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Vision Quest: Faith seeps through the gaps of our despair.

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The corporate oligarchy is now fully in charge. Things will be getting worse for 2/3rds of us, while 1/3 will flourish. Which are you?

Chris Hedges is my new champion. He speaks of the dark state that we are in as a humanity. Naming specifics of our dying plant’s woes, being held in the grasp of an inhumane society.

He addresses truths that do not get spoken. Just as I have tried to do. But his experiences and eloquence far supersede me. Listen to him. Hear his messages – he has two of them. Do you know what they are?

As I head out for my Vision Quest at 5am, I will be carrying the burden of our future with me. Not to despair, but to transform and alter.

As part of my Quest, I will be seeking a deeper meaning of what ‘FAITH’ is. Asking Spirit to guide me in knowing its power, in a time when it feels too late. … But then, that’s when faith creates miracles.

I hope some of you will join me in your own way. To envision a radically different reality for us and our children than what we are headed for. Charge your faith with the despair you feel, and use it to change the future with me.

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World War 3 – In the Name of Social Good – For Who?

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tanks_largeWith the Ukraine literally ‘up in arms’, is World War 3 on its way?
As with most all wars, this one’s about power mongering. Nothing different. They’re all the same. It has little to do with keeping freedom. In fact, war itself demonstrates we have never had it. I feel helpless to its ways.
Wars are run by the bad guys in my view, always have been. Those who want to profit. A method built into all economies designed to increase the separation between the haves and have-nots.
When will the world of ‘we the people’ rise to a new level of saying ‘no more’? What will it look like when that happens? More war and bloodshed? How do we face up to those whom we all helped to put into power and remove them? How do we replace the system itself with a true democracy, or something even better? How do we replace our old ways of leading nations into war in the name of peace; to a new way following a true path into worldly peace?
It would be interesting to see players in the field of Social Innovation consider how we might design our way out of war, instead of just feeding those who are the result of them.
… I don’t really think we want peace. Do you? I do not believe we are willing to do what it takes to get it. What do you think?

Moving from Thinking to Action – The Fears and Myths that Bind Us (part 1)

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Transformation or Collapse?

Many of us sense that humanity is a a place of act now or die – no exaggeration. Yet, not much change seems to be happening, especially in human behavior.

There seems to be incredible unconscious fears about acting on ideas, and even more about the future that is ours … Just better not to think about that part. Thinking is wonderful, but if it just stays in the mind, nothing new gets created. And I’m not sure that thought is the way out of our misbehavior in a world that is asking for a reunification of its wholeness.

‘Failure’ too is another show stopper. It is so voodoo in most cultures that it freezes people from action, and increases the thinking – It’s safer there. Even the responsibility of success is scary because of the confusion that comes up when we think of having to do the work; for no pay typically. How would we survive?

The essence of personal sustainability emerges in this space and is not being addressed in traditional organizations – even the ones who are attempting to apply sustainability in terms of technical developments. There also seems to be a fear of abandonment and being shamed if acting on their out-of-the-box, culturally unaccepted ideas. I speak from my own experiences here, but this has not stopped me from trying. Not one bit. But I’ll admit it has put me into a horrible place in life, with no ability to make ends meet financially, loss of friends and family, inability to find meaningful work, isolation, and so on. I guess their fears are valid.

Yet: Where are the new heroes going to emerge? I have felt for sometime that the new hero is not “a” hero, but a collective “heronis”. This is my word for a collaborative form of heroism that arises through the integrity of collaborative design. Strangely, very few seem to know how to do this thing called ‘collaboration’ and fall into the trap of linear structured methods of development that depends on singular forms of leadership – truly old paradigm, but still viscerally real in our existing world.

This way of organizing worked in the past, but now it only sets up false expectations based on the idea of a ‘savior’, an idea that is so prominent in all human cultures. The savior mythology for leadership needs to pass out of our consciousness so that a new myth can emerge – a global mythology that reshapes the role of leadership from having power ‘over’ people into power ‘to’ people. Myth is where the unseen directives that influence a society’s way of being come from, and is where we will need to go – if we want to see real change.

More on this is coming – how to move from thinking to action, and how our fears and myths blind and bind us. I plan to move this discussion into the realm of ‘values’ – those tangible tidbits that are visible when a culture’s underlying story (its mythology) expresses itself. They are the bridge from the conscious to unconscious, and have a big role in limiting the emergence of a new creation myth by entangling our abilities to manifest an evolved shared humanity. Vic D. 🙂

The Influence of Super Heroes and Mythical Stories on Cultural Progress

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People need myth. Especially, the super heroes of mythical stories allow the socially suppressed to have something to hold onto that is strong and good -It provides a sense of hope for a better life. Hero movies often touch on, if not lead, the meaning of our present culture’s beliefs and driving forces. Forces that move a society forward. They reflect a rising desire or struggle in both the individual and as a collective.

The idea of the ‘smart’ super hero is on top for 2012. Leading the pack on this theme is a movie called “The Hunger Game”, which I believe exemplifies the state of our society. I was intrigued how exhilarating it was, just watching the preview. I don’t think I’m alone, as this surge within me is collective. Plans for this movie becoming a mega-block buster suggests it’s story is addressing a rising desire within us. Some are aware of it, but most of us are not.

There is a growing edge of discomfort occurring world-wide, and I believe that it is crucial to keep an eye on emerging mythical stories that are being told in film and other medium. For it provides us with a crystal ball that reveals an emerging future. Watch how movies are talked about at  home, at work, and on political stages. Look for changes in the myths that are told. How is the super hero’s story changing and why? And how does it reflect real world circumstances?. Listen to NPR’s news brief on the relationship between movies, super heroes, and myth.

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Fukushima Radiation and the End of Life as We Know It

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OMG … What have we done to ourselves and our children’s future?!

Most of us think the nightmare of Fukushima’s nuclear power towers is over, but it has only just begun. Do not feed your family Pacific Ocean fish, ever again.

The blindness of our so-called intelligent experts, and the complacency of us as citizens, has now placed humanity in an accelerated breakdown of the planet’s life system. And it is continuing to get worse. Only this time it is affecting not just the environment, but us as well – Human Beings DIRECTLY. Scientists are warning the greatest risk to humanity, right now today, is coming from Fukushima’s fuel pools. 

Even with the Fukushima nightmare happening, are you aware of how many more nuclear plants are being readied for development right now? Why, after a series of major incidents over the years, do we still continue to allow nuclear energy? Feel the fear of our foolishness – Feel it to your core. Because the upwelling of that fear may be the only thing that can enable us to act out against the horror of nuclear energy. With tears in my eyes I ask you to read more on the data being gathered. Here is a list of 28 signs that prove the U.S. West Coast is getting radiated.

Watch the videos below. You have every right to feel terrified as you watch. Let that fear help us to act on what we can today, not tomorrow. Although it may already be too late for us and for many generations to come, please take the initiative to act. Find ways to STOP putting any more radiation into our world. 

 

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