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No America, It’s Not Gonna Be Okay

September 18, 2019 / John Pavlovitz

I am a newly retired optimist.

I used to believe that things would always be okay: that no matter how bad circumstances seemed in the world, I trusted that people would do the right thing, that goodness would prevail, that the rational center would hold.

I used to believe that our system of checks and balances would protect us from overreaching parties and mentally-unstable presidents and political leaders lacking a working moral compass and complete perversions of our systems of justice.

I used to believe that most people were basically decent, and that this decency would win the day, because our shared humanity was something we were all equally interested in protecting.

I no longer believe those things.

I no longer believe that our leaders will choose country over party, because over and over and over, I’ve watched them pervert the system and disregard the rules in order to hold power and steal elections and gain Federal judges.

I no longer believe that the truth matters to everyone, because I’ve witnessed too many powerful people ransom it off to the highest bidder, and too many people I love grow violently allergic to facts.

I no longer believe that the American Church is a source or moral leadership, because I’ve witnessed the Franklin Grahams and Jerry Falwells of the Evangelical Right, sink deeper and deeper into the putrid cesspool of their political bed-making.

And I have zero confidence in those presently leading us, to do anything to defend the common good:

They are not going to protect the air we breathe or the waterways that sustain us or the diverse ecosystems that hold life together, when there’s so much money to be made off of them.

They are not interested in stopping gun violence or mass shootings, because they profit from both the guns that create the carnage—and the fear it generates among their base.

They have no intention of protecting marginalized and vulnerable communities from discrimination, when they can use those very communities as props to terrify the privileged into bans and walls and wars and rally cries of “send them back” and “lock her up.”

They have no interest in stewarding the full diversity of America—only leveraging and weaponizing some fairy tale nationalistic nostalgia to keep uneducated white people more focused on anthems and flags, than on the disparate humanity they’re supposed to be providing refuge for.

And I know that because there is no integrity or nobility left in the people currently leading us, that things are not going to be okay as long as good people are bullied into silence and numbed into inaction and content to merely feel bad and do nothing else.

The only way things are going to be okay—is if good people make them okay:

If the 100 million people who abstained from voting in 2016, decide they give a damn enough to register to vote, and that a few hours next November are worth sacrificing in order to get a Government that represents them.

If Christians and Atheists and Muslims and Jews and Sikhs and Agnostics and Hindus and Buddhists and Humanists who are all committed to the common good—realize that their strength is in their combined power and their unified voice.

If progressives and moderates realize that hashtag campaigns and one day marches aren’t substitutes for sustained engagement in the political process and showing up at the polls en masse and in unison.

If moderate people of faith stop ceding the conversation about religion to the bigots, grow louder about their religious convictions, and push back hard against the supremacy and misogyny and nationalism of the Evangelical Right.

If straight, white Christians decide that the rights of migrant families and gay teenagers and Muslim communities are worth them pissing-off their friends and neighbors and pastors and families, to defend.

These are unprecedented days in our nation and in the world.

Simply believing that our leaders will do what is right is irresponsible now.

Trusting that everything will work out simply because it always tended work out, is a fool’s delusion.

Having faith in the system when the system is so badly broken is willfully consenting to our demise.

No, positivity alone is not enough anymore, only positivity and moving are.

I want to come out of retirement and be optimistic again, but it will be a whole lot easier if a whole lot more people stop trusting that the arc of the moral universe will simply bend toward justice—and decide to be arc benders.

I hope the people of faith and morality and conscience all decide that they won’t leave the future to chance.

No America, things will not be okay—unless we wake up and make them okay.

IT SEEMS THAT EVERY DAY

 

There's another oil disaster. Train wrecks, bursting pipelines, refinery explosions, waters polluted, land confiscated ... The world CO2 levels have reached new record highs, storms are wreaking havoc, and cities are sinking and oceans rising. So what will it take to wake up humanity to the dangers that lurk in the closets, under the beds, and behind every door? How bad must it get before people take action and say no more? Is money really what life is all about? Is a tank of gas worth the ends we are heading toward?

