Toward a World that Works for Everyone
We end a world war and yet prove powerless to stop the underlying juggernaut of forces still wanting to rule the world. The First World War did not make the world safe for democracy and the Second World War was not decided in the name of freedom. If anything, the appetite of those who wanted […]
Happy Fourth of July, everyone. Brushfires, Coronavirus, race riots…. What next? Yes, it’s tragic and challenging, all of it. But those behind these attempts to subdue and subjugate the human race forget – or attempt to defeat – the unifying force of the rising love energies on the planet. And they forget our unfoldment in […]
Again, doing research on an entirely-different topic, I came across this 2017 conversation with Michael where he discusses the human tendency not to fully trust the Mother and the celestials. I can speak to the fear he points to here. Living almost entirely on donations can make one’s teeth chatter. Unless one has been told […]
In a search for an article by Michael I came across an old friend. (1) This one by Horace Miner was very influential on me in my university years, matched only by the books and articles of Erving Goffman and Eric Berne. It threw things into such stark relief that I never forgot it. It […]
I wept when I saw this video (below) of, first, North Carolina policemen kneeling and, second, the protesters kneeling. At last the two sides had found a common language. I hope it catches on. I believe the example started with Bellevue Police Chief Steve Mylett. This is a spontaneous outbreak of human unity. I’m […]
As background to today’s article, I’d like to repost this one on what I believe to be the dominant filter through which westerners view their world. What is the mindset we’re trying to let go of, that tells us how life is in our everyday setting? Can we state it in its simplest and most […]
(Continued from Part 1, yesterday.) The point I wanted to make however is: what do we do in the face of this constant change to maintain our equilibrium, our balance? Things are going faster than I can keep up with. What do we do? I can only say what I do, which I’ve been doing […]
If we were to see the ending of the careers of corrupt politicians, of big business’s control over the finances of the world, of the military-industrial complex’s grip on control of the world, etc., I think we could all agree that we’d be in a time of terrific, even revolutionary change. We may be saying […]
No sooner did I write these words yesterday: “We are assembling and speaking out, writing and filming. All it will take is one galvanizing event and I think we’ll respond as a world.” than I flashed on the most galvanizing event in my life. This was for me a lived-through experience so I know what […]
It doesn’t matter if what threatens our society is job-consuming automation or economy-crippling Coronavirus. When we go to reconstruct, we need to remember certain basic principles. I was going to reproduce just one section of a two-part article I wrote on the subject in 1995, the section on “value is a function of agreement.” I […]
Reposted from 1995. (Continued from Part 1.) (5) The Resolution of Dissonance Creates Paradigmatic Breakthroughs In the course of creating a largescale employment project, dissonance will arise. Disagreement may ensue. A scheme may be abandoned. But history shows numerous examples where dissonance has been the occasion, not for abandoning a scheme, but for creating a […]
Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. Now Is the Time for a Social Movement to Rise Paul Engler, Yes! Magazine, April 6, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/torolhg We can build a powerful people’s response to provide care in our communities and reshape the limits of what is politically possible. There are times in history when sudden events — […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Online Conference April 14-16 Using Covid-19 Crisis to Fix the World Good News Network, Apr 3, 2020 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/online-conference-april-14-16-using-covid-19-crisis-to-fix-the-world/ “I cannot think of another time in the last million years when our species has been united against a common enemy,” […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Coronavirus: Why healthcare workers are at risk of moral injury BBC.com, April 6, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52144859 It is widely known that veterans can return from war with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Far less appreciated is moral injury – a trauma […]
April 2, 2020 With loving greetings from all souls at this station, this is Matthew. Beloved brothers and sisters, please take a deep breath. Exhale slowly and let your hearts feel lighter. Now envision Earth glowing in golden-white light, then “see” people of all ages and skin colors joyously hugging each other and the animals […]
