Greetings to all as we enter another cycle of the year. Captivated by expectations, anticipations and fears of future calendar dates as well as trends from the past, we often forget that we are living as well in the present. Historians might point out key events and reality scripts written by "the winners" but also there were many acts of kindness and love that were never considered as significant to mention. BE-HERE-NOW means that we can examine our relationships to the planet, to others and also with ourselves. How is our behavior affecting our environment and what can we do to bring about a change for the better if possible. Actions are indispensable for change to happen. Joost va Steenis in his book "From Chaos to Change" points out that "each year more than 9 million children die before they are five years old". We can be concerned and demonstrate, but we also need to reach the greedy few that are grabbing everything and enslaving humanity in the process. Consumer Rights and Job security seem to be lost ideas. Americans calling themselves the "land of the free" is a bad joke. US citizens can now be thrown in jail without any legal protection as once assumed by the Bill of Rights. Parents are having their children forced to be vaccinated even if they don't want to. GMO's are being allowed to enter the marketplace with no concern for health issues while natural medication is made illegal. One country after another is destroyed by US invasions and weapons of mass destruction with the excuse of "protecting our freedom" which means our country has been acting, in the eyes of many people in the world, as a mercenary thug destroying nations to steal their resources for corporate profit. Whenever we hear that Wall street stocks and profits are on an upswing, news reporters imply that it means good news". Yet what good are corporate profits for the elite when the rest of the world slides economically downhill. This week there is even a story on how in many places in the US, collecting rain water from your house is illegal as the water belongs to the government to do what is deems fit with it. In the movie "Thrive", it is made clear that governments are not representing most people but rather following orders from large corporations and banks. The challenge for the year is how to influence the "boys on the top" to show more compassion and gratitude to humanity and the great spirit that brought us the miracle of life. Living simply so others can simple live is a vital idea to teach them. An understanding of the currency of compassion.
I often hear from friends that my "Links by George" newsletter is getting too lenghty. Every week I have the intention to limit the number of articles that I post, yet as I do my daily research, I find more and more stories that I feel need to be expressed. Whenever I hear feedback from people in many parts of the world that are appreciative and thankful for the information I am connecting them with, I feel that the extra hours I stay on the Internet a day are worth it. I do hope at some point that there won't be as many stories to report and I can finally start to write my autobiography. One suggestion if not enough time to read all the articles is to simply read the headlines and then if there are any specific stories of interest, read them whenever time is possible.
This week's "links by George" again is full of articles that range from shamanism, healing,
environmental issues, political and economic. And lots of music videos as well.
My service is from the heart and it is a pleasure for me to outreach to as many
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Bahia Brazil Retreat,February 19th - February 29th 2012.
2012 - 8th International Amazonian Shamanism Conference:"What Ever Will Be, Shall Be"Iquitos, Peru July 14th - 21st
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The psychedelic secrets of Santa Claus
I often hear from friends that my "Links by George" newsletter is getting too lenghty. Every week I have the intention to limit the number of articles that I post, yet as I do my daily research, I find more and more stories that I feel need to be expressed. Whenever I hear feedback from people in many parts of the world that are appreciative and thankful for the information I am connecting them with, I feel that the extra hours I stay on the Internet a day are worth it. I do hope at some point that there won't be as many stories to report and I can finally start to write my autobiography. One suggestion if not enough time to read all the articles is to simply read the headlines and then if there are any specific stories of interest, read them whenever time is possible.
This week's "links by George" again is full of articles that range from shamanism, healing,
environmental issues, political and economic. And lots of music videos as well.
My service is from the heart and it is a pleasure for me to outreach to as many
people as possible. I am deeply thankful to the few friends that sent me donations this month. At least I will be able to keep up the service for a few more months. However, if anyone can send even a small donation to me through pay pal or otherwise, my family and I would
be very very appreciative. Last month there were several donations made that will
cover the Internet bill for a couple more months. I am very appreciative to those
that have sent us recent contributions which allow a couple more months of covering
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Bahia Brazil Retreat,February 19th - February 29th 2012.
2012 - 8th International Amazonian Shamanism Conference:"What Ever Will Be, Shall Be"Iquitos, Peru July 14th - 21st
HIGH CONSCIOUSNESS:
The psychedelic secrets of Santa Claus
Why Do Santa's Reindeer Fly?
