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Class 4A- at Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville
Tuesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Raleigh Broughton 65, Durham Hillside 49
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Class 1A- at Crown Arena, Fayetteville
Tuesday, March 5, 7 p.m.: Saxapahaw River Mill Academy 64. Riverside Martin 59
Tuesday, March 5, 8:30 p.m.: Lejeune 56, East Columbus 47
Saturday, March 9, noon: championship at Crown Arena--River Mill Academy (2, 27-3) vs. Lejeune (1, 26-0)
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Since the show has become one of the main focal points for the entire company, WWE officials are extremely disappointed that the ratings for the season premiere of Total Divas were among the lowest that they have seen for a first run episode. It failed to crack the top 100 for Sunday night. Vince McMahon could order his company to do more promotions on Monday Night Raw and Smackdown to help.
March 18, 2014
Fans were a bit puzzled in regards to how Monday Night Raw was booked this week. John Cena kept telling fans that Paul Heyman only had until halftime to produce Brock Lesnar before an attack would happen. The incident took place closer to the two hour mark than halfway through the show. Reports have surfaced that WWE did this because Vince McMahon wanted to draw in viewers from the NFL game between the Indianapolis Colts and the Philadelphia Eagles. He used Lesnar and Cena, two of the bigger names in wrestling, to try to get fans to switch channels during halftime of the game.
September 16, 2014
While WWE will continue to put the full court press on, it appears very unlikely that Michael Sam will be making an appearance on Monday Night Raw for Vince McMahon. The defensive end from Missouri University is currently in the process of signing a contract with the Dallas Cowboys after being released by the St Louis Rams. Once the deal goes through, he will more than likely be prohibited from being involved with WWE.
September 2, 2014
Those that watched Monday Night Raw last week saw John Cena being booked dominantly against Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. It has now been revealed that Vince McMahon was the person behind all of that. Someone backstage had informed McMahon that a lot of WWE fans were mocking Cena for being dominated, so McMahon has decided to build Cena back up again.
August 28, 2014
There's been rumors floating around for quite some time now that WWE has lost interest in pushing Adam Rose because several key members of management, including Vince McMahon himself, are reportedly not fans of the character. It has now been noted that Rose has not had a match on Monday Night Raw in about a month, which leads many to believe that the rumors are indeed true.
August 24, 2014
The feeling backstage in WWE is that no one is safe now that Vince McMahon is desperate to cut the losses. That proved to be the case when the company released Eddie Feldman, who was the Senior Vice President of Creative. Other people in the department were released as well, which means that a lot of the segments on Monday Night Raw and Smackdown are going to become a bit more basic.
August 7, 2014
Since Vince McMahon and WWE are desperately trying to reduce the amount of money that they're bleeding, the company is reportedly talking about bringing back the Monday Night Raw and Smackdown super show, where they tape both episodes during the same night. A lot of the performers are against that because it's a lot more work than usual. Some backstage are also against it because the lengthy process can tire out the audience and produce less enthusiastic responses.
August 4, 2014
Even though he has not been with the company for quite a few months now, Jim Ross was actually under contract to WWE. Until today, that is. The legendary commentator revealed to fans through social media that his contract officially came to an end this week. While Ross has stated before that he would love to be the lead commentator for Monday Night Raw again, it does not appear that Vince McMahon is interested in that.
July 23, 2014
In a rather interesting bit of news, Renee Young has been moving up the ladder quite a bit in WWE. The belief is that the company is trying to appease her after finding out that ESPN was interested in bringing the beautiful blonde over to their network. The company had already lost Jonathan Coachman and Todd Grisham to the sports network. They don't want to lose Young as well. There are those backstage that even believe that Vince McMahon could allow her to become a commentator on Smackdown or Monday Night Raw, in order to keep her from bolting.
July 10, 2014
A video from Monday Night Raw of Damien Sandow dressed as WWE CEO Vince McMahon.
July 1, 2014
Reports are surfacing now that Vince McMahon made the decision to do a heel turn with Seth Rollins on Sunday afternoon, shortly before Payback 2014. The belief is that he pulled the trigger on the move as a response to the low ratings that Monday Night Raw has received over the last couple of weeks. WWE is hoping that this provides a quick boost to the numbers.
June 5, 2014
For a while there, things were looking pretty bad for WWE, as viewership for Monday Night Raw kept dropping and dropping. Thanks to some excitement generated from Payback 2014, however, things are turning around. Approximately half a million more fans tuned in for Raw this week than the previous. That should help bring a smile to the recently embattled Vince McMahon.
June 3, 2014
In some troubling bit of news for Vince McMahon, Monday Night Raw lost 400,000 viewers from the previous episode. Numbers go up and down all the time, and WWE is fully aware of that. However, since it is the final episode before Payback 2014, the loss is a bit disturbing for the company. Fan interest is supposed to increase the week before and after a pay per view.
May 28, 2014
Some good news for WWE Network subscribers. The company has now added episodes of Monday Night Raw and Smackdown from this year to the online service. Vince McMahon and company had to wait until a new television deal with NBC was finalized before they could do so. Several subscribers of the service complained about the lack of content on the WWE Network, so this should help appease some of them.
May 25, 2014
When WWE started shopping their television programs around, the feeling was that there would be a bidding war for Monday Night Raw and Smackdown. There was a lot of optimism from within the company and from Vince McMahon himself. Disappointment set in, though, when WWE learned that very few networks were willing to pay the same amount as NBC offered.
May 25, 2014
If it wasn't enough that shareholders abandoned WWE in droves, Vince McMahon is now further irritated by the fact that the latest episode of Monday Night Raw was the lowest rated one for the year. The show was watched by 3.7 million viewers, which is down from the 4 million mark that the previous episode reached. There are a lot of concerns backstage in WWE nowadays.
