“I want you to reimagine how life is organized on earth,” says global strategist Parag Khanna. As our expanding cities grow ever more connected through transportation, energy and communications networks, we evolve from geography to what he calls “connectography.” This emerging global network civilization holds the promise of reducing pollution and inequality — and even overcoming geopolitical rivalries. In this talk, Khanna asks us to embrace a new maxim for the future: “Connectivity is destiny.”
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Maximilian Schell in Judgment at Nuremberg — “World’s Guilt”
“Branded Flesh” a poem by Suzanne Deakins, H.W., M.
Blank pages left unstained and ink without use…
for days I have waited for your letter,
your note to tell me you loved me and wanted me.
I know you love me… say it… sing it to me, write it to me.
How am I to make you mine?
Do I dare ask to touch you?
For one moment of your voice saying
those most sacred words
I would sell my soul… drink poison
I see you in the distance
Dancing with others
Touching others
But you leave me laying waiting for you
Harlot, slut, whore… you give my love to another
Leaving me naked in the hot sands
My disguise ripped and
my last mask falling from my face
I see your beauty reflecting off the mirror
Your image has been branded into my naked flesh
Raw flesh begging you to say it…
You have branded me for life…
Fleshy love begging you to say it
Ink stained fingers longing to hold you
Branded for life… if you will not take me
Who will want this flesh you have left…
Say it, say it… I know you love me
Take my flesh write on it…
Burn the words I would die for in it.
Say it , say it… write it in my flesh
November 6, 2007
Henry Miller on discovering what is already there
“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty.
“Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths.
“We all derive from the same source, there is no mystery about the origin of things.
“We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there.”
–Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American writer. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms, developing a new sort of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, … Wikipedia
(Contributed by Ben Gilberti, H.W., M.)
“Psychological Types or the psychology of individuation” by Carl Jung
2016 Reprint of 1924 Edition. In this classic work, originally published in 1921, Jung categorized people into primary types of psychological function. He proposed four main functions of consciousness: Two perceiving functions: Sensation and Intuition Two judging functions: Thinking and Feeling The functions are modified by two main attitude types: extraversion and introversion. Jung theorized that the dominant function characterizes consciousness, while its opposite is repressed and characterizes unconscious behavior. The eight psychological types are as follows: Extraverted sensation Introverted sensation Extraverted intuition Introverted intuition Extraverted thinking Introverted thinking Extraverted feeling Introverted feeling In “Psychological Types,” Jung describes in detail the effects of tensions between the complexes associated with the dominant and inferior differentiating functions in highly and even extremely one-sided types.
Full book online: https://monoskop.org/images/8/8d/Jung_Gustav_Carl_Psychological_Types_1946.Pdf
How Healing is Accomplished (by Sandy Levey-Lunden)
Seeing what the sickness or condition is for, the part it plays in our life, and the meaning it had when we felt the sickness or created it, is part of the healing. The following are questions I ask a person who is going through the whole mind process of clearing their sickness. I received these questions as the essence of the “How is Healing Accomplished?” section. (OrEd.Mn.5)
1.) When did this sickness begin? What was going on in your life at the time, and what were your feelings about it in the months and years that preceded the sickness?
2.) What is the value, pay-off, or benefit of your sickness?
3.) How does this choice for weakness give you strength? (How does it give you a sense of control or make you feel more powerful? How does it make you think you are better than God?)
4.) What (with this insane conviction) does healing stand for?
5.) Would you like to be your own physician and heal yourself, with your mind releasing the condition? What would be your purpose for living, or healing? Why would you want to die, or not heal?
6.) Who would you blame, or want to be sorry, if you died or stayed sick?
7.) What do you feel guilty about?
8.) What do guilt, sickness, pain, disaster, and suffering mean now?
If the sickness has no purpose now, it can leave.
For the full article, go to: https://miracles-course.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=242:how-healing-is-accomplished&catid=37&Itemid=57
Anatole France on humans as rational
The gut: our second brain
Full movie here: https://www.gaia.com/video/gut-our-second-brain
Contributed by Suzanne Deakins, H.W., M.
Leo Full Moon, Lunar Eclipse, February 10th, at 4:32 pm PST
The next 2 weeks are a gateway for creating big changes and for manifesting new and important possibilities. During this approximate 2 week period it is critical that you focus your thoughts only on what you truly desire. The energies of this time period are ripe for enhanced manifestation.
This Lunar eclipse gateway occurs at a Full Moon when Earth is exactly between the Sun and Moon, and casts a shadow across part, or all, of the Moon. As always, to see the eclipse, you have to be in the right place on Earth. This particular eclipse is a partial, penumbral eclipse that can be seen in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean. For those who can see it the moon will appear darker or shaded on one side. Remember, that during a Lunar Eclipse window, one may become aware of some deep emotions that need to be remembered and processed. With new understanding we can see the areas that need our attention.
And if the Leo Lunar Eclipse wasn’t enough, Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusáková makes its closest approach to Earth at 10:30 p.m. Eastern. The greenish comet will be visible by telescope and binoculars, but not to the naked eye.
You can still watch, because the great folks at slooh.com will be web casting the eclipse and the comet. Slooh’s live feed from various locations begins at 5:30 p.m. with the lunar eclipse. Experts will weigh in with a play-by-play around 7:30 p.m. during the eclipse maximum. Join astronomers Gerard Monteux and Bob Berman to learn about this seventh-magnitude celestial object.
We are living at an incredible time when humanity is shifting in consciousness at a remarkable rate of speed. The amalgam of planetary cycles, when understood, can provide a much deeper understanding of the worlds collective experience. The pervasive and constant chaotic energy of Pluto in Capricorn squareUranus in Aries (read here), is largely responsible for our ability to see the corrution more clearly than we have ever seen before. In order to improve our circumstances here on earth, we must see what is broken.
Leo’s fire is primarily motivated by recognition and is the ruler of the heart. It is like the rich cream in the milk and seeks to raise to the top and be admired and praised. Praise is the fuel that keeps Leo energy in the forefront giving us all something to emulate. Aquarius, on the other hand is an air sign concerned with the group mind and works toward the success of all and to bless the future of mankind. The combination of these two fixed signs — that hold great power — is to provide us with hope. By combining head and heart and generating great insight and ideas, to unite and create the positive loving change the world needs at this chaotic and pivotal time in the history of humanity.
There is a powerful Grand Trine at the time of this Full Moon Eclipse. The Grand Trine is in Fire and includes the Moon in Leo, Saturnin Sagittarius, and Uranus in Aries. These aspects encourage inspiration and creative breakthroughs that may serve our spiritual, scientific and humanitarian evolution.
On a personal level, this trine supports us to take creative action, to be more innovative, to begin new projects and to commit to doing something for the common good. This is excellent energy for bringing groups of like minded people together in solidarity for just causes.
Written by Wendy Cicchetti
A Full Moon symbolizes the fulfillment of the seeds planted at a previous New Moon or some earlier cycle. Each Full Moon reminds us of the seeds that may be coming to maturity, to their fullness, to fruition, to the place where the fruits or gifts are received. It may seem that fulfillment of our goals takes a long time. Some intentions may manifest within the two week phase prior to the next New or Full Moon. Some however, depending on their complexity, may take a much longer time. Just remember that our thoughts and emotions set Universal Action in motion and much work takes place behind the scenes as everything is orchestrated for fulfillment. Keep visualizing your goals as though you have already attained them and they will eventually manifest. Do not concern yourself with current conditions or worry about controlling it. The universe takes care of those details. Just keep seeing what you want, and move in that direction with your actions, and give no energy to what you don’t want. Patience is required.