The Magic Christmas Mushroom:Amanita Muscaria
A Cannabis Christmas Carol?
A Willie Nelson Christmas Carol-youtube
A Willie Nelson Christmas Carol
Jack Herer- Hemp Can Save The Planet(Hempstalk 2009)-youtube
‘Magic Mushrooms’ Return to Psych Labs 40 Years After Leary
Turn on, tune in and get better?
Psilocybin at the End of Life:A Doorway to Peace
Flashback!Psychedelic research returns
Psychedelic Additions to the House of Intellect,powerpoint by Thomas Roberts
Meeting the Divine Within:A Manual for Voyagers and Guides and Supplemental Information
Characteristis of Mystical Experiences,powerpoint by Thomas Roberts
Epic Journeys:Sacred Journeys to Peru
Alistair Appleton, The Man Who Drank the Universe-video
Dean Jefferys;Shamans of the Amazon-video
Aya: a shamanic odysseyby Rak Razam
Using YouTube to study effects of hallucinogen salvia
The Psychozoic Press,Erowid Editions - Number 4 (PDF)
Heffter Research Institute updates on psychedelic research
Alexander Shulgin is not only a true legend in his own time, but also a man who brings a feeling of compassion and contentment in all aspects of his life as well as in his loving relationship to his wife of 32 years Ann. Born in 1925, he is a chemist primarily known for developing MDMA or as it is commonly known, Ecstasy. But what most people do not realize is that Shulgin has also discovered, synthesized, and bioassayed over 230 other psychoactive compounds. Unlike his other books which explain in depth his relationship, experiences, and views on psychedelics in general, his latest book The Shulgin Index Vol 1 is an 800 page opus with complete chemical formulas of the known psychedelic Phenethylamines. Thus it provides exact information for scientists today as well as being an essential time capsule for future reference and interest. This book might not be for everyone, but it is a book that everyone will be glad to know exists and can be utilized by researchers in a clear and straight forward manner.
"GET HIGH NOT DRUNK"Not All Drugs Are Created Equal
The Silly, The Stupid, and The Just Plain False:The Top Ten 'Reefer Madness' Stories of 2011
Top Ten Cannabis Science Stories of 2011
10 Major Health Benefits of Marijuana
Dr. Bob Melamede- Money, Finance and Medical Cannabis
Rise Earth:Govt Study Proves THC From Cannabis Destroys Leukemia,Breast And Lung Cancer Cells
Medical Marijuana Could Help Patients Reduce Pain With Opiates
The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide inhibitshuman breast cancer cell proliferation
Endocannabinoid System- Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management: Overview of the EC System
Not feeling well often?Maybe you gotta endocannabinoid deficiency
The Endocannabinoid System:An Osteopathic Perspective
Survey on Synaesthesia and drug use."Synaesthesia can be defined as experiences in which thereis a blending of the senses."
Marijuana may make your brain grow
125 Year Old Woman Claimed Smoking Pot EverydayWas Her Secret to Long Life
There's evidence New Zealand could be experiencing the so-called"stoned grandparent'' phenomenon.
The Art And Science Of Cooking With Cannabis. Library
Eating raw cannabis as medicine, dietary essential: new research
The Power of RAW Cannabis.-youtube
HIGH TIMES'How To: Store Your Pot-youtube
Burning Incense Is Psychoactive:New Class Of Antidepressants Might Be Right Under Our Noses
Reprogramming our DNA a new scientific discovery.
Alan Watts- On Nothingness-youtube
2011 Holiday Greeting from Ram Dass-youtube
"The greatest wisdom is in simplicity. Love, respect, tolerance, sharing, gratitude, forgiveness. It's not complex or elaborate. The real knowledge is free. It's encoded in your DNA. All you need is within you. Great teachers have said that from the beginning. Find your heart, and you will find your way."