May 21, 2014
Some rumors floated around earlier this morning that John Cena was attacked by a fan after Monday Night Raw went off the air. However, those in attendance are telling a different story now. Eyewitnesses say that the fan jumped the rail to embrace Cena. WWE security immediately grabbed him. As they were escorting him out, Cena was informed of what was going on, so he went over there and gave the guy a high five.
September 23, 2014
Since Night of Champions 2014 took place over the weekend, a lot of fans were expecting Paul Heyman to make an appearance and gloat about how Brock Lesnar is still the WWE champion. However, Heyman was nowhere to be seen on Monday Night Raw. He was backstage at the event last night, but management opted against using him because they could not come up with something for Heyman and Lesnar.
September 23, 2014
While the hot rumors are pointing to Darren Young being eventually revealed by WWE as the man underneath the bunny suit, a lot of fans have been wondering who has been portraying the character on television as of late. Reports have surfaced that developmental wrestler Sami Zayn has been the one in the suit. He apparently portrayed the character on Monday Night Raw and at live events.
September 17, 2014
Yesterday, it was revealed that a couple of the WWE NXT performers have been booked for upcoming episodes of Monday Night Raw and Smackdown. Some further details have now been reported. Sami Zayn and Tyler Breeze are only booked for a couple of weeks, while Adrian Neville, who is currently the heavyweight champion in developmental, is scheduled until the end of October.
September 14, 2014
Last week, wrestling fans were dazzled by Adrian Neville, Sami Zayn, Tyler Breeze and Tyson Kidd during a tag team match on Monday Night Raw. You can expect more of that in the near future, as the WWE NXT stars are being booked for more television appearances. Reports have surfaced that Triple H is the one pushing management to feature the developmental wrestlers more frequently.
September 13, 2014
During a recent interview, Sami Zayn revealed that Antonio Cesaro actually made the request to management to go down to WWE NXT and work there. Zayn explained that the motive behind the move was to let certain people backstage see what he was capable of since it is harder to get the spotlight on Monday Night Raw and Smackdown. According to Zayn, Triple H was really impressed with what he saw in Cesaro.
September 11, 2014
One of the growing points of emphasis on Monday Night Raw lately has become the bunny that accompanies Adam Rose to ringside. A lot of WWE fans are wondering who is the person behind the suit. Many of the guesses have been based upon the movies that the bunny does. However, management is simply throwing off the fans with moves like the super kick. Right now, the strongest candidate to be revealed under the suit is Darren Young, who should be returning from a serious leg injury soon.
September 9, 2014
A lot of fans are unhappy that Brock Lesnar does not show up more frequently on Monday Night Raw. Some of those negative feelings apparently are misguided, as it has now been revealed that the former UFC champion has already agreed to work more dates for WWE if needed. Management simply has opted against bringing him on television more often because they would need to pay him more.
September 3, 2014
It was a pretty big deal when WWE announced that they were inviting Michael Sam to show up on Monday Night Raw because the first openly gay player in the NFL has been generating quite a bit of publicity over the last couple of months. However, with him signing with the Dallas Cowboys, WWE has now decided to remove all mentions of the invitation, including an open letter from Stephanie McMahon, to avoid looking like they were rejected.
September 3, 2014
It wasn't enough for WWE to generate some publicity by inviting Michael Sam, an openly gay football player for the Dallas Cowboys, to Monday Night Raw, the company is taking it a step further by bringing in Jerry Springer, who gained a huge amount of fame by hosting a rowdy show featuring dysfunctional relationships, to moderate a discussion between Nikki Bella and Brie Bella next week.
September 2, 2014
On Monday Night Raw, many witnessed a brilliant publicity stunt that WWE launched when they invited Michael Sam, an openly gay football player who is trying to find an NFL team this season, to make an appearance on their television show next week. Stephanie McMahon has made another move to secure that deal by writing an open letter to the defensive end, calling him a hero.
September 2, 2014
Not a whole lot of fans are aware of this, but Naomi Knight has been missing in action for WWE for a couple of weeks now. The Total Divas star has now revealed that she has been on the sidelines because she needed minor surgery to help further repair her injured eye. Naomi last worked a tag team match on an episode of Monday Night Raw at the end of July.
August 30, 2014
After witnessing Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan being utilized as pawns in the feud between John Cena and Brock Lesnar on Monday Night Raw, a lot of fans voiced their complaints towards WWE. It is now being said that management actually had a different plan that evening for Wyatt. He was supposed to have been booked strong by attacking Big Show and Mark Henry during the closing segment. Instead, WWE changed their minds and decided to put Cena and Lesnar over instead.
August 27, 2014
WWE has announced a big rematch between John Cena and Bray Wyatt for Monday Night Raw tonight. No word yet on why the match is taking place, as the two of them are not currently feuding with one another. Wyatt is still feuding with Chris Jericho, while Cena is in a program with Brock Lesnar, who once again will not be making a television appearance this week despite being the WWE champion.
August 25, 2014
There might be some backstage heat towards Zack Ryder. After working the live events this week for the company, he noted that he was flying back to New York. He also stated that he was not sick, which has led many fans to believe that this involves some sort of disciplinarian issues. WWE usually flies in performers for Monday Night Raw and Smackdown, even if they're not being utilized on television.
August 25, 2014
In a bit of news that is sure to cause mass speculations about Vince McMahon and company, it has now been announced that there will be a delay in the launch of WWE 2K15. The video game was initially scheduled to be released in North America on October 28. It has ow been pushed back to November 18. The official word given for the move is because both companies wanted to produce the best possible game before releasing it to the fans, but as many already know, that is simply public relations talk.
September 16, 2014
Some rumors floated around this week that WWE was looking to sell their entire tape library to Warner Bros. That caused a lot of gullible fans to believe that Vince McMahon was giving up on the WWE Network. Rumors are false, as the article was filled with quite a bit of inaccuracies, including the statement that Cinadigm was the actual owner of the footage.
September 12, 2014
Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a bit of a struggle backstage in WWE. On one side is Vince McMahon, who wants John Cena to be booked as dominant as possible, so that fans will buy into his upcoming rematch against Brock Lesnar at Night of Champions 2014. On the other side is everyone else, who does not believe that Cena should be dominating the other performers on the roster that much.
