BREAKING: Tyson and Six Workers Face 33 Counts of Animal Cruelty Following MFA Investigation – MFABlog.org

An MFA investigator documented alarming animal cruelty at a Tyson Foods’ slaughterhouse.

Source: BREAKING: Tyson and Six Workers Face 33 Counts of Animal Cruelty Following MFA Investigation – MFABlog.org

Human consciousness is simply a state of matter, like a solid or liquid – but quantum | ExtremeTech

Thanks to the work of a small group neuroscientists and theoretical physicists over the last few years, we may finally have found a way of analyzing the mysterious, metaphysical realm of consciousness in a scientific manner. The latest breakthrough in this new field, published by Max Tegmark of MIT, postulates that consciousness is actually a state of matter, allowing us to scientifically tackle murky topics such as self awareness, and why we perceive the world in classical three-dimensional terms, rather than the infinite number of objective realities offered up by the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Source: Human consciousness is simply a state of matter, like a solid or liquid – but quantum | ExtremeTech

Sister Federal tax case: Judge and DOJ attorneys abandon case midstream, decline to participate any further | supremecourtcase

Source: Sister Federal tax case: Judge and DOJ attorneys abandon case midstream, decline to participate any further | supremecourtcase

Two Little Pieces of Chocolate | KarmaTube

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Francine Christophe was born in 1933, the same year that Adolph Hitler took power in Germany. When she was eight years old, she and her mother were deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. In this interview for “Human,” a film project directed by photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, she recounts an extraordinary tale of generosity at a time of great privation.

Source: Two Little Pieces of Chocolate | KarmaTube

Homeless in Sacramento: A death on the streets

Genevieve Lucchesi died on a cold February morning this year in a parking lot in midtown Sacramento. She was 77 and had been living homeless for more than 20 years. Genny was a fixture in midtown, with her gray bun and stacked metal cart. But she remained an enigma even to those who tried to help. Who was Genny? What brought her to the streets? And why did she die alone?

Source: Homeless in Sacramento: A death on the streets

Grassroots Revolution Towards a Holistic and Creative Educational System | Wake Up World

The current educational system, which stresses compartmentalization and standardized testing, is limiting the inherent abilities we all possess. It is set up in such a way that directs us only to memorize and regurgitate rather than question, express, connect and create. Though we could go deep down the rabbit hole showing the financial corruption involved at all levels of the world’s educational system, this article instead focuses on solutions… By Guest Writer Lance Schuttler

Source: Grassroots Revolution Towards a Holistic and Creative Educational System | Wake Up World

Johnny Depp Intends To Buy The Site Of Wounded Knee Massacre And Gift It Back To The Native American People

Actor Johnny Depp wants to purchase Wounded Knee, a historical landmark, and gift it back to the Native American people to help make right what went so wrong in 1890.

Source: Johnny Depp Intends To Buy The Site Of Wounded Knee Massacre And Gift It Back To The Native American People

Today’s Inspiration … from the Upanishads

“A man becomes good by good works, evil by evil.”  Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. 3. 2.13

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 4:4.3-7 continues  giving more detailed concepts and goes on to explain the concept as follows:

“When a caterpillar has come to the end of a blade of grass, it reaches out to another blade, and draws itself over to it. In the same way the soul, having coming to the end of one life, reaches out to another body, and draws itself over to it.

“Just as a goldsmith, having taken a piece of gold, makes another form, new and more beautiful, so also, verily the Atman having cast off this body and having put away Avidya or ignorance, makes another new and more beautiful form” (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad).

“As people act, so they become. If their actions are good, they become good; if their actions are bad, they become bad. Good deeds purify those who perform them; bad deeds pollute those who perform them.

“Thus we may say that we are what we desire. Our will springs from our desires; our actions spring from our will; and what we are, springs from our actions. We may conclude, therefore, that the state of our desires at the time of death determines our next life; we return to earth in order to satisfy those desires.

“Consider those who in the course of many lives on earth have become free from desire. By this we mean that all their desires have found fulfillment within the soul itself. They do not die as others do. Since they understand God, they merge with God.

‘When all the desires clinging to the heart fall away, the mortal becomes immortal. When all the knots of desire strangling the heart are loosened, liberation occurs.

