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PARA HAITI, NO A LA CARIDAD, SI AL DERECHO: 1. Que Francia le devuelva con
intereses el valor que injustamente le cobró en el siglo XIX como
indemnización por los daños en su independencia, al no perdonar que un ejercito de negros venciera al ejercito de Napoleón; 2. Que... (720 more chars)
Anyone notice that vampires are the thing these days. Maybe I am writing something that everyone knows. Of course! You might say to this blogger. Now, questions, have you asked why? Why is that those hideous beast of ultimate evil that kept my head under the sheets as a child now fill the scree... (309 more chars)
Patterns. I see them everywhere. I see them in the ripples of the vines
on the leaves and hear them in the rhythm of my feet. I see the
patterns of the hardwood floors and I hear the patterns in what the
music player spins. I see patterns in my life and sometimes I
rejoice: patterns can be rhyt... (4665 more chars)
My love of the earth and all herbeings and creatures starts with my recognition of the most important livingentity of this planet, soil . Fertile soil is the most essentialelement for life on Earth. Every living plant owes its well being and abilityto grow to the realms of life that r... (2641 more chars)
"Bella," like its name, is about beauty. Taking place in Manhattan, its a story where an ex pro soccer-player-turned-chef, working in his brother's Mexican restaurant, encounters a young woman at a difficult crossroads in her life, after she's mercilessly fired from the same restaurant. Both hav... (538 more chars)
Otis Redding once wrote a song titled "The Happy Song," as though it
were the quintessential song of joy. And it kind of is. It's a
joy-infused composition which inspires happy feet tapping and swaying.
It's a song that can get anyone, in the quiet of their own space, to
dance. And so I find mys... (2896 more chars)
Pictures sometimes tell more than thousands of words but in the case of The Green Cathedral of South Africa it's something one has to experience in situ.
In light of Carol Chomsky's recent passing away, BigThink interviews Noam Chomsky on "what is love?" To view this brief and stirring 2:32 min. video clip, please visit: http://bigthink.com/noamchomsky/noam-chomsky-on-love Simply copy and paste the above URL into your address bar. Enjoy! ... (9 more chars)
Art is everywhere Between the lashes of your eyes When you look When you see Ever see a surfer’s drop Ever watch the curl of a perfect wave Like the curl of a great lover Or even imperfect mush Any lover when you’re lonely There is art in the stick of the sweat as two bodies press and peal apart ... (394 more chars)
I sit. I sit with my feet propped up on the old, worn surface of my desk. I stare at the screen, my eyes bleary with a tiredness which comes from my throat and I think. My fingers tap impatiently on the keys and words appear across the screen, reading I am, I am, I am, I am, I am what? .
The word... (2757 more chars)
We're bound to learn a few things every day. A generically predictable
statement, I know, but it's an important reminder that every day is not
only a learning opportunity, but an opportunity to re-learn, un-learn
and be learned. Perhaps most important, I've learned so far, is to
understand the a... (3761 more chars)
"...As previously hidden will impulses begin to come into focus in my soul my mind naturally moves towards thinking about the way that I use my will in my life."
This is a quote from Dennis Klocek's article, "Freedom From Anxiety". It struck me that I have had a serious misunderstanding about ... (475 more chars)
Arthur Zajonc is coming here in a few weeks, so I have been browsing through some of the discussions relating to meditation. At first, it seems a little odd reading on a computer screen about personal efforts and spiritual experiences. After many years of striving to distinguish between spiritual... (233 more chars)
If you’re contemplating going to college and you don’t have
substantial financial aid, don’t bother going. Don’t get me wrong. College is a
wonderful experience. But isn’t there some other way one can experience being
independent, learn about the world, and socialize wit... (3788 more chars)
A week has now passed since I arrived at Soltane. The air has been a
thick humid net which seems to trap any living creature in its webbing,
slowing everything down in its path. We seem to have to push through
the air itself in order to move. I find myself waiting for the cool
thunder winds whic... (2091 more chars)
Less than a week till take off! With just a few days before flights are made and buses are put into service, the Mercury in America blog is put into action.We're going to try a full-bodied, all-hands-0n-deck type approach to documenting the trip that is to come. There will be many a sc... (184 more chars)
There is a giant moth in my room at this late hour and it flutters
about, hovering near the ceiling and then sweeping down to the floor.
