As told in the song Let the Sunshine in, from the musical Hair, the start of the age of Aquarius is: "When the Moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars. Then peace will guide the planets, and love will steer the stars." This alignment occurs now, on Feb. 14 2009, Valentine's Day, the exact day this group was created. The Age of Aquarius is about intellectual openness, humanitarian compassion and the environment, making our world a better place. 
January 28, 2012 05:27 PM EST
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Obviously "love" is not the answer. (Maybe it is the question?) Rather, self-love may well be the love answer we have been looking for. I tend to distrust "belief" and rather think through positions based on information. Thus, newly discovered information can lead to new thought.
in the 21st century we don't have to pay a thing but attention to get a first-class education.
Ayn Rand was not a Libertarian. She developed her own, quite narcissistically induced, philosophy which for some unfathomable reason gets conflated with a philosophy of maximum freedom.
Does competition drive us to improve and to strive to reach our potential, prevent us from becoming complacent? Perhaps some kinds of competition drive some kinds of people. Maybe co-operation drives others, or the kinds of co-operation that involve excitement of innovation within the security of an interactive group. Then, competition does not have to be about survival of the fittest, but can just be diversity.
I am troubled by the paradigm of ownership in regard to the resources of a society. Ownership, even massive co-ownership, is a divisive concept. We are divided from that which we own, given some sense of entitlement rather than a sense of participation. I think a better paradigm would be a participatory society, in which we are all on the hook for doing well. Freud and others have said, and I tend to agree, that our primary motivators, that which is most associated with psychological happiness, are work and love -- vocation and companionship brought to a level of passion. This passion, and the happiness it can bring, comes with active participation, not a classification of ownership.
Money is a social construct, and yet we foolishly let it take over.
Wasn't Reagan the one who looked into our eyes and hypnotized our better sense into accepting his "debt is good" command?
Even more regressive than the taxes is the whole government-corporate complex of special subsidies, regulations and loopholes designed by corporate lobbyists and granted by their legislative lackeys. The problem of the government for free market business is not the taxes or the regulations, but the subsidies and advantages to the influentially rich. Opposition to government intervention through criminal sanctions does not mean approval of an activity, but rather a valuation of liberty above enforcing morality. Our government is too big because our country is so big, vast, made up of regions with their own interests. So, look at the complexity and wordiness of legislation to attempt to cover an imaginable range of possible scenarios. The thing is, it would be more useful to keep the rules incredibly simple, to cover what we can agree is needed for reasonably sane and safe interaction. Get back to basics, within a future-oriented changing environment. This can be brought from the bottom up, from the smallest groups, within any consciously aware community, becoming more widespread as it becomes an obviously practical meme. Government is but an institutionalization of people's models of living together as a society. It is not a thing, but a system of interrelationships. The pro-Israel lobby is not so much about promoting Israeli interests as influencing a hastening of Armageddon for those Christian martyrs who want an end to this world combined with neocon desires to control the Arab oil countries' resources. The Arab-Israeli hostilities are not so much about the nation of Israel as Western colonial mentality and its aftermath. The world is changing. Every institution will be re-evaluated within that change.
Why does everyone seem to think that these things are a matter of either/or when both/and works much better? I think we need a moratorium on the word "socialism" until a majority of us understands what it means. I keep hearing this meme that people ought not be taxed, to be allowed to keep and spend their own money (which is another debate, as to what money is and who it belongs to) better than government. What is this based upon? What is better? Certainly individuals want to spend in ways that promote their own interests -- but often they do not; and often their interests are not the interests of the society generally. I don't think anyone is arguing against artists being paid for their work. There has always been pirating since there have been items of value to pirate. Mostly we do not respond to such activity by making it harder to do legitimate business or to egregiously burden those who might be operating out of a desire to spread information rather than thievery. As an artist who works with other artists, I am aware of these issues. But artists are creative people. Certainly we can figure out how to promote our work without having it made profitless by pirates. I had just been thinking about how so many children are somehow expected to behave in ways they have no way to understand. No wonder so many of us have so much anxiety about who we are supposed to be, how we are supposed to perform to be ok. The drug laws have nothing to do with safety or public health and everything to do with having control over people willing to flout authority. Part of the silliness in all of this is that we are brainwashed by advertising to take all kinds of dangerous drugs without even considering the dangers, for all kinds of purposes. Then, these few substances that have had some historical hysteria attached are treated like nuclear weapons. If all the expense of maintaining this war mentality against the least able to defend themselves were instead used to treat those who have used substances ill-advisedly, we wouldn't have a substance abuse problem. We would have a substance abuse solution. Perhaps if one is stuck in a mire of continued unsuccessful outcomes, rather than continue to self-berate one could step back, have a refreshment, take a nap, daydream about the scene outside the window, leave the problem to find anew with new energy, ideas and perspective. One of those falls over destiny's cliffs will be your last.