The Broken Gift

GUEST POST!

To become an engineer I studied engineering physics, which had a large physics and cosmology
component. I am also a student of the origin of the universe and life on earth both from the
scientific and biblical perspectives.

Why look at both sources of knowledge? Both bodies of knowledge were fascinating, yet
appeared incompatible or were they?

In my fourth year at university, some fundamental questions concerning our origins began to re-
appear. In discussion with my nephews I realized they were asking the same questions I had
asked at their age and like me, not getting satisfactory answers. I then discovered that almost
every person has at some point in their life pondered the same question. I knew I could get a
better understanding of our origins from our two largest sources of knowledge - Science and the
Bible.

I realized the creation debate acts as a stumbling block to belief. Concurrently I saw an approach
to the problem developed 800 years ago, that looked like it had promise – which pointed me to a
reconciliation of science and religion answers on our origins. This was exciting and fresh and I
was encouraged to write a book, The Broken Gift, sharing what I had found.

So what did I find? That the Bible and science are mostly in agreement as to what happened and
how - although not completely on when it happened, and by studying both the Bible and science
we can get as close as we have ever gotten to understand how we came to be.

How long did it take to do the research? The research at one level took most of my life but most
intensely about 2 years. It took a year or so to write it all down and back up every statement with
a peer reviewed source or biblical source.

A Hall of Fame Top 50 Amazon Reviewer summarized it as follows “Friedmann is asking of us -
to stop the battle between those who say the Bible is completely factual and true and must be
taken on faith without engaging reason and those who debunk anything Biblical as fairytales for
the weak of mind as contradictory to new found and daily investigated scientific facts about
`How we began'. Friedmann marries the two concepts in an admirably thoughtful way and for all
his research and his personal commitment to bring some mutual agreement to both sides of this
debate he deserves at the very least a reading of his books. AND there is something for everyone,
no matter the side of belief, to learn from reading this book”

About Daniel Friedmann

Daniel Friedmann is CEO of MDA Corp., specializing in robotics. He has a master's in
engineering physics and 30 years' experience in the space industry. He has published more than
20 peer-reviewed scientific papers on space industry topics. He is also a longtime student of
cosmology and religion. Daniel Friedmann has been mentioned in the National Post, Toronto
Star and Idea City. The Broken Gift is currently available onAmazon.com and other retailers.
Connect with Daniel Friedmann on Facebook and at http://danielfriedmannbooks.com/. The Broken Gift

Silence

Silence is often deafening. I'm reminded of the song from Simon and Garfunkel, Sounds of Silence.

"And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening  

People writing songs that voices never share and no one dared Disturb the sound of silence"

Read more: SIMON AND GARFUNKEL - SOUNDS OF SILENCE LYRICS

So much is going on in the world, yet so few talk about what's happening. While something very fundamental is changing, silence is the sound that's heard. Make a social media post about a failing economy, floods, droughts, solar anomalies, lakes at the North Pole, methane from a thawing Tundra, the danger of fluoride, natural cures, oil spills ... and if you're lucky, you might get a few 'likes' and maybe even a comment or two, usually from the same people who post similar stories. But make a post with a cute kitten, horse, an actor, or what to have for dinner, and the comments are minion. An inspirational quote that few will ever live by gets many thumbs up, but mention that soda is turning our kids into mush and few dare to 'disturb the sound of silence.'

Are people simply in denial? Do they fear change? Truth?

"And the people bowed and prayed To the neon God they made And the sign flashed out it's warning In the words that it was forming And the signs said, 'The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls and tenement halls' And whispered in the sounds of silence"

 

Perhaps it's just one of those days beset by frustration. Perhaps it's just all the cloudy weather. Perhaps it's the toll taken by so many years of of trying to alert people that "Somethings happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear."

 

Perhaps I just need another cup of coffee.

