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Tag Archives: Awakening
We’ve Been Lied To Our Whole Lives About Everything That Matters
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Stories about protagonists who’ve been misguided their whole lives about something very important have been emerging in our culture for generations, and they continue to delight audiences in the box office to this day. The … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, conditioning, consciousness, culture, Film, media, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Awakening, Consciousness, culture, film, media, Philosophy, psychology, society, Sociology, spirituality, The Truman Show
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True Leadership at a Time of Crisis
By Julian Rose Source: Global Research Minds that work three dimensionally cannot solve the problems of the world. They can only make them worse. Those who see themselves as being ‘in charge’ of world events are not able to understand … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Awakening, culture, Leadership, Philosophy, psychology, society, Sociology, spirituality
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To experience Zen-like awakening, try going the headless way
By Brentyn J. Ramm Source: Psyche A prominent theme in Asian religious traditions such as the Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism is that our everyday human experience is like a dream. The dream is that you are merely a person – … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Awakening, Bodhidharma, Buddhism, Consciousness, Douglas Harding, Hui Hai, Kensho, Philosophy, psychology, society, spirituality, Tung-Shan, Zen, Zen Buddhism
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THE UGLINESS (AND HIDDEN BEAUTY) OF REAL AWAKENING
By Gary Z McGee Source: Waking Times “In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow—and that is likely to hurt.” ~Wei Wu Wei The path toward true awakening is painful and bumpy. It’s not pretty. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Awakening, Cognitive Dissonance, Consciousness, culture, Existential Angst, Nihilism, Philosophy, psychology, society, spirituality
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A TAOIST MASTER EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION AND INDIVIDUAL SPIRITUAL CULTIVATION
By Dylan Charles Source: Waking Times “The modern world needs true spiritual guidance and development.” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni A spiritual war is upon us and the individual is challenged to maintain integrity in a sea of greed, egotism, … Continue reading
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Tagged Awakening, Consciousness, culture, Hua Ching Ni, Philosophy, psychology, Religion, society, Spirit, spirituality, Taoism
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Collective Revolution And Individual Enlightening Are The Same Thing
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com Revolution–the real kind–is an inside job. This is not a click-friendly fact to highlight. Whenever I talk about revolution as having more to do with sincere inner work than with demonstrations and pitchforks and the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, consciousness, culture, elites, Health, patriotism, Psychology, Revolution, Social Control, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Awakening, Consciousness, culture, Ego, enlightening, Enlightenment, Inner Work, Philosophy, psychology, Revolution, Self Help, self-realization, society, Sociology, spirituality
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TURN SELF ISOLATION INTO SELF LIBERATION
By Julian Rose Source: Waking Times One of the most famous paradoxes of this blessed experience called Life, is known as ‘the law of unintended consequences’; and we are at this very moment of time, in the midst of a … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology
Tagged 5G, Awakening, Consciousness, coronavirus, environment, Food System, Freedom, Health, Isolation, Liberation, lock-down, Pandemic, Philosophy, psychology, spirituality, Yoga
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As the Spiritual Tsunami Arrives, How Will You Be?
By Open Source: Wake Up World When people reach the end of their lives and look back, it’s not the things they did do that they regret. It’s the things they didn’t. You have a dream in your heart, that … Continue reading
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Tagged abundance, Awakening, Consciousness, culture, fear, Humanity, Life, Philosophy, psychology, Self, society, Soul, Spirit, spirituality
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