“As the snake discards its skin, leaving it lifeless on an anthill, so the soul free from desire discards the body, and unites with God who is eternal life and boundless light.”

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Katha Upanishad 6.1-5, 10-11, 13-16

“The tree of eternity has its roots in the sky, and its branches reach down to earth. It is God; it is the immortal soul.

The whole universe comes from God; his energy burns like fire, and his power reverberates like thunder, in every part of the universe. In honor of God the sun shines, the clouds rain, and the winds blow. Death itself goes about its business in fear of God.

If you fail to see God in the present life, then after death you must take on another body; if you see God, then you will break free from the cycle of birth and death. God can be seen, like the reflection in a mirror, in a pure heart.

When the senses are calm and the mind is motionless, then your heart is pure; you have reached the highest state of consciousness, in which you are unified with God. If this state of consciousness is firm and secure, so it can never be broken, then you are free.
To calm the senses and still the mind, you must abandon the self. You must renounce ‘I’ and ‘me’ and ‘mine’. You must suppress every desire that surges around the heart. You must untie every knot of attachment.

A hundred and one lights radiate from the heart. One of them shines upwards to the crown of the head. This points the way to immortality. Every other light points to death.”

“Like corn, does a mortal ripen; like corn, does he spring to life again” (Kathopanishad).

Germany Becomes The First Nation To Ban ‘Chick Shredding’

Newly developed technology will determine the sex of each fertilized egg before the chick inside develops – enabling the removal of all male-identified eggs from the hatchery. This will eliminate the industry’s need to heartlessly grind male chicks once hatched.

Source: Germany Becomes The First Nation To Ban ‘Chick Shredding’

[RAW Footage] Scientists Discovered Second SUN Approaching Earth At A Rapid Pace

A ‘second sun’ continues to baffle scientists as Astronomy Observatory WebCams, along with NASA’s own satellite photos, are recording this epic, never before seen occurrence. Several people have also captured this beautiful double sun in the sky with their own cameras, submitting them to media outlets across the country.

Source: [RAW Footage] Scientists Discovered Second SUN Approaching Earth At A Rapid Pace

Colorado McDonald’s Offers First Marijuana Friendly Smoking Section

15 Colorado McDonald franchises have announced that they are converting their McDonald’s Play Place areas into marijuana friendly smoking areas. Each facility will consist of 15 smoking pods in which customers can smoke a joint, bong, or pipe without being harassed or bothered by people who are offended by it.

Source: Colorado McDonald’s Offers First Marijuana Friendly Smoking Section

Plastic-Eating Mushroom Discovered in the Amazon Rainforest — A Solution for Our Trash Saturated World? | Wake Up World

Plastic has proven itself to be exceedingly toxic for the planet and its inhabitants. We’re drowning in the stuff and it doesn’t look like our reliance on the material will end anytime in the near future. Radical solutions are needed — and soon. Recently, a team of students discovered what very well may be part of the answer: a plastic-eating fungus. By Contributing Writer Carolanne Wright You can follow Carolanne on Facebook via Thrive Living

Source: Plastic-Eating Mushroom Discovered in the Amazon Rainforest — A Solution for Our Trash Saturated World? | Wake Up World

18 Signs That You’re Here to Transform Human Consciousness | Wake Up World

For many years now, a lot of people have been talking about “The Shift”, this mysterious transformation of human consciousness. I want to take a minute to help us all ground this notion a bit and share some characteristics of those whose souls incarnated here on this planet right now to facilitate this mystical shift in human consciousness. See if any of these traits resonate with who you are and how you feel. By Guest Writer Lissa Rankin MD

Source: 18 Signs That You’re Here to Transform Human Consciousness | Wake Up World

Planetary Meditation

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We pray to the great Spiritual Power in which we live and move and have our being.
 
We pray that we may at all times keep our minds open to new ideas and shun dogma;
 
that we may grow in our understanding of the nature of all living beings and our connectedness with the natural world;
 
that we may become ever more filled with generosity of spirit and true compassion and love for all life;
 
that we may strive to heal the hurts that we have inflicted on nature
and control our greed for material things, knowing that our actions are harming our natural world and the future of our children;
 
that we may value each and every human being for who he is, for who she is,
reaching to the spirit that is within, knowing the power of each individual to change the world.
 