We are both disoriented by the humid heat which seems to stick to our
bodies and to bring us down, down, down into a deeper part of
ourselves. I open my door a... (2522 more chars)
Earlier today, I decided that the day was yucky. Yucky in the sense
that things were just not going quite the way I wanted and I could
slowly feel myself sliding off the edge of what I had suddenly
identified as my "Integrity Wagon." For some reason, this metaphor
seemed to best fit what it was ... (4111 more chars)
It's late and the world is incredibly hot here in the attic. The fan is
blowing and spinning the dirt balls all about my room, this empty shell
which holds so many memories for me. I recall the carpet which
originally graced the floor, or how I've slowly built up the
bookshelves and the desk. Th... (3120 more chars)
Soekershof (Seekers Garden) goes beyond every perception of ordinary ‘landscaping’. It is a huge (10 hectares) large ‘eternal monument’ in continuous making; strongly based in local less priviliged communities in Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa. Its income is generated from admission fees of... (1118 more chars)
I find myself sitting in a library in Visby on the island of Gotland in
the wonderfully strange world of Sweden. I didn't quite know what my
friends meant when they said I would soon begin to understand just how
odd this country is, but now I am beginning to understand... Riana
and I left the 3... (2945 more chars)
You say you can't sleep, that you just lie in bed and think. I suggest wrestling. There was a time when you could not control what your eyes looked at. Now, when talking to someone with a deformity or with an open shirt, you don't have to stare. This is called being polite, but it is you taking con... (3866 more chars)
‘Money, money, money, must be funny, in a rich man’s world’ trilled Abba in 1976. And how many of us have since sung along, wishing that money flowed as freely as the waters of the Ganges before global warming. Imagine a world where money disappeared if hoarded and whose constant circulation en... (2717 more chars)
i've just come home from an interview with the local news paper. they are writing an article for tomorrow on the work i am doing setting up a society called the upper clutha river guardians. it was my first interview on this subject and quite nerve racking. the ucrg is a society set up to oppose th... (1659 more chars)
Very interesting initiative. In my opinion it should offer the possibility to create a project, and for other people to join user's projects. Take a look as well at www.tigweb.org
It is 11:54P and I am lying on the couch, the fan whirring above me. A bird chirps its midnight hello through the window and far off in the distance a train honks its way past sleeping houses. A moth flutters its dust across my face as it flies into the lamp light and I sense the soft powder coatin... (3882 more chars)
There is a feeling that can arise from a railroad track: "I can walk on that." Once on the track, arms flying this way and that, a similar feeling: "I should be able to do this more gracefully." Later, perhaps many attempts later, one learns that the legs have more weight than the arms, and can... (342 more chars)
My heart aches. Its pain is caused by conflict and questions, fueled by doubt and conviction. The overlapping in possibilities, and in realities, leads to even more pain and, somewhere buried deep within it, hope. I know one thing to be true: I am following a path which is my own. It is built by my... (4353 more chars)
It would be really cool if the world was always listening to us, and tried to answer our questions and fulfill our needs It would also be great if we were more conscious before birth and after death than we are now I would like it that everything, even the earth, was gradually evolving toward perfec... (1193 more chars)
How do you know what you know Admit to yourself that your proof can not convince me Let us only talk of the things that are not physically provable These things are called beliefs, regardless of your proof These cause you to react in specific ways toward the outer world Your entire state of mind and... (857 more chars)
The feeling of failing is overwhelming. It seems into my heart through
my blood and rushes to my mind and suddenly all I want to do is cry. I
can hear the quiver in my voice as I speak and I realize suddenly, it's not right, none of it is right .
