Conscious Economics: Donations, Gifting, Biomimicry – Oh My! Pt 1

Over the past year, I have been very busy with the topic of money and economy. What is money? How does economy work? Why are so many people struggling financially? Why are governments and corporations continuing to drill, frack, deforest and pollute? Is there a connection between this behaviour and economy? Are there alternatives?

Maybe you’re already way ahead of where I started out and you know that money is not actually real… that our interest and debt-based economic systems function by creating new debts to pay back the interest on old debts – and that the only way to do that is to commodify. Commodify services, relationships and natural resources. This documentary, Money and Life provides a comprehensive understanding on all of this.

The end result of what I have just described is a world in which we are completely separate – from each other, from nature and from ourselves. If this doesn’t have your attention yet, let me put it another way: the planet cannot sustain life if we keep destroying it in order to monetize it. We are all going to have to find another way to live TOGETHER (and soon!) or…we probably won’t survive at all. MANY of us are already feeling the pain of debt, bankruptcy, unemployment, homelessness, unaffordable health and nutrition costs, and the rage and heartbreak that comes when seeing our beautiful natural world destroyed before our very eyes.

5 Effective Techniques For Getting and Staying Present in the Now Moment

HJ: A wise mentor once said, the present moment is your point of power. Anything you want to do, be or create originates within the present moment. So get there, be there and thrive.

- Truth

How To Live In The Present

By Daniel | Ars Spiritus

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I’ve written many articles telling people to live in the present and articles about my own adventures on how to live in the present , but I’ve never truly explain why it’s necessary and how to go about doing it. The way I see it is that it’s like a muscle, a skill that you must develop and strengthen where it gets easier with time.

After a lifetime of conditioned thought patterns, we come to believe that thoughts are all there is to us...

The Healers Journal

Only CIA Agent Jailed for Torture Program Is Whistleblower Who Confirmed Its Existence

There is only one U.S. government employee who has gone to jail in connection with the widespread torture program by the CIA documented in the executive summary (pdf) of the Senate report that was partially released Tuesday: the man who helped expose it six years ago.

John Kiriakou, who worked for the CIA between 1990 and 2004, stepped forward in 2007 and confirmed to press outlets some of the first details about the agency's widespread use of torture.

Among Kiriakou's revelations was an account to ABC News of the repeated water-boardings of Abu Zubaydah—a man currently imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay without charges whose 12 years of torture and abuse at the hands of the U.S. were further exposed in the Senate report.

Daily Message ~ Saturday December 13, 2014

We invite you to stop for a moment and consider this. You are an aspect of Source energy, miraculously embodied to experience these amazing times on your planet. Your body is an incredible feat of engineering, intelligently and effortlessly running systems and supports to assist you on your quest. Your lightbody, equally intelligent, is shifting and evolving to support and match your evolution. You are made of flesh and bones, DNA, etheric matter, universal energy, ideas, divine inspiration, magic, stardust and love. You are a miracle, just as you are. ~Archangel Gabriel

http://trinityesoterics.com/2014/12/13/daily-message-saturday-december-13-2014/

Trinity Esoterics

Spiritual Poetry: 7 Poems That Will Lift Your Spirit

For all you poetry lovers, here’s a beautiful collection of 7 uplifting spiritual poems conveying deep insights on life.

May your eyes be opened by the wonderful.

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I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.

~ Dawna markova

The Unbounded Spirit

12 Beautiful Truths About You and the World

Understanding these beautiful truths about you and the world can transform your life.

1. Your purpose in life is to be you

In every way possible. Eat the foods you like, dance to your favourite tunes, read your favorite books, make your jokes, laugh your laugh, smile your smile.

2. All the answers are within

We have been taught to look outward for the answers to our problems. But the truth is, your soul knows what to do. Trust that you have everything you’ll ever need inside of you right in this moment.

3. Words are powerful

The word love produces an energy which ripples out into the world, as do the words “I can’t do this, I’m hopeless, I’m not beautiful, I’m not good enough.” Watch your words – they can cement your current reality or spark big changes.

4. You are a prisoner of your beliefs

Realise that you see the world through the lens of your dominant beliefs. And realise you can change your dominant beliefs, thereby changing the world you see.

5. You have a unique gift to bring to the world

You are a once-in-a-humankind blend of passions, desires, talents, quirks and magic. If you don’t give your gifts to the world, no one else can, and the world will be a poorer place.

Notes on Bliss

8 More Emotional Patterns That Can Disturb Our Inner Peace

By Phil Watt

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

At some stage of our lives we all experience emotional dysfunction to various degrees, especially when we’re maturing. In many cases it is a part of the learning curve as we grow into our more developed selves. Simple examples are that we might dwell on a problem too long, get upset or angry too easily, view life pessimistically or think self-abusive thoughts consistently.