September 12, 2014
Despite losing millions and millions of dollars, Vince McMahon still has a way of generating hope among investors. WWE stock is currently on the rise, and the reported reason for that is because people think that the subscribers count for the WWE Network is expected to skyrocket since it has now been launched internationally. Management has not been promoting the international launch too hard for fear of being accused of misleading investors again.
September 9, 2014
During a podcast interview with Chris Jericho, Batista revealed that he has some lingering backstage heat towards Vince McMahon over an incident that happened a couple of years ago. The former world heavyweight champion was fined $100,000 by WWE because he purposely cut himself during a match to draw blood. Batista felt that the amount was unfairly high, and he noted that was the day when he knew that things would never be the same with WWE.
September 8, 2014
While there are some concerns backstage about going up against the NFL, the move to Thursday for Smackdown is being viewed as a good thing for WWE. Vince McMahon and company been wanting to make the switch for quite some time now, as Friday nights are really difficult to draw because a lot of their targeted demographics is out of the house.
August 30, 2014
Roddy Piper recently did a one man show, and he took that opportunity to bash Vince McMahon. The WWE legend pointed out that his longtime employer has failed miserably as a concert promoter, bodybuilding promoter and football promoter. Piper went on to say that McMahon has only succeeded as a promoter in the business that his father handed to him.
August 25, 2014
After weeks of speculation, it has now been confirmed that WWE will indeed be moving Smackdown from Friday to Thursday. Rumors popped up a couple of weeks ago because a picture of a production truck showed the new day. SyFy has now confirmed the switch. The move puts WWE head to head with the NFL, which is a move that Vince McMahon will be heavily scrutinized for.
August 24, 2014
When WWE announced that they were moving Summerslam 2015 from Los Angeles to New York, the company did not reveal the actual location of the pay per view. There are rumors floating around now that Vince McMahon may try to do the event at the massive MetLife Stadium that was the host of Wrestlemania 29. It's quite the risky endeavor, so the belief is that WWE will eventually end up choosing the Barclays Center or the IZOD Center instead.
August 21, 2014
When Rey Mysterio decided to make a video appearance at TripleMania for AAA, the belief was that he was doing it as a shot at WWE. Rumors have surfaced that he is quite upset with the company in regards to his contract situation. Reports are now surfacing that Mysterio had a handshake agreement with Triple H that would have enabled him to walk away from the company. However, Vince McMahon reportedly decided to overrule that and force to remain under contract to WWE for another year.
August 20, 2014
There are rumors floating around right now that Vince McMahon is not interested in seeing Kurt Angle making a return to WWE. However, that appears to just be speculation. While management has been trying to cut back on spending, the belief is that they would open the check book for Angle since he is a superb performer who can draw in a good amount of fans.
August 18, 2014
Reports are surfacing that there is some backstage heat between Vince McMahon and Triple H at the moment over the main event of Wrestlemania 31. McMahon wants Brock Lesnar to defend the title against the Rock, as he feels that those two guys would produce the biggest draw of a match for WWE. HHH, however, wants the company to elevate Roman Reigns by having him challenge Lesnar.
August 18, 2014
During an interview with Primera Noticias, Alberto Del Rio revealed some details about his release from WWE. He stated that while Vince McMahon did admonish him, he was also told to go back to work. Del Rio found out the following day that he was then given a suspension. Shortly afterwards, Triple H called and told him that he was being fired instead of just suspended.
August 18, 2014
Over the last couple of years, Summerslam has grown to become a tradition in Los Angeles. Last night, however, WWE announced that the tradition is going to be broken. Summerslam 2015 will be held in the New York area. No official word yet on why Vince McMahon called for the change. The venue has not been announced yet, but rumors are floating around that McMahon wanted something more than the Staples Center.
August 18, 2014
When Vince McMahon decided to take the WWE Network north of the border, they decided to partner up with Rogers Communications. That led to a lot of upset fans because the full online service was not being made available in that country. Rogers has now announced that they are working on a plan to bring the full WWE Network experience to their customers in the near future.
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When the Odds Seem Overwhelming: De-constructing the Great Normal
Julian Rose, Contributor
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The awakening process has it's deeply cathartic moments. That is inevitable. It's a bumpy road. As we gain insight into the grand deceptions of the matrix, so the direction of our own lives is thrown into greater relief. The choices become more stark. There's no longer any compromising middle ground left to stand on.
The harder we're hit, the deeper we have to go to find an answer to the seemingly overpowering state of affairs that manifests itself all around us.
On some days, it seems there's nowhere left to turn. No light can be found to relieve the pain. No thought succeeds in lifting the weight of darkness. These are times of trial for those human beings who pit themselves against the torpor of mass serfdom to demand the manifestation of something so much better. Something called Life.
I have felt the force of this madness – more than once. Many have. Our sun seems trapped in the underworld of a long parched night. Our soul transfixed to the dark side of the moon. Nothing appears to be moving to free us from this cavernous eclipse.
'Crisis' must eventually stand at the door of all those driven by the desire to manifest a greater destiny, yet are still caught in the web of the deceiving matrix. One foot in truth and one in illusion. If neither is lifted the soul is rent in two. Yet, in many ways, this destruction can be our salvation; our last chance saloon.
During human crisis the dice is rolled according to another hand; our old familiar control mechanisms are paralyzed and gone – barring the ancient survival instincts. Yet even then – this crisis remains our greatest hope. Perhaps the only tool left to wrench us out of 'the great normal' and put us on a track that leads to the other side of the abyss – to our real selves – the real world – the extraordinary.
So it is with society today, where the rules of the game are tightly fixed on the criminal code of a deadly status quo and the players thoroughly infected with sterile normality syndrome. Only a crisis can break the chains. Yet, oh how the confrontation is resisted! Oh how the voice and fire of cleansing love is so readily repressed and hidden behind a barrage of petty indulgences.