Frances Moore Lappe on Creating an Ecology of Hope
Festival of Isis, ancient Egypt
Kingdom of Hawai'i
SACRED PATH OF REIKIOver the last few years there has been a growing interest, awareness and practice of the healing art of Reiki. With its wonderful potential of healing and spiritual growth, it is important for both practitioners as well as anyone that receives its benefits to have a reference source as well as a users manual. Katalin Koda has written just such a book, "Sacred Path of Reiki" which covers this subject in such a way that will enhance such information for both beginners and more advanced healers and adepts. The history and benefits of Reiki are well covered as well as step by step explanations on its usage and exercises for enhancing the benefits. Nicely illustrated and easy to follow examples along with an excellent appendix, glossary and resource index are also provided. Katalin is an excellent writer and integrator of many styles of healing practices which she expresses throughout this easy to read and enjoyable book. Her personal experiences which she adds throughout the book further add depth to the text as well as make it an excellent book to read even if one does not want to go any further into Reiki besides learning more about this valuable holistic approach to healing and spiritual practice. I enjoyed reading her book and recommend you order a copy of Katalin Koda's "Sacred Path of Reiki" as well.
Return of the Captured Spirits
The True Origin of Crop Circles-youtube Nice visuals.
CitiZen of Peace video from my friend Ignat Karmalito
Ignat's website with many portals of spirituality, music and videos
ARTS:
Surrealismo-youtube
Bimbos Initiation-youtube
Moonwishes: "created by real artists, poets and visionaries for the purposeof bridging the gap between the material world and the ethereal realms"
Original Mothers Of Invention Member Jim Sherwood Passes Away
''Help Us On Your Way''Hopi song-youtube
MUST SEE.BEAUTIFUL !!CHANGE THE WORLD - 1 MILLION KIDS IN THAILAND-youtube
We Are the World - Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson-youtube
My friend Scott Huckabay is one of the finest guitarists and musicians on the planet.Check out his latest youtube:Scott Huckabay Live 10/31/11, Washington
ENVIRONMENT:
Chevron Admits Oil Leak in Brazil Hasn't Stopped
Santa Cruzan Behind Initiative to Dismantle California Nuclear Power
EPA mercury rules are a Big Deal
Environment Russia reports 25,000 undersea radioactive waste sites
Diseased seals in Alaska tested for radiation
Huge waves damage anti-whaling boat
Will the Resilience Movement Help the World Cope With the Resource Crunch?
Building Green Is No Longer Enough, It is Time To Build Resilient
Novel device removes heavy metals from water
SCIENCE:
Earth Must Have Another Moon, Say Astronomers
The World Of Free Energy
HEALTH:
14,000 U.S. Deaths Tied to Fukushima Reactor Disaster Fallout,Says Peer-Reviewed Medial Journal Article
The Vaccine Injured Where Has Compassion Gone?-youtube"The Dangerous Procedure Doctors Swear by (but Aren't Liable for) "
Suzanne Humphries on Vaccines-youtube
Powerful Profile of a Flu Vaccine Victim-youtube
Evidence Based Medicine Is a Fraud- Here’s Why
Are Psychiatrists Inventing Mental Illnesses to Feed Americans More Pills?
How to Purify the Air in Your Home
Brain Tumor Pandemic—DNA Impacts from Mobile Phones Implicated in New Analysis
Floridians face genetically engineered mosquito threat
What If It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?(Part 1 of 6) -youtube"To Achieve Optimal Health, Eat 50-70% of This Frequently Demonized Food"
"Doctor Reverses MS in 9 Months by Eating These Foods"-youtubeTEDxIowaCity - Dr. Terry Wahls - Minding Your Mitochondria
A Bowl of Rice a Day-youtube
We've Lost Nearly All of Our Wild Foods -- What Happened?And What Are We Missing?
"We are Farmers, We Grow Food for the People"youtubeOccupy Our Food
Eaters, beware: Walmart is taking over our food system
Question What's Inside- A NEW Music Video on GMO's!-youtube
GMOs and why you should never use Canola oil.
Vistive Gold soybean trait from Monsanto receives USDA deregulation
Dow Seeks Approval of GMO Corn Resistant to Agent Orange Component
Is That Flame Retardant In Your Soft Drink?
"Look What's Lurking on Your Freshly Washed Clothes"
Still Stretching:91 Years Old and Teaching Yoga-youtube
More Nature, More Sex, More Sleep:8 New Year's Resolutions That Will Actually Make You Happy and Healthy
The Bogus Teen Orgy Trend
$9.6 Million for Casanova's Memoirs?Why Are the French Still Impressed With Sexual Cads?
Why Do Men's Magazines Sound Like Rapists?
