more…

Revisiting Propaganda – Part 3: Examples of Control

I recently had a friend ask why I am talking about propaganda instead of giving more direct insights about sustainability.  The reason, as regular readers of the blog will already know, is simple; our modern world is a result of how we live destructively to the planet because of the Read more…

Revisiting Propaganda – Part 2: Overview 2 – Social Engineering

“Propaganda works best when those who are being exposed are confident that they are acting on their own free will” Joseph Goebbels. I watched the historic series The Last Kingdom and what struck me was the way that it was all about the fight for power.  That is the power Read more…

Revisiting Propaganda – Part 1: Overview

“The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth” Garry Kasparov A revisiting to explain more why I spend time talking about propaganda and personal sovereignty in connection to Sustainability.  Years ago, when I was an Read more…

Spirituality, Service, and Connectedness – Part 17 – Using Discernment to Connect People

“The practice of discernment is part of a higher consciousness.  Discernment is not just a step up from judgment.  In life’s curriculum, it is the opposite of judgment.  Though judgment a {person} reveals what {she or he} needs to confront and learn.  Through discernment, one reveals what has been mastered” Read more…

A New Beginning – Part 8: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

The title of this post, Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics, has been attribute to Mark Twain when he was commenting on the role of politicians in our lives, whose job it seems is now to cover up, white wash, or simple mislead people as they go around doing their daily Read more…

More on conditioning 3 – More about False Narratives and how to Recognize Them

In the previous post I talked about false narratives that continue to persuade us of the false reality of scarcity, which in turn causes us to make poor decisions about how we live.  Yet, what is the alternative?  Listening to alternative news and finding out about other grassroots perspectives form Read more…