The forces of darkness behind the matrix master plan have laid their plans well. There is always Prozac to help resist when the unsettling demands of truth get too insistent. It's a Prozac World today. The 'great normal' is easy to maintain with the help of Big Pharma .. and the bottle. So while they remain the greatest sellers the crisis can't even get a look-in. It's beta-blocked out of existence.
The matrix masters know this only too well. It's their work. They act against the cleansing fire of crisis. They work against allowing even a chink of light to manifest itself. It's for this reason that forces are marshalled against Countries like Greece, Cyprus, Ireland and Portugal dumping the Euro and quitting the Eurozone. The paymasters don't want to lose control over the payers. Insiders are put in place to douse any impending fire. Mind control is employed to slip the dumbing down message into the unwary neocortex.
Then, as we know, the big banks 'aren't allowed to fail' – at least not as long as we the taxpayers remain so willing to bail them out and keep the bosses' bonuses in permanent uplift.
Wars are not allowed to end. Their perpetuity is in the interests of keeping the fear button pressed firmly down and thereby 'the great normal' held in place. You see, we are supposed to accept all these dark debased acts as 'normal'. Most do. That is the great secret weapon of the control system.
Certain 'deviations' are allowed of course. We can get our kicks from from a thousand tricks – and our energy sapped by a thousand acts. But that, as Orwell and Huxley knew so well, is all part of the medicine prescribed to ensure that rebellion remains tethered to the spot and ends up devouring its own tail.
We need to break this mould – now. That is the job of light workers. We are the one's whose task is to pierce the veil – and announce beauty and abundance beyond. It is we who are to beat the path to that place. Not just 'our' path – but a path that opens the way for other travelers to journey with us. And we need not cower at the road blocks set to halt our march. Each one is a test of our courage and determination. Each one overcome adds a greater depth of strength to our quest. That strength is needed now – more than ever. For it is our lot to stand in defence of the innocent who are caught up in the chaos, not just in defence of our own needs. Spiritual maturity dictates that we participate in this service to humanity.
And if it takes a crisis in our lives to get started – then so be it – there is no avoiding a rite of passage if one is fully determined to tread the road of truth. I have good reason to believe that dark nights of the soul bring forth shining knights of the heart!
So jump to it! Now is the time to mount our steeds! Let our horses galloping hooves scatter the criminal cowards of the great normal! Don't delay for fear of your life. The only death we truly should fear is the sterilization of the God in the Human – for that is the goal of the purveyors of darkness. Let us pass through the darkness and emerge out on the other side – transformed and ready to take-on whatever the death purveyors can throw at us.
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> Only a crisis can break the chains.
You convey the feeling of darkness very well, but don't emerge from it much here. As Einstein said, a problem cannot be solved from the same level of mind that created it.
In my view, crisis is not required – there are many ways up the mountain. While a crisis in one person's life may serve a great purpose, another may choose a more tranquil road to that same place. It is up to each of us to create our path.
Confrontation is not the only path out of darkness. The dark feelings you describe are often what one feels when one is very glued to physical reality, stuck in it exclusively, and blind to the soul. The body feels heavy, emotions feel overwhelmingly oppressive and debilitating, and the world seems like a dark prison from which the only escape is inevitable death. It can seem very real and complete. This believing the illusion is real, and is all there is, can drive people to kill themselves.
Yet as almost everyone has experienced at one time or another, a change of perspective can change all of that in an instant. Or, simply being lovingly patient can eventually move one beyond the cloud. This is one reason people (including shamans) use mind-altering substances – to change perspective to one which is not so glued to the physical-only. Meditation or the practice of stillness is another tool, in some ways more effective, as one can retain command in the physical realm more. Yet one way or another, it is this change of perspective that changes one's experience of the world. Even if the pain and calamity is still there, it is seen in a different light, and with dispassion.
This is the cultivation of lightness of being, which changes everything. Opening oneself beyond the physical, to the realms of the soul (awareness, love, joy), engenders of new view of all that happens in outer experience, which in fact is perfect as it is. Yes, the world is perfect, right now, just as it is, being what it is. This is called staying in the perfection – seeing the perfection in all of life and its unfolding.
Your belief that people must "scatter the criminal cowards" shows you to be still locked in combat, contention, resistance. You believe that by fighting some battle in the world, you will free yourself and create peace. Yet perhaps it is because we are dwelling in darkness that the world is as it is, and as we move to lightness of being – soul – the world will follow. Then no battles must be fought, no criminals destroyed, no crises endured.
Heaven is one step away.
Thank you so much Julian and Meter! You are a big help for me waking up! Lots of love from Sweden, Annika Nordlander
Very interesting observation. I am familiar with it's philosophy – yet cannot quite settle for it.. Seems fine until the man with the chain saw arrives, uninvited, to cut down the tree in your garden.. which is (sybmolically) what is happening to our bigger garden 'Planet Earth'.
In my view, 'actual' resistence is essential – but perhaps because I believe in turning my inner passion towards an outward manifestation..
while many are content to remain passive – even when their tree is being removed from right infront of their eyes.
Cultivating lightness of being and staying in the perfection doesn't preclude action, even powerful action. From that place one may indeed seek to bring change or simply express one's truth through one's life lived, but one doesn't do so because one believes life is broken. One does so as an expression of one's truth, regardless of the impact or outcome.
Attempting to reconcile and control the many forces that make up the world is often frustrating and ineffective. Often patience is the greatest ingredient – allowing the processes of life to unfold without reacting, and having faith in natural consequences.
In other words, you don't need to defeat all the 'evil' in the world, or match their centralized control schemes with your own. Their (our) schemes are ultimately self-defeating if not based in oneness. Have faith in that and be patient.
If you're worried that evil will 'win', you don't believe in life or understand the purpose of what is unfolding here. Worry and fear are wastes of energy, and tell a lie about life.
