With the presidential election behind us, we as a people are at a precipice. The popular vote went one way and the electoral college another, and as a result Donald Trump will be the next president of the U.S.
People are hurting on both sides of the equation: those who voted for Trump feel the sting of an economy and world that is leaving them behind, and feel that they live in an America they no longer recognize. People who … [Read more...]
Election Day is Here: Time to Take Power!
Here we are, Nov. 8, 2016 Election Day in the U.S. On this day, I have some thoughts:
As an Acupuncturist, I have come to understand that the way people achieve real health and make profound and positive changes in their own health and lives is by empowering themselves to take matters in their own hands. They don't just do what the doctors tell them, and just take medications or have procedures; they question if Western medicine is … [Read more...]
Closed to Open: The Clash of Cultures, the Shifting of Paradigms
With just a few days before the presidential election here in the U.S., I'm sure you'll agree with me that it has been a wild ride. It's been a roadshow, a shitshow, and a polemic battle of the cultures.
What we have seen, amidst all the craziness, is a changing of the guard. We are shifting from a closed culture to an open culture and open future. With this shift, we are in the thick of a revolution and … [Read more...]
How Krishnamurti Unbrainwashed His Monkey
In a recent article I wrote, "How to Brainwash Your Monkey," I talked about how easily we can fall sway to the illusions and stories we tell ourselves or that others tell us, and that when we do so, we then identify with these stories, an identification that causes us to move far away from what is true.
And what happens is that by then … [Read more...]
How to Brainwash Your Monkey
In a recent article I wrote, "The Nonsense and Delusions People Believe As Truth", I talked about the ridiculous and nonsensical things people believe, within the context of this year's U.S. presidential campaign and specifically among supporters of Donald Trump.
Trump supporters have been making statements that … [Read more...]
The Nonsense and Delusions People Believe as Truth
Recently on the Daily Show, correspondent Jordan Klepper went to a Donald Trump rally to check with people about their beliefs regarding a number of things: Hillary Clinton's health, her body double, who Barack Obama really is, and Donald Trump's relationship with African-Americans.
You can watch the video above.
The remarks from people on all these were pretty eye-opening and ridiculously nonsensical. It would … [Read more...]
Kurt Vonnegut Keeps Dreaming: Donald Trump Meets Kilgore Trout
Kurt Vonnegut was one of the most brilliant writers ever. He took a look at everyday life and translated it into a language of whimsy and absurdist fancy. At the same time he cut to the core of the human experience and conveyed an all-knowing sense of how we got ourselves into the big fat mess we're in.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and as he wrote in Slaughterhouse-Five and other books, he witnessed, as a POW, … [Read more...]
John Wayne Vs. The Buddha: The Quantum Mind Gets Political!
John Wayne represented the quintessential go it alone American, ready to stand up and fight for American values. This was the role he played in many of his movies - whether he was the cowboy, the outlaw, or the solider - and his personal political viewpoints were mirror images of his movie roles.
This viewpoint is one that believes that it's my country right or wrong, and that you're either with me or against me. It's rugged … [Read more...]
Love Is But the Song We Sing, and Fear’s the Way We Die
The title of this post, "Love is But the Song We Sing, and Fear's the Way We Die," comes from the classic 1960's song "Get Together" by the Youngbloods.
You can watch the video with the lyrics above.
Some might dismiss this as a 1960's utopian peace, love and granola song, but the words ring true decades later:
Love is but the song we sing,And fear's the way we dieYou can make the mountains … [Read more...]The United States of Iraq: Is it Evolution or De-Evolution?
I live in the United States. In recent weeks, the amount of societal strife, through police shootings of unarmed black men, and then of the police being fatally shot themselves in Dallas, has escalated and reached a point where we are witnessing a certain level of societal disintegration.
On top of the most recent incidents, there were the shootings that took place in mid-June at a gay bar in Orlando, Florida, and that, along with … [Read more...]
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