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Not Going Back
Scarcity is a lie the rulers tell us to justify their own wealth. Continue reading
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Tagged courage, COVID, revolution, shutdown, wilderness
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Chaos is the New Normal
Caitlin Johnstone says, “Things may get better; they may get worse. But they are never going back to normal. Normal is gone for good.” We have to create something better. Continue reading
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Tagged bailouts, CIA, corona virus, courage, Great Depression, rent parties
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Living in the Masters’ House
We live in the masters’ house. You look out the window, and you see exactly what the masters want you to see. A world of fear, full of terror, of scarcity and constant competition for necessities. How do we dismantle it? Continue reading
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Tagged courage, fear, freedom, Johnstone, Lorde, oppression, survival
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The Things We Do For Control
At the personal, social or international level, our sense of being separate individuals adrift in an uncaring world drives us to seek control, when what we usually need is connection. Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, bankers, control, cooperation, courage, doctors, Eisenstein, Israel, money, police, psychology, Sacred Economics, war
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Born Again
Where do you go when you get out of prison? How do you start your life over almost from scratch? How relevant are those challenges to those we all face? After two years outside the prison walls, Marlon has some experiences that seem highly instructive and inspiring for all of us. Continue reading
Posted in creativity, happiness, Reasons to Live
Tagged Braille, courage, creativity, freedom, living fully, patience, persistence, prison
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The Story of Your Life
Say you are a movie director shooting a film of your own life. How do you see the story unfolding? Is it a biopic, perhaps starting when your parents got together, and ending with a touching funeral? Do you star … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, courage, creativity, death, eulogies, family, feminine mystique, flow, Hunger Games, immigration, letting go, life, living fully, Martin Luther King, memoir, not about you, path, patience, self-blame, Selma, story
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The Soft Survive
Lao-Tzu wrote: Living people are soft and tender Corpses are hard and stiff The living grass, the trees, are soft and pliant Dead they’re dry and brittle So hardness and stiffness go with death Tenderness, softness go with life And … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptability, Bali, courage, Darwin, Lao Tzu, Native Americans, patience, peace, resistance, survival, Taoism
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Not Fearing Death
When I worked at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco, I had an 82 year old cardiac patient named Wilson. First name Mel, but he preferred just “Wilson.” He was one of those classic crotchety old guys, wrinkled, with a … Continue reading