Monthly Archives: February 2014

Alan Watts: “It is not natural for us to wish to prolong life indefinitely. But we live in a culture where to die is a terrible thing.”

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

And within this glaring, distinctly uncomfortable contradiction, we sit, and simmer, until done. via consciouslifenews Source: PSNy2kUK By Alan Watts Now there really isn’t anything radically wrong with being sick or with dying. Who said you’re supposed to survive? Who … Continue reading →

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Modern money “is a baited hook for fish. So who’s the fisherman?”

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

This remarkable little 4:47-minute video clearly describes what I’d call the existential irreality of “fiat money.” Frankly, for me, when I first heard about the actual status of this weird abstraction that now circulates (or not) as “money,” via William … Continue reading →

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Alone for six months in the Siberian Taiga, where “the art of contemplation restored value to ordinary tasks.”

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

“I had to close myself hut in the middle of nowhere just to learn that you can spend a great moment — doing nothing.” Who has not, at some point in our drama-deluged, multi-tasked, screen-drunk, clamorous lives, not longed to … Continue reading →

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Educate Ourselves Department, part 2: Permaculture as the antidote to climate catastrophe

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

As Southern California on this very day braces for mudslides and flash flooding due to massive (rare) storms that destabilize drought-caused fire-ravaged hillsides, we continue to educate ourselves. Luckily, there is a part 2. For if, after absorbing the last … Continue reading →

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Educate Ourselves Department: The “ecological horror story” of engineered water systems in the U.S. West

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

Update, same morning: I have now posted what I’m calling part 2, a permaculture antidote to the ghastly story below. As we endeavor to wrap our minds and hearts around the unfolding climate emergency in California and other western states, … Continue reading →

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Re: Ukraine, Venezuela, latest falling dominoes of Empire?

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

If you haven’t yet read Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, it throws eerie, obvious, disgusting lights on what’s going on now. And remember, the phrase “national security” is code for “big oil.” What’s an Empire … Continue reading →

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On “Ascending” from 3rd, to 4th, to 5th Dimensions

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

Keep in mind that from the perspective of the 5th dimension, the 4th is included in it, and the 3rd included in the 4th, etc. At least in my experience, dimensions nest inside one another like Russian Dolls. So, if … Continue reading →

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From top down to bottom up! How the world is changing.

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Ann Kreilkamp

For top down, see this. 21 Technologies That Will Decentralize the World February 19, 2014 by Nina Misuraca Ignaczak shareable.net via Julia Across the planet, new technologies and business models are decentralizing power and placing it in the hands of … Continue reading →

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