Toward a World that Works for Everyone
This is a part of The Teachers Speak, a series of articles on the Culture of Awareness and Openhearted Rebel. Love will change the world and show the way to enlightenment. It’ll bring our awareness to anything within that prevents us from being effective agents of change, and it’ll help us slow down the mind […]
This is a part of The Teachers Speak, a series of articles on the Culture of Awareness. “Fire is burning, man pull your own weight!” – Bob Marley If you read my writings often, you might be familiar with the inner fire or violet flame. I usually use it in reference to inspiration from Source, […]
This is an introductory article for my new blog, Openhearted Rebel. Hope to see you there! A New Kind of Revolution ‘Openhearted Rebel’ is not just a name for a blog. It’s a way of life created out of awareness of the importance of compassion and openheartedness, and on this blog, I intend to share […]
Cannabis is good for the mind, body and spirit. The propaganda routinely aimed at it is intended to demonize it and diminish its value, but despite that we’re finally seeing through the lies, we’ve only decoded a fraction of the mystery behind this phenomenal plant. Now that people are realizing it isn’t the menace it’s […]
Credit: lucyoccupy.wordpress.com Continued from part 1 (read full post here). We Don’t Need Them We don’t need Big Brother watching our every move for ‘national security’ purposes and pouncing on us when they think we’ve done something wrong. We don’t need militarized police forces causing mayhem in the streets, and we definitely don’t need political […]
Credit: megnocero.wordpress.com If we want to create a new system out of the ashes of the old, we should think about the role we’ll play in creating it. We should figure out what we can do right now to reflect the paradigm shift the world needs, and we should remember that if we continue to […]
Wouldn’t it be great to have a description of one of the stages of enlightenment from someone who experienced it? I’m not referring to a guru, but to an active student on the path who discovered what he called the ‘Current’ and shared his experiences with the world. Franklin Merrell-Wolff This person is Franklin Merrell-Wolff. […]
Credit: underwateraudio.com Part of my job is to inspire you, but I’d like to think you don’t need inspiration. Looking around (and within) should give you plenty of inspiration to contribute to a growing global awakening, and with everything we need to do before we can create the world we need, I don’t see how […]
Ziggy Marley. Credit: inland360.com Ziggy Marley, accomplished reggae artist and son of legend Bob Marley, has said before that love is this generation’s form of rebellion. Some of you might know his song, “Love Is My Religion”, in which he explains that his newfound religion is love; self-love, love for mankind, love for the planet, […]
This is a part of The Teachers Speak, a series of articles on the Culture of Awareness. Read full post here. Franklin Merrell-Wolff was a philosopher who, after experiencing a spiritual awakening in 1936, became dedicated to jnana yoga and the theologian Shankara. He gave detailed accounts of his experiences with a higher consciousness, and […]
Credit: urbanspiritual.org The following was written for the 187th issue of The Culture of Awareness Weekly Newsletter, which I offer for $11.11 a month. Do you feel tired, broken or unable to keep going? Do you feel like you’ve given life everything and received little in return? You aren’t alone, and we all want to […]
Credit: arkadiansystems.com The conscious community is comprised of people from all walks of life who are passionate about changing the world, and we all have different beliefs, lifestyles and visions of the future. Some want to expand their consciousness, while others want to protect endangered species and hold corrupt corporations accountable for environmental crimes. Some […]
Credit: cosmichealer.com Some people in the conscious community have turned their back on religion because of the ways it’s used to distort spirituality and control the masses, but others look to it for little bits of wisdom and insight. Some have studied different religions in hopes of finding similarities between them all, and they’ve discovered […]
Alan Watts was a writer, speaker and philosopher who brought eastern philosophy to western spiritual seekers. (1) He was and still is loved by many in the spiritual community, and his large volume of writings and lectures is considered by many to be a great source of wisdom. We can learn from his work and […]
Credit: lifecatcherforever.wordpress.com In my eyes, to be courageous is to be willing to do what we know is right for us and the planet even if it scares us. We can achieve anything if we have courage and we can persevere, but it’s easier to be afraid of challenges and new experiences than it is […]