There are many negative thought patterns and feelings that we can get caught up in. If they are a temporary experience then there is no real harm done – in fact we may have learned something about ourselves and others through the experience. It’s when these thoughts and emotions become a permanent characteristic of our daily lives that they become self-harming. In these cases, poor emotional regulation might impact us more significantly and even result in a mental disorder.

Wake Up World

Geminids - the king of meteor showers peaks this weekend

Geminid meteor shower, the king of meteor showers, peaks during the night and early morning hours of December 13 and 14 as our planet passes through a debris field left by asteroid, or a possible "rock comet", named 3200 Phaethon.

Geminids are considered by many to be the best shower in the heavens, producing up to 120 multicolored meteors per hour at its peak and traveling at a speed of 35 km (22 miles) per second.

You will want to view these meteors during the earlier part of the night as a quarter moon will rise around midnight. You can also expect fireball reports all over the world in the coming days.

The Watchers

7 Steps to Start Changing the World Today!

What if you really could change the world? Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize winner, firmly believes that each and every one of us can and should contribute to creating a better world. In this empowering RSA Short Jody explains why it is so important that we strive to make a difference.

Spirit Science

The Evolutionary Intention of the ‘Pluto in Virgo’ Generation

By Simon Vorster

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

Return of the Goddess

We live in a time where many of us are becoming increasingly aware that something deeper is awakening with in us. In this article I would like to share a perspective on our awakening, and the connection between this shift and a vibration unique to the generation of souls born on Earth between 1957 and 1972 — the Pluto in Virgo Generation.

The outer planets move through each sign very slowly so their influence is seen a generational basis, with Pluto taking from 10 to 20 years, depending on the sign. Thus, the evolutionary intentions of each outer planet is manifested on a collective level.

Wake Up World

20 Medical Studies That Show Cannabis Can Be A Potential Cure For Cancer

Source: www.collective-evolution.com | Original Post Date: August 23, 2013 –

Cannabis has been making a lot of noise lately. Multiple states across the United States and countries around the world have successfully legalized medical Marijuana, and the Uruguay parliament recently voted to create the world’s first legal marijuana market.

This is good news as the health benefits of Cannabis are vast. With multiple medical and scientific studies to confirm them. But what about the harmful effects? All psychological evaluations from the intake of cannabis are largely based on assumptions, suggestions and observations (1). When we look at the actual science behind Cannabis, it seems negative effects are difficult to confirm.

Collectively Conscious

11 Ways To Live A Happier Life

Happiness is something that we all strive for, yet many of us find it challenging to grasp and even harder to maintain. Especially during these difficult economic times, happiness can feel like it is hiding just behind next week’s paycheck, a new job, or a distant raise. However, as Dr. Robert Putnam of Harvard University recently pointed out, “money alone can buy you happiness, but not much.”(1) It appears that happiness has less to do with money than we might imagine, and more to do with the people around us, how we live our lives, the way spend our time, and how we perceive ourselves and understand our life experiences.

Based on the latest research in psychology and my experience as both a psychologist trying to understand happiness, and as a human being searching for my own happiness, here are 11 ways to live a happier life… that have nothing to do with money!

1) PRACTICE GRATITUDE

Collectively Conscious

Loving

Most people think that loving takes time, that it takes getting to know someone. But, that is the furthest thing from the truth. Love because they are human just like you. Love because you recognize them in you. It is like breathing, it just happens. ~ Creator

http://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/loving/

The Creator Writings

10 Reasons Why You Should Go After Your Dreams

Steve Jobs once said, “Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” Unfortunately, too many of us do, trapped in a life that isn’t right for us by fear and inertia.

Here are 10 compelling reasons why you should go after your dreams – it’s never too late.

1. The time will pass anyway

Have you ever thought there’s no point launching a business, pursuing a project or studying for a new qualification because it will take four years before you’ve made it, or you’ll be such-and-such age by the time you finish?

These five words may change your perspective: The time will pass anyway.

Four years are going to pass. You are going to turn such-and-such age. And either you’ll have a rewarding business, flourishing project and life that you love by then – or you won’t.

Notes on Bliss

The Real You

Waking Times

Video - The venerable Alan Watts inspires us with this short dialogue about the potential within you. Watch, but listen even more carefully…

http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/12/12/real/

Waking Times

Conscious Economics: Donations, Gifting, Biomimicry – Oh My! Pt 1

5 Effective Techniques For Getting and Staying Present in the Now Moment

Only CIA Agent Jailed for Torture Program Is Whistleblower Who Confirmed Its Existence

Daily Message ~ Saturday December 13, 2014

Spiritual Poetry: 7 Poems That Will Lift Your Spirit

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