Sometimes – given our cultural conditioning and habituated commitment to any and all external references – it is difficult for us to believe that the authority figures in our lives (particularly those we vote for) do not have our best interests at heart.
Sometimes, we need to stop… take a breath… and allow ourselves to see through our own eyes; to see what we see, hear what we hear and know what we know; and trust the truth of our own experience.  Doing so is the only thing we have that will penetrate coma.

And sometimes, we’re not going to like what we discover.

Wherever that journey of your own discovery takes you, give yourself the opportunity to take it.  The alternative is to stay on a familiar track, leading to a destination you may not want to visit.

The following presentation by Jeffrey M. Smith is from the Consciousness Beyond Chemtrails 2012 Conference.  Before you dismiss or delete, listen and watch.  Then, trust your instincts.  You already know what it is that you will need to choose mindfully and wisely, for yourself.

August 17th – 19th, 2012 marked the largest stand ever against Chemtrails! Over the course of 3 days in Los Angeles, and live online around the world, 16 leaders in Geoengineering research met to show the Unity and Collective efforts we are now taking against these “Aerosol Crimes!”

It was a historic turning point for the movement – now you can catch anything you missed at:consciousnessbeyondchemtrails.com

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May I suggest we each stop… take a breath… take a look at our life and ask ourself:  ”Am I awake?  Conscious?  Mindful? Or does the coma of habituation run my life?”

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in ground turkey

A new Consumer Reports investigation has found ground turkey could be a breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. More than half of the samples tested nationwide contained fecal bacteria, including E. coli.

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The following two TEDx presentations have provoked significant controversy.  Both offer significant shifts in perspective on long-held, so-called ‘realities’.  Please take a moment to explore these for yourself and consider:  how else might you choose to live YOUR life, today?

Rupert Sheldrake:  At TEDxWhitechapel on January 13, 2013, Rupert Sheldrake gave a provocative talk in which he suggests that modern science is based on ten dogmas, and makes the case that none of them hold up to scrutiny. According to him, these dogmas — including, for example, that nature is mechanical and purposeless, that the laws and constants of nature are fixed, and that psychic phenomena like telepathy are impossible — have held back the pursuit of knowledge.

Graham Hancock:  At TEDxWhitechapel on January 13, 2013, Graham Hancock gave a passionately argued talk in which he described the transformative impact that ayahuasca (containing the drug DMT) had had on him and argued that responsible adult usage of such drugs was a fundamental right. The talk was viewed more than 130,000 times on YouTube.

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In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, “We are losing our listening.” In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening — to other people and the world around you.

What is your intention while listening?

Julian Treasure is the chair of the Sound Agency, a firm that advises worldwide businesses — offices, retailers, hotels — on how to use sound. He asks us to pay attention to the sounds that surround us. How do they make us feel: productive, stressed, energized, acquisitive?

For more on Julian Treasure, see the Full bio »

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“Our hearts know that a more beautiful world is possible; but our minds do not know how it’s possible“.

Charles Eisenstein

In this intelligent and inspiring TEDxTalk, writer and visionary Charles Eisenstein explores how we can make the transition from the old story of separation, competition and self-interest to a new Story of the People.

Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution.

His books (The Ascent of Humanity and Sacred Economics) as well as his other essays and blog posts on web magazines have generated a vast online following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts. Writing in Ode magazine’s “25 Intelligent Optimists” issue, David Korten (author of When Corporations Rule the World) called Eisenstein “one of the up-and-coming great minds of our time.”

Eisenstein graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, and spent the next ten years as a Chinese-English translator. He currently lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with his wife and three sons.

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There is so much in this video – and what I know to remain true for me – is I can not change another person; railing against another – does not change anything either – I can only authentically be mySELF and be willing to speak my truth, say what I See, hear and know.

This is everyone’s issue – 5 men having the courage to speak publically on their perspective of Manhood, Rape Culture, definitely hopeful.

For me the solution does not lie solely in teaching our children differently, it’s about coming face to face with myself and asking how do I continue to maintain the silence and secrecy? What am I not willing to say? Where does my own fear and shame limit my choices?

