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How Two Toxic Trade Deals Just Got a Litttle Bit Less Likely

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by Nick Dearden, Common Dreams

This week, the chances of passing corporate trade deal TTIP have been dealt several more serious blows. Even chances of passing TTIP’s sister agreement CETA (the Canada-EU deal) are starting to look decidedly shaky.

Here’s the key highlights of the week.

The big new fact is the sheer scale of opposition to ‘free trade’ deals in the US. All leading presidential candidates have expressed some opposition to the current free trade agenda, with even free trader Clinton saying she’s deeply uneasy. A new opinion poll shows only 18% of Americans support TTIP, down from 53% in 2014.

This matters because Obama only has eight months left in office and it seems unlikely that substantial progress will be made in that time. After that, the future is anyone’s guess. That’s a key reason Obama came to Germany this week – to speed things up.

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World Naked Gardening Day is Here — 12th Year of Putting Humans Back in Touch with Nature

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by Matt Agorist , The Free Thought Project

“Sweet, sane, still Nakedness in Nature! –ah if poor, sick, prurient humanity in cities might really know you once more! Is not nakedness then indecent? No, not inherently. It is your thought, your sophistication, your fear, your respectability that is indecent. There come moods when these clothes of ours are not only too irksome to wear, but are themselves indecent. Perhaps indeed he or she to whom the free exhilarating ecstasy of nakedness in Nature has never been eligible (and how many thousands there are!) has not really known what purity is–nor what faith or art or health really is.”

– Walt Whitman, Specimen Day

World Naked Gardening Day (WNGD) is an annual international event celebrated on the first Saturday of May by gardeners and non-gardeners alike. WNGD has become a growing annual tradition that celebrates weeding, planting flowers and trimming hedges in the buff.

This year’s naked day of planting is on May 7th, and it is the 12th annual celebration. As the news of this unique celebration spreads, it has left many people wondering, why garden naked?

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When All Else Fails

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Before we begin there are a few important things for you to remember.  These are necessary to keep in the forefront of your consciousness as you undergo your ‘upgrade’.
You are loved….even in your most unlovable moments.
You are always supported by The Universe.
You came for a specific purpose. You may not remember our conversation, but all was planned before you arrived.
You knew parts of your Earth plane existence were going to be challenging, however, you chose to come in spite of it.
Play! Your life is not meant to be all seriousness.  Enjoy your happy times when you can.
Know that whatever changes you are and will be going through are truly worth it.
Whenever you feel as if things are becoming too much, breathe! I would say ‘count to ten’, but I know that does not always work. (wink)
Lastly; if it feels as if all else fails, go back to One. ~ Creator
 

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2016/04/29/when-all-else-fails/

GFP Newsletter - 4/28/2016

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No two persons are the same on the circumference, although everybody is the same at the center -- not only people but trees and rocks, they are also the same at the center. Call that center the soul and it will be easier for you to understand. Our souls are the same, there we meet and are one, but our bodies and minds are different, there we are separate.

-Rajneesh

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Be a Miracle

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God said:

There are times when you, the Children of God, feel helpless, incapable, disallowed, frustrated, weak. I will tell you that you have within you Great Power. I will tell you what your Great Power is. Freedom. Freedom is your power. Freedom of choice is your power. There are always choices. Choose freedom.

If you feel you are oppressed, you have forgotten your freedom. Others may impose on you and appear as obstacles if you say so. Of course, unbeknownst to you and to themselves, seeming opposition and restrictions may be opening a door to your freedom that had been closed and needed a push to open. In effect, others may stimulate you to look for the key to your freedom. 

I do not speak here of a prospective battle with a seeming other. I am speaking of your innate freedom to rise above. Rising above is your freedom. 

If you want to feel powerful rather than powerless, you will make the life you live your own responsibility. If you are timid, timidity is of your choosing. Maybe right now, it is courage that will help you to rise. Perhaps those in life whom you see as restrictions are your starter switch so you will fly high.

Even if you are in school, even if you are in prison, even if you are paralyzed, freedom is yours. You can avail yourself of freedom. 

In school, you are in a position where you have to do what the teacher says. You may want to talk and to have fun, yet you have to be quiet. 

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How You Can Get ‘High’ On Dirt

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by Alexa Erickson, Collective-Evolution

No, we’re not talking about the type of high cannabis or psychedelics might provide. We’re talking about being high on life, feeling good and warding off depression and other lower states of feeling. That’s what new research is saying about dirt!

With a plethora of pills on the market today to help ease and eliminate depression, it can seem defeating to feel like we live in a world where holistic remedies are buried beneath synthetics. However, soil microbes may be on your side, as they have been found to have similar effects on the brain as Prozac, minus the side effects and potential of chemical dependency.

How Dirt Can Make You Happy

Long before modern medicine came to be, natural remedies were used to cure mental and emotional issues. But while ancient healers may not have always had the scientific resources to understand why some things worked, modern scientists can now help further connect the dots.

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Mercury Retrograde In Taurus: A Shift In What We Value And How Others Value Us

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by Carmen Di Luccio, Collective-Evolution

The planet Mercury is in its retrograde phase from April 28th until May 22nd, 2016. This is an astronomical/astrological phenomenon that occurs roughly every four months for over a three week period.

From our perspective on Earth, it looks as if Mercury is going backwards because of the relationship between both Earth’s and Mercury’s orbit around the Sun. Accordingly, astrologers observe retrograde planets differently compared to when they appear to be forward moving. Retrogrades are recognized as a time when we are reworking how we orientate ourselves with the themes and energies of that specific planet in a specific sign.

Mercury started its pre-retrograde phase on April 14th; therefore certain things that have been put in place or occurred between then and the 28th will still be going through a ‘sorting out’ process throughout the following three weeks.

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For First Time Ever, A Majority of People Identify as 'Global Citizens'

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by Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams

People around the world are increasingly identifying as global citizens, according to a new BBC poll that shines a light on changing attitudes about immigration, inequality, and different economic realities.

Among all 18 countries where public opinion research fir, GlobeScan conducted the survey, 51 percent of people see themselves more as global citizens than national citizens. It is the first time since tracking began in 2001 that a global majority identifies this way, and is up from a low point of about 42 percent in 2002.

The trend is particularly strong in developing countries, the poll found, "including Nigeria (73%, up 13 points), China (71%, up 14 points), Peru (70%, up 27 points), and India (67%, up 13 points)."

Overall, 56 percent of people in emerging economies saw themselves as global citizens rather than national citizens.

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Just Ask

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During the next few weeks, your body, mind and spirit will undergo great changes.  It is important to remain as grounded and as centered as possible.  These shifts are necessary and needed for the next phase of your Earth plane existence.  Some will be barely noticeable and others may be uncomfortable, but help is always available.  Just ask!  I will be there, guiding and assisting you in the highest and best way. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/just-ask-4/

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