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And the violent take it by force.
Oct 25, 2011
Read more...The Hundredth Monkey by Ken Keyes, Jr. is about nuclear proliferation and critical mass, mass consciousness. The lessons can apply to the Wall Street debacle, Occupy Wall Street, the 99%, the 1%. We must scream it, sponsor golf fundraisers against it, dance it, art it, poem it, make jokes concerning it, rally it, protest it, show love, talk it, do it, unite, drag people into the higher consciousness kicking and screaming, get involved, we already are by default. An excerpt: There is no need to feel helpless or get paralyzed by hopelessness. We know we have the power to make changes if we can join together and raise our voices in unison. There is more power in numbers that we ever hoped to dream about! I call for us to let our numbers grow exponentially as we all take it on ourselves to spread these messages. We are the bearers of a new vision. We can dispel the old destructive myths and replace them with the life-enriching truths that are essential to continued life on our planet. St. Mary, Kentucky Ken Keyes, Jr. December, 1981
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GRATEFUL ALIVE – READ THIS POST!
Apr 14, 2011
Read more...Vision Prayer for Humanity Great One who created each of us, I come to you in Gratitude. I am grateful that you gave every human being a good mind and a good heart. I am grateful that we use our minds and hearts to love each other respectfully. I am grateful that you gave each one of us the capacity to see beyond the things that divide us and find the place where we hold hands with one another, the place where our hearts all beat with the same rhythm. I am grateful that we humans appreciate each other. I am grateful that we love each other. I am grateful that among us, we have the collective wisdom to live these things today and to pass them on to all generations yet to come. I am grateful that we have future generations to pass these things to. Great One who created each of us, I come to you in gratitude. I am grateful that we cherish our young ones and surround them with loving kindness. I am grateful that our children draw the future to us and our elders carry the story of where we’ve been. I am grateful that our women and men are strong enough to be gentle and kind. I am grateful that we laugh together, cry together, and witness one another’s lives. I am grateful for all the variations of human being. We are a colorful, creative species and I am grateful that we show our beauty in so many different ways. I am grateful that we use our religions and spiritual paths to help us love our differences. I am grateful that we arrange ourselves in families, communities, and cultures. I am grateful that each of these groups cherishes and expands portions of our collective[…]
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celebrate today…
Apr 8, 2011
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Today
By Hafiz
I
Do not
Want to step so quickly
Over a beautiful line on God’s palm
As I move through the earth’s
Marketplace
Today.
I do not want to touch any object in this world
Without my eyes testifying to the truth
That everything is
My Beloved.
Something has happened
To my understanding of existence
That now makes my heart always full of wonder
And kindness.
I do not
Want to step so quickly
Over this sacred place on God’s body
That is right beneath your
Own foot
As I
Dance with
Precious life
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Jack Kerouac – here’s to the crazy ones…
Mar 31, 2011“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. “ ~ Jack Kerouac
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HOLY MISCHIEF: (an interesting conversation starter…)
Mar 31, 2011
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FROM THE PAGES OF GEEZ (magazine):
Because it’s time we untangle the narrative of faith from the frundamentalists, pious self-helpers and religio-profiteers.
And let’s do it with holy mischief rather than ideological firepower.
We’ll explore the point at which word, action and image intersect, and then ignite. So let’s blaspheme the gods of super-powerdom, instigate spiritual action campaigns and revamp that old Picture Bible.
We’ve set up camp in the outback of the spiritual commons. A bustling spot for the over-churched, out-churched, un-churched and maybe even the un-churchable. A location just beyond boring bitterness. A place for wannabe contemplatives, front-line world-changers and restless cranks. A place where the moon shines quiet, instinct runs mythic and belief rides a bike (or at lest sits on the couch entertaining the possibility).
http://www.geezmagazine.org/
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