Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Patriarchy is the principle of domination or “power-over.” We see this operating today in every facet of society, from governments, religion, public safety, education to name a few. We all grew up in an atmosphere to some degree that perpetuated a “power-over” mindset, including inside our own families. A little-known fact is that the most […]
To the statement that prisons provide safety, we should ask, “Safety for whom? And from what?” By Victoria Law, Yes Magazine, April 19th, 2021 https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/04/19/prisons-dont-make-us-safe/ The United States now has 2.3 million people behind bars of some form or another. These are not 2.3 million isolated individuals—their imprisonment sends reverberations into their families and communities. […]
Pema Chödrön, Buddhist nun, author and a pioneer of the mindfulness movement, explains how to deal with suffering by acknowledging the feelings, welcoming, embracing and accepting the emotions, breathing them in to our heart so our hearts expand. Being open, fully allowing and accepting the feelings. . . moving towards them without blame. . . […]
R/GA’s new global CMO, Ashish Prashar, explains why it’s critical for the creative industry to take the lead in dismantling the prison industrial complex. I’m one of a few formerly incarcerated people in the C-suite. I’m determined not to be the last By Ashish Prashar, Fast Company, April 2, 2021 https://www.fastcompany.com/90621014/im-one-of-a-few-formerly-incarcerated-people-in-the-c-suite-im-determined-not-to-be-the-last When the prison door […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca Everyday we create and destroy on many levels. We make food and eat it; our bodies assimilate and eliminate. We create clutter, then de-clutter. We construct and repair relationships, sometimes destroy them. Everyday — until we master being in bliss — we tend to judge our selves/others, consciously, unconsciously and subconsciously. On a recent […]
The heroes journey, going within to change our without. . . Gabor Maté and Fritzi Horstman have an indepth talk wondering what the world would be like if trauma was taken into account. Fritzi’s Compassion Prison Project embraces everyone from prisoners to guards in the system with their project motto this year being, Do […]
Global Sisterhood Zoom Video on Awakened Leadership, Purpose Some notes from the video: the space within to rise, be in fullness use of imagination to understand the space within/without, to heal, show up with more heart, Love and courage. . . sisterhood guidelines: confidentiality non-judgement – looking at causes of judgement, comparison of self […]
New data from BC Coroners Service shows 1,716 died of an overdose in 2020. When Albert Einstein explained the 6th dimension and associated growth patterns, he said, “From chaos comes creation. . . “ Because so many have died from overdose (the chaos of extreme drug addiction) there is forward movement (the creation) in BC […]
Independent journalist, Andy Ngo, went deep the last four years, into Antifa in Portland, Oregon, and CHAZ in Seattle. With his incredible courage, he’s helping expose a movement that isn’t covered much in the mainstream media, and at the same time helps all of us to uncover “what is within.” He gives voice to “deep […]
JANUARY 31, 2021 Dear readers, we greet you with love in these changing times. As best you can, avoid allowing the fear and doubt of the collective so prominent at this time to overwhelm you. Because most are unaware of what is taking place behind the scenes, it is very easy to judge by […]
For the suffering around the world, please join 8 Minutes @ 8AM and/or PM sending LOVE. The Mother says all prayers are answered and as we individually become full of compassion, that ability to be The Observer sending LOVE while holding the highest vision as She does, we affect change on an internal level unprecedented […]
By Good News Network, January 16, 2021 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/amazon-launches-2bil-housing-fund-in-3-cities/ Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund will help preserve existing housing and help create housing developments through below-market loans and grants to housing partners, public agencies, and minority-led organizations. The Fund seeks to “ensure that moderate- to low-income families can afford housing in resource-rich communities with easy access to […]
www.voiceoffreedom.ca In September, 2020, I pulled muscles in my back around my shoulder blade. Carrying a heavy bag with my left arm, one day I twisted slightly as I was doing something else, and I felt the muscle pull. . . I can’t say there weren’t any warning signs this was going to happen. There […]
CBS News, January 6, 2021 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inmates-fundraise-to-pay-for-student/ For the past seven years, students from the Palma School in Salinas, California have been part of a book club at an unlikely place—Soledad State Prison. Mia Mirassou and Jim Micheletti founded the book club called “Exercises In Empathy.” Micheletti told CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca that students would […]
Charter for Compassion January 2021 Newsletter https://charterforcompassion.org/component/acymailing/mailid-417 The New Year is a painting not yet painted; a path not yet stepped on; a wing not yet taken off! Things haven’t happened as yet! Before the clock strikes twelve, remember that you are blessed with the ability to reshape your life!” ~Mehmet Murat ildan The Turkish […]
