current
reality by evidence to the contrary. In other words,
when the nature of inquiry conflicts with the nature
of reality, we collectively experience a paradigm
shift. Suddenly, the earth is no longer flat, the Sun
does not fall off the edge of the sky and fire is no
longer a manifest of magic. We are living through
ONE of those times."
Ray Podder
[IT] IS TIME methinks 2[BE]aware of the fact that EVERYTHING CHANGES EXCEPT THE AWARENESS that EVERYTHING CHANGES
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rules and break new
ground, transformation, information, sharing and caring, developing,
growing, flowering, budding, buddying, tending, gardening,
discussing and discovering, and so much more, celebrating, asking
& answering in a word • ALLNESS • and every now and then a little
Off-the-wall-ness, Seeding and seeing, beading and being, sharing
and caring, A wealth of giving and living, when necessary forgiving,
nature and nurture • ART and HEART • in word and IN DEED •
A NEW GAIA tends to surprise, to be wise, to emphasise, empathy
as well as passion and compassion, planning and plotting, doing
and making, Enjoying and inspiring, fine-tuning and ideals and
respect and care and beauty and bravery • ALLNESS • unity and
community in harmony • ALL IN UNICITY •
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of authentic life-affirming experience. Too many of our so-called leaders are asleep at the wheel — they talk about economic growth at all costs as the only viable solution to mass poverty, wealth inequality, the climate crisis, and other planetary-scale crises humanity must confront in the 21st Century.
Those with a spiritual bend might say that a shadowy presence has shrouded much of the Earth. People are sleeping through the same nightmare, unable to awaken within the dream. They are like Mr. Anderson and his peers in The Matrix movies, plugged into a cultural system that feeds on their bodies and souls while keeping them unaware that they are living in a dream world.
What if the pain so many of us feel is caused by the same cultural sickness? How might we diagnose it? What are its root causes? And most importantly — how do we heal ourselves and the world around us?
This culture tells us that humans are selfish and greedy. It says that we are nothing more than individual islands of ego floating in a sea of chaos. It is the Great Myth of Separation that takes many forms. We’ve seen it as humans apart from nature, reason divided against emotion, body separate from mind, one tribe distinct from another. This mental tendency to categorize the world according to its separations is the root cause of illness in the world today.
And it has a name. It’s name is Wetiko.
Joe Brewer
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Added by Michael Grove at 10:32 on November 27, 2021