The physics of Ho'oponopono

• I Love You
• Please forgive me
• I am sorry
• Thank you

Why do the above words in HO'OPONOPONO work?





So what exactly is Ho’oponopono and how does it work?
When Joe Vitale met with Dr. Hew Len and asked him how exactly did he manage to heal these violent patients without actually seeing each of them in person, his answer was:
“I didn’t heal them. I healed part of myself that created them”. To me that was the most fundamental revelation to date. That phrase alone explains the most important presumption of Ho’oponopono:
You are 100% responsible for everything. Everything and everywhere! And it means not only your personal screwups and your personal successes. If means if someone somewhere did something and you became aware of that – you are 100% responsible for that.
Ho’oponopono is not your free ticket to guilt trip. Being 100% responsible is not the same as feeling infinitely guilty for miseries. It’s reminder of your creative powers and gentle welcome to return back to your inner nature. That is to Zero. Joe Vitale wrote a great book on the subject called Zero Limits. When you returning back to your most inner nature – to Zero – everything becomes available to you effortlessly and you are being driven by inspiration from Divinity, not by petty ego wants. Ho’oponopono’s Zero is the same thing that Eckhart Tolle names Unmanifested."

http://www.presentlove.com/hooponopono/

Read the article below. You'll see that consciousness organizes the energy around us and WE create the reality from infinite potential. Therefore, what we see is the result of what we believe based upon what we have been taught. When we see sick person, we believe that the person is sick. This enforces a reality of sickness.  When Jesus healed, or for that matter any healer, what actually happens is that the healer sees the perfection, not the illness. In doing so, reality is adjusted. This is also why some prayers don't seem to work. A prayer that says, "Oh please, God, my son is dying, please heal him. End our suffering ...." What has happened here is that the prayer affirms the illness, it does not affirm the truth of perfection and therefore, it serves to perpetuate the problem.

In the simple words of Ho'oponopono, we heal our vision and see correctly, thus dissolving our perception of problems. Is it easy, yes, is it easy to overcome our ingrained beliefs, well, let's just say it takes practice.  What I do is add to the words. Such as, "I love you. Please forgive for not seeing your wholeness and perfection. I am sorry. I love you." I don't know that the added words, which can be phrased to address any situation (Please forgive me for not seeing your abundance...happiness, etc.) is necessary. But it helps my own healing and perception is everything.

Indeed, we are on the cusp of new ways of doing, seeing, and believing things.

http://johnassaraf.com/law-of-attraction/why-you-should-be-aware-of-quantum-physics-2

By John Assaraf

Nobel Prize winning physicists have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over and over again.
Nothing is solid.
This is the world of Quantum Physics.
They have proven that thoughts are what put together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the ‘objects’ that we see.
So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?
Think of a movie reel.
A movie is a collection of about 24 frames a second. Each frame is separated by a gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a continuous and moving picture.
Think of television.
A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the illusion of form and motion.
This is what all objects are anyway. You have 5 physical senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste).
Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a different spectrum of light than you do; and so on).
In other words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an interpretation.
All of our interpretations are solely based on the ‘internal map’ of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our ‘map’ is a result of our personal life’s collective experiences.
Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life.
Look around you.
Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough into a physical object through a  number of steps.
You literally become what you think about most.
Your life becomes what you have imagined and believed in most.
The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in the physical plane what you hold as your truth … until you change it.
Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and collective thoughts.
What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic trick.
Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most importantly, how to change it.
What is your body made of?
Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory, Skeletal, and Urinary.
What are those made up of?
Tissues and organs.
What are tissues and organs made of?
Cells.
What are cells made of?
Molecules.
What are molecules made of?
Atoms.
What are atoms made of?
Sub-atomic particles.
What are subatomic particles made of?
Energy!
You and I are pure energy-light in its most beautiful and intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.
You are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.
If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.
So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where and how we observe it.
An object does not exist independently of its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.
This is scientific and proven.
Your world is made of spirit, mind and body.
Each of those three, spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body. Body is an effect, created by a cause.
This cause is Thought.
Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced … that is its unique function.
Thought cannot experience … it can only make up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the physical world, Body) to experience itself.
Spirit is All That Is, that which gives Life to Thought and Body.
Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of power to do so. This illusion is the cause of much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to cause or create.
The key with all of this information is how do you learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you can manifest everything you truly desire.
- See more at: http://johnassaraf.com/law-of-attraction/why-you-should-be-aware-of-quantum-physics-2#sthash.cvJ9NDQz.dpuf

By John Assaraf

Nobel Prize winning physicists have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over and over again.

