The American Oligarchy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy
I decided to use a much shorter article title than what I originally intended:
The Corporatization and March toward Fascism of the Government of the United States of America: The Very Sophisticated & Systematic Means of Control of the U.S. Public – and Ultimately the Globe – by the Fortune 500, the Extremely Wealthy, and the Power Elite
Let me definitively state that I am aware that I am not without my own issues and complex defense mechanisms. I am on a long, painful journey of self-rediscovery and am learning (incrementally) that my systems of denial and unconscious patterns of beliefs and behaviors are still very much in control of my ‘waking life’ to a great degree. The fascinating thing to me is that what is ‘on the outside’ tends to be reflected ‘on the inside’ – or just as appropriate, vice-versa.
Notwithstanding the recent election, I have come to the conclusion that we live in very dark times. I didn’t always believe it to be so – I didn’t want to. But that’s because I was habitually and subversively ‘conditioned’ (indoctrinated) to believe that it’s not the case. I was – we all are – constantly fed a steady diet of ‘You Can Have the American Dream’ – and having that ‘dream’ systematically defined and reinforced in every aspect our development as human beings in this time, in this place. The problem with the ‘American Dream’ is that it is ultimately a fabricated farce meant to create and foster a culture of runaway, fear-based consumer capitalism and unquestioning servitude – stripping our planet of resources, leaving behind toxins and refuse of a magnitude that is destroying it, and making the already extremely wealthy and powerful even more so.
This is much larger in scope than the short-sighted view that the Cheney/Bush regime and the Conservative Republican agenda are the primary things that are destroying this country.
The original United States of America – the beautiful, idealistic, original idea – is stated in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It is being corrupted, subverted, edited, eroded, distorted and misinterpreted more-and-more by those that can afford and have the opportunity to create the circumstances that allow for such changes to occur – purely for their own selfish agendas and benefit. Every echelon of our system of government is being attacked and overwhelmed by insurgent forces that have superior numbers, superior weapons/technology, limitless funding and unending resolve. I am talking about the vast, powerful ‘armies’ of the Fortune 500 - perhaps even from a scale much smaller – perhaps even as exclusive as the Fortune 100 and their powerful cabal within the highest offices of industry, finance, government and the military.
Imagine if you will, having your own battalion of high-priced attorneys and lobbyists who constantly and legally manipulate the system in your favor - for your own benefit.
“Over the last decades, we have suffered through a massive transfer of financial assets from the poor and middle class to a tiny elite of the extremely wealthy. By a recent count, 691 billionaires had a combined net worth of $2.2 trillion. At the same time, an estimated 2.8 billion people survive on less than $2 a day. In the United States, fewer than 7,500 individuals control "almost three-quarters of the nation's industrial (nonfinancial) assets, almost two-thirds of all banking assets, and more than three-quarters of all insurance assets," according to Thomas Dye's Who's Running America? Members of this tiny group are found in the top echelons of our most exclusive law firms, investment banks, federal government posts and military commands. Our current system is one of financial apartheid that rewards the most ecologically destructive and sociopathic behavior.” – Daniel Pinchbeck
In today’s society and the global business world there are many known and recognizable industry ‘verticals’ or sectors/markets. These include (but are not limited to) the following:
The Wholesale Trade Industry, Chemical Industry, Health Care Industry, Leisure Industry, Life Sciences Industry, Agriculture Industry, Personal Care Products Industry, Energy Industries, Financial Services Industry, Food and Beverage Industry, Security Industry, Retail Trade Industry, Construction Industry, Mining Industry, Information Industry, Electronics Industry, Aerospace and Defense Industry, Education Industry, Consumer Packaged Goods Industry, Public Administration, Computer Industry, Real Estate Industry, Professional Services Industries, Utilities Industry, Travel Industry, Transportation Industry, Manufacturing Industry, IT Industry and the Automotive Industry.
