Tag: consumerism

Ecocide or We Decide?

Ecocide or We Decide?

Julian Rose, Contributor
Waking Times

When you take a closer look at it, you see that the choices we make each day of our lives add up to the grand price that nature must pay in her role as the sustainer of life on this planet.

What do I mean … More

May 21, 2013 | By | Reply More
The Global Ego – Resolve to Escape

The Global Ego – Resolve to Escape

Stuart Wilde, Guest Writer
Waking Times 

My ol’ teacher said that before you are born you choose your parents and that you have an overview of the circumstances and beliefs that you are to be born into, he even said you have a comprehension of the defects or inabilities of

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Embracing Spiritual Abundance

Embracing Spiritual Abundance

Trinity Bourne, Openhand Contributor
Waking Times

In the many years of awakened life, I have witnessed abundance spoken about in a myriad of different ways. I’ve noticed that in all its different guises, there are two main ways in which it is interpreted:

1. Having lots of what we desire… More

March 21, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
Tiny Houses – Taking On the Matrix of Consumerism

Tiny Houses – Taking On the Matrix of Consumerism

Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer
Waking Times

Imagine changing your life in such a way that you drastically reduce your debt, rid yourself of clutter and make a statement against consumerism!

Super-size Me

Over the last six decades, industry and emerging culture have over-inflated the American dream. What started as a … More

February 21, 2013 | By | 19 Replies More
War and the Passage of Light

War and the Passage of Light

Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor
Waking Times

I’ve just been working with an evolving group in New York, a fascinating place indeed. Clearly a key anvil in the shift of consciousness, it is a dense energy grid of consumerism and control, equating metaphorically to “Machine City” in the film The Matrix. … More

October 2, 2012 | By | Reply More
The Final Battle of the Iron Age: The Caretakers vs the Takers

The Final Battle of the Iron Age: The Caretakers vs the Takers

Cosmic Convergence, Contributing Writer
Waking Times

Is there any doubt that there is a war being waged all over Planet Earth 24/7? A truly epochal war has been raging on every square inch of land, in every body of water and in every continental airspace for centuries.

James Michener is … More

August 30, 2012 | By | Reply More
The “Inherently Evil’ Question

The “Inherently Evil’ Question

Kim Dostaler, Contributing Writer
Waking Times

I think one of the greatest things holding back regular people from standing up to their government and the corporations who own them is they believe that people are inherently evil and that is why we will never be able to change anything on … More

June 6, 2012 | By | 2 Replies More
How to Have Power Over Power – Part II: The Psychology of Power and Prestige

How to Have Power Over Power – Part II: The Psychology of Power and Prestige

Editor’s Note: This is part II of Z’s 3 part essay, How to Have Power Over Power.  Read Part I here and Part III here

Z, Contributing Writer
Waking Times

The Psychology of Power:

In order to understand the nature of power we must first understand the power … More

April 7, 2012 | By | 2 Replies More
How to Have Power Over Power – Part I: The Psychology of Money and Shame

How to Have Power Over Power – Part I: The Psychology of Money and Shame

Editor’s Note: This is part I of Z’s 3 part essay, How to Have Power Over Power.  To read Part II click here, and for Part III click here.

Z, Contributing Writer
Waking Times

A hero is not a champion of things become, but of things becoming; More

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