Swinging into the Void - Architects of Community - Part Two   with Matt Smith and Lorenzo   Merriam-Websters defines architecture as "the art or science of building"..."resulting from a conscious act" to produce "a unifying form or structure."   It stands to reason that a conscious act must begin with consciousness. It would follow, then, that the architecture of an age is a direct manifestation of the consciousness of the age....

How to Not Quiet Quit and Live Your Best Life   by Franklin Okanu Pause - set your Pulse...   Take a breath. Release the tension in your body. Place attention on your physical heart. Breathe slowly into the area for 60 seconds, focusing on feeling a sense of ease. Click here to learn why we suggest this.   As I stated in the last Modern Philosophy article, the Academy of Ideas (AOI) had a video breaking down the characteristics...

A real man never gives up their dreams   By Lorenzo   Sure, it can seem important to ‘put food on the table’ and ‘keep a roof over your family’s heads’. No one would dispute the importance of the so-called necessities of life. Happiness, Health, Warmth, and Love are all required, in my opinion, for any person, family or community to prosper.   Alas, the illusions of these funny ‘modern times’, seems to push those ‘earning the...

Consciousness – The Key To Life   by  Zy Marquiez         “Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.”   – John C. Maxwell     “Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.”   – Keri Russell     “Choice is the most powerful tool we have.  Everything boils down to choice.  We exist in a field of infinite possibilities.  Every choice we make shuts an infinite number of doors...

www.julianrose.info   Spirit Rising – Call to Action   by Julian Rose   To be birthing something vital at a time of extreme fragmentation and dissolution is a statement of defiance. Defiance of the tapestry of fear which hangs over those unwilling to question the direction of travel they are being ordered to adhere to. Ordered by the soulless cabal presently controlling almost all the arteries of this material world.   So it...

Affirmation  by Carol Lewis   Sacred Child:  Living Lessons   Seems too easy to swallow jagged stones of cemented guilt and sorrow.  Especially now. Looking around, outside ourselves, we see the vacancy of souls in static stares.  In sober moments before the mirror we see the deep chasm of emptiness within. Fermenting wants and free will distilled, escaping with each exhale.  It’s as if the guise of those who wish to demise the divine...

  www.julianrose.info Veritocracy: Casting a Mould for Enlightened Governance? by Julian Rose     Appealing to the baser instincts of the masses while growing rich and powerful by taxing their hard labour, has been the bottom line formula for the maintenance of top-down pyramid power for at least the past thousand years in the Western World.   Various forms of deception concerning ‘people power’ disguised the main objective...

Mountain Lion - Building a Better Community   Submitted to The New Now (How do WE Build a Better Community?) ''It all begins and ends with truth. You need level-headed people with the right kind of morals and principles that align. That love to give selflessly to those that love wisdom and want to grow in truth. We all need basic material things for comfort to make our journey in this life but having a love of materials over the love of...

The Four Sees Open Forum an explanation by Lorenzo consciousness, community, communication, currency   How to create better consciousness, community, communication and currency? The easy answer is just to not do what all we've been doing up til now. However the baby and the bathwater analogy comes to mind as there have been fabulously useful technologies developed by human genius over the years. We need consciousness to be, to enjoy, to...

"What is community and how do we build a better one?"     ''Community: It is a word that gets used all of the time, often without pausing to consider what it really means. Lorenzo posed this question to me for an impromptu conversation about what it means to be in community, from the point of view of two men who are committed to building a world that they want to live in. We hope that you contribute to this dialogue, so that together...

How do we do it? Consider Yourself invited to Participate. Comment on this Blog AND/OR send in your contributions to be posted online for all to see and to continue the conversation. Although we do this on our own, and that's very much part of the equation, for the best of lives we need to be good at doing so with one another   A flow between folks.  A means of exchange.  A vehicle of transfer.  A fair exchange of energies, materials,...

How do we do it? Consider Yourself invited to Participate. Comment on this Blog AND/OR send in your contributions to be posted online for all to see and to continue the conversation. Although we do this on our own, and that's very much part of the equation, for the best of lives we need to be good at doing so with one another   Creating a Better Communication System – How do we do it? Consider Yourself invited to Participate. Comment on...