The market leaders in each of these verticals are typically members of the Global Fortune 500 – many of whom are American-based companies. Now, I don’t know what percentage of these corporations are publicly-traded, but I think it’s a fair assumption to make that these behemoths are in the business of making profits – and many times the pressures by investors – whether public or private – are so great that ‘the bottom line’ is the order of the day – and more often-than-not, the investors prefer ignorance when it comes to their lavish profits and dividends. The profit motive is undeniable. The lengths to which companies will go to drive profit, destroy competition, and cover-up unethical business practices are fodder for both Hollywood and the headlines (e.g. PG&E, Enron, Arthur Anderson, Tyco International, Fannie Mae, Haliburton, Bear Stearns and the latest Wall Street and credit default swaps debacle, etc.). The customer or ‘beneficiary’ of the products or services of these organizations are even more ignorant with regard to ‘corporate ethics or conscience’ – often as a result of a highly sophisticated PR and marketing apparatus. And when it is required, the previously mentioned battalion of high-end attorneys is always at-the-ready to make sure that the ‘brand’ remains untarnished and that it’s business-as-usual. The ‘disconnect’ between the investor and executive management of a company and then the subsequent disconnect between the executives and the ‘boots-on-the-ground’ of an organization is usually significant. Then there’s the even greater (and contrived/controlled) disconnect between the corporation and the consumer…
Accountability and conscience is lost when a greater-and-greater degree of anonymity and reward for the few is built into any system of governance
Many people – many great minds – saw this coming and have tried to warn us – (with the exception of Hermann Goering’s case, who tried to educate us regarding the methods of the pathological). Here are but a few resources:
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave
Brigadier General Smedley Butler and the Attempted Overthrow of FDR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler and http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm
Hermann Goering’s Quote - Nuremburg Trials (post-WWII)
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp
The ‘Asch Paradigm’ regarding Social Pressures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Asch
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his famous farewell speech warning about the rise of the American “Military-Industrial Complex”
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Military-Industrial_Complex_Speech
Edward R. Murrow and his famous speech as dramatized in “Good Night, and Good Luck”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow and http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/commentary/hiddenagenda/murrow.html
Former Govenor Jesse Ventura and his interview with Independent Journalist Meria Heller
http://www.venturaforums.com/showthread.php?t=196
Robert Forte (Scholar of the history and psychology of the ancient and modern use of psychedelic drugs)
http://erocx1.blogspot.com/2008/11/robert-forte-cultural-healing-lecture.html
Robert David Steele (Open Source Intelligence advocate)
http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2008-09-10T16_56_12-07_00
There are many, many sources of reference, inspiration, and truth - for someone who has a little time and a little interest – to begin to develop a fairly comprehensive understanding of the real “State of the Union”. That’s the real beauty of the internet. It is currently the purest expression of democracy in action and I sincerely hope it remains so. I am a Web data analyst by vocation. My orientation (and perhaps my somewhat dubious gift?) is one of multi-factorial analyses and insights derived from the correlations of many disparate sets and points of data. The evidence of my claims – although somewhat circumstantial in nature – is so voluminous, so compelling – that even the layperson can no longer deny the obvious.
Call me a conspiracy theorist if you will. Call me a subversive. Definitely call me a dissident. I agree with the historian Howard Zinn who said, “dissent is the highest form of patriotism” [ http://www.tompaine.com/Archive/scontent/5908.html ] I’ve always had what I call a ‘healthy skepticism’ when it comes to authority – it’s a direct result of my upbringing and the existential forces that shaped it. Perhaps the memes that the late Timothy Leary seeded our society with have been effective after all i.e. “Think for yourself and question authority”. As my spiritual journey has deepened, so has my open-mindedness to ideas that at one time seemed completely ludicrous. I was what you might say – ‘mainstream’ – or at least trying my best to become that which our society-at-large finds successful, respectable, acceptable, etc. My basis for this desire was what’s been fed to me by our educational systems, our religious institutions, our media outlets, our government, my lovers, my friends, and my family - that are all under-the-influence of the same ‘society shapers’ and existential pressures.
‘Wake up, wake up, wake up!’ – is the mantra. But given our current circumstances, this is no longer enough. We must compel others to do the same – even at the risk of being marginalized.
