From Nov. 13, 2023 All elites seem to operate the same: They reward their friends and eliminate their enemies in order to gain and hold onto power. The lengths they go to to gain power and how they use it vary with the individual. Elite members are to be found in all nationalities and religions. […]
An Inadequate View of Reality – Part 2/2
(Continued from Part 1.) All elites operate the same: They reward their friends and eliminate their enemies in order to gain and hold onto power. How they use that power varies with the individual. Some hire us historians to write their biographies and rewrite history to support their point of view. Some buy newspapers and […]
Discrimination, Detachment, and Devotion – Part 4
(Concluded from Part 3, yesterday.) (3) Devote yourself to the Real. We’ve developed our powers of discrimination and used them now to discern what is untrue and unreal. And we’ve detached ourselves from any attachment to these things. Mentally, emotionally and spiritually we now devote ourselves to – in the case of lightworkers – the […]
Discrimination, Detachment, and Devotion – Part 3
(Continued from Part 2, yesterday.) (2) Detach from the unreal. After identifying one thing after another that’s not true or real, we gradually lose our taste altogether for many things that used to excite us. Foods we’ve always loved, drinks, locations, activities – now we find all of our tastes changing and much of the […]
Discrimination, Detachment, and Devotion – Part 1
I’ve been putting off writing this article for some time but I now feel the time has arrived. There’s such chaos outside that I need to clarify for myself my basic values, to remind myself what course I want to steer. To do that, I’d like to describe a spiritual path that derives from Hinduism. […]
Derek Chauvin Guilty of Murder in George Floyd’s Death
Derek Chauvin guilty of murder in George Floyd’s death The death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, touched off international protests against police brutality and racial injustice. Janelle Griffith and Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, April 20, 2021 (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/derek-chauvin-verdict-reached-trial-over-george-floyd-s-death-n1264565) MINNEAPOLIS — Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts Tuesday for causing George Floyd’s death, […]
A Walk in Battered Baltimore
Because I post this, some readers will believe that I’m somehow “Republican.” In fact I think the two-party system in our modern democracies is hopelessly broken; it probably cannot be fixed. But I do admire Kim Klacik’s outspokenness and courage, even though I think electing a Republican slate won’t see much change at the urban […]
Rivera Sun: Black. Lives. Matter. Rising Up For Racial Justice.
Thanks to Sitara. Black. Lives. Matter. Rising Up For Racial Justice. Nonviolence News, May 30, 2020 https://mailchi.mp/d3e4c06b3256/may-thirty?e=c632f93431 Editor’s Note from Rivera Sun The United States is, once again, erupting with racial justice struggles. The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops comes on the heels of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and just days after […]
Femicides, Violence Against Women, and the Covid-19 Pandemic
www.voiceoffreedom.ca In February of this year the brutal killing and mutilation of 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla, her body skinned and missing some of its organs, and the abduction and murder of 7-year-old Fátima Aldrighett, her tortured body discovered in a plastic bag, sparked enormous outrage in Mexico and around the world. According to my friend, who […]
UN Chief Calls Gender Inequality Biggest Human Rights Challenge
The Associated Press, March 8, 2020 Gender study finds nearly 90% of both men and women hold some kind of bias against women A woman in a gas mask attends a protest demanding equality on International Women’s Day in Paris on Sunday. The placard reads ‘Patriarchy virus. We are the antidote.’ (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters) Calling himself […]
Women’s Day Spurs Femicide Protests Across Mexico & Turkey
Please join our Collective Meditation, with the Mother and Archangel Michael where we say “Enough” to gender violence. Collective Meditation: 8 Minutes @ 8 AM and/or PM – Holding Love and Sending Love Mexican Women to March Against Gender Violence By Associated Press, March 07, 2020 https://www.voanews.com/americas/mexican-women-march-against-gender-violence MEXICO CITY – Protests against gender violence in […]
About International Women’s Day
Women’s International Day, 2018 About International Women’s Day https://www.internationalwomensday.com/About International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated annually on March 8. The day has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911. The day is not country, group or organization specific – and belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. Gloria Steinem, world-renowned […]
International Women’s Day 2020 — Red Hands, Shoes, Masks & Dresses — “Enough Violence!”
www.voice of freedom.ca Women in Mexico have been protesting gender violence and inequality for years. March 9th, the day after International Women’s Day, they are planning something new — mass withdrawal — not going to work for the day. This latest idea was spurred on by the violent death, February 9, of 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla. […]
Citizen’s Basic Income: A Response to Poverty
By Citizens Basic Income Trust, February 27, 2020 https://citizensincome.org/news/citizens-basic-income-a-response-to-poverty ATD Fourth World has published the results of its Understanding Poverty in all its Forms research project: an international project that is asking people in poverty what for them are its most important dimensions. A report has now been published on findings for the UK: https://atd-uk.org/projects-campaigns/understanding-poverty. […]
Talent Bridging Heaven and Earth
Overcoming the old false grids of limitation, these intrepid musicians show amazing heart. I Loved this comment from one of the judges: “If you feel like you don’t fit into this world, you were born to create a new one. . .” 6 Homeless Contestants That Inspired The World With Their Auditions 5,332,635 views • […]