This is followed by a simultaneous sense of anger... (1532 more chars)
Author of "Blessed Unrest" Paul Hawken's Commencement Address to the Class of 2009, University o f Portland, May 3rd, 2009. When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, l... (10235 more chars)
WATER, vatten,Wasser, water, maji, pii, l'eau,... People in Mina Academy live since many years without clean water, whereby they live directly at the biggest saline water lake in whole Africa, the LAKE VICTORIA. People walk many kilometers per day to fetch the dirty and pathogenic water at the L... (2473 more chars)
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Rudolf Steiner Institute to Host Open House July 18 Easton, MA, April 29, 2009
The Rudolf Steiner Institute will hold its first ever Open House on July 18, 2009, from 10 AM to 3:30 PM. The event will take place o... (1587 more chars)
This entire week I've found myself often realizing that while my academic studies at Reed
have finally come to a close that my studies haven't even really begun.
My time at Reed has been abundant, but my entire life is the study of
something which I find intriguing, complex and unexpected: my s... (2820 more chars)
Contact is an energy company that operates in New Zealand. They are a large corporation by NZ standards, mostly internationally owned, with some investment from NZ Government, through the ACC. They are currently proposing to further dam the river that runs past my front door.
The Clutha/Mata-au... (1676 more chars)
I cannot sleep. I lie in bed, the clock
reading 4:49AM and I stare into the darkness, my mind reeling. My body
still adjusts, behind it a whirlwind, before it another one beckoning.
Somewhere, in the stillness of the early morning, there is complete
silence except for the tapping of my fingers ... (3623 more chars)
Dear friends of Mina Academy, one month has passed and we in Mina Academy achieved some more short term goals in Kisui community at Lake Victoria. As some of you may know, Mina and some volunteers from YIP have been working together with some WWOOFers on different programs. Proudly we can... (6561 more chars)
I can hear the ocean roaring outside the sliding glass door and if I
look out, I can see the white foam crests of waves crashing below. They
seem to appear out of the blackness, rolling in, colliding into one
another before merging and then, with all of their force, they rush
together until they... (4730 more chars)
I was at work a few days ago and was waiting for a web page to save and
began to jot down the out pourings of my inner heart onto paper: "loss
comes in many ways--a friend dying, the realization that a lover's love
isn't enough, the flexibility in one's mind. Loss can surround us, sink
us, en... (2543 more chars)
Sometimes life is raw. It splits the cracks of my hands and divides the
skin: this is inside, this is outside. When I touch it, I can feel
which one is which and there is no doubt about that truth. Rawness
implies, and confirms, that it is . When my throat is raw, I
have no doubt that I have a... (2910 more chars)
"My brain is fizzling," I told Maddy today as we drove back from a
short hike up Powell Butte where we raced the setting sun back to our
car. "It has questions and thoughts, but, somehow, it's fizzling with
tiredness." I couldn't seem to stop talking about the tiredness, the
aches, not as a mea... (2103 more chars)
I have been grappling with the concept of taking a vow much in my life these days. Two questions tend to dominate this thought process: 1) What does it truly mean to take a vow? 2) Do I have the will to make such a commitment and remain true to it? These questions have taken me to research. I wi... (363 more chars)
Write. Write your thoughts onto the blank page and see what pours forth. What part of the mind will unfurl its delicate or razor-edged corners and expose the treasures--or trash--which lie within? I found a crystal, a random white stone, on the dining room table the other day and I had an immediate... (3869 more chars)
I posted a short passage on the current state of the Eliant action (713,000 signatures ) in the forums. A link to a more recent site, with a less complicated signing procedure is this: www.eliantaction.com
As many might have heard, the Petition obtained more than 52,000 signatures - 12,000 of these in the last few days. There was such a run on the site of the German parliament, that it could not cope. crashed and had to have some quick maintenance, causing them to have to extend the deadline by a wee... (428 more chars)
HAPPY 148th BIRTHDAY RUDOLF STEINER! “Rudolf Steiner was born on February 27, 1861 in Kraljevec (now in Yugoslavia) the son of a minor railway official. At the age of eighteen he entered the Technische Hochschule in Vienna, where he studied mathematics, science, literature, philosophy and h... (1424 more chars)
I admit it: I'm obsessed. I'm obsessed with
the conversations which spark my imagination, which stir my soul, which
make me ask questions, small ones, big ones, answerable and
unanswerable questions. "What is spirit?" "What is choice?" "How do I
enliven my intellectual activities?" "Wha... (1799 more chars)
If people abandon the fundamental for the secondary, then there is disunity. Without unity, defense is impossible, and war is not feasible. *If people abandon the fundamental for the secondary, then their productivity will be limited. When productivity is limited, people easily drift into vagran... (557 more chars)
