How can the individual change the nature of society?

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We live in what could be called a "post-modern consumer" culture. All day, every day, we consume. As we change our surroundings from moment to moment we are constantly flooded with the opportunity to consume, whether it is food and drink, fabric, plastic, entertainment, intellectual material, or opinions, to name a general few. This influx is a never-ending chain of events systematically created to give us the sense of meaning and fulfillment in our daily lives. The problem, as we see it, is … [Read more...]

Addicted to Money & American Success

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A nasty addiction gets celebrated more often than it's recognized and treated. Headlines and sound bites trumpet the negative effects of this addiction daily. What's interesting and hopeful, however, is how holistic solutions to this addiction have become more available and acceptable. I'm thinking of our addiction to money - and society's definition of success. More and more of us find our faces pressed into the reality that, no matter how hard we work, we'll never have "enough" money. We … [Read more...]

2009 with The Light Collective

Editor's note: The following excerpts are from a channeling of The Light Collective with Kathryn Harwig that took place November 8, 2008, at Edge Life Expo. We are pleased that so many of you heard the call and have taken the time to come and learn and listen about not only 2009, but also about your society changing. What we wish to say to you is that you have entered into this year, next year will be even more important. It is a time where you are going through a cultural change, a societal … [Read more...]

New Initiative: Twin Cities Residents Organize, Form 20 Earth Councils;

MINNEAPOLIS - Now that our president-elect is Community Organizer-in-Chief, a new era of community organizing has begun. Continuing the trend, a new initiative called Community Earth Councils was launched on November 12 at the Great Hall in the Coffman Union at the University of Minnesota. More than 200 artists, community leaders, students, business people, non-profit luminaries, elected officials and activists, both young and old, attended the event and formed 20 new councils. Community Earth … [Read more...]

World-Sound for Harmony

When I was a child I was feeling the Music as something higher and softer that, at the same time, could be part of my daily life and it could be with me in the ordinary activities, something accessible in every moment. I started my path of listening, studying and experimenting, passing through the channels that were available for me in that moment - in a friend's garage, a guitar teacher from the parish church, and local concerts.During this growth I realized that the "Musical World" … [Read more...]