GLOBAL NEWS:
Priests brawl in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativityvideo
Why Is Nepal Cracking Down on Tibetan Refugees?
Richard D. Wolff Europe’s Debt Crisis Deepens
Who Is Killing People in the Middle East?
Ethnic Cleansing of Invented People
Shell Oil Spill Hits Nigerian Shores, Fishing Suspended
Haiti:Where the Earthquake Money Did and Did Not Go
Cheers to the Women of Egypt--Down With Military Rule & U.S. Weapons
The Man Who Prevented World War III:"The humane, intelligent Gorbachev ordered an immediate end to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, in which 2 million Afghans had died. In December, 1989,the last Red Army troops left Afghanistan."
Russia Scolds United States for Human Rights Abuse
Iraqis Celebrate Being Free of US Troops
Oh, Canada’s Become a Home for Record Fracking
McDonald’s Closes All Their Restaurants in Bolivia
Joost van Steenis excellent book "From Chaos to Change":With the rise of wide scale demonstrations of people all over the world and the growing awakening of political, social and economic consciousness, it is vital to have reference points to the bigger pictures so as not to have this momentum slowed or worse yet, silenced by those in control. Joost van Steenis has written a clear and very easy to read book "From Chaos to Change" that I highly recommend for empowering such individual and group activism. Coming from a sensitive and heart based perspective, he reminds us that over nine million people children die each year before they reach the age of five because of the greed of a small number of elite. Joost explains that mass people need to focus not on large scale gatherings but in organizing smaller groups to bring attention to those members of the elite directly where they live, work and play rather than at a distance. To do so a paradigm shift is important if positive change is to happen. As he says: "This world is dominated by money and I should like to see the interests of humans as the central point to take decisions. I say something as a shift from money as the pivotal point in our society to the idea that all humans should have the same status."Please go to Joost's website for a free copy of this very important book as well as excellent information
NATIONAL NEWS:
GENERAL INFO:
One Day Children Will Ask... "What is War"... A Message of Hope for 2012 By Martin Luther King
Tyranny in the Forecast:The Outlook for the New Year Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
Modern-Day Scrooges Must Learn the Lesson of 'A Christmas Carol'
A Christmas Message From America's Rich
Black Churches to Energize Occupy
Occupy Phase II:The Supreme Court
Occupy Wall Street's Livestream Operators Arrested
The Nasty Truth About the Online Retailers You ProbablyUsed for Your Holiday Shopping
Rebecca Solnit, Occupy Your Heart,Compassion Is Our New Currency
Nation of Change joins thousands in occupying the Rose Parade-youtube
At Occupy Christmas,Cops Won't Let Protesters Serve Food in Park
Populism Isn't Dead, It's Marching:What 19th Century Farmers Can Teach Occupiers About How to Keep Going
Collecting rainwater now illegal in many states as Big Government claimsownership over our water
China Set to Frack America in Shale Deal
Nuclear Energy:Profit Driven Industry“Nuclear Can Be Safe Or It Can Be Cheap …But It Can’t Be Both”
If they win, Republicans plan to permanently cripple EPA
Wildfires too hot?Jump in the senate office pool
DOWN WITH ANY ELITE:The road to a Humane Society. Joost van Steenis's excellent website
States Take On Citizens United Montana legal ruling a possible game-changer for states; California lawmakers introduce legislation to overturn Citizens United
US elections, rigged and computer codes.ELECTION FRAUD!-youtube
High quality journalism from Uncle Ernie's Issues and Alibis website
The Anti-Empire Report
Media Manipulation and the Drums of War:How Media is used to Whip the Nation into Wartime FrenzyFaking It:How the Media Manipulates the World into War
The Bush/Obama War Against Truth
THE INAUGURATION OF POLICE STATE USA 2012.Obama Signs the “National Defense Authorization Act "
Obama Signs Homeland Battlefield Bill Into Law
When Can the President Assassinate Americans?
