Article by Kevin Annett December 18, 2016A Modest Proposal for Dealing with Donald Trump: Eat the President
By Kevin D. Annett
In these latter days of planetary hysteria, everyone seems to be the enemy and the real villains keep getting away with their shit cloaked behind a three second sound bite. It’s enough to make you want to puke all over everything, you know?
These are indeed the times that try not only our souls, but our imagination. Someone says “a Fat Cat President Elect”, and all we can think of doing is…
Article by Mark Susnow December 12, 2016We're about to begin the 18th year of this new millennium. My journey of the last seventeen years has led to many conversations, many of which have been inspiring and others...
IT COMES DOWN TO CHOICE
We're about to begin the 18th year of this new millennium. My journey of the last seventeen years has led to many conversations, many of which have been inspiring and others a little disconcerting. There is a voice of concern and resignation that I have been repeatedly hearing that lately seems to be louder than the voice of hope. Many are concerned about the new…
Article by Mark Susnow November 12, 2016That future that we sometimes dread and that future that sometimes we believe will be better than today. That future is always out there lurking somewhere ahead in time. We don't quite get there, because after all it is the future, not the now of the moment to moment experience of life.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
There is always the day after, you're wondering about the significance of what just occurred. You try to make sense of it. I'm referring to the election of course. Most people I know were shocked and disappointed. But not all of them-some were ready for the change they think will occur.
That day after could also be other things that affect your sense of…
Article by Mark Susnow November 10, 2016With any career or profession, there are increased duties and responsibilities. Most of us know what these are. But what we donât know is that with this increased responsibility, comes rights and privileges. Quite often, we donât allow ourselves to accept them. We have the right to allow and to accept more ease and joy into our life. We can allow more money into our life.
Give Yourself a Mental High-Five
I love exploring new ideas and concepts. Writing has become a vehicle for this exploration. In addition to Letters on Life and writing books, I have been blogging, probably could be more consistent, to help in the development of some of these ideas. Over the last several years, there was one blog in particular that was read more often than all of the others…
Article by Shusara Akona Kumara November 9, 2016All experience is an opportunity for your spiritual growth....even this election.
I know most Americans woke up this morning to news that shocked them, whether they were happy or not about the results of the election. A man who has no military or political experience was just handed one of the most powerful and influential positions in the world. It is unprecedented in the United States.
The blue and red camps have been highly polarized during this election cycle, each one…
Article by Shusara Akona Kumara November 7, 2016As with any field of endeavor, there is no end to the learning and experience of the journey.
Greetings!
The path of the spiritual aspirant isn't really any different from any path of mastery you undertake in the world. If you want to be an accountant, you must first learn basic math. After the groundwork has been mastered, then deeper teachings are given to you to assimilate, apply and master. And this goes on until such time as you actualize yourself as a CPA. But the learning…
Article by Shusara Akona Kumara October 27, 2016A discussion on the perfection of all teaching, coupled with the necessity of constantly going beyond each level.
Greetings!
The spiritual path comes in all shapes, sizes and difficulty levels. There are teachings on the planet geared toward every level of seeker imaginable, and each is perfectly placed to appeal to those for whom its lessons are targeted.
One of the understandings we must learn to accept is that, in highest Truth, no teaching is greater than any other; instead, each is equal in its purpose……
Article by Kevin Annett October 19, 2016Unrepentant Radicals: Kevin Annett and Larry Gambone in Conversation
In this first in a series of interviews, two veteran political activists and old friends reminisce about growing up in the sixties and seventies and how they were part of a broad revolutionary movement to change the world. How has the system changed since then? How have they held on to their principles and kept fighting against oppression and high crimes?
https://youtu.be/TkaUd4piVqg
Article by Shusara Akona Kumara October 18, 2016Shusara shares the three keys to living in the world.
Greetings!
Living in this world of opposition is a battle for everyone, and this battle is especially poignant for those who are attempting to function from a higher level of conscious awareness. For those of you who resonate with this, there are three keys for how to successfully live in the world that I would like to share with you.
1 – To live in peace in the world, the first key is to not be…
Article by Mark Susnow October 16, 2016We continue to live for the future, rather than for today, waiting for the circumstances of our lives to be in perfect alignment. "Ah, then I can be happy again," we think to ourselves.
IF NOT NOW THEN WHEN
It wasn't the first time. Ever since I can remember, people have had difficulty pronouncing my last name correctly. Sometimes I let it go, but most of the time I correct them.
During a radio interview, when Dancing on the River was first published, the interviewer did a number on my name. After a few attempts at correcting her, I let go, went with it, and discovered an…
Article by Kevin Annett October 14, 2016HEY PEOPLE!
Critics everywhere are kind of raving about Kevin Annett's upcoming new satirical book:
A HISTORY OF WHITE PEOPLE IN CANADA
“I couldn't stop laughing, but only to myself, of course ...” Thomas Gray in The Globe and Mail
“Where does this Annett fellow get off calling our honorable Prime Ministers drunkards and robber barons? Not all of them were!” - George McLaren, Royal Canadian Legion
“Holy Shit! I thought I put out a gag order on that little bastard!” - former Prime Minister Jean Chretien
"Holy Shit! I thought…
Article by Shusara Akona Kumara October 14, 2016An real life example of how the ego projects its own issues onto others.