Russell, Christine and I met this evening to discuss what forming an
intentional community in Portland would look like. As I close my eyes,
I see warmth and hear the laughter of children, I feel the steam of a
hot cup of tea warming my face as I gaze out into the farm fields and
see how high sch... (2021 more chars)
It's been one month and three days since I last wrote. Each night, I've
gone to bed, wondering if I wanted to write and thinking to myself,
"It's just not the right time." But tonight, something compels to
unravel my thoughts and to contribute to the infinitude of words which
clutter the Interne... (2364 more chars)
pictures can be seen on: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=209204&l=21b0d&id=849250017 In the morning we work in a school for children that cannot hear and
that come from all over Gaza.The school is supported by a german
mission and in a really good state. Older students are working in
... (1955 more chars)
we had to leave gaza. Our embassy forced us to leave as israel is planning a new attack...and this we know already since 4 days. Any next attack from israel cannot be seen as a direct response to anything coming from Hamas...they planned it obviously since some days. we are waiting in egypt now, ... (30 more chars)
Dear Annie, Thank you for connecting me in a way not possible otherwise, with the events taking place in Gaza. I am devastated by the accounts of destruction and cruelties of war. Why lose our humanity like this? The war inside each one of us has leaked out with such force it is like a forest... (665 more chars)
Mina Academy Kenya Luo people living in a village, a village called Kisui, Children coming to the kindergarten everyday, receiving love and care. Where, who, what, when,...? Kisui, a rural village where people live in peace. Kisui, a village where a people live from fis... (4473 more chars)
today i went to smoke behind the school where i am in working in. I found there 3 boys age 15-20 that where hanging around. They invited me for tea that they prepare on a fire.. One of them, ahmad lost half of his leg when a missile hit his families house. I try to talk with them as good as i can. W... (3656 more chars)
the golden ball I worked with children the whole day, most of them look tired and stressed. They are thankful and a smile finds a way on their face when we play with them. I use special games and exercises to give back stability and rythm into the life of the children. Also it is important to give ... (2234 more chars)
Leaving Kairo in the morning we head down to Rafah in a little bus. The good news: we got the paper from the german embassy to enter Gaza. The bad news: we might have to leave gaza allready on the 4th again cause the embassy warned us that Israel is planning an airstrike on the 5th again. At the egy... (1418 more chars)
In the face of a real opportunity, some fast-moving action. The story begins in Greifswald. A woman summoned up her courage to write a proposal to the German Parliament. On 29th December, she posted her petition for an Unconditional Basic Income on the Website of the German Parliament. If you go ... (537 more chars)
Any Catholics out there might be interested in http://forums.catholic.com. I know that there is a strong anti Catholic stream in Anthroposophy but let remind you that Rudolf Steiner was a devout Catholic.* This forum is pretty eclectic and has areas devoted to Sci Fi type experiences to more down ... (593 more chars)
I was ask to join the emergency team of the friends of waldorfeducation that is going to gaza end of january for 2 weeks. a team of medecins, thearapists and "waldorf-educators" will work for 2 weeks with traumatised children. I have mixed feelings...but i want to go, i want to give what i hav... (93 more chars)
January 13, 2009 The Facts About Hamas and the War on Gaza by Norman Finkelstein Norman Finkelstein is author of five books, including Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Beyond Chutzpah and The Holocaust Industry, which have been translated into more than 40 foreign editions.... (6460 more chars)
Some days ago i was watching an interview with a Hamas representative in Lebanon on BBC. The
Journalist wanted the Hamas guy to agree that he has to agree on any
kind of ceasefire deal with Israel as too many palestinians are dying
in Gaza. Here I realised something that many Europeans might not
... (217 more chars)
Tomorrow I will begin a busy day. I will follow a set schedule and I
will complete the pieces I need to bring together: I will copy and fold
the programs, I will pick up people from the airport. I will make meals
and phone calls, and I will take each person's dietary needs into
account. I will ... (1163 more chars)
I just got home. My head is swirling to the point of stillness. I count the days in my head, with each tap of my foot, one, two, three days
until it all begins. One day until this list needs to be complete. One
day until I can breathe deep and say, "Now I plunge in and I finish
with the strong... (2656 more chars)
(this was actually written by someone else:) Dear Friends, Some
of you may have heard about the new law that comes into
effect February 9th 2009 regarding toy safety and testing that will
have an impact more grave and far reaching than we can even imagine.
