Preparing for Revolution Month...Quote #5:
"The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives” - William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist)
John sez:
This is, fundamentally, not an era of violent revolution, but rather a time in human history for a new kind of human being. It is time for an evolution in human consciousness. Blessings to all those who serve this higher purpose! The future awaits the fruits of your passionate labor.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
No struggle, no progress...
Preparing for Revolution Month...Quote #4:
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning." - Frederick Douglass
John sez:
These are not metaphors for violent political struggle alone. They can be used for men (and women) to resist the shallow pursuits society keeps us focused on. Plow up the ground and dig deep to find the compassion and empathy you have buried within. A revolution in human consciousness will be what blossoms.
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning." - Frederick Douglass
John sez:
These are not metaphors for violent political struggle alone. They can be used for men (and women) to resist the shallow pursuits society keeps us focused on. Plow up the ground and dig deep to find the compassion and empathy you have buried within. A revolution in human consciousness will be what blossoms.
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
A new day, a new hope...
Preparing for Revolution Month...Quote #3: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.” - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
There are some who would say that history has it's own creative flow and that people can get caught up in it. The flow of change, great change, is being stifled by forces in our society that want control over us. But the compassionate grace of the human heart and the force of human evolution, spiritual and otherwise, cannot be contained forever. It will be unleashed. It must be released! It is only a matter of time.
There are some who would say that history has it's own creative flow and that people can get caught up in it. The flow of change, great change, is being stifled by forces in our society that want control over us. But the compassionate grace of the human heart and the force of human evolution, spiritual and otherwise, cannot be contained forever. It will be unleashed. It must be released! It is only a matter of time.
Sunday, September 05, 2010
September: Preparing for Revolution Month
“Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.” - Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
John sez:
We need a (new) Velvet Revolution of creative, ecstatic, unwavering, insistent, non-violent dissent. This is what I see for the world's future. If not, then we must face the real possibility of a long period of great darkness.
Poem by my father:
title: tears to be shed
tears to be shed
all the oceans
all the rivers
all the waters
in the world
are the tears
to be shed
before we know
ourselves....
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John sez:
We need a (new) Velvet Revolution of creative, ecstatic, unwavering, insistent, non-violent dissent. This is what I see for the world's future. If not, then we must face the real possibility of a long period of great darkness.
Poem by my father:
title: tears to be shed
tears to be shed
all the oceans
all the rivers
all the waters
in the world
are the tears
to be shed
before we know
ourselves....
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