"Get over it."
There was great wisdom in those words…..if only he had consciously directed them at himself.
The boy messed up – again. His love for computers and one particular game put him in a space where he made the choice to linger on the website after he had been told to get off. The father came in to the room and saw the computer was still on. He became upset. Why? Any number of reasons.…
Article by Shusara Akona Kumara October 5, 2016Following the spiritual path does not mean you are meant to disengage from the world. Just the opposite is true.
A Message from The Kumara Center for Spiritual Awareness
An unfortunate byproduct of following the spiritual path, for many seekers, is the desire to leave the world altogether. In fact, it is precisely this desire that has brought many of them to their inner work in the first place. This is a trap.
Remember, your life IS your spiritual path! You did not choose to come have this 3rd…
Article by Kevin Annett October 4, 2016Russia asked to bring sanctions against Canada, England and the Vatican, and to send peace keeping troops to arrest Canadian war criminalsâ
Brussels:
In a special diplomatic communique issued today to Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, a Tribunal documenting crimes of genocide in Canada has asked the global community to come to the aid of targeted individuals in that country and bring sanctions against Canada, England and the Vatican for what it calls "proven crimes against humanity".
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Article by Shusara Akona Kumara October 2, 2016Living life from the heart does not have to be relegated to children and people called to service. It is your nature.
Greetings!
The program of the ego is centered in domination, manipulation and control. It is not capable of doing anything outside of attempting to attain its personal agendas. Desire is born out of unmet needs and those desires to meet the needs drive the personality to disregard everything that is not in alignment with its quest.
It is all done from a place of pain. The unconscious need for…
Article by Kevin Annett September 29, 2016A Memorandum on the Continuity of Genocidal Crimes in Canada - An Appeal to the Global Community
Issued by the Central Directorate of the International Tribunal of Crimes of Church and State (ITCCS) on September 30, 2016
itccs.org, murderbydecree.com
1. A master plan by the Canadian government and Catholic and Protestant churches to exterminate indigenous nations has been in operation across Canada since November 25, 1910. (Exhibit 1) This plan was…
Article by Mark Susnow September 26, 2016When you are a writer and teacher you're always looking for that next story or insight to share and when it comes to you, it's a gift. So it was with delight when my youngest daughter, Savanna, a teacher herself, made such a gift.
WHAT WE TELL OURSELVES
We learn from all of our experiences and from everyone we meet, although at the time we might not realize the impact they have on us.
I love stories. My kindergarten teacher, Ms. Burdette, was one of the best storytellers I've ever heard and I've met some great ones. In many ways she was my first life teacher. She always got me to dig deeper, to get excited and to…
Article by Elizabeth Joyce September 19, 2016This week brings us the Fall Equinox! The Sun transits from Virgo into Libra, initiating Autumn (in the Northern hemisphere). You might not even know it, but most likely you felt it somewhere in your body, mind, and/or soul. Mercury also goes back into direct motion on this powerful date. This is one of four days, the Equinox and Solstice, celebrated by many different cultures and traditions in the past as well as the present. On Wednesday evening â Thursday morning, the Earthâs orbit around the Sun, the day and nightâs duration is equal, bringing balance to the earth.
Autumn Equinox: The True Valentine’s Day
This week brings us the Fall Equinox! The Sun transits from Virgo into Libra, initiating Autumn (in the Northern hemisphere) and Summer in the Southern Hemisphere. You might not even know it, but most likely you felt it somewhere in your body, mind, and/or soul. Mercury also goes back into direct motion on this powerful date.
This is one of four…
Article by Shusara Akona Kumara September 16, 2016Shusara shares the messages she received during facilitating a group meditation during the full moon in Pisces on Sept. 16, 2016
Greetings!
At The Kumara Center for Spiritual Awareness, I facilitate group meditations each month during the new and full moons. Rarefied energies from our central sun bathe Earth at these times and group meditation brings with it the benefit of exponentially increasing the expansion of consciousness for the entire collective, versus individual meditation practiced at home.
I don’t normally…
Article by Elizabeth Joyce September 5, 2016I want you to think about opening your 8th chakra, which will open you up to your truth. Truth is something that can withstand the test of experience. Without the core of truth there can be no real justice, equality, success, progress, intelligence, security, peace, love, spirituality, or even our survival. Without truth mankind is lost â and is headed for certain disaster â perhaps in the near future. How can one open up and release their pain â and move forward into the Light of peace and happiness? Truth has a common denominator â be assured. Truth is the only thing that can unite all human beings. It is what we all have in common and something that will always remain.
I want you to think about opening your 8th chakra, which will open you up to your truth. Truth is something that can withstand the test of experience.
A man should look for what is,
Not for what he thinks it should be.
Albert Einstein
Without the core of truth there can be no real justice, equality, success, progress, intelligence, security, peace, love, spirituality, or even our survival…