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Just One Drop Of That Wisdom

“The basis of knowledge is the fire, rock, water, and green. But when that power was given to man, he used it to twist his own mind. Tunkashila gave man just one drop of that wisdom.”  –Wallace Black Elk, Lakota Elder “All My Relations, the wisdom disappeared and a thing came in called self-will. Self-willContinue reading “Just One Drop Of That Wisdom”

What We Really Need

People need sustenance, love and hope. Sustenance, love and hope can be realized. It is an inner and an outer process. It is beneficial to pay attention to both sides: to the inside world and its development and to promoting the conditions that enable sustenance, love and hope. That includes all people. It can notContinue reading “What We Really Need”

All Fundamentalists Sound the Same:

the earth’s health, justice and peace, safety and affluence for all are not on their agenda at all. Instead, they are dedicated to controlling sexual behaviour, reproductive choices, the information people absorb and other personal preferences. In the big picture, the latter topics are quite irrelevant, even though they do aggravate individual lives. However, theContinue reading “All Fundamentalists Sound the Same:”

The Intoxicated Mind at a Time of Ecocide and Mass Extinction of Many Species

It is obvious that many elected “leaders” in our era are puppets to an insane and callous system, horrible and sick people in every sense of the word, neither working for their voters nor the country they claim to love and would sell at a moment’s notice without remorse. What surprises me is that theyContinue reading “The Intoxicated Mind at a Time of Ecocide and Mass Extinction of Many Species”

Villains

I am dealing with a few characters who remind me to firm up my boundaries, and I had an interesting insight in my meditation a few hours ago: Men (and maybe women too) who understand that they can not be heroes — because that option is not available, or not attractive, to them — will choose to be villainsContinue reading “Villains”

Love In the Language And In the Paradigm

Loving Your Enemies means not destroying your enemies, letting them live on earth, even if you don’t understand their actions and make different choices. It does not mean seeking your enemies to change them or make them follow your ideas of what life is about. Loving Your Kin is more or less the opposite ofContinue reading “Love In the Language And In the Paradigm”

The Hijacked Mind

It is very obvious that visual media, especially TV and its ads can not replace education, research, the subtle wisdom of elders who lived in one place all their lives, people who continually have success with their methods, and the warmth of people. A culture based on visual media is not a “culture” but consumerism.Continue reading “The Hijacked Mind”

Be the Music In the Noise

You can’t wipe out ugliness with a little less ugliness, since you are still competing with it. Living out of a reactionary spirit pleases only those who push your buttons. They love it when they get the desired reaction — that is how they win their games that noone else is meant to win. It is youContinue reading “Be the Music In the Noise”

Conflict Addicts

Life has taught me that there are really only two types of people: – those motivated by the wish to ease suffering of one or many species, or ease their own suffering, so they are trying to find solutions and – those who are mainly concerned about their right to say the most outlandish things,Continue reading “Conflict Addicts”

Desert Harvesters With Brad Lancaster

“Plant the rain. Plant the living pumps. Grow more life.” Brad Lancaster, Tucson Very impressive model that can work in many arid regions…. Starting with one home, a neighbourhood was transformed into a regenerative, green, friendly place with a few tweaks, salvaged materials, low cost experiments and designs.. The movie is almost 1 h long.Continue reading “Desert Harvesters With Brad Lancaster”

The Power Of One

One person can not counteract the repetitive brainwashing by the media or correct the colossal mistakes of industries, politicians, and those who back them. What one person can offer and embody is a solution, a mindful life that breaks up with polluters, starves addictions, uses local and personal resources responsibly, and does the one thingContinue reading “The Power Of One”

Explore And Grow What Lights You Up

Sometimes you have to do things over and over again, until you are satisfied with the result. But that is never a problem, if you like doing it, if you like the way you spend your time. Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. If you are not good at it but you are veryContinue reading “Explore And Grow What Lights You Up”

From the Heart To the Tongue

Every sacred word was formed by a thought of the heart and the movement of the tongue.What the eyes see, the ears hear, and the nose breathes, they tell the heart.It is the heart that brings forth the flood of words, and it is the tongue that repeats every thought of the heart. — InscriptionContinue reading “From the Heart To the Tongue”

New Moon in August 2015

#newmooninLeo This last new moon was so refreshing and memorable. I feel like I shed years in a few hours. Yes!  #grateful Life is beautiful not only when you know how to look at it, but also when you get rid of irritants, and that includes the ones that are not within. Unpopular perspective, yetContinue reading “New Moon in August 2015”