Choosing a more tranquil path does not mean one doesn't walk at all, or take any steps. One does indeed make efforts and move forward, including impacting others. Yet there is more peace and less desperation from such a perspective, with fewer crises and more moments of deep awareness and bliss, even in the midst of chaos. It's similar to "work smarter not harder".
The world and our lives aren't broken. The process of life is unfolding perfectly, and the seemingly horrific forces at work are bringing the perfect experiences for humanity's evolution at this time (however ugly that may appear). Life is showing us its truth, always. Be a part of that unfolding and awakening, yet if you choose the mindset of battling others for domination, even 'good' domination, you're recreating the same world.
When faced with the darkness of the world, one can see it's not changing rapidly. It is we who must change our approach if we are to move into greater joy and awareness now. Change the inner experience first. That requires no time at all (only a change of perspective) and ultimately engenders the more peaceful outer experiences we seek.
So what you do or don't do may not even change, but your reasons for doing, and your sense of peace and balance are different. You understand no one and nothing is separate from you, so you seek to defeat no one.
Thanks for your thoughts. Some excerpts below from the Tao Te Ching (worth a full read in this discussion's context – http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/taote-v3.html)
"Do you want to improve the world?
I don't think it can be done.
The world is sacred.
It can't be improved.
If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.
If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it.
There is a time for being ahead,
a time for being behind;
a time for being in motion,
a time for being at rest;
a time for being vigorous,
a time for being exhausted;
a time for being safe,
a time for being in danger.
The Master sees things as they are,
without trying to control them.
She lets them go their own way,
and resides at the center of the circle."
"The gentlest thing in the world
overcomes the hardest thing in the world.
That which has no substance
enters where there is no space.
This shows the value of non-action."
"The Master observes the world
but trusts his inner vision.
He allows things to come and go.
His heart is open as the sky."
I like this (missed it before) – and recognize it's wisdom. Very sage expression of Zen. But I do not attempt to 'defeat evil' or 'introduce centralised control systems of my own' – I only wish to encourage the true creativity in humanity to shine forth and to be conjoined in building the arks of the future. Oh, and in the meantime I beieve in trying to stop the worst of the top down destruction from happening.
Action is absolutely necessary . But, what to do?
We need scientists, people who can work out how to disrupt HAARP.
I have a feeling that organon is not such a silly idea and that researching the pyramids as resonators may have something to do with it.
The planet is dying and we are being rendered stupid by our 'masters' .
There are so many of us now, because there will need to be in the coming years .
There are other ways to fight. This battle can be through our wits, our intelligence, our resourcefulness and our love .
Fighting is the same as screwing for virginity… it does not nor will it ever create anything but short time change and then we're right back where we were before…. read a little history…. it is known as a revolution… round and round in circles. We keep doing the same two step war/fight game and its as if we learned nothing. The highest opportunity is to turn inward… this is the battle ground…. not out there. The only person anyone can change is themselves. IF you want to make a change in the world take a look at the person in the mirror. It is all about light and information… energy. The radar of the "elite" is fixed on drama, excitement, fighting and conspiracy… hence the word terrorist. When a person changes their personal energy… the homeland security radar no longer "sees" you. One becomes terribly boring and not interesting. The police, etc. are not interested in boring people… they want drama! And yes, drama includes "poor me" and "self pity"…etc.
There is an incredible power and a extremely subtle composure in internal self-empowerment. And no, one does not need multiple black belts in martial arts. One merely has to let go of the belief that we are victim… and move all the subconscious tapes/programs of "I'm not enough", I'm too much", "no choice" and the list goes on…
Real empowerment comes from within… not from without… and this comes… not from the mind but from the heart.
"For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking breathlessly". – don Juan Mateus, From: The Teachings of Don Juan, A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Carlos Castenada, 1968.
The heart has more neurons than muscle and 5,000 times the electromagnetics than the brain… imagine that! The space of the heart is infinitely more intelligent than the mind… Isn't it interesting… point to yourself… go ahead, do it. Do you point to your head or your heart? m-m-m-m maybe there's something to this? Another more contemporary and good read is The Hearts Code by Paul Pearsall… enjoy and enlighten.
Certainly fighting is ultimately futile as the sole means to get a result. But resistence is not. Even Ghandi supported the notion that if a nation is attacked the populous should take up arms in resistence.
There are many who like to believe that one can achieve all that is necessary by taking the 'inward view' – letting the heart lead. However,
most fail to gasp that the nature of the struggle we are up against today is both an inner AND an outer one. For example, the struggle to prevent GMO from entering the food chain demands taking 'outward' action. In certain cases , literally scything the crops. But the awareness that makes one recognize the destructive nature of this product comes from an inner conviction concerning the sacredness of nature. It is always both.
That is why I can't really agree with those who appear so adamant about the overriding veracity of internal empowerment; such empowerment amounts to nothing unless it is then applied to physical actions that demonstrate service to greater humanity and a willingness to play one's part in staunching the neglected wounds of this bleeding planet.
> That is why I can't really agree with those who appear so adamant about the overriding veracity of internal empowerment; such empowerment amounts to nothing unless it is then applied to physical actions
You are mistaken about that. But it appears you're young and full of fire. That's great – the world can use fire too. Yet as you mature I believe you will find that all your actions amount to dust – their only real effect is the effect they have on who you are – internal empowerment. And that can be accomplished in more efficient ways than highly expensive, ineffective token actions which rob you of energy.
As for the planet, I like George Carlin's take on it, which is obviously over-the-top for humor's sake, but conveys a truth. "The planet isn't going anywhere. WE are!"
As with individual human lives, human nations and complete civilizations rise and fall, as they have many times on this planet. They die. Species also go extinct every day, sometimes due to their lack of ability to adapt, or their lack of intelligence. Likewise, planets too eventually die, as do suns and galaxies. You're going to change all this for us – bravo. But I think you'll get tired at some point, and start looking for deeper truths.