Nothing is solid.

This is the world of Quantum Physics.

They have proven that thoughts are what put together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the ‘objects’ that we see.

So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?

Think of a movie reel.

A movie is a collection of about 24 frames a second. Each frame is separated by a gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a continuous and moving picture.

Think of television.

A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the illusion of form and motion.

This is what all objects are anyway. You have 5 physical senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste).

Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a different spectrum of light than you do; and so on).

In other words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an interpretation.

All of our interpretations are solely based on the ‘internal map’ of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our ‘map’ is a result of our personal life’s collective experiences.

Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life.

Look around you.

Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough into a physical object through a  number of steps.

You literally become what you think about most.

Your life becomes what you have imagined and believed in most.

The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in the physical plane what you hold as your truth … until you change it.

Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and collective thoughts.

What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic trick.

Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most importantly, how to change it.

What is your body made of?

Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory, Skeletal, and Urinary.

What are those made up of?

Tissues and organs.

What are tissues and organs made of?

Cells.

What are cells made of?

Molecules.

What are molecules made of?

Atoms.

What are atoms made of?

Sub-atomic particles.

What are subatomic particles made of?

Energy!

You and I are pure energy-light in its most beautiful and intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.

You are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.

If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.

So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where and how we observe it.

An object does not exist independently of its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.

This is scientific and proven.

Your world is made of spirit, mind and body.

Each of those three, spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body. Body is an effect, created by a cause.

This cause is Thought.

Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced … that is its unique function.

Thought cannot experience … it can only make up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the physical world, Body) to experience itself.

Spirit is All That Is, that which gives Life to Thought and Body.

Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of power to do so. This illusion is the cause of much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to cause or create.

The key with all of this information is how do you learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you can manifest everything you truly desire.

- See more at: http://johnassaraf.com/law-of-attraction/why-you-should-be-aware-of-quantum-physics-2#sthash.Zhte4XwA.dpuf

Nobel Prize winning physicists have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over and over again.
Nothing is solid.
This is the world of Quantum Physics.
- See more at: http://johnassaraf.com/law-of-attraction/why-you-should-be-aware-of-quantum-physics-2#sthash.cvJ9NDQz.dpuf

By John Assaraf

By John Assaraf

Nobel Prize winning physicists have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over and over again.
Nothing is solid.
This is the world of Quantum Physics.
They have proven that thoughts are what put together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the ‘objects’ that we see.
So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?
Think of a movie reel.
A movie is a collection of about 24 frames a second. Each frame is separated by a gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a continuous and moving picture.
Think of television.
A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the illusion of form and motion.
This is what all objects are anyway. You have 5 physical senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste).
Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a different spectrum of light than you do; and so on).
In other words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an interpretation.
All of our interpretations are solely based on the ‘internal map’ of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our ‘map’ is a result of our personal life’s collective experiences.
Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life.
Look around you.
Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough into a physical object through a  number of steps.
You literally become what you think about most.
Your life becomes what you have imagined and believed in most.
The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in the physical plane what you hold as your truth … until you change it.
Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and collective thoughts.
What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic trick.
Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most importantly, how to change it.
What is your body made of?
Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory, Skeletal, and Urinary.
What are those made up of?
Tissues and organs.
What are tissues and organs made of?
Cells.
What are cells made of?
Molecules.
What are molecules made of?
Atoms.
What are atoms made of?
Sub-atomic particles.
What are subatomic particles made of?
Energy!
You and I are pure energy-light in its most beautiful and intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.
You are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.
If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.
So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where and how we observe it.
An object does not exist independently of its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.
This is scientific and proven.
Your world is made of spirit, mind and body.
Each of those three, spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body. Body is an effect, created by a cause.
This cause is Thought.
Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced … that is its unique function.
Thought cannot experience … it can only make up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the physical world, Body) to experience itself.
Spirit is All That Is, that which gives Life to Thought and Body.
Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of power to do so. This illusion is the cause of much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to cause or create.
The key with all of this information is how do you learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you can manifest everything you truly desire.
- See more at: http://johnassaraf.com/law-of-attraction/why-you-should-be-aware-of-quantum-physics-2#sthash.cvJ9NDQz.dpuf