All my beloved, great teachers and influences– Abdi Assadi, Richard Bachrach, Darlene Van De Grift, Rolf Gates, Tim Miller, Ram Dass, Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Aldous & Laura Huxley, Timothy Leary, Al Hubbard, Eckhart Tolle, Nick Sand, Betty Eisner, Myron Stolaroff, Leo Zeff, Ann & Sasha Shulgin, Lorenzo Haggerty, James Fadiman, Gary Fisher, Peter Furst, Stanislov Grof, Michael Harner, Carlos Casteneda, Albert Hofmann, Zalman Schacter-Shalomi, Huston Smith, Daniel Pichbeck, Richard Grove, Dr. King, Ghandi, Yogananda, Krishnamacharya, Patanjali, the ‘Course in Miracles’, Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein, Balachandran Nair, Ramesh Balsekar, Iyengar, Jois, the Dharma, Joseph Campbell, Allan Hunt Badiner, Rick Doblin, Alex & Allyson Grey, Rolland Griffiths, Dan Merkur, Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis, David Nichols, Freud, Jung, Dana, Lefty, the entheogens, etc., etc., etc. – would rightfully implore us to not to simply focus upon the negative ‘external’ – as it only reinforces it. i.e. -
Your Judgement = Your Projection = Your Perception
and Your Perception is a result – not a cause
However, we can take these many observations (and many lessons) and rather than place them into an ‘external’ construct of fear and denial, ‘internally’ integrate and transform them into positive, assertive, and peaceful thoughts and actions. We can start asking ourselves and others to ‘question authority’ – all authority – and to hold it accountable - and to make conscious choices to consume information and products from truly independent, ethical, and fully accountable and transparent sources.
As for the changes I’d want to see in our country:
Step 1: Make illegal all forms of Lobbying and Special Interests at every level of government – to include corporate campaign contributions and ‘gifts’. Demand a return of the sense of duty and public service to politics.
Step 2: Demand from the media-at-large, news and information that is free from corporate influence, the ‘infotainment’ model of ‘ratings=profits’, and fear-based marketing/consumerism. Demand a return of the sense of duty and public service to mainstream journalism.
There are many more I can rattle off (limited terms and limits for all public offices and cognitive liberty would be right up there), but these simple but profound strokes would transform our government and our society and would empower the citizenry to once again have information and representation as was originally envisioned by our founding fathers. At every election and after every crisis, these simple measures are strategically ‘buried’ or side-stepped because they represent the fundamental flaws with our current system and the media – and the incomprehensible flow of cash through the halls of power and influence. These issues are too big to address by a single individual in a contemporary ‘sound bite’. Remember “Low Technology, High Concept”?
Elitism + Separatism + Secularism + Rationalism + Capitalism + Materialism + Consumerism + Reductionism + Racism + Imperialism + Colonialism + Cronyism = Fascism
i.e. -
The War on Drugs
9/11
The War on Terror
The Patriot Act
The Hurricane Katrina Response
The ‘Immigration Problem’ and the Hardening of the Borders
The Vietnam War
The Iraq War
Torture!!!!
A Foreign Policy of 'Shock & Awe' and 'Cowboy Diplomacy'
The Economic Bailout(s) and the Wall Street Robber-Barons
Corporate Media the Dumbing-Down of America
I decided to use a much shorter article title than what I originally intended:
The Corporatization and March toward Fascism of the Government of the United States of America: The Very Sophisticated & Systematic Means of Control of the U.S. Public – and Ultimately the Globe – by the Fortune 500, the Extremely Wealthy, and the Power Elite
Let me definitively state that I am aware that I am not without my own issues and complex defense mechanisms. I am on a long, painful journey of self-rediscovery and am learning (incrementally) that my systems of denial and unconscious patterns of beliefs and behaviors are still very much in control of my ‘waking life’ to a great degree. The fascinating thing to me is that what is ‘on the outside’ tends to be reflected ‘on the inside’ – or just as appropriate, vice-versa.
Notwithstanding the recent election, I have come to the conclusion that we live in very dark times. I didn’t always believe it to be so – I didn’t want to. But that’s because I was habitually and subversively ‘conditioned’ (indoctrinated) to believe that it’s not the case. I was – we all are – constantly fed a steady diet of ‘You Can Have the American Dream’ – and having that ‘dream’ systematically defined and reinforced in every aspect our development as human beings in this time, in this place. The problem with the ‘American Dream’ is that it is ultimately a fabricated farce meant to create and foster a culture of runaway, fear-based consumer capitalism and unquestioning servitude – stripping our planet of resources, leaving behind toxins and refuse of a magnitude that is destroying it, and making the already extremely wealthy and powerful even more so.
This is much larger in scope than the short-sighted view that the Cheney/Bush regime and the Conservative Republican agenda are the primary things that are destroying this country.