As a person grows inside, their outer actions always reflect their new understandings of life. It's automatic. It's nothing you need to jump up and down about and make happen. So work on the inner quality, and from that will flow outer quality.
I know it's hard to witness what humans have done and are doing to each other, to other beings, and to their home. Humans overall aren't very bright, in fact, and are easily controlled by those who would misuse them. Yet token actions that release anger and help you feel less impotent are still just that – tokens. Taking your GMO example, all the actions are amounting to nothing, because the forces which are orchestrating those developments are doing so for their own purposes, and they have far, far more resources than you do. Simply put, you're wasting your time and energy, like sweeping back the ocean with a broom. They just throw you a bone now and then, let you have a little victory, to keep you interested. Yet they define your causes, and how far they're allowed to go. You're being played. This is the problem with action which is not deeply pondered. That energy and effort could be put to better, if less obvious use within. Instead, it all leaks out, is stolen in fact, through useless striving against the inevitable.
What it comes down to is you can't move on to higher consciousness while your consciousness is held in duality and contention, fighting those who share that consciousness. This is one way lower consciousness spreads – it wants you to stay with it, keep it company, feed it. (Even you are behaving in this manner, attempting to lower your readers to your fear level, which you call "activism".) Yet by joining in that fight, you are unable to experience yourself in higher consciousness. And higher consciousness is what this planet needs most. It's a trap, you see. A trap called "fear".
As I said before, you communicate the feeling of deep fear well, but you're not moving beyond it much with the approach you're taking.
Sometimes changes ARE overwhelming, and there's nothing you can DO to change that. But you can change your inner experience of it, from hellish to sublime, and even use that which is killing you to propel you into greater being.
Meter – thanks for the advice.. but I'm probably older than you – and have enough experience behind me to be aware of what I am saying. Contrary to your view that by facing up to that which is unjust (fighting it) one is unable to experience one's self in higher consciousness – I find exactly the opposite – it is precisely by taking on that which oppresses that one gains higher consciousness. What you refer to is best described as spiritual escapism – and its very fashionable just now!
Maybe your particular brand of cynicism is born out of the need to try to cover your tracks. The state called 'courage' can quite easily be subverted via a sophisticated exercise in intellectual self agrandisment. That is surely one of the more classic traps set on the path to higher consciousness..
I'm surprised to learn that you're not in your twenties. But it was no insult in any case (just some healthy goading), and it's to your credit that you still have such fire.
Any activity – even struggling in the world – can be used to raise consciousness. Yet only to a degree. I'll stand by my statement that by engaging in struggle, you're investing in separation consciousness.
Frankly, I think you enjoy the drama, the fight, and the feeling of struggle and winning. Power over others, and seeing your own power changing the world (even for the best of purposes). Nothing 'wrong' with that. I don't think you'd give it up yet because you enjoy it too much. This is the allure and seductiveness of the physical realm – the allure of separation consciousness.
Enjoy it as long as you like – I don't particularly enjoy it anymore. The drama has become stale and repetitive to me after many lifetimes, and now I only want to leave.
Escaping is about moving out of confinement and into freedom. In that sense, spiritual escapism is all of what I'm about. This is simply evolving – leaving one form for another. All experience is illusion, and I deliberately don't take it too seriously, don't get too wrapped up in it, as forgetting is dangerous to my purpose.
You, doing your best to activate people, also tend to make the illusion, the fear, seem real. It has to be real, or it would spoil your drama to know none of it really matters. Thus in a sense you work against my purpose in moving beyond one reality to another, confusing illusion with what I now know to be reality.
Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, my whole purpose now is escape.
I don't like most of what humanity is, or what it does, and I want to move on. I am moving on. I have moved on. These words are just my wake you're feeling (as in the wake of a boat).
Moving on takes great courage too.
Well Meter – you're an honest soul. But what if – after your departure from third density existance – some higher energy decides you need to come back – yet again? Then you will be faced by a reality that – as a child – you will not find easy to call an 'illusion'.
What I enjoy is sharing the company of fellow beings of passion and integrity – that transcends any ephemeral flirtation with 'power'. I like challenge – yes. Because I am fortunate enough to be blessed with an abundance of creative energy – and it needs to go somewhere useful – in the service of others – not just 'myself'. I find this planet a most remarkable place and in much need of some tender loving care.
"Escaping is about moving out of confinement and into freedom" you state. I'm not so sure about that – I suggest that 'escaping' is about moving out of freedom and into confinement. Confinement is much easier to deal with than freedom. Erich Fromm wrote lucidly about this in his seminal work "Escape from Freedom". You would do well to dip back into that sage investigation. It might save you a rude awakening, later on, concerning the true nature of the world of illusion in which you currently reside.
Normally I don't think of myself as "escaping", but since you painted me that way, I thought I would find the truth in it, rather than denying it.
What I see of Fromm's work appears to be saying that you can't escape your challenges – that by embracing them you find the strength to handle freedom. I agree that merely trying to escape Earth or 3rd density challenges isn't a solution – we are here for a purpose. Ironically, the true escape is acceptance. And that returns to my point about unity consciousness. In that sense, you are the one trying to escape. To some extent, you are railing against, rather than embracing. Activism and separation consciousness is your attempt at escape – you want to change the dream, rather than accept its message. Denial.
Freedom is indeed a great responsibility. Yet we always move toward freedom, and in this sense, escape is always our purpose. The spirit knows itself to be unlimited and free, and seeks to experience this in human life, in all of life.
There is no confinement – such a thing is not possible in reality, as it would violate our very nature. Yet we may experience confinement – this is called illusion. So the true escape is from illusion to reality. This is the raising of consciousness. Awareness.
Do you know truth when you see it? I think I do, on an instinctive level. Meter, I feel the truth behind your words. With so many distractions in the world, it has never been more difficult for us primates to understand that our journey lies within. Yet I can still feel an awakening taking place around me and within. Julian, I can relate to your passion for change. You're awakening and you want to pick up the world and take it with you. Your ego tethers you to earthly concerns but this is not the path to real change. It is an illusion. I'm no expert on the subject, far from it. This is just what my heart tells me after reading your posts.