Small businesses, cott... (1960 more chars)
I've come to realize something recently: I smile, a lot. I have a lot
in my life that makes me happy. Little moments which dazzle me in awe,
the witnessing of gestures which are often crude, but kind and
authentic. I marvel to realize how much I strive to enjoy life when
faced by a reality in w... (2559 more chars)
I wrote this email to a friend today who was experiencing real
heartache. And as I wrote it I became clear on my own heartache,
understanding more of who I am and what it is I am bringing to the
world. There is a select group of individuals in the world
who have an amazing ability in unders... (4733 more chars)
Sometimes I stop to listen to the sound of my own heart. And when I do, I carefully weigh its emotions in the palm of my hand, Feeling how it beats gently against the lines in my fingers. I watch as the blood flows in and out, in and out, never ceasing, The valves open and close, quietly humm... (524 more chars)
I was trying to figure out what I would write on tonight while driving
home in the rain when I found myself chuckling. I'm at a peculiar point
in my life which I feel entirely comfortable with, despite the
potential problems. I have $1.05 in my bank account and $17 in my
wallet in cash. My car'... (4943 more chars)
The question of destiny still lives with me. Melissa and I went to the
theater today to watch "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a movie
which focused on the experience of aging in reverse--younging, I
suppose. What struck me was the heart of the film, the intensity of its
empathy and warmt... (2267 more chars)
I was driving to my high school today when it suddenly dawned on me
that in my journals I've been discussing theoretical or abstract
experiences instead of actually imparting the wrestling of my daily
existence and placing my questions within a context. While discussing
in universalities can be... (3364 more chars)
Patience is something I am constantly working
on and I marvel at where I can express it and where I have a difficult
time demonstrating it. I can express it, oddly, more easily with
strangers than I can with my mother. Some would say that this makes
sense but, to me, it doesn't. I think that I... (1968 more chars)
She sat across from me, turning her cup of tea in her hands. She looked
down at the table which separated us and then looked me in the eye and
I could feel her questions stretching towards me. I was warm but could
sense behind me, past the glass-paned windows, the cold and fog-filled
valley whi... (4476 more chars)
I was standing at the bus station today and, as I huddled into my self
for warmth, I found myself seeing interesting nuances within the people
around me. I love people watching and I can do it for hours. People are
absolutely fascinating and to contemplate how we all somehow have
evolved throug... (3025 more chars)
I remember last spring having a meeting with
someone who asked what my plans were for the coming semester. When I
began to outline my intentions, they looked me as though I had said
something absurd and unfathomable and asked, "How do you expect to do
all that? Something will have to give!" So... (2678 more chars)
(I wrote this as an email this morning to a unique and inspiring young woman who is participating in the Y.I.P.
