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Tag Archives: Ego
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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Wealth Identity Politics: Billionaires Acting Like A Persecuted Minority Is Peak Capitalism
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com “I guess maybe Bernie Sanders shouldn’t exist,” said billionaire Steve Schwarzman while seated in a library building named after billionaire Steve Schwarzman and promoting a book with billionaire Steve Schwarzman’s face on it. According to Bloomberg … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, culture, Economics, elites, Geopolitics, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged 1%, bernie sanders, Billionaires, corporate media, economic inequality, Economic Justice, Economics, Ego, elites, Ken Langone, Mainstream Media, MSM, Oligarchs, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, Power Elite, propaganda, psychology, Steve Schwarzman, Wealth Concentration
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The Ultimate Conspiracy Revealed
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com It’s a trip how much mental energy people pour into arguments about world affairs while devoting almost none to the way their understanding and perception of those affairs is happening. People will happily argue day … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Conspiracy, culture, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technocracy
Tagged Consciousness, conspiracy, Ego, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocracy, politics, propaganda, psychology, Self-inquiry, self-realization, spirituality
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Who is Really Mentally Ill?
By Kelly Brogan Source: Waking Times Hallucination (huh-loo-suh–ney-shuh n) : a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged Alan Watts, Behavior, Belief, Consciousness, culture, Education, Ego, environment, Hallucination, Identity, intelligence, Krishnamurti, Mental Illness, Mind, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Religion, science, Sickness, society, spirituality, technology, Truth
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9 Things You Don’t Know about Yourself
By Steve Ayan Source: Waking Times Your “self” lies before you like an open book. Just peer inside and read: who you are, your likes and dislikes, your hopes and fears; they are all there, ready to be understood. This … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology
Tagged appearance, Behavior, Consciousness, Ego, Flexibility, Insecurity, psychology, Self, Self Reflection, self-assessment, Self-Awareness, self-deception, self-perception
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Monuments to the Ego
By David Mattson Source: CounterPunch Some rich bourgeoisie newcomers have perpetrated yet the latest in a series of atrocities upon the small valley where we live, entailing an assault on the sensibilities of virtually everyone and everything living there. Adding … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, elites, Environment, History, Inequality, Neocons, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Engineering, society, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged capitalism, Despotism, Economics, Ego, Egotism, elites, environment, externalities, Government, greed, Moral Universe, Neocons, Philosophy, Property, Property Rights, spirituality, technology
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A Zen Master Explains the Art of ‘Letting Go’, And It Isn’t What You Think
By Christina Sarich Source: Waking Times Thich Naht Hanh, the Zen Buddhist master, has some interesting advice about what it means to truly let go. Many people mistake detachment or non-clinging to be a form of aloofness, or emotional disconnect … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Spirituality
Tagged Buddhism, Compassion, Detachment, Ego, Equanimity, Gratitude, happiness, Joy, Karuna, Love, Maitri, Mudita, Noble Path, Thich Naht Hanh, Upeksha, Zen
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The Four Pillars of Disaster Shamanism
By Gary Z McGee Source: The Mind Unleashed “We need shamans, and if society doesn’t provide them, the universe will.” ~Joe Lewels In the article The Archetypal Path to Getting Your Shit Together, I wrote about the power of archetypes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Archetypes, culture, Disaster Shaman, Ego, Enlightenment, environment, Heroism, Philosophy, Power, Sacred Clown, Shamanism, society, Trickster
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