By John Assaraf

Nobel Prize winning physicists have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over and over again.
Nothing is solid.
This is the world of Quantum Physics.
They have proven that thoughts are what put together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the ‘objects’ that we see.
So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?
Think of a movie reel.
A movie is a collection of about 24 frames a second. Each frame is separated by a gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a continuous and moving picture.
Think of television.
A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the illusion of form and motion.
This is what all objects are anyway. You have 5 physical senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste).
Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a different spectrum of light than you do; and so on).
In other words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an interpretation.
All of our interpretations are solely based on the ‘internal map’ of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our ‘map’ is a result of our personal life’s collective experiences.
Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life.
Look around you.
Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough into a physical object through a  number of steps.
You literally become what you think about most.
Your life becomes what you have imagined and believed in most.
The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in the physical plane what you hold as your truth … until you change it.
Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and collective thoughts.
What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic trick.
Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most importantly, how to change it.
What is your body made of?
Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory, Skeletal, and Urinary.
What are those made up of?
Tissues and organs.
What are tissues and organs made of?
Cells.
What are cells made of?
Molecules.
What are molecules made of?
Atoms.
What are atoms made of?
Sub-atomic particles.
What are subatomic particles made of?
Energy!
You and I are pure energy-light in its most beautiful and intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.
You are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.
If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.
So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where and how we observe it.
An object does not exist independently of its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.
This is scientific and proven.
Your world is made of spirit, mind and body.
Each of those three, spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body. Body is an effect, created by a cause.
This cause is Thought.
Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced … that is its unique function.
Thought cannot experience … it can only make up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the physical world, Body) to experience itself.
Spirit is All That Is, that which gives Life to Thought and Body.
Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of power to do so. This illusion is the cause of much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to cause or create.
The key with all of this information is how do you learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you can manifest everything you truly desire.
- See more at: http://johnassaraf.com/law-of-attraction/why-you-should-be-aware-of-quantum-physics-2#sthash.cvJ9NDQz.dpuf