program in Jarna, Sweden. She has taken on the task of creating a
magazine that is inspired by Anthroposophy and geared towards
conversations on sustainability and green-living for ... (4562 more chars)
My position on the death penalty is simple: The State should not murder people. The government should be the ultimate role model for its citizens. You cannot quell violence with violence; violence breeds violence. We have learned this time and again throughout history. Murdering even a murderer is ... (6264 more chars)
This evening I find I cannot sleep. I am full. I am full from an evening with friends and family, both food and gratitude fill me, as well as an opening. I am opening myself to the world of technology. I spend so much time working to find peace in a hectic world through meditation and study, bu... (1583 more chars)
...the following article was published in the Summer 2008 issue of Lilipoh Magazine. Four proceeding articles appeared in the magazine exploring this topic. (Click on the navigation category "Lilipoh" to the right and they will appear in order of most recent f... (13358 more chars)
Bill Maher brings the belief that unconditional faith in religion is a form of mental illness to his new documentary, Religulous . This is a funny film, an important film and a poorly executed and fatally flawed attempt to examine the oldest, most important and currently the most powerful aspect ... (6777 more chars)
I think it is not a coincidence that Michaelmas and Rosh Hashanah converge this year. This is so because, call me egocentric, but I had a deep personal experience of St John's this year in Jerusalem - where the message w as - throw one's "sins" or fears into the fire. Now, coinciding with the fest... (907 more chars)
twinlab colon care The Coalition for Nonviolent Living is proud to present: the 2008 Nonviolence as a Way of Life Conference Featuring: Marshall Rosenberg creator of Nonviolent Communication Julia Butterfly Hill environmental activist, author and p... (223 more chars)
Yoga Month, a non-profit needs volunteers for the Yoga Health Fest 9/20-21. I have been trying to get 60 committed volunteers to help out at this 2-day event. In return, they get a free VIP pass good for all workshops. I need some feedback. You can reply through the message board: 1. Confused ab... (426 more chars)
I am the editor for NewPages.com - a webssite of news, information and guides to independent bookstores, independent publishers, literary magazines, alternative periodicals, independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more. I am always on the lookout for alternative publications - both... (215 more chars)
The new Weezer album of all things has got me thinking. The last line of the last song on the regular edition of the album: “WE ARE the angels and WE ARE the ones that are praying.” God is in all of us. God IS all of us. It’s up to US to answer our own prayers and those of ea... (887 more chars)
“Walls” can act as metaphors for many things. You can talk about the walls we put up to protect ourselves psychologically or the walls we have to climb in order to progress in life. I want to talk about the walls we inevitably run into in our progression of how we see the world, that ... (2680 more chars)
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This is from the guys who wrote a book called "Affluenza - when too much is never enough.". Its a really interesting take on consumerism in Australia. http://www.wellbeingmanifesto.net
As chemical agriculture became the norm over the past 100 years, carbon's significance in soil and plant processes was nearly forgotten. In the agricultural lectures of 1924, Rudolf Steiner states "In recent times, carbon has fallen from its former aristocratic status to a very low one..." Go... (3120 more chars)
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The sound of the word food , when you repeat it mentally and boil it down to the tones and gestures, seems to describe a movement out from a center, a gathering of substance and energy in an embrace. The embrace hold this in way that would solidify... (1168 more chars)
the treatment of diabetes insipidus Let me speak a moment about the nature of spiritual practice and the future. It is my understanding that Steiner said we need to increasingly tune into what is coming to us from the future – more than the practices we've inherited from the past. It is ... (3389 more chars)
I am now living in Santa Rosa with the rest of our small group here, the One World Family Commune.As the energies rise toward the great world transformation, we look forward to world recognition of the truth being channeled thru Allen Michael, the Galactic Messenger.Check our new blog, galactic.com... (6 more chars)
human brain diagrams A Night in Tehran Yesterday we went out at night.By car we went to a big square, where young people meet at night. Two tracs for each direction, full of cars with boys and girls-seperated-looking after a car with the other sex.boys are more active...with hand-signs they... (2708 more chars)
13 Reasons To See Todd Haynes’ New Bob Dylan Bio-Pic, I’m Not There… Because true artistic craft is too often missing from movies. In a year in which I was honestly giving up all hope on film as a meaningful form of art, this film has redeemed it with oblivious and beautiful... (2645 more chars)
Yesterday I was at the Youth Congress in Munich, a small (30 people) but neat conference, with the question "Peace and War, and what do you want?" as a theme. In the Open Space session I offered to have a Network M Meet Up time, to watch Nicanor and Kathleen, and to have a conversation about it aft... (1089 more chars)
