In this five minute video, Alan Watts, a British born philosopher, talks about what’s wrong with our culture and how to turn it around. Watts is often credited with introducing Eastern philosophy to the western audiences of Europe and North America.

Before his passing on November 16th, 1973, he had accrued a rather large following in the San Francisco Bay area. He authored more than 25 books on eastern and western religion, youth culture, and Buddhism.

Watts was born into a middle class family in Chislehurst, Kent, in 1915. His mother was a housewife and his father a missionary. He was a talkative, imaginative, and headstrong young man, which is something he maintained for the whole of his life.

We hope you enjoy this video.

Humans are one of the strangest animals on this planet. From what I can tell, we’re the only ones comfortable with leaving less for subsequent generations if it means we get to engage in our gross hedonism for our lifetimes. Each organism’s main purpose is to continue the line – to not go extinct. The way we’ve ambivalent toward the future of children being born today is surprising.

But raising environmentally minded children is a good thing to do for insuring the safety and sustainability of society. But how do you raise ecologically conscious kids?

Well, for starters, kids learn almost everything from their parents, so step one is to simply lead by example. Recycle, plant gardens, talk about the importance of healthy food, of biking and walking; and for the love of God turn off the TV once in a while.

Equally important is for kids to spend time in nature...

Your strength comes not from what you can take from others, the advantage you may gain over them or the number of favors held in your ‘personal bank’ waiting for claim. Your strength comes from your ability to forgive and to love others as well as yourself. ~ Creator

Christina Sarich, Contributor
Waking Times

A breakthrough occurs when you recognize you are more energy than matter.” ~ Caroyln Myss, Intuitive Healer

Make no mistake you are swimming in an unseen sea of energy.

We are constantly exposed to an electromagnetic field (also EMF or EM field) which is a physical field produced by electrically charged objects. It affects the behavior of charged objects in the vicinity of the field. That means – you! You can think of this sea of energy as one of the natural laws governing the material world, and unless you are a highly advanced yogi or sage able to completely block this energetic interference with your own energy, you are being bombarded with electromagnetic waves of all sorts.