By John Assaraf

Nobel Prize winning physicists have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea of energy that flashes into and out of being in milliseconds, over and over again.
Nothing is solid.
This is the world of Quantum Physics.
They have proven that thoughts are what put together and hold together this ever-changing energy field into the ‘objects’ that we see.
So why do we see a person instead of a flashing cluster of energy?
Think of a movie reel.
A movie is a collection of about 24 frames a second. Each frame is separated by a gap. However, because of the speed at which one frame replaces another, our eyes get cheated into thinking that we see a continuous and moving picture.
Think of television.
A TV tube is simply a tube with heaps of electrons hitting the screen in a certain way, creating the illusion of form and motion.
This is what all objects are anyway. You have 5 physical senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste).
Each of these senses has a specific spectrum (for example, a dog hears a different range of sound than you do; a snake sees a different spectrum of light than you do; and so on).
In other words, your set of senses perceives the sea of energy from a certain limited standpoint and makes up an image from that.
It is not complete, nor is it accurate. It is just an interpretation.
All of our interpretations are solely based on the ‘internal map’ of reality that we have, and not the real truth. Our ‘map’ is a result of our personal life’s collective experiences.
Our thoughts are linked to this invisible energy and they determine what the energy forms. Your thoughts literally shift the universe on a particle-by-particle basis to create your physical life.
Look around you.
Everything you see in our physical world started as an idea, an idea that grew as it was shared and expressed, until it grew enough into a physical object through a  number of steps.
You literally become what you think about most.
Your life becomes what you have imagined and believed in most.
The world is literally your mirror, enabling you to experience in the physical plane what you hold as your truth … until you change it.
Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and collective thoughts.
What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic trick.
Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most importantly, how to change it.
What is your body made of?
Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory, Skeletal, and Urinary.
What are those made up of?
Tissues and organs.
What are tissues and organs made of?
Cells.
What are cells made of?
Molecules.
What are molecules made of?
Atoms.
What are atoms made of?
Sub-atomic particles.
What are subatomic particles made of?
Energy!
You and I are pure energy-light in its most beautiful and intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.
You are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.
If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.
So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where and how we observe it.
An object does not exist independently of its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.
This is scientific and proven.
Your world is made of spirit, mind and body.
Each of those three, spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body. Body is an effect, created by a cause.
This cause is Thought.
Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced … that is its unique function.
Thought cannot experience … it can only make up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the physical world, Body) to experience itself.
Spirit is All That Is, that which gives Life to Thought and Body.
Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of power to do so. This illusion is the cause of much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to cause or create.
The key with all of this information is how do you learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you can manifest everything you truly desire.
- See more at: http://johnassaraf.com/law-of-attraction/why-you-should-be-aware-of-quantum-physics-2#sthash.cvJ9NDQz.dpuf

Ultimate Guide to Pinterest for Business & Authors

 

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 5 Ways Authors Can Expand Their Audience On Pinterest

By Karen Leland

Excerpted from the new book

Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Pinterest for Business

As every author knows, a good deal of our time is spent in a room by ourselves, hunched over a keyboard, typing away like a crazy person.

Pinterest can be an invaluable way for writers to break out of the natural isolation of the profession and connect with their fellow scribes and readers.

From the new book “Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Pinterest for Business,” here are a few not overly promotional ways to get word out about your books to a bigger audience.

1. Go Beyond Promotion to Educational Value

Most writers are also big readers, and they are always looking for tips and techniques on how to be better at their profession. While writing is an art, breaking into getting published is just as much a science. Boards that help your fellow writers (and would-be writers) understand the business of writing are always popular, and can garner you a new audience who also wants to read your books.

For example, Writer’s Relief (http://pinterest.com/writersrelief/) is an author’s submission service that states their mission as “helping creative writers get published by targeting their poems, essays, short stories and books to the best-suited literary journals and agencies.”

Their Pinterest boards offer advice on all aspects of writing and publishing, including a board on “Submission Strategies, Tips, And Etiquette.”

If you want to find fellow writers, click on the “followers” tab on the Writer’s Relief Pinterest page and a whole page of their fans will pop up. Do some research, and pick and choose who you might want to reach out and connect with.

2. Ask for Help to Get over a Hump  

 

Stuck on finding a visual metaphor you need for your story, a name for your main character, or a tidy title for your new novel? Pose a pin for discussion, asking fellow pinners to pin their solutions and suggestions to a guest board you have created for just that purpose.

By involving the community in your writing process, you not only create greater engagement but expand your reach to a whole new potential group of readers.

3. Storyboard Your Book

If you’ve got a case of writer’s block and are feeling stuck in your story, fiction or nonfiction, surf the site and see what visuals inspire you. Then create a brainstorming board as a placeholder for ideas to develop and draw on, including:

• The physical look for your story’s characters: hair, fashion, makeup.

• The interior and exterior surroundings where your characters live.

• Studies, statistics and other data for your nonfiction book.

• Experts you may want to interview for your nonfiction book.

4. Create FAQ and SAQ Boards

You know the types of questions your readers are always asking…and you know the ones they should be asking—the SAQs. Create a board for each type, and use them as a place to create curiosity about your books and send curious readers for answers.