We pray for social justice, for the alleviation of the crippling poverty that condemns millions of people around the world to lives of misery – hungry, sick, and utterly without hope.
 
We pray for the children who are starving, who are condemned to homelessness, slave labor, and prostitution, and especially for those forced to fight, to kill and torture even members of their own family.
 
We pray for the victims of violence and war, for those wounded in body and for those wounded in mind.
 
We pray for the multitudes of refugees, forced from their homes to alien places through war or through the utter destruction of their environment.
 
We pray for suffering animals everywhere, for an end to the pain caused by scientific experimentation, intensive farming, fur farming, shooting, trapping,
training for entertainment, abusive pet owners, and all other forms of exploitation such as overloading and overworking pack animals, bull fighting, badger baiting, dog and cock fighting and so many more.
 
We pray for an end to cruelty, whether to humans or other animals,
for an end to bullying, and torture in all its forms.
 
We pray that we may learn the peace that comes with forgiving and the strength we gain in loving;
 
that we may learn to take nothing for granted in this life;
 
that we may learn to see and understand with our hearts;
 
that we may learn to rejoice in our being.
 
We pray for these things with humility;
 
We pray because of the hope that is within us, and because of a faith in the ultimate triumph of the human spirit;
 
We pray because of our love for Creation, and because of our trust in God.
We pray, above all, for peace throughout the world.
 
 
~ Dr. Jane Goodall

From the Halau Archives ~ “A Spiritual Conspiracy”

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On the surface of the world right now there is

war and violence and things seem dark.

But calmly and quietly at the same time,

something else is happening underground.

 

An inner revolution is taking place,

and certain individuals are being called to a higher light.

It is a silent revolution.

From the inside out.

From the ground up.

This is a Global operation.

 

A Spiritual Conspiracy.

 

There are sleeper cells in every nation on the planet.

You won’t see us on the T.V.

You won’t read about us in the newspaper.

You won’t hear about us on the radio.

We don’t seek any glory.

We don’t wear any uniform.

We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles.

Most of us work anonymously.

 

We are quietly working behind the scenes

in every country and culture of the world.

 

Cities big and small, mountains and valleys,

in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands.

You could pass by one of us on the street and not even notice.

We go undercover.

We remain behind the scenes.

It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit,

but simply that the work gets done.

Occasionally we spot each other in the street;

we give a quiet nod and continue on our way.

During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs.

But behind the false storefront, at night is where the real work takes place.

 

Some call us the Conscious Army.

 

We are slowly creating a new world

with the power of our minds and hearts.

We follow, with passion and joy.

Our orders come from the Central Spiritual Intelligence.

We are dropping soft, secret love bombs

when no one is looking

Poems ~ Hugs ~ Music ~ Photography ~

Movies ~ Kind words ~ Smiles ~ Meditation and prayer ~

Dance ~ Social activism ~ Websites Blogs ~

Random acts of kindness …

We each express ourselves

in our own unique ways

with our own unique gifts and talents.

 

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

That is the motto that fills our hearts.

 

We know it is the only way real transformation takes place.

We know that quietly and humbly

we have the power of all the oceans combined.

Our work is slow and meticulous,

like the formation of mountains.

It is not even visible at first glance.

And yet, with it entire tectonic plates shall be moved in the centuries to come.

 

Love is the new religion of the 21st century.

 

You don’t have to be a highly educated person

or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it.

It comes from the intelligence of the heart,

embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings.

 

Be the change you want to see in the world.

 

Nobody else can do it for you.

We are now recruiting.

Perhaps you will join us —

Or, already have.

All are welcome.

The door is open!

 

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This is being distributed as an anonymous piece to share with the World …

Please feel free to block and copy this Mission Statement to all who can read, recite it to all who can hear.  It’s true … the Revolution will not be televised:  We are living it.  Aloha pumehana  e malama pono kakou!

EVENING DISCUSSION (1:40 hrs.) ~ Patricia Steere w/ Simon Ramos – Flat Earth & Other Hot Potatoes #17

This video is a thought-provoking discussion that challenges your spirituality and intellect. Check it out.

Don’t know about microwave plasma energy, its characteristics and effects on the body? Here’s another must-listen …