Now officially a septuagenerian, I am mindful that I have cast many mindless votes in my lifetime. At the beginning of this democratic timeline, my vote was heavily influenced by the ’tribal elders’ who had shaped my world. The idea was to perpetuate the lineage of the 'anointed one' - the one that the older generation imprinted on the obligations of the ... Continue Reading >>
Agitations
Accountability for Individual Choice
It is never about the choice - it is always about The One doing the choosing. There will be no needle in this arm. How far am I willing to go with that? I don’t know… .but I’m sure I will soon find out. More and more, the rhetoric is inflamed and directed at germinating constant fear and deep loathing of one slice of the population for another. Having ... Continue Reading >>
This is not a drill.
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” (Frank Herbert, 'Dune') I retired in 2015 from the full-time engagement of my life’s work of the previous 25 years. I turned my attention to other things… things that I had too often overlooked or ignored, or ... Continue Reading >>
MIT study on vaccine hesitancy
"But a study done at MIT showed that a substantial portion of public-health skepticism was highly informed, scientifically literate, and sophisticated in the use of data. Skeptics used the same data sets as those with the orthodox views on public health." Click here for access to further info and a link to the study. ... Continue Reading >>
Bots and blood streams….
Just in case you still think that nano-bots won't fit into a syringe or flow through your blood stream. Fun fact: you are not in charge of their behaviour. No matter what we know, there is always a much larger context within which that sits and of which we know very, very little. ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Shakti: How we look determines what we see
"There are certainly many people who might have a sense inside themselves that something feels off. That perhaps something bigger than what’s let on is going on out there. Perhaps they’re not getting the full story. But, because they have no way of explaining what or how or why, they simply choose to distrust their internal cues, trust the external voices ... Continue Reading >>
Creating new thought is an age-old challenge
In my (many) many years, perpetually confronting myself has always proven to be the most painful, challenging and - ultimately! - life-expanding moments of my life. Daring to think other than what I had been trained to think often left me on the outside of an existing cohort - including family. Over time, I concluded: so be it. And my Life continued to ... Continue Reading >>
Stela Shakti: The Silent Pain of Toxic Masculinity
"I’ve now long known something not everyone seems to pick up on: that external referencing is not our friend. Capitalist/industrialist/individualist culture is not our friend. Patriarchy is not our friend. Our own mind, when shaped by these influences, is not our friend. When our mind is not our friend, we aim to escape, to forget in whatever way ... Continue Reading >>
Melissa Allison: What is Real?
"We each know our own sliver of what’s happening based on what we experience directly or through media (deep faked or otherwise). That knowledge forms our truth, and while it is necessarily subjective, it is far from impotent. What we believe about ourselves and the world greatly shapes how we feel inside and what comes next. This happens whether we realize ... Continue Reading >>