5. Get Your Publisher On Board

In an era of small presses and self-publishing, Pinterest provides a great opportunity for small, independent publishers to promote new authors. If your publisher hasn’t joined, reach out and ask them to consider it.

A strong presence on Pinterest can help a relatively unknown writer compete with the big boys. For example: XinXii (http://pinterest.com/xinxii_en/xinxii-ebook-bestsellers/), sellers of eBooks based out of Europe, features book cover eye candy on their boards. By featuring your book on a publisher’s Pinterest, you can garner a whole new set of eyes for your work.

Karen Leland is the bestselling author of eight business books, including the recently released “Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Pinterest for Business,” which can be purchased at http://bit.ly/Amazonbook. She is the president of Sterling Marketing Group, where she works with small businesses and Fortune 500 companies on building stronger personal and team brands. She writes the Modern Marketing Blog at www.karenleland.com.

 Karen Leland is the bestselling author of 8 business books including the recently released Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Pinterest For Business, which can be purchased at http://bit.ly/Amazonbook. She is the president of Sterling Marketing Group, where she works with small businesses and Fortune 500 on building stronger personal and team brands. She writes the Modern Marketing Blog at www.karenleland.com.

Pinterest is a social bookmarking site that allows users to create a visual, online pinboard with images they love organized around topics of their choice by category. It’s the fastest growing social media site in history, the third-largest network after Facebook and Twitter and has over 25 million members and 10 million unique visitors a month.

The most recent studies indicate that nearly 20 percent of women using the Internet are on Pinterest, 72 percent of Pinterest users are female, and 66 percent of those are age 35 or older, and the average amount of time visitors spend surfing the Pinterest site is an hour.

Karen Leland, author of the new book “Entrepreneur Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Pinterest for Business,” has created a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide to hitting the road running and quickly making Pinterest into a valuable source of prospects, promotion and profits.

“Great business brands are about telling compelling, congruent stories, and Pinterest is at its core about storytelling in pictures,” says Leland. “Pinterest has tapped into this visceral lover of visuals, and no small business, entrepreneur or corporation can afford to miss the boat on bringing what they offer beyond words and into images.” 

 

 

A BIG THUMBS DOWN MR. PRESIDENT

While I still maintain that Obama was the better choice in 2012, I will have to admit that he has been a disappointment on environmental issues. It just goes to show that $$$ speaks louder than protests and that the real power remains on the Wall Street throne. Nothing new, really, but sad. Even worse, these types of 'caves' to monied interests are kind of 'forever.' Destroy the environment and it leaves a lasting scar. Some actions are simply not reversible,or,alter future event permanently.

THEY SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE

If you're old enough, you'll remember this phrase. Basically, it's the same as speaking from both sides of the mouth in order to spin lies. Take any major headline and from day to day, the contradictions are amazing.

One moment the American economy is improving, then they announce that the economy contracted. One day China's economy is on the upswing, then they announce a downturn. One day they say that the EU economic outlook is good, then they announce the highest ever unemployment rate. Do you think that those who wield economic influence are trying to paint a rosy economic outlook in the face of worsening economic conditions. One the data is revealed, the reality often contradicts the spin.

To a degree, the economic powers understand that perception is everything. Make people think all is well and the consumer will spend and make them more money. But, I can't help but wonder if people may be catching on to this game. Despite the best efforts of the rich, consumer confidence is down. Stories of the effects of austerity measures in Europe, and their devastating consequences, can no longer be sweetened up in the age of the internet.

The same is true with a host of issues, including climate change. For the longest time, the fight was over data which the average person couldn't verify or refute. But now, we all have seen the consequences of climate change. From droughts to rampaging storms; extreme heat to extreme cold, we have all experienced the fact that things are not in balance with Mother Nature. The 'spin doctors' can't hide the  lack of breathable air in China, the devastation of Sandy, or millions of dead fish on the beaches.

It is said that knowledge is power. Not true. It is the use of knowledge that brings power.