The original United States of America – the beautiful, idealistic, original idea – is stated in our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It is being corrupted, subverted, edited, eroded, distorted and misinterpreted more-and-more by those that can afford and have the opportunity to create the circumstances that allow for such changes to occur – purely for their own selfish agendas and benefit. Every echelon of our system of government is being attacked and overwhelmed by insurgent forces that have superior numbers, superior weapons/technology, limitless funding and unending resolve. I am talking about the vast, powerful ‘armies’ of the Fortune 500 - perhaps even from a scale much smaller – perhaps even as exclusive as the Fortune 100 and their powerful cabal within the highest offices of industry, finance, government and the military.
Imagine if you will, having your own battalion of high-priced attorneys and lobbyists who constantly and legally manipulate the system in your favor - for your own benefit.
“Over the last decades, we have suffered through a massive transfer of financial assets from the poor and middle class to a tiny elite of the extremely wealthy. By a recent count, 691 billionaires had a combined net worth of $2.2 trillion. At the same time, an estimated 2.8 billion people survive on less than $2 a day. In the United States, fewer than 7,500 individuals control "almost three-quarters of the nation's industrial (nonfinancial) assets, almost two-thirds of all banking assets, and more than three-quarters of all insurance assets," according to Thomas Dye's Who's Running America? Members of this tiny group are found in the top echelons of our most exclusive law firms, investment banks, federal government posts and military commands. Our current system is one of financial apartheid that rewards the most ecologically destructive and sociopathic behavior.” – Daniel Pinchbeck
In today’s society and the global business world there are many known and recognizable industry ‘verticals’ or sectors/markets. These include (but are not limited to) the following:
The Wholesale Trade Industry, Chemical Industry, Health Care Industry, Leisure Industry, Life Sciences Industry, Agriculture Industry, Personal Care Products Industry, Energy Industries, Financial Services Industry, Food and Beverage Industry, Security Industry, Retail Trade Industry, Construction Industry, Mining Industry, Information Industry, Electronics Industry, Aerospace and Defense Industry, Education Industry, Consumer Packaged Goods Industry, Public Administration, Computer Industry, Real Estate Industry, Professional Services Industries, Utilities Industry, Travel Industry, Transportation Industry, Manufacturing Industry, IT Industry and the Automotive Industry.
The market leaders in each of these verticals are typically members of the Global Fortune 500 – many of whom are American-based companies. Now, I don’t know what percentage of these corporations are publicly-traded, but I think it’s a fair assumption to make that these behemoths are in the business of making profits – and many times the pressures by investors – whether public or private – are so great that ‘the bottom line’ is the order of the day – and more often-than-not, the investors prefer ignorance when it comes to their lavish profits and dividends. The profit motive is undeniable. The lengths to which companies will go to drive profit, destroy competition, and cover-up unethical business practices are fodder for both Hollywood and the headlines (e.g. PG&E, Enron, Arthur Anderson, Tyco International, Fannie Mae, Haliburton, Bear Stearns and the latest Wall Street and credit default swaps debacle, etc.). The customer or ‘beneficiary’ of the products or services of these organizations are even more ignorant with regard to ‘corporate ethics or conscience’ – often as a result of a highly sophisticated PR and marketing apparatus. And when it is required, the previously mentioned battalion of high-end attorneys is always at-the-ready to make sure that the ‘brand’ remains untarnished and that it’s business-as-usual. The ‘disconnect’ between the investor and executive management of a company and then the subsequent disconnect between the executives and the ‘boots-on-the-ground’ of an organization is usually significant. Then there’s the even greater (and contrived/controlled) disconnect between the corporation and the consumer…
Accountability and conscience is lost when a greater-and-greater degree of anonymity and reward for the few is built into any system of governance
Many people – many great minds – saw this coming and have tried to warn us – (with the exception of Hermann Goering’s case, who tried to educate us regarding the methods of the pathological). Here are but a few resources:
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave
Brigadier General Smedley Butler and the Attempted Overthrow of FDR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler and http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm
Hermann Goering’s Quote - Nuremburg Trials (post-WWII)
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/goering.asp
The ‘Asch Paradigm’ regarding Social Pressures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Asch
President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his famous farewell speech warning about the rise of the American “Military-Industrial Complex”
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Military-Industrial_Complex_Speech
Edward R. Murrow and his famous speech as dramatized in “Good Night, and Good Luck”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow and http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/commentary/hiddenagenda/murrow.html
Former Govenor Jesse Ventura and his interview with Independent Journalist Meria Heller
http://www.venturaforums.com/showthread.php?t=196
Robert Forte (Scholar of the history and psychology of the ancient and modern use of psychedelic drugs)
http://erocx1.blogspot.com/2008/11/robert-forte-cultural-healing-lecture.html
Robert David Steele (Open Source Intelligence advocate)
http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2008-09-10T16_56_12-07_00
There are many, many sources of reference, inspiration, and truth - for someone who has a little time and a little interest – to begin to develop a fairly comprehensive understanding of the real “State of the Union”. That’s the real beauty of the internet. It is currently the purest expression of democracy in action and I sincerely hope it remains so. I am a Web data analyst by vocation. My orientation (and perhaps my somewhat dubious gift?) is one of multi-factorial analyses and insights derived from the correlations of many disparate sets and points of data. The evidence of my claims – although somewhat circumstantial in nature – is so voluminous, so compelling – that even the layperson can no longer deny the obvious.