NDAA:Congress Signed Its Own Arrest Warrants
Obama and Geithner:Government, Enron-Style
Ellsberg:US Wants Deal for Manning to Implicate Assange
The intellectual cowardice of Bradley Manning’s critics
Bradley Manning: Troubled Young American Hero
Madness:Even School Children Are Being Pepper-Sprayed and Shocked with Tasers
Killing Kids is So American
How Can the World's Richest Country Let Children Go Hungry?6 Tricks Corporate Elites Use to Hoard All the Wealth
Little Girl Gets Pissed at Gender-Specific Toy Colors, Is Awesome
Bank Of America Nearly Forecloses On Home Because OwnerWas Short 80 Cents On Mortgage Payment
Former Mortgage Salesman:I Was "Shunned" for not Pushing "Nightmare Mortgages"
American Paradox:18.5 Million Vacant Homes and 3.5 Million Homeless
It's Official:Gov Stats Shows the Middle Class is Dead
Kids, Minivans, and Drug-Dealing:How the Recession Pulls Ordinary Families Into the Weed Game
Mom Who Sold $31 In Pot Gets 4 Years Cut From 12 Years Prison
Bill Authorizes Rendition of Citizens Living On U.S. Soil to Other Countries for Torture
Cops Ready for War
Why Jurors Should Refuse to Convict Drug Arrestees
Not Sexy:Victoria’s Secret 'Fair Trade' Cotton Harvested by Child Slaves
"Confession of a 9/11 Conspirator" the movie from Actors & Artists for 9/11 Truth
6 Questions For Noam Chomsky-youtube
Stiglitz:Wall Street System Destroying Not Serving Society
Have the Super-Rich Seceded From the United States?
Another brilliant podcast from my friend Martin and Kaputt radio
Universities Gone Wild:Big Money, Big Sports and Scandalous Abuse at Penn State
Should People and Governments Shun the Totalitarian Catholic Church?
10 Pop Monstrosities That Almost Destroyed Our Culture in 2011
WAR:
Disclose Secret Army Video The Pentagon Won't Release Video-youtube
How Many US Casualties in Iraq?Guess Again.
Under Obama, a Deadly Drone Network Grows
The March to War: Iran and the Strategic Encirclement of Syria and Lebanon
War is God By Michael Carmichael."We are the most warlike nation. We must, therefore, be the most warlikepeople ever to have populated this planet."
Ron Paul: Sanctions Against Iran Are an ‘Act of War’
POLITICAL:
Has America's stolen election process finally hit prime time?
'Citizens United' Unleashed a Monster:Why the Real Winner In the Iowa Caucuses Is the Big-Money Super PAC
OBAMA IS A POLITICAL PRISONER
Glenn Greenwald:The Real Reason the GOP Primary Is a Pathetic, Incompetent Clown Show
Why the Iowa Caucuses-- and the GOP Clowns Competing in Them -- Are a Total Joke
I will bomb Iran nuclear sites:Santorum
Ron Paul, the Soldier's Choice
Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel agrees with Ron Paul-youtube"Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel doesn't need or want USA military help."
Will Ron Paul Become the New Ralph Nader?
CNN SLIPS UP ON LIVE TV:They're WORRIED About Ron Paul's Success!!!-youtube
8 GOP Primary Moments That Would Make Jesus Weep
Santorum vs. Romney:The climate is screwed either way
GOP Voter Suppression Plan:Seven Tactics To Block Your Vote in 2012
Gary Johnson to Seek Libertarian Presidential Nomination
Will Ron Paul Become the New Ralph Nader?