It’s difficult to get excited about the 2008 election. The only thing I find remotely appealing is that, unless some miracle of Satan occurs (but Jerry Falwell is dead, so I’m not sure there’s much he can do), George W. Bush will not win again and it seems the Republicans will ha... (8534 more chars)
symptoms of ulcers If you do come, do you not know, that you might blind me with your Presence. I long to be washed clean from all the soot and dirt I've gathered. But this is not for your ears to hear, for it is only another des... (1171 more chars)
In 1968, my husband and I and our 4 children joined the One World Family Commune in San Francisco after recognizing the truth Allen Michael was channeling from Galactica. It was an awakening that has continued to this day, an awakening to the truth of this planetary cleansing and the coming sharing ... (608 more chars)
i rise above the final hill and turn the final bend and then i’m there the nullarbor plain at dusk the long dark line of it under the last orange horizon glow like driving into a vast and silent ocean – while scattered stars open slowly in the pa... (324 more chars)
The beauty was real The image is gone Where did you go? It was late The sun was setting Trees preparing their winter sleep It seemed like nobody cared The wind was cold The earth was dying People were busy Gathering like hamsters Warm love for the long nights The leaves were falling Whispering ... (3032 more chars)
Save the Date! October 4 Portland Waldorf School (Oregon) is hosting a talk and reception with Torin Finser -- he'll speak on Organizational Integrity - Applying the wisdom of the body to building healthy organizations. Also, if you are a part of socially/environmentally conscious organizatio... (236 more chars)
If I were a squirrel in this park All the trees would be massive acorns And the clocktower would be a giant treetrunk Piercing the sky. And all the ground would be one continuous treelimb to be scampered across, cautiously. But then, I'm not a squirrel. I'm a gum wrapper. And th... (316 more chars)
Every star is an individual. Every single spark can change the world. Some people are afraid of darkness. Fear of the unknown, yet to come. Though every spark is hope. Hope is confidence in the meaning of one's deeds. Have you found Your spark yet? What is it that makes your eyes sparkle with... (1253 more chars)
allergy asthma ...So now we turn our eyes and minds to the middle east, based on the framework I suggested earlier it has many significances. Economically it is an important asset to the global capitalist economy its oil rich landscape needs not be mentioned. Race is u... (42846 more chars)
Greetings from the United States Social Forum in Atlanta, GA! I'm sitting here in a cool, wide-spaced library in the middle of downtown Atlanta with two very amazing people--Kathleen Morse of IDEM and Seth Jordan of the Rudolf Steiner Institute. We're about to wean ourselves off of... (2748 more chars)
pathology updates I felt this one deserved another shot so i took another run at it-------------------------------We are the Ones We've Been Waiting For We have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. “The time of the great awakening is apon us. We must all come to the truth.... (4449 more chars)
cats theme song As easter/passover/good friday approaches or is upon us...... I am getting ready to bury a cow horn full of quartz. It is with some trepidation that I do so however. I feel a constant pressure in my life not just from other people but rather an attempt at a sort of non-physic... (1709 more chars)
Now this quote has been around the internet for a while but I was recently on Gary Zukov's web site and it was front and center. He said that he was present when this Hopi Elder spoke these words and at that time could not quite understand the gravity of or appreciate their meaning.-------------... (4344 more chars)
Yesterday I went with Jakob to Jenin. Jakob is organiser of the Conference „Walk your Talk“ and was in Jenin before.
Our goal is that we spend 3 or 4 days of the Conference in Jenin with about 80 participants.
In Jenin is in the West banc, which means in the occupied Palestinian terr... (4723 more chars)
...and what is Peacerael?
Coming from Jordan, where I spend some days at a friends place, I took the taxi to the Ali Hussein Bridge, the Boarder between Jordan and the Israelis.I checked out from Jordan and took the shuttle bus to the Israeli entry.
There I had to give my luggage to the... (2562 more chars)
The Doing of your brain is the complete opposite of the Doing of your spirit or rather it's mirror image. They are not aware of each other. One of the only ways to bridge the two of them and help to heal the dualism that exists is through your awareness of presence and personality. For we are th... (37 more chars)
Inside the body is nothing but fertile soil, outside the body is everything else. We must plant the seed inside so that it may reach out to the light of the Sun outside the body/soil to be nurished by it's life giving warmth and healing properties.Inside the body it is dark but only because the ... (434 more chars)
correct posture exercise
To understand something means to not know it. To know something means to not understand it. Yet it is still possible to know and understand the mind of God or at least our tiny scrap of it.It exists and yet it does not. This is perhaps an ultimate truth.