Call me a conspiracy theorist if you will. Call me a subversive. Definitely call me a dissident. I agree with the historian Howard Zinn who said, “dissent is the highest form of patriotism” [ http://www.tompaine.com/Archive/scontent/5908.html ] I’ve always had what I call a ‘healthy skepticism’ when it comes to authority – it’s a direct result of my upbringing and the existential forces that shaped it. Perhaps the memes that the late Timothy Leary seeded our society with have been effective after all i.e. “Think for yourself and question authority”. As my spiritual journey has deepened, so has my open-mindedness to ideas that at one time seemed completely ludicrous. I was what you might say – ‘mainstream’ – or at least trying my best to become that which our society-at-large finds successful, respectable, acceptable, etc. My basis for this desire was what’s been fed to me by our educational systems, our religious institutions, our media outlets, our government, my lovers, my friends, and my family - that are all under-the-influence of the same ‘society shapers’ and existential pressures.
‘Wake up, wake up, wake up!’ – is the mantra. But given our current circumstances, this is no longer enough. We must compel others to do the same – even at the risk of being marginalized.
All my beloved, great teachers and influences– Abdi Assadi, Richard Bachrach, Darlene Van De Grift, Rolf Gates, Tim Miller, Ram Dass, Terence McKenna, Rupert Sheldrake, Aldous & Laura Huxley, Timothy Leary, Al Hubbard, Eckhart Tolle, Nick Sand, Betty Eisner, Myron Stolaroff, Leo Zeff, Ann & Sasha Shulgin, Lorenzo Haggerty, James Fadiman, Gary Fisher, Peter Furst, Stanislov Grof, Michael Harner, Carlos Casteneda, Albert Hofmann, Zalman Schacter-Shalomi, Huston Smith, Daniel Pichbeck, Richard Grove, Dr. King, Ghandi, Yogananda, Krishnamacharya, Patanjali, the ‘Course in Miracles’, Sharon Salzberg, Joseph Goldstein, Balachandran Nair, Ramesh Balsekar, Iyengar, Jois, the Dharma, Joseph Campbell, Allan Hunt Badiner, Rick Doblin, Alex & Allyson Grey, Rolland Griffiths, Dan Merkur, Dimitri Mobengo Mugianis, David Nichols, Freud, Jung, Dana, Lefty, the entheogens, etc., etc., etc. – would rightfully implore us to not to simply focus upon the negative ‘external’ – as it only reinforces it. i.e. -
Your Judgement = Your Projection = Your Perception
and Your Perception is a result – not a cause
However, we can take these many observations (and many lessons) and rather than place them into an ‘external’ construct of fear and denial, ‘internally’ integrate and transform them into positive, assertive, and peaceful thoughts and actions. We can start asking ourselves and others to ‘question authority’ – all authority – and to hold it accountable - and to make conscious choices to consume information and products from truly independent, ethical, and fully accountable and transparent sources.
As for the changes I’d want to see in our country:
Step 1: Make illegal all forms of Lobbying and Special Interests at every level of government – to include corporate campaign contributions and ‘gifts’. Demand a return of the sense of duty and public service to politics.
Step 2: Demand from the media-at-large, news and information that is free from corporate influence, the ‘infotainment’ model of ‘ratings=profits’, and fear-based marketing/consumerism. Demand a return of the sense of duty and public service to mainstream journalism.
There are many more I can rattle off (limited terms and limits for all public offices and cognitive liberty would be right up there), but these simple but profound strokes would transform our government and our society and would empower the citizenry to once again have information and representation as was originally envisioned by our founding fathers. At every election and after every crisis, these simple measures are strategically ‘buried’ or side-stepped because they represent the fundamental flaws with our current system and the media – and the incomprehensible flow of cash through the halls of power and influence. These issues are too big to address by a single individual in a contemporary ‘sound bite’. Remember “Low Technology, High Concept”?
