May 2011
3 posts
9 - 5
I’ve been working at a normal job for the past 3 months now, working 9-5. It is not terrible but I’ve had a couple self-observations I’d like to mention. The hierarchical chain of command of the vast majority of organizations is counter-productive and demoralizing. It lends itself to a situation of the dominant and dominated, which creates an uncomfortable atmosphere. ...
“Worry is preposterous: we don’t know enough to worry about anything.”
– Terence McKenna
Pioneered so many ways to degrade a human being ...
March 2011
1 post
“Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me”
– Tupac
November 2010
2 posts
Change Impeding Inertia vs The Higher Self
Unfortunately for the species and ecosystems of planet earth there is a wave of inertia called recorded human history that is sweeping us all towards annihilation. It started about 10 000 years ago when humans transitioned from a hunter/gatherer species working and in balance with the other natural systems to one that depended on agriculture for survival. Humans started trying to dominate...
“The lawn is not a funny thing or a silly thing; its a tragic thing.”
– Bill Mollison
October 2010
2 posts
Shattered Self-Image
Hello Compatriots,
This, more than any other article I have written in the last 7 months, will draw upon actual personal experience. People fawn over and are obsessed with their self-image. This is the mental construct that the ego considers to be “me”. This phantom image contains all of the experiences of the person’s past. All of the judgements, beliefs, fears, biases, the...
US Clandestine Imperialism
There is something terribly wrong with how the US corporate/political/military alliance treats the rest of the world. The moral superiority long claimed by the States is a sham; the tactics used to keep billions of people suppressed and marginalized are calculated and ruthless. The ploy is right out in the open for those who wish to see it, of course most choose not to, brushing it off as ...
September 2010
5 posts
Green Thumb Tip # 8
Start with high quality seeds or cuttings. Skimping at the beginning will equal major loses down the road.
Are our cells smarter than us?
Our bodies contain approximately 75 trillion individual cells. There are a variety of different cells, each of these groups form differently and provide different functions necessary for life. EACH of these separate cells have the same basic abilities and functions that our human bodies have. Sensory abilities, digestion, excretion, energy conversion, transportation, and reproduction. However,...
Agroforestry
Building upon the last article ‘Manufactured Scarcity’, we will discuss some novel, pragmatic solutions and compare them to the terribly inefficient ways society does things now. The practice of farming has not fundamentally changed in thousands of years and is a wasteful practice. Let’s say a farmer bought a new piece of natural land and wanted to begin the practice of...
Manufactured Scarcity
It’s hard to be objective about a society that one has grown up in, been shaped by, and been continually told to accept but this is what needs to be done. For a moment imagine being an outsider, looking in at how earthlings have shaped society. The whole system is based on supposed scarcity. Scarcity of resources, scarcity of wisdom, scarcity of love, etc. However, are we really lacking...
August 2010
9 posts
Hide and Seek
hello comrades
If you are the whole of the infinite, a holographic being, in connection, communication, and total communion with all that is, why does our experience feel so fragmented? Well let me begin with an analogy. Say you have a video game where there are no rules, no limitations, no risk and where you know what is going to happen in advance. This would be very fun for a time, perhaps...
“The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great...”
– Alan Watts
“We’ve taken people who could be enormously productive, just what...”
– ‘Capitalism: A love story’ - refering to the brightest students going to work on Wall St and the financial sector, creating complex financial instruments such as derivatives, credit swaps, loan bundles, etc.
Cleverness vs Wisdom
The current overarching global paradigm, I don’t know let’s call it globalization, capitalism, materialism, and Newtonian science, has produced many clever ideas that have manifested but very few wise ones. What’s the difference? Cleverness is concerned only with the individual and the immediate future. Wisdom realizes that all things are interconnected eternally. Clever...
Balance
hello hello
It’s a challenge to strike a state of balance in a new country or situation for that matter, which is unfamiliar to you. You want to meet people, its a human desire to spend time with other people, you get lonely and sometimes, you yearn for the familiarity of old friends and family. It is especially difficult to find people that share your interests and which you are able to...
Judgement
I remember as an immature kid, me and my friends being driven places by my mom. Every person we saw on the way we had some snide, mean comment about their appearance or what they were doing, who they were with, etc. My mom would always say ‘why do you have to judge everyone’ and we would laugh and brush it off. Well mom was right. Judgement is detrimental to everyone involved. Of course,...
Alan Watts - Music and Life →
The ultimate hoax
“For approximately 500 years [sciences] argument for its pre-eminence was the...”
– Terrence Mckenna
Vision
Hello friends….
I’m feeling a little bit homesick today, so let’s put an end to this pity party right now and discuss what is possible if a group of like-minded inspired people become a TRUE community.
‘…it will cause the beginning of a cascade collapse over time, that will allow for an introduction of new systems, new ideas, in other words:…it will be an...
July 2010
7 posts
Highest excitement VS 'practical action'
Following your highest excitement. On the surface it appears to be a simple concept and it is in its pure form. However, we are human and simple concepts have a tendency to become complicated when it is filtered through human conditioning and beliefs. Something I struggle with and I know I am not alone, is how to balance the ‘practical’ aspects of day to day life with following my...