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DECLARATION OF OCCUPATION

http://www.nycga.net/resources/declaration/

Declaration of the Occupation of New York City

This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on September 29, 2011

Translations: French, Slovak, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese

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As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

• They have taken our houses through an illegal foreclosure process, despite not having the original mortgage.
• They have taken bailouts from taxpayers with impunity, and continue to give Executives exorbitant bonuses.
• They have perpetuated inequality and discrimination in the workplace based on age, the color of one’s skin, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.
• They have poisoned the food supply through negligence, and undermined the farming system through monopolization.
• They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless animals, and actively hide these practices.
• They have continuously sought to strip employees of the right to negotiate for better pay and safer working conditions.
• They have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debt on education, which is itself a human right.
• They have consistently outsourced labor and used that outsourcing as leverage to cut workers’ healthcare and pay.
• They have influenced the courts to achieve the same rights as people, with none of the culpability or responsibility.
• They have spent millions of dollars on legal teams that look for ways to get them out of contracts in regards to health insurance.
• They have sold our privacy as a commodity.
• They have used the military and police force to prevent freedom of the press.
• They have deliberately declined to recall faulty products endangering lives in pursuit of profit.
• They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce.
• They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.
• They continue to block alternate forms of energy to keep us dependent on oil.
• They continue to block generic forms of medicine that could save people’s lives or provide relief in order to protect investments that have already turned a substantial profit.
• They have purposely covered up oil spills, accidents, faulty bookkeeping, and inactive ingredients in pursuit of profit.
• They purposefully keep people misinformed and fearful through their control of the media.
• They have accepted private contracts to murder prisoners even when presented with serious doubts about their guilt.
• They have perpetuated colonialism at home and abroad.
• They have participated in the torture and murder of innocent civilians overseas.
• They continue to create weapons of mass destruction in order to receive government contracts.*

To the people of the world,

We, the New York City General Assembly occupying Wall Street in Liberty Square, urge you to assert your power.

Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.

To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.

Join us and make your voices heard!

*These grievances are not all-inclusive.
We also have a visual representation of this document from the Arts and Culture Group and the Call to Action Working Group. To download your own copy of this image as a jpeg (12.7 MB), click here, or for image inquiries e-mail flowchartart@gmail.com.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1385231108/help-publish-the-declaration-of-occupy-wall-street

Help Publish the Declaration of Occupy Wall Street

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

Media outlets have attempted to dismiss Occupy Wall Street as a movement without a message.  This baseless indictment falls apart once you have read their declaration, and this is why we think it is so important to publish it and distribute it widely!

We are going to need your help to reach our goal of printing and distributing 100,000 copies!  

This document is the first and only official declaration to come from the New York City General Assembly at Liberty Plaza, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street Movement.  It is a summation of the grievances expressed by the occupiers, it is a call to action, and moreover it is a historic mile marker in the global fight for social, environmental, and economic justice.  The Declaration of the Occupation of New York City, as transcribed and edited by Ryan Hoffman, Lex Rendon, and the Call to Action Working Group of Occupy Wall Street is a powerful reference for blossoming social struggles everywhere. In this second printing of 100,000 copies we will be including two other texts from the New York General Assembly,The Principles of Solidarity, and OWS' Statement of Autonomy, we also will be including a letter from the activists at Tahir Square to the Occupiers at Zuccotti Park. The Declaration of the Occupation, The Statement of Autonomy, and The Principles of Solidarity, are reflections of every voice amplified by the people’s mic at the NYC General Assembly at Liberty Square.  You own this document. ...Everyone owns it.

PROJECT BY

Andy Stepanian

Andy Stepanian is the cofounder of the Sparrow Project (http://sparrowmedia.net), a grassroots PR and creative consultation agency that champions activist endeavors and creative projects for social change. Andy also writes about activism and social justice for The Huffington Post. Andy has made appearances on Democracy Now!, has been featured in New York Magazine, The Nation, Arte TV, and WNYC. His creative work has been featured in Print Magazine.