When I AM, – willing and able to be open and honest out loud, the silence and secrecy inside me no longer exists.

Transformation becomes possible, when I am willing to be authentic and have the courage to speak up about what I see, hear and know.

On Tuesday, March 26th, V-Day and The Nation presented a one night only panel discussion entitled Breaking The Male Code: After Steubenville, A Call To Action.

This passionate and timely discussion featured Journalist and Teacher Jimmie Briggs; Emmy Award-winning musician and Co-Chair of the NoVo Foundation Peter Buffett; President of Coach for America and former football player Joe Ehrmann, A Call to Men Co-Founder Tony Porter; and Sports Editor at The Nation Dave Zirin, and moderated by Eve Ensler.

More information and panelists’ bios here: www.vday.org/livestream

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We cannot allow Monsanto to think that because this place is out of sight of other shorelines, we are not noticing.  For far too many, it is never out of mind.  These monkeys no longer have hands over eyes, ears or mouths.

How many other ‘Hawaii’s’ are being destroyed by these same actions, by these same players?  Every time we cease to be silent, we no  longer feed the status quo.  Please share the video below with others.

Stop Monsanto From Poisoning Hawai’i:
Genetic Engineering Chemical Warfare

Originally Published on Jun 10, 2012
CALL TO ACTION: Tell Kamehameha Schools to end genetic and chemical contamination of Ali’i Trust Lands!

with thanks to HawaiiGMO Justice for sharing this video

For over 20 years, Hawai’i has been the global center for the open-field testing of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s), including pharmaceutical crops. Over 5,000 experimental tests have been conducted by Monsanto, Dow, Dupont/Pioneer, Syngenta and BASF that spray chemicals on an almost daily basis on our most valuable lands. They are supported by tax-breaks, and beneficial relationships with landowners, regulators and politicians. We estimate GMO companies own or lease 40,000 — 60,000 acres that are sprayed with over 70 different chemicals.

A new vision for Hawai’i would promote small farms that grow chemical-free produce, employ our youth and restore the indigenous ahupua’a system. Hawai’i has less than 3,000 acres of certified organic farmland, which is 0.27% of Hawaiian farmland.

Kamehameha Schools is Hawaii’s largest private landowner. Despite Kamehameha’s public statements about sustainability and conservation, they lease substantial amounts of land to multi-national biotech firms, including Monsanto, Dow, Dupont/Pioneer and Syngenta for GMO open field tests and seed corn production.

Kamehameha is the only institution with the land, capital and resources to reduce our food imports, that are now over 90%, and ensure that Hawai’i does not run out of food in case of natural disasters or rising oil prices.

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Do we dare see, hear and speak?

As I write those words, what comes to mind are the three monkeys with hands over eyes, ears and mouth. I wonder what it will take for us to stop being the monkey…

What Iceland has done is a fact – and a measure of what’s possible.

with thanks to StormCloudsGathering for creating this video

Euro Crisis is Just Beginning, Global Collapse is Coming
For more, visit StormCloudsGathering website: StormCloudsGathering.com

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To grieve is a sign of the presence of consciousness – of Self and other; of distinctions of what was, what is and the loss of what might have been.

To slaughter these ‘animals’ is not only an act of profound cruelty and brutality, it is an assault against that which is at the very core of being, for us all.  When we slaughter them, we slaughter something within ourselves.  When our brutality cuts them down, we cut down something within ourselves.

Even without being there, we know intuitively the depth of this mother’s grief, as if it were our own.

Today is the day, that we must allow ourselves to awaken to something within us… that we might come to honour it in others.

From CNN:  Dana Wharf | Added on March 27, 2013 (for CNN page, click here)
A dolphin off Dana Point, California, is seen mourning her baby dolphin by carrying it on her back while swimming.

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Name it, claim it, choose it and change it.

Coming out of the coma of mindlessness is the first step. Please share.

Narrated by Reggie Watts. We are all paying the price of carbon pollution. It’s time to put a price on carbon and make the polluters stop the carbon destruction.

with thanks to The Climate Reality Project

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