I've begun recently to take a look into the teachings of Ram Dass and have put a short video of his on the site for viewing. There were many different video topics of his to choose from of course and I chose this one first, being as it is, it was so accurate with what I needed to hear at the present time, so I'm writing this as not only a reminder to myself, but as a way of remembering and sharing with you.
It is my wish to inspire and or to give a comforting feeling of support. Let me say that for the last couple of weeks it seems there is some very difficult energy happening, I say this not only due to the way I have been feeling (very heavy, not able to do much, an almost painful thick feeling in the head and back of the neck and shoulder area) not illness, it's just not like that, but also the interesting descriptions from other people as well.
From 2005 to 2008 I was the creator of a new business and worked day and night involved with all aspects of it. It was a wonderful thing but due to circumstances outside my control it was unable to maintain its physical location, which left me in a very different place. All of a sudden I had a much more mellow role and I was not required to work non-stop. This was an adjustment to say the least and has continued to be that way, my choice but none the less not an easy one. Now it has been what I consider to be quite a long duration of freed up time and I find myself getting that mental dialog of personal bashing happening, with all those questions like: What are you doing? Or,why aren't you doing this or that or more etc... What do you want to do? What can you do at this point in your life? I have done quite a lot in my life and am very proud of my accomplishments but still this is what my head plays on and on.
Now I'm able to see how important it is to really realize and to support, allow yourself permission to stop the beliefs that we have fallen so deeply into. We (a lot of us) just don't give ourselves a break, no matter what; and the ways our societal structure is, it's 100% oriented to not giving anything; just work, in one way or another, you can choose which way you want to do it (great!), then work until/to death, basically.
Well, maybe you can tell I'm not happy with this. We are so entrenched in this reality that we don't see, nor feel that we are missing out on a completely different life as it could be imagined. We are hardly able to capably imagine anything outside of this current existence. I have seen enough though to know and understand that the great ancient philosophies and the people who are currently speaking them and teaching about them are very important to us being able to find ourselves and reconnect with what it is we are.
I have found through Anusara Yoga and Tai Chi a way in which to re-organize and re-establish a connection of what it means to Be a Human/Being. Both of these come from ancient beginnings and what we have lost came from ancient times, so it seems right that this is the way forward and a way to re-claim our unique existence on this incredibly beautiful living planet, a Being in its own right and an intricate part of what and who we are.
This is my gift today of helping to support, by reminding us to strengthen our energies toward remembering and reminding ourselves to find our way forward to a world of freedom and peace! Namaste

We cannot elect a person to run the world for us. Only the people of the world as cooperative groups can actively create ongoing systems of checks and balances that continually evolve to maintain a healthy existence. This can only be done by each one of us being social, aware and active. This realization demands we take up responsibility for our future: a future of freedom, conscious living and cohabitation in a peace-filled existence.
We know we can have this. We know we want to have it. We know we need to have it. We know we should have it. We know we deserve to have it.
Only through peaceful means can we achieve it. Obviously, we know this. One cannot create peace and freedom through any other means. Let's therefore take the opportunity and redirect our energy everyday toward making an effort to create our own freedom through peace!
Let's start a new vision of our own, on our own. It does not matter if you vote, if you don't, if you believe or disbelieve in the system, in a system or in no system. We know about the energy within and about the power in numbers. Let's attune our power and energy towards freedom and peace. Let's do this with a hope, a dream and a longing to go forward now into a future infused with our infinite right and knowledge of freedom and peace.
Peace can only be achieved through freedom. Let's be at peace, being peaceful, acting peacefully and embracing peace - a peace only we can create by taking active steps towards being it and believing in it!