“When you accept that you do not know yourself, is when you can truly be who you...”
– Bashar
A little post on beliefs vs opinions
Language is clumsy and even then I am not a master of it. It is easy to contradict oneself when using a means of communication that is as arbitrary as language. Here is a little post that I feel somewhat clarifies a major contradiction I have been making between beliefs and opinions:
Beliefs, especially ones that are strongly ingrained in us can be limiting. The problem with strong beliefs is...
Response to a letter
Of course I welcome ur opinion, now allow my rebuttal; I agree with you that there are individual scientists and researchers that are most likely acting on humanistic motivations. However, the systems they work within, let’s start with corporations, are fundamentally immoral, unfair, and degrades the human experience. The individuals who may have started out with good intentions are...
Eastern vs Western perspectives on food and...
Hello friends…..
As a newbie to an eastern culture I can only talk of my minimal experiences eating with Koreans but it struck me as to how different the dining styles are between East and West. I used to find it a bit amusing that chopsticks were still around when there was the invention of the fork (insert Seinfeld bit here). However, I believe I now have a better perspective as to why...
The first rant from S. Korea
Hello friends…….
For those of you who do not know, I have moved to Changwon, S. Korea to teach english on a year’s contract. I apoligize for the lack of posts but the last 3 weeks have been hectic for me. I have had amazing experiences and my changed perspective on the nature of being has guided me free of rough waters. I have come to truly believe that the universe mirrors...
June 2010
7 posts
“Look, do you wanna play blindman? Go walk with the shepherd. But me, my eyes are...”
– Jules, ‘Pulp Fiction’
“Would you want to land in an insane asylum where all the inhabitants have guns?”
– Bashar
Bashar
Bashar, an alien entity or the subconconcious of the channel? Does it really matter? Do the words ring any less true either way? For those unfamiliar with what I am speaking of, ‘Bashar’ is the name given to the personality that flows through energy channel Darryl Anka. If you have not had the chance to listen to Bashar, I suggest that you put this on your to do list. The energy,...
Random MSN Convo
Adam says:
ya, whats up?
Q says:
liked ur last article
Adam says:
oh thanks
Q says:
altho i have the opinion that at this time a strong police present is needed to atleast ‘appear’ to the public
if u understand my syntax
Adam says:
people cant govern themselves
?
Q says:
no
Adam says:
savages?
Q says:
not wit the current perceptives
westernized
they need to be...
“True power is not to desire any”
– Q
climb aboard
pragmatic options
For those that have followed this blog know, I have supported spiritual development as a way to prepare for the increasingly intense changes that will take place during most of our lifetimes. I still espouse this view, however I have come under criticism for being an anarchist who wishes to see the old system burn but who has no sustainable alternative to the current paradigm. So let’s...
May 2010
11 posts
LOL Bashar dealing with a guy obsessed with when...
“The people get the government they deserve”
– de Toqueville
Western society and its complicated relationship...
Hello friends,
Do you ever wonder why the government will allow you drink yourself to death or smoke a pack or 2 of poison every day but won’t allow you to hit a bong, take LSD, or ingest mushrooms that grow naturally? Do we really believe that they are concerned about our health? Do we really believe that they are concerned about Joey the teenager throwing himself off a 3rd story balcony...
“Let those who talk to the elves find each other and band together!”
– Terrence Mckenna
Gregg Braden and Prayer
Growing up in a catholic atmosphere, I was exposed to prayer on a daily basis. The older I got however, the less I respected the act of praying and I was sceptical as to the benefits of praying. Listening to Gregg Braden speak about the power of ‘prayer’, I decided to try and embody a peaceful vessel. You see, the type of prayer that Braden speaks of is not the typical prayer. This...
the world ain’t slowing down
GO PHILLY
Random Musings
If you are a part of the counter-culture movement it is likely that you have come across many conspiracy theories during your research. The greys are in charge, the reptiles, the jews, the bankers. They are in the driver’s seat and we are all just along for the ride. Perhaps you may have even come to identify with a particular theory and follow its proponents closely.
My humble opinion...
Green Thumb Tip # 7
When growing outdoors, disguise plants by breaking interior shell of main stem, bend and grow horizontally. AND/OR tie fake flowers on.
Consumer culture crisis looming →
Terrence McKenna
First a quick disclaimer; most of the concepts and theories discussed in this article originated from McKenna himself. I will just be regurgitating essential information and commenting on it.
Terrence McKenna, now deceased, was a well known philosopher and oracle who proposed the use of psychedelic plants to dissolve ego and communicate with beings from different dimensions. One of the best...
April 2010
6 posts
Being sane in an insane world
Hello friends….
It’s hard to appreciate how unnatural and insane the rules that govern human interaction and behaviour are when you are subject to these rules and live in a society that accepts them. Like a dreamer does not know she is dreaming, people blindly follow each other and the behaviours passed down from previous generations, not knowing they have the ability to create a...
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