Fine – go your inner way – and live on genetically modified foods (it doesn't matter). Drink polluted water (it doesn't matter). Watch your neighbours die of cancer (it doesn't matter). Let the bankers use your money to fund the next war (it doesn't matter). Let the law makers remove your last civil liberties (it doesn't matter).. so long as you can drift off into your personal Nervana – nothing matters. I am not awakening – I am awake – at least awake enough to recognize that it is you who sleepeth my friend. Tired of trying to be tireless you have decided to go with the flow of pacifistic surrender. It feels very pleasant for a little while – so gently does it massage the ego that one actually believes one has arrived at a state of finally 'knowing' and 'being' – in one's peaceful inner world of spirtual escapism: at least Meter admits it!
Go in peace little porcupine
Prickly eh? Ha!
Don't let them get you down Julian, obviously Meter has had his awakening and dissolved his/her ego, which makes one for a time ineffectual until it is replaced with one which is Divine.
I'm sure the PTB love those who refuse to take a stance and remain neutral(neutered).
Where would Monsanto be now if people hadn't Acted here on the world stage, and where is this abomination going?
> Meter has had his awakening and dissolved his/her ego, which makes one for a time ineffectual until it is replaced with one which is Divine.
lol Is that where I am? Thanks for the map!
> Where would Monsanto be now if people hadn't Acted here on the world stage, and where is this abomination going?
No one here has said don't Act on your conscience and according to your highest purposes.
Yet if you would control Monsanto's behavior, you must control the behavior of others, including your neighbors who are supporting them. To control the behavior of others is nearly impossible. To choose one's own behavior is natural.
If you would protect the Earth from your neighbors behaviors, then do so. But doing so by attempting to control their behavior is fruitless. It is not for you to choose what another would be or do.
> and where is this abomination going?
Problems like Monsanto go deep, which is why actions must be pondered deeply if they are to be fruitful.
Your real problem is that even after you've done a great job getting the word out about Monsanto and the dangers of GMOs, etc., many people are still choosing what they know is not good for them. They are choosing to die. Just as people continue to smoke cigarettes despite knowing they are toxic.
Why do people have so little will to live? Why are they controlled by appetites for toxins? Why are they committing suicide, including slow-motion suicides like GMOs?
Like most human problems, it is not really political or technological, it is spiritual.
This is why trying to solve it on the political or technological level isn't very effective. The approach isn't based on the real issue. It's a drop in the ocean of sadness that humanity has become.
Yet still people cling to their values, their beliefs, the teachings they've received. "Surely," they think, "these must be working for me." Change comes slowly.
Raising consciousness requires great, great patience. One witnesses many painful stumbles. These are the crises Julian spoke of. Yet none are inevitable or required. Awareness pays.
Well said Espion!
Julian replied above:
> But what if – after your departure from third density existance – some higher energy decides you need to come back – yet again? Then you will be faced by a reality that – as a child – you will not find easy to call an 'illusion'.
Even though I am moving/have moved on, I am still here. It's an 'and', not an 'or'. Indeed, all 'third density' is illusion, a collective dream if you will. So as you say, make it a grand illusion, a wonderful one! I still play at that, but I also know it doesn't matter. It's a dream with a valuable purpose, but that purpose is not for it to be all pretty and 'good', not at this time. That would not serve humanity, would not reveal truth.
This is a very subtle thing we're discussing. I applaud your work as an organic farmer – thank you! I applaud those who work to move the world (the illusion) toward balance and harmony, toward it's truth, which is joy. Isn't the natural world amazingly beautiful? Every aspect of our lives may be an out-picturing of who we are. This is true 'activism'. In that sense, I am an activist – I lend my energies to what I believe serves us, and withdraw my energies from that which doesn't.
Yet constantly fighting a war against the 'bad guys', believing we are their innocent victims, holds one in separation consciousness, which is what creates the imbalance in the first place. The universe is full of opposing forces which overall create a contextual field that allows us to experience life, and to evolve. Claiming you want only the good without the bad, and that the bad shouldn't be there, is missing the point of what good+bad are triggering in humanity. Life is a process. It's always showing you a truth, and it uses these opposing forces to create these awakenings. If there was no Monsanto, would people understand the challenges they now face? Would they awaken? Sometimes problems must expand before they contract and die.
As a farmer, you know that it's the rotten, nutritionally unhealthy fruit that insects are most drawn to. They are there to break it down. Monsanto and all the other dark parasites in this world are similar – they are drawn to humanity because of what humanity has become – rotten. They feed on humanity, like a parasite or a predator. Merely spraying pesticide on the fruit to make it appear fresh and healthy, killing the bugs, will not change its truth. It will kill you the same. You merely rob yourself of awareness – you fool yourself.
The dream is there as part of our process, and it's perfectly bringing up what we most can use in our evolution, in every moment. Use the dream, but don't seek to defeat it, for it has a valuable purpose. By all means, lend your energies to what you know to be your highest purposes in this world, yet beware of getting so caught up in separation consciousness that you imagine life is broken. Then you will believe the illusion is real, that it ultimately matters. This is what generates the deep fear you describe – you have forgotten who and what you really are. You have gotten caught up in the nightmare.
Monsanto and other dark forces will be around on Earth so long as humanity is rotting, so long as people lack the awareness to choose what serves them. As we evolve, we must deal with the fact that not everyone else is ready to join us – they are still in another level of the illusion. We can look at it and say "that's terrible!" and want it to end NOW. Yet life has a higher purpose, the purpose of awakening, and that part of the illusion will not end until its purpose is served. To move out of fear and into bliss on a personal level, one must learn to use the illusion as an illusion, to let it go.
We created all of this. To change it, we must own it. This is where separation consciousness fails and disempowers us.
