Tag: well being

The Last Poets – The Mean Machine

Thoughts for today.
This is a song/poem/spiritual download from the late ’60’s.  The lyrics are below.
I included it here on my blog because it touches on the mind.  With the advent of AI, ChatGPT, and all the other digital noise out there the lyrics are prescient.
A large part of healing is spiritual.  How you think, how you live, how you relate with living beings and more.
Check it out.

Mean Machine

Automatic push-button remote control, Synthetic Genetics, Command your Soul!
Automatic push-button remote control, Synthetic Genetics, Command your Soul!
Automatic push-button remote control, Synthetic Genetics, Command your Soul!
Automatic push-button remote control, Synthetic Genetics, Command your Soul!

Driving me nuts, bolts, screws
I got the blues from paying dues
For programmed news of honey coated lies
Your eyes can’t believe
That weave the Devil’s magic with the latest gadget
From the Mean Machine
A’running the Same Game with Another Name
Down to your brain, blowing your mind
Stealing your time, smooth and slick
With the latest trick to get rich quick
From nonsense at your mind’s expense
As your mind digs the scene
From the Mean Machine
Designed to drive your brain insane
Loudspeakers blasting inside your head
Saying what someone else said
For you to do what they want you to
No. Go. Fast. Slow
Getting you high off the latest lie
Telling you when, where, how and why
As your mind digs the scene
From the Mean Machine
A’running the Same Game with Another Name
Factories of insanity playing on your vanity
As they distort your sense of self
Telling you what you need and how to succeed
As they steal all of your wealth
Probing your mind, trying to find
How to scheme on you best
From programmed schools with Devilish rules
Putting you to the test
Death dealing devices sold at high prices
Designed with you in mind to buy
As they kill you slow and some of y’all don’t even know
Y’all paying the Machine to die
Mechanized lies dressed up in disguise
In forms of various kinds
Treachery and deceit the people must defeat
In the battle for free men’s minds
For complete domination is the goal of this nation
Of all free thinking thought
And those who oppose will be killed by their foes
The flunkies whose souls have been bought
Transplants to revive the living dead
Replacing the truth with lies instead
Newspapers, radios, TVs
Spreading lies across seven seas
Robot men with computers for brains
Space ships, cars, trains and planes
All calculated to blow your mind
Moving faster than your sense of time
Living luxuriously soft while the people slave hard
For the Devil would have you believe he is God
Chemical drugs that keep you high
While the Mean Machine creates another lie
For power and glory and world wide fame
While Running the Same Game with Another Name
It’s the computer’s equation for world wide invasion
That comes in the name of peace and goodwill
But all of them are lying as they keep on trying
To set the people up for the kill
Population control of the people with soul
All over the planet Earth
Manipulating their will with a tiny white pill
To control their natural birth
Behind the scene schemes furthering the Mean Machine’s dreams
Of conquest and world domination
From the farthest depths of the universe
To the smallest earthly nation
Radar, Sonar, Laser beams!
Jets, Tanks, Submarines!
Megathons, H-Bombs, Napalm, Gas!
All this shit will kill you fast
All products of the Mean Machine
The Devil disguised as a human being
And he will even preach that God is dead
And some of y’all will believe what the Devil has said
And he will then act as the world’s police
And the sun will rise up in the West
And set down in the East
And when it came time for the end…
And when it came time for the end…
And when it came time for the end…
The men will look like the women
And the women like the men
And some will dance in a hypnotic trance
Like as if they have no care
But these will be signs of the changing times
That the end is drawing near
For it was prophesized many centuries past
That the end will come in a fiery holocaust
And only the righteous people will survive the blast
And the Devil’s machine will bring about his own end
And peace, love and joy will reign once again
And man will understand man
And man will understand man
And man will understand man
And man will understand man
And man will understand man
And man will understand man
And live in harmony and peace
And the sun will once again
Rise up in the East

 

How Scientific is Modern Medicine?

Following is a link to an article worth your time and reflection.  I think it really puts things into objective perspective:  https://danaullman.substack.com/p/how-scientific-is-modern-medicine

Many of us have stories that are personal or stories  shared with us  of the benefits of conventional western medicine.  However not every story elicits cheers.  There is also a shadow side.

Ideally it is best to nurture your well being, with the obvious: good food, exercise, sound habits, etc.  But in our fiercely market driven society, tv and radio commercials heavily influence what many choose to eat.  The same with health care choices.   Choose wisely.

6 Wellness Tips – Finding Joy in a Pandemic World

relaxing tranquil scene with balanced rocks

How to find wellness in a world gone off kilter.  How do you stay connected to yourself,  your source and stay well?  While we may feel stranded or lonely during these times, we can find our way back to optimism.  Finding and holding onto the calm within is key to maintaining wellness.  The ability to remain peaceful is a saving grace.  It helps our brain, our immune system, our heart and the ability to enjoy a restful sleep. Following are a few strategies for helping you to re-connect with your inner peace.

  • Of course, one thing we have all been advised to do is to turn off the news.   It’s true now more than ever.  If the content is negative turn it off.  It has been shown that watching violent news content literally is trauma inducing.  Best avoided.
  • According to research conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill One smart strategy is to avoid scrolling aimlessly on your cell phone.  We already know its depressing, now the research substantiates it.
  • This is a perfect time to find a craft, become a maker…of something, useful.  Here the only criterion is that you enjoy it.  Find something you can lose yourself in and cheekiness aside, makes the world a better place.
  • Learn to meditate.  Research has verified the ancient practice of stilling the mind.  There are apps you can start with, classes and lots of content on line.  Developing a  mindful practice to transcend limited thinking and toxic thoughts is a powerful and healthy way to deflate stress.
  • If you are feeling lonely and blue instead of waiting for contact – create it.  Scroll through your phone book and reconnect with past acquaintances.  If you’re healthy enough find a place where you can volunteer your services.  Teach an online class.  There are Zoom conferences of all kinds going in, sign up for classes and participate.
  • Last but not least exercise.  A gentle walk outdoor is healing and balancing to your wellbeing.

If you use any of these strategies, please comment below.  I’d love to know what is working for you!  Interested in a personal wellness session contact me here.

 

 

 

You Are a Miracle – The Odds of Human Birth

 The Preciousness of Human Life

  • As a human being, we have the greatest potential of all creatures on earth to realize the Dharma and
  • to realize the true nature  of reality and
  • to experience an ineffable, unconditional peace
  • and to discover a way of living that is in harmony with the profound truths of life

According to the Buddha, our human birth is very rare.  There is a classic story about this rarity in the Pali Canon, the ancient text recording the teachings of the Buddha.

The Buddha was speaking to a group of monks.  He said, “Monks, suppose that this great earth were totally covered with water and a man were to toss a yoke with a single hole into the water.  A wind from the West would push it East, a wind from the East would push it West, a wind from the North would push it South; a wind from the South would push it North.  And suppose a blind sea turtle were there.  It would come to the surface only once every 100 years.  Now what do you suppose the chances would be that a blind turtle, coming once to the surface every 100 years, would stick his neck into the yoke with a single hole?”

And the monks answered, “It would be very unusual, Sir, that a blind turtle coming to the surface once every hundred years would stick his neck into the yoke.”

And the Buddha replied, “And just so, it is very, very rare that one attains the human state (birth).”

What are the Odds of Your Birth?

You really are a miracle!

odds of you being alive