January 26, 2012 05:39 PM EST
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Our government is too big because our country is so big, vast, made up of regions with their own interests. So, look at the complexity and wordiness of legislation to attempt to cover an imaginable range of possible scenarios. The thing is, it would be more useful to keep the rules incredibly simple, to cover what we can agree is needed for reasonably sane and safe interaction. Get back to basics, within a future-oriented changing environment. This can be brought from the bottom up, from the smallest groups, within any consciously aware community, becoming more widespread as it becomes an obviously practical meme. Government is but an institutionalization of people's models of living together as a society. It is not a thing, but a system of interrelationships.
http://enerqihealing.com/blog1/2011/12/26/dances-with-dragons/ Dances with Dragons Happy New Year, and an early Happy Chinese New Year! On January 23, we leave behind the Year of the Rabbit–a calm, quiet year laced with cautious optimism–and soar together into the Year of the Dragon. In the West, the mythical figure of the dragon is sometimes portrayed as evil and terrifying. But in Chinese lore, the dragon is highly revered as an intense yet benevolent creature, embodying the ultimate in fortune, abundance, power, and radiant vitality. The Chinese Dragon can easily fly through the air, swim in water, and walk on land. He is often depicted chasing or guarding a ball known by Daoists as the “pearl of immortality”–a reminder that we each carry the power to cultivate the eternal within ourselves. http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/You-Can-Stand-Up-Drew-Jacob-01-20-2012.html The Heroic Life You Can Stand Up This is the dirty little secret of heroes. They're not special, not chosen by prophesy, not irradiated or born with powers. They work at it. It takes a willingness to challenge yourself, and a heroic imagination. You can cultivate these traits http://www.opednews.com/articles/Embody-the-Movement-Danci-by-Rae-Abileah-120124-271.html Embody the Movement: Dancing for Economic Justice "The flash mob gives the opportunity for people across generations and walks of life to voice their rage and dreams for the future through public art," said Magalie Bonneau-Marcil, who produced the flash mob and founded Dancing Without Borders. Former world-class athlete Bonneau-Marcil is using the organizing skills she learned from collaborative training for the Olympics to work for social justice. She started Dancing without Borders in August, 2011, to reclaim the healing and unifying power of free-form dance and flash mob as a ritual, community-building and empowerment vehicle for real change.
http://goldensephora.com/2012/01/23/neurodiversity-is-a-perspective-based-in-science-and-grounded-in-compassion/ Neurodiversity Is A Perspective Based in Science and Grounded in Compassion We have many centuries of cultural biases which create unnecessary “isms” aimed at anyone not fitting into a certain cultural, neurological, or biological norm. The norm is the problem. When we buy into the idea that there is something wrong with someone, we create a culture of unnecessary necessity. We generate pity and problems that are not only unhelpful, but are mostly damaging.
January 21, 2012 07:27 PM EST
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I am troubled by the paradigm of ownership in regard to the resources of a society. Ownership, even massive co-ownership, is a divisive concept. We are divided from that which we own, given some sense of entitlement rather than a sense of participation. I think a better paradigm would be a participatory society, in which we are all on the hook for doing well. Freud and others have said, and I tend to agree, that our primary motivators, that which is most associated with psychological happiness, are work and love -- vocation and companionship brought to a level of passion. This passion, and the happiness it can bring, comes with active participation, not a classification of ownership. POSTED BY RAVEN SATURDAY, 21 JANUARY 2012
And now for Something Completely Different,
"And on a larger scale, we all need to work together to find new ways of visioning our world, and new ways of relating to each other as we deal with the chaos of things breaking down.
Uranus in Aries can bring innovative thinking and fresh perspectives adding flashes of brilliance and insight. (Have you seen the story about how they are using recycled plastic bottles to light up slum dwellings at low cost in India? (I need to find the link)
So.... be prepared for the unexpected, and set your intention around finding new ways and new solutions that serve not only your own individual vision but also a vision that serves the greater good."
GM microbe breakthrough paves way for large-scale seaweed farming for biofuels Damian Carrington
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 January 2012
"Earlier studies have indicated that large-scale use of seaweed as an energy source could in theory supply the world's needs several times over and the UK government envisages between 560 and 4700 km sq ofseaweed farms in its long-term energy planning. The new microbe research, published today in the leading journal Science, represents a "critical" technological breakthrough, but the challenge of making the approach commercially viable remains." How Research can Support Occupy Movement Strategizing "As the movement reflects on last fall and prepares for spring, the Global Nonviolent Action Database (GNAD) is becoming an ever more valuable resource. Since its release on the web in September, the database has surged to more than 530 cases of nonviolent direct action campaigns, available at no charge to activists and researchers everywhere. The GNAD draws on people’s struggles from over 190 countries, and goes back in history as far as 12th century BCE Egypt. Most are from the 20th and 21st century. The student researchers from Swarthmore College—aided by students at Georgetown and Tufts—have found far more cases than they’ve had time to write up so far. A hundred additional cases are underway."
January 19, 2012 01:37 AM EST
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deep January Emotionally digesting holiday mayhem stuff stuffed down people so sad, and angry. Angry to be so sad, watching their lives seep down some irrevocable hole. It was supposed to be better. Supposing life face down in sweet, lush flowers, flopping back to watch movies in the clouds. Angels and wizards and clowns smile simply, wave past. Grown up at last, equipped with legitimating ID to enter the grown-up places -- where is the promise? "When you get older you will understand." No reward of freedom for following the rules; after endless stringent days in schools no knowledge to replace those wasted years. Fragmented by fear and aggravation, ambition and futility, unable to command fluidity into structured bones, or the wage to repay required loans. Conversation always turns to want, to depression of what was meant to be. The burden, not a gift, weight of a world awaiting revelation. Wasn't it enough, the sky snow bright one Winter night out in a world alive in celebration? Breathing clear crystal cold, warmed by deep blood flow under our skin. January 19, 2012
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All in the twelfth house too, how dreamy!
Is anyone else going to watch the movie Hair tonight?
Cheers! Sam Carana
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Obviously "love" is not the answer. (Maybe it is the question?) Rather, self-love may well be the love answer we have been looking for.
I tend to distrust "belief" . . . more
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I am troubled by the paradigm of ownership in regard to the resources of a society. Ownership, even massive co-ownership, is a divisive concept. We are divided from that which we own, given some . . . more
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deep January
Emotionally digesting holiday mayhem
stuff stuffed down
people so sad, and angry.
Angry to be so sad,
watching . . . more
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