Elitism + Separatism + Secularism + Rationalism + Capitalism + Materialism + Consumerism + Reductionism + Racism + Imperialism + Colonialism + Cronyism = Fascism
i.e. -
The War on Drugs
9/11
The War on Terror
The Patriot Act
The Hurricane Katrina Response
The ‘Immigration Problem’ and the Hardening of the Borders
The Vietnam War
The Iraq War
Torture!!!!
A Foreign Policy of 'Shock & Awe' and 'Cowboy Diplomacy'
The Economic Bailout(s) and the Wall Street Robber-Barons
Corporate Media the Dumbing-Down of America
Disaster Capitalism and Fear-Based Economics
Corporate Agribusiness and the Slow Poisoning of the Population
The Deplorable State of U.S. Health Care
The Model of Indoctrination as Opposed to Real Education
The Raping and Polluting of The Earth
The ‘Indenturing’ of Subsequent Generations Due to Unfathomable National Debt
Poverty and Hunger in the U.S. (much less the world)
Constitutional and Human Rights Violations
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.
I believe that we’re not too late. I believe that we can realize what Plato called “the good, the true, the beautiful”, what the Hindus call Sat Chit Ananda – infinite being, infinite awareness, infinite bliss, and what Terence McKenna called “the approach of a major ‘concrescence’ in human history”. I also believe that we must first fully realize these things within ourselves – in order that they may manifest in our world. We must all accept the conscious/unconscious, the light/dark, and the revealed/concealed – and move toward integration, so that we can be a voice and a force for real and fundamental change.
OM Shantih,
~b
Various other Resources:
Lorenzo Haggerty and The Psychedelic Salon
http://www.matrixmasters.com/podcasts/
KMO and The C-Realm Podcasts
http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/
Black Light In The Attic
http://blacklightattic.podomatic.com/
Zencast
http://www.zencast.org/
* Serving the Beloved by Ram Dass (Zencast #’s 90 & 91) is ‘everything’
Horizons NYC 2008
http://www.archive.org/details/Horizons2008 and http://www.horizonsnyc.org
Meria Heller
http://www.meria.net/
Corporate Agribusiness and the Slow Poisoning of the Population
The Deplorable State of U.S. Health Care
The Model of Indoctrination as Opposed to Real Education
The Raping and Polluting of The Earth
The ‘Indenturing’ of Subsequent Generations Due to Unfathomable National Debt
Poverty and Hunger in the U.S. (much less the world)
Constitutional and Human Rights Violations
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.
I believe that we’re not too late. I believe that we can realize what Plato called “the good, the true, the beautiful”, what the Hindus call Sat Chit Ananda – infinite being, infinite awareness, infinite bliss, and what Terence McKenna called “the approach of a major ‘concrescence’ in human history”. I also believe that we must first fully realize these things within ourselves – in order that they may manifest in our world. We must all accept the conscious/unconscious, the light/dark, and the revealed/concealed – and move toward integration, so that we can be a voice and a force for real and fundamental change.
OM Shantih,
~b
Various other Resources:
Lorenzo Haggerty and The Psychedelic Salon
http://www.matrixmasters.com/podcasts/
KMO and The C-Realm Podcasts
http://c-realmpodcast.podomatic.com/
Black Light In The Attic
http://blacklightattic.podomatic.com/
Zencast
http://www.zencast.org/
* Serving the Beloved by Ram Dass (Zencast #’s 90 & 91) is ‘everything’
Horizons NYC 2008
http://www.archive.org/details/Horizons2008 and http://www.horizonsnyc.org
Meria Heller
http://www.meria.net/
And Others:
http://www.realitysandwich.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpersonal_psychology
http://www.8thestate.com/joomla/
http://www.thelasthope.org
http://www.federaljack.com
http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/
http://www.maps.org/
http://www.erowid.org/
http://www.heffter.org/
http://www.mindstates.org/
http://www.entheogenreview.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Gordon_Wasson
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2006/GriffithspsilocybinQ
http://www.esalen.org/air/essays/frank_barron.html
http://www.enlightenment.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century and http://www.newamericancentury.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ray_Griffin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp and http://vcr.csrwire.com/node/6540
http://in.integralinstitute.org/ and http://in.integralinstitute.org/podcast/
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