The point here is that all systems, liberal or conservative, monolithic fascism or anarcho-syndicalism, are creations of the mind inevitably missing the breadth of the human experience.

It says somewhere that true religion is to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly before the divine.

I agree that materialism and consumerism becloud human consciousness and we are led like sheep to one automobile to another, one suit of clothes to another. I agree with George Carlin that the apparently free choice we have in our American society is shallow: Coke or Pepsi, Burger Kind or McDonald’s. A reconsideration of Marxism is probably in order in terms of enslavement of the consumerate.

Yet it comes back to the power of the mind to befuddle our senses to the extent we no longer apprehend the quickening of life around us. It is like Thomas Pynchon’s “V”, who, piece by piece replaced her body parts with prosthesis. We are like that with cell phones, the internet, HDTV, etc., etc. The real world around us is something else.

How to ignite the masses, then, with a movement grounded in the heart, that is the question. Singing and dancing come to mind, celebrating what it means to be a human being and feel real emotions. Cf. Rob Brezsny’s truth and beauty lab at: http://FreeWillAstrology.com.

I don’t have any answers but I would love to dance with you.

These will be times of extreme individualism and involve the painful overthrowing of all old structures. If nothing else, for the mere sake of change.

I do not believe that mildness or sympathy will provide a “solution”. If the pendulum has turned we will simply have to see this through.

It is time to for all of us “put our money where our mouths are” and fight for what we believe in. But we’d be wize to adapt our tactics to the new forces rising. Defeat is not an option.

The joy of life is that it is simple in its complexity, yet we insist on making it complicated.

Love and blessings

Rebecca

that was nice ! throwing some perspective to this qeek’s question !!

paulo !! u’r attempts / efforts are very good, but it seems humanity is getting drowned in the terrible onslaught of crass materialism !! they are so many things to ‘consume’, so many new, newer things on offer, that humanity as a whole has forgotten itself, it’s lofty possibilities and is standing transfixed, eyes firmly on materialism ! it seems shocks are required to shake it out of its transfixed; and look around shocks are on their way !! the oil price shock, US & Co again preparing some war !! things are sad ! humanity is headed for a bitter pill, hope u and people like u are around to help it recover, people in high places, people in high positions ( like u ) would have to lead the way byshowing all that it’s possble to live happily even when one is not living a rich life.

love
aditya

I agree with him. This is curious that one person accept to go and kill his own brother for boudaries, he’s not a slightest involved whith their drawing lines.

Wilhelm Reich:
“Solely” is too much, as hell in his name. This would be good for people to be ill-treated, just to show how strong they are!
Our own work is not so hard enough?
But ok that passivity or activity create responses, influencing the light to grow; or the shadow to win a time.

No, John, this is not what they call a “liberal”. They will find the right name, when they will really act, instead of finding one.

Ian Williams Goddard:
That’s true. Opening my radio, it’s in myself: I know that I’m probably listening to lyers. Then I observe the way they manipulate the city. By inviting a person that is close to the government party, the wooden-tongue enters the scene.

As an example, promises are not respected, before the people could really feel the “manque” of it. Then, the governement lives up to the promise, choosing that very good moment. Because, when Men are obtaining something they wished for a long time, they calm down.
During the struggle, government had time to establish the fear, organizing a repressive police, playing the victim, pretending to do the best Thus provoked manifestation is up to distress the economy down, and give more excuses to the governors to say that people are not patient. Make tham feel guilty.
Since people don’t understand, that a few men decided to make us pay all on earth. Even the water we drink, though everything is free, on the beginning.

Anyway, by inviting the opposite party, journalists always use the point that the left party has not done his work, whan it was sitting in the power’s chair. Inevitably, and constantly, the media tries to show us, that this left-party is always divided, having problems.
But what he’s curious is that the members of it, don’t disallow that recurrent idea.

Despite of that, their solidarity is really to put in doubt, leading me to wonder if that party is not simply a fictive one.
It stays as an old elephant from the past, but not walking: merely at the image of those elephants, you could admire in front of the asiatic temples. Their static posture shows us the honouring past he has, but condemned to be admired, not along to act anymore.
This is socalit party here in France.

If I followed their bad thought, I could tell, that the elephant could shade his offspring. Either for protecting it from the sun, or either by pride, to disguise the wildlife, new ideas are also needing to be watered.

You wrote:”I still feel the loss of John F. Kennedy, of Robert Kennedy, of Martin Luther King and wonder how the World could be different.”

Yes, sometimes, I’m thinking the same point, But the joy of fighting for the light, becomes stronger.
The harder for me is to learn how to be detached, stopping the will of “control”.

Accepting my care, and the way that I have to travel. Just because I partly choose that way. Following the signs, listen to the voices, looking at an animal jumping to that path, and not another, walking with great (wo)men.
Although I could presently feel I’m not doing the best of myself, I’m questioning.

I did not find the key yet, as for expressing myself in what I wanted so much.
My mother claimed that in life we were not doing what we pretended: she was right, although her reducing words were not divine’s one, they were despite themselves. She was talking about social security, arguing it was better to have a job, even if it was not guided by our inner-part, than living like a bohemian.
Bohemian was her ancestors, but she rejected their path, nevertheless I was not conscious about that.
By writing, I learn.

Perhaps something is missing, because there is something that is too powerful. Something that takes too much energy for a principle, that just needs to balance.

That’s why, I don’t understand how it is dazzling, but it’s the common period right now. For years, each july and august are months during which I’m compelled to live strongest energies.
Maybe the work to complete during the whole year. :)

But I’m on my way, a coward tightrope walker, that learn to become brave again.
I know where my heart is, and a few person, as within the visible than in the in-visible, that are really helping me to walk above the chasm.

And it could have been written somewhere, that it would be easy.
Fortunately, it doesn’t exist, but in lazy mind.

Love to you.

I agree: we are walking between two opposite currents. Yet, we had to cross the face of the fear to perform to.

Gandhi is a model for me, among ther things, because he never flew into a temper. Maybe he did sometimes, alone in a place, but I couldn’t have ever heard it. :)
He was measured, conducing his energy to prompt movements, making energy bend to what he wanted to see concretly accomplished on earth.

This is quite difficult to renounce to the soul of the wrong revolution.
But verily, it seems to occure we’re just on our way, more numerous than in the past.

Wishing well.