We all do what we do until we know better and meditation or rather inner work is very good for you if you need it! The world is created by our brains or rather our perceptions of it..... mind does come before biology, but it is biology that we must work on with our minds to become whole and healed ... (82 more chars)
A lot of people in our modern word of computers, airplanes, T.V.'s and cars think this spiritual stuff is a whole lot of fluff put forward by people whose heads are in the clouds. When in fact a lot of the time that is not the case at all. In fact it is the materialists who can not see beyond th... (334 more chars)
We must constantly fight for our awareness of our bodies and the world around us. Most do not realize this simple truth about ourselves. The fight to become conscious is the one true struggle that mankind has to go through. It is the fight at the very centre of being. The BIG guy "M" is always looki... (109 more chars)
We must learn to deal with the consequences of our biological dualism consciously..... dealing with it on subconscious levels leaves us unconscious of course!
I greatly worry about a very serious war breaking out in the middle east.--------- Bush's demand of a military build up, recent issues with Iran's Revolutionary Guard in Iraq as well as Iran's underlying aspirations to start selling oil in Euros and not the world currency of American dollars are all... (845 more chars)
I follow the news of the World very closely.... much to my detriment I am sure! Ever since the 9/11 Bin Laden thing people in our so called first world society have been making mountains out of mole hills when it comes to Muslims and Islam. Partially due to the media no doubt) The vast majority of M... (2005 more chars)
We truly do teach our children everything we know about this Place...... and that relationship lies at the Foundation of the Universe...... however we are mearly our children's first teachers...... They learn many things from others------ We are not their overlords to rule them with an Iron Fist or ... (315 more chars)
I don't pretend to understand Steiner's Anthroposophy completely. I just have a general idea of what he was talking about and my thoughts about how it all relates to me.---------That said I have this observation about us as a species it seems to me that at about age 33 we fully and completely come i... (1155 more chars)
Why do we suffer? A question that has been pursued by Buddhists for 2500 years and by other religions for many millennia. We suffer in my opinion because of our own ignorance. Ignorance to what life is about? Ignorance about what our bodies are and how they function. Ignorance about the Egoic Brain ... (504 more chars)
Happy well paid respected workers make for a profitable bottom line something that seems to have been lost on North american employers.---------------
At Guinness Brewery in England the Employees get a free hot meal served up everyday free of charge along with a pint of course. They have many lif... (1138 more chars)
preserving dna THE PROMETHEAN ABYSS:
A READING OF CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS
On th’ other side up rose
Belial, in act more graceful and humane:
A fairer person lost not Heav’n; he seemed
For dignity composed and high exploit:
But all was false and hollow; though his tongue
Dropped ... (9259 more chars)
Man is daily relating to the world in a three-fold way. The first is through observation. We see something in our environment, and receive it through our bodily senses. We then are reacting to it - our soul mood is revealed, if you will - with like, dislike, pleasure pain etc. The way in which we ca... (1847 more chars)
In his book, Unmasking the New Age, Douglas Groothuis lists the questions which a valid ideology must answer. These include:
* How did the universe come to exist? If there is an Absolute Creator, what is its relation to the created universe? (metaphysics)
* How do we human beings know what w... (845 more chars)
Well, here we are with a new week, and this your reminder email that the youth study group will meet this Thursday at 8:00 at Palio Coffe and Dessert House (located at 1996 SE Ladd Avenue) to continue our conversational study on "Building an Anthroposophical Community". For those of you who have not... (1027 more chars)
I'm hoping that somehow through teaching I can help people change the way they see things. I'm hoping to shift the paradigm in my small way from one where profit is the highest moral good to one where morality is based on individual insight and love.
I have taken a Waldorf fourth grade for Septem... (694 more chars)
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