I consider it unlikely that humanity will be on this planet much longer. It is facing species extinction – humans aren't smart enough to adapt to what is challenging them. Earth will move on. The process of extinction itself will propel members of humanity to new spiritual understandings, and this includes seeing the true horrors it has created, unforgettably. The souls in human vehicles will be given another chance, and another, and another – that's what life does. No one is forever lost – life cannot abandon life. Every soul moves to full awareness. It is merely a question of what road we take. Some are more gentle, some more arduous. Choose.
Love Earth (including humans), yet don't cling to it, to the human form, for all such things turn to dust. Allow your experiences here, even the 'bad' ones, to feed and propel your spirit. If you believe the illusion to be real, you'll become so fearful, angry, and frustrated that it will paralyze your growth. You'll spend all your time trying to change the illusion, trying to resolve forces which were never meant to be resolved, rather than using their manifestations, absorbing the truth their interaction is conveying. We are all much larger than one species on one planet. We are life. All of us – even Monsanto employees and executives. We can't defeat life. Yet we can embrace and transform it.
While I know he is well-meaning, Julian is painting me as a GMO-loving, careless person who disregards Earth because I see it as an illusion. So to put my comments above in perspective, I would like to share a few snapshots of life as I live it, in the illusion.
I have been a vegan for most of my adult life, having been directed there by my spiritual process. This serves my vehicle (my human body), as well as its vehicle (Earth – a vegan diet has environmental benefits). In terms of compassion and respect for all life, the vegan lifestyle also serves to outpicture my true spirit in this world, and serves all life. Simply, it is what works.
I buy almost all organic food, despite a limited budget which then provides for little else but shelter. Organic food serves my vehicle (I have not had need of a doctor in decades), and organic farming serves its vehicle, Earth, which serves all life. I consider the high cost very low (though I do wish organic food was more available financially).
I seek to filter all that reaches my body, to reduce exposure to toxins. This includes using organic body care products, natural cleaners (vinegar and baking soda), filtering water, living close to nature away from cities. Can I reduce all toxins? No. Are toxins the only source of disease? No – even thoughts can be toxic. My intention is to eliminate toxins as much as possible, as an extended part of my body's internal filtration process, while keeping the effort in balance (it can drive you crazy because we're surrounded by toxins).
Mostly I seek to live by "Live simply, that others may simply live." I use relatively low resources, including energy, water and fossil fuels – I have a tiny footprint, yet live a very high quality life. (I do live in a modern culture which is inherently wasteful, so there are imperfections – you work from where you are.)
Among others, I seek to bring valuable reminders, to be a source of light, however possible. My greatest impact is simply my life lived – what I demonstrate for others with my own choices. (They often ask me about my choices, such as being vegan, as part of their own process, without my 'preaching'.)
Those are just a few snapshots. You'll notice that I speak in positives – about what I am choosing, and what I am supporting, rather than about all that I might oppose or fight against. I really fight against nothing – my greatest challenge is myself. Yet if everyone lived in a way similar to me, Monsanto would starve to death and this world would be a hugely different place. (That's not to say that informing people about Monsanto's practices isn't helpful – it's part of eliminating toxins. Yet many people willingly consume toxins even after they're told. I won't try to stop them if that is their choice.)
Why do I bother making such efforts if it's all just an illusion? Our body system survives death and lives forever. The patterns we create and change live from one life to the next, in some form. Every choice has a consequence, and every energy or vibration we source comes back to us, and to all of life. The moment is forever. It is in the small 'daily' choices that a life is created, patterned, and evolves. Why do I bother? Because life is delicious, and I love to enjoy experiences (illusions) based in love and joy! I love to see how high I can reach (how joyful life experienced can be). I support my vehicle (my body), and its vehicle (Earth) because they support me, my process.
Join me.
Very erudite Meter – and containing much that I recognize as what one might term 'valid'. Joy is indeed the vehicle of our souls – and its pursuit is a good part of what it means to be 'alive'. So joy-on – and may the example that you live play it's part in drawing others to your candle.
I'll go my way. My joy is exercised by friction. Clash and cohesion. The balance that comes from attempting to walk the tightrope of life – down the curving line that joins Yin to Yang. It's the artist's route – Blake's "crooked road of genius". Balance as a dynamic – not as a resting place. I am less interested in myself that in the bottomless pit of creativity to which we are all privy. I like to dredge on that as a means to tackle the dismantling of that which needs to be dismantled because we humans (maybe not humans?) put it up – found it was not good – and now must therefore take it apart again and replace it with something better: the joy.
This is what I was referring to above when I spoke of you enjoying the friction, the drama, of separation consciousness. It's not unusual. That domain does have a seductiveness. Yet it tends to backfire, or grow out of control. Dramas that originally are fun and enjoyed can turn dark, morbid, and fearful, even terrible. Re-read your original article to hear some of that fear. That is the flip side of the joy you're describing here.
When that fear takes over, that is the time to step out of separation consciousness and remind yourself that you are all of it, and that it's all unfolding 'okay'.
Also see my comments above re "if you would control Monsanto's behavior". That's important if your actions and efforts are to be productive. Attempting to control others and make choices for others is another often unintended progression of
separation consciousness.
While I don't enjoy friction much, I'm glad you're an advocate of caring and making this world all it can be. We truly settle for horror when we could be creating heaven.


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David Gianino D.D.S., your Lunenburg MA Dentist provides Family & Cosmetic Dentistry including the following dental services: fillings/restorations, dental sealants, full dentures, dental bridges, dental implants, dental crowns, tooth extractions, gum disease laser therapy, non surgical root canal, dental bonding, porcelain veneers, inlays and onlays, teeth whitening, Invisalign clear braces.
David D. Gianino D.D.S. Family & Cosmetic Dentistry serve the following North Central Massachusetts communities including Lunenburg MA, Leominster MA, Fitchburg MA, Harvard MA, Bolton MA, Sterling MA, Shirley MA, Westminster MA, and Princeton MA.