Ron Paul gives out a great response after a "mic check" from OWS protesters-you tube
All Of Ron Paul's Responses At The ABC Iowa GOP Debate-youtube
Gingrich thinks Palin would be a darned fine energy secretary
Super PACs Make Iowa Ugly
10 Ultra-Rich Congresspeople Who 'Represent'Some of the Most Financially Screwed Districts
ECONOMIC:
OWS Press Team:Cash Corrupted Congress
Bank of America to Pay Record Settlement Over Countrywide Abuses
How Banks Cheat Taxpayers
Verizon Will Charge Ridiculous $2 'Convenience' Fee to People Who Pay Online
Half of America In Poverty?The Facts Say It's True
"There Will Be Violence, Mark My Words"
Money Creation and the Bankruptcy of Major Banks:The Roles of the IMF, The European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve
SURVEILLANCE/FRINGE POSSIBILITIES:
Government Wants Scientists to Keep Lab-Made Super Virus Strain Secret(Video)
Polio, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Vaccination Pan Genocide-you tube
No longer just theories:The top 10 conspiracy facts of 2011
Are We Living in a Fool's Paradise?May You Live In Interesting Times
Sherri Kane is an excellent researcher of many shadows and agendas.I encourage you to have a look at her blog site
Iran rejects NY judge’s finding that Tehran is liable in Sept. 11 attacks
Real Suspects of 9/11 - (MUST SEE)-you tube
Former Vatican Exorcist Believes Practicing Yoga Leads to Hinduism
Vatican:Owner of world's biggest banks and top companies[Catholic Church Exposed]-video
LIST OF THE 300 ILLUMINATI MEMBERS AND THEIR HISTORY
Former CIA Agent's Message to America- WATCH NOW
The Truth About Your Birth Certificate-youtube
Reality as Subversion
CNN SLIPS UP ON LIVE TV:They're WORRIED About Ron Paul's Success!!!-youtube
2012 - YOU ALL ARE DEAD-youtube
All you rule breakers, you misfits & troublemakers, all you free spirits...~THE WAYSEER-youtube
HUMOR:
A Willie Nelson Christmas Carol-youtube
The Doors -- Light My Christmas
13 Bears And Marijuana- English Subs
Stressed Out Yoga Chick-youtube
QUOTES FOR THE WEEK:
"Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed."
― Terence McKenna
Thanks to Alan Shoemaker for posting
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"History is an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools."
-- Ambrose Bierce, American writer, 1842-1914
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"War is the spectacular and bloody projection of our everyday living. We precipitate war out of our daily lives; and without a transformation in ourselves, there are bound to be national and racial antagonisms, the childish quarreling over ideologies, the multiplication of soldiers, the saluting of flags, and all the many brutalities that go to create organized murder."
- J. Krishnamurti
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"All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume."
- Noam Chomsky
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"You see, when a nation threatens another nation the people of the latter forget their factionalism, their local antagonisms, their political differences, their suspicions of each other, their religious hostilities, and band together as one unit. Leaders know that, and that is why so many of them whip up wars during periods of national crisis, or when the people become discontented and angry.
The leaders stigmatize the enemy with every vice they can think of, every evil and human depravity. They stimulate their people's natural fear of all other men by channeling it into a defined fear of just certain men, or nations. Attacking another nation, then, acts as a sort of catharsis, temporarily, on men's fear of their immediate neighbors.
This is the explanation of all wars, all racial and religious hatreds, all massacres, and all attempts at genocide."
--Taylor Caldwell, "The Devil?s Advocate" (1952) - pg. 299
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At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom,
Even as slaves humble themselves before a tyrant and praise him though he slays them.
Ay, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and a handcuff.
And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak of freedom as a goal and a fulfilment.
Kahlil Gibran
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"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights (U.N. Article 1.10 December 1948)
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"I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart. Hope is the feeling that life and work have a meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you."
- Vaclav Havel
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"Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. "
- Samuel Smiles
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"Groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having."
- John Perry Barlow
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"Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the window which hope has opened." - Charles Spurgeon
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"Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths: without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: That what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open."
- -- Clive Bell - (1881-1964) - Source: Civilization, 1928
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"The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery of our consciousness, and the fabric of our lives, as not to be perceived as tyranny."
-- Michael Parenti - (1933- )
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"Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." : Frederick Douglass
"The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it."
- Joseph Conrad
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"To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers."
Adam Smith
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"Thank God that at this hour I am dangerous to the war profiteers of this country who rob the people on the one hand, and rob and debase the government on the other; and then with their pockets and wallets stuffed with the filthy, bloodstained profits of war, wrap the sacred folds of the Stars and Stripes about them and [about] their blatant hypocrisy to the world."
Kate Richards O'Hare's Address To the Court Proceedings on the Sentencing of Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare
by Hon Martin J. Wade
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One day,Youngsters will learn words they will not understand,
Children from India will ask: "What is hunger?"
Children from Alabama will ask: "What is racial segregation?"
Children from Hiroshima will ask: "What is the atomic bomb?"
Children at school will ask: "What is war?"
You will answer them, you will tell them:"Those are words not used any more,
Like 'stage-coaches', 'galleys' or 'slavery',
Words no longer meaningful,
That is why they have been removed from dictionaries."
Martin Luther King
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