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MANIFESTO
We are dissident bodhisattvas rebelling against all those forces that feed fear and ignore love.
We are spiritual freedom fighters rising up to protect nature and foment peace and demand justice.
We are subversive mystics stoking the cool blue fires of poetry and lobbying for the liberated imagination.
We are militant ecstatics invoking the transformative powers of pleasure to sanctify and beautify our one and only Earth.
We are mutinous purveyors of grace who redistribute the wealth so that all creatures may have the means to thrive.
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GROUNDED SPIRITUALITY
Authors of new books periodically ask me to write blurbs endorsing their work. Since my own schedule is so busy, I rarely have time to oblige. But I made an exception for Jeff Brown and his new book Grounded Spirituality. Here’s what I wrote:
Jeff Brown is an iconoclastic visionary about intimate matters. There aren’t many of those around, since most modern geniuses seem devoted to seemingly more glamorous and critical matters like artificial intelligence, 3-D printers, and smart chips implanted in our brains.
But the truth is—at least in my view—revolutionizing the ways we do our inner work and craft our intimate relationships are among the most important actions we can take to transform the world. And Jeff provides potent ideas to help us do just that.
His rigorous imagination is in service to creating a more emotionally intelligent culture. When I read his words, I get riled up in all the best ways. He disrupts my habitual thought grooves, which inevitably leads to unexpected healings and inspirations.
These days the word “soul” gets carelessly bandied around by many lazy and sloppy thinkers, but Jeff is not one of them. He is reverent and impeccable, an astute connoisseur of the soul and its needs.
Jeff’s book is here: tinyurl.com/y67pqkbz
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ACTUALLY, AMERICANS ARE NOT DUMB ABOUT SCIENCE
“Hey, didja hear about those scientifically illiterate Americans? People so dumb, they think the sun revolves around the Earth? People who are getting dumber and whose lack of knowledge leads them to have misguided opinions about science policy?”
Not true, according to three sets of data — Pew’s, Miller’s and the National Science Foundation — that suggest our national grasp of scientific fact isn’t too shabby. In reality, Americans have pretty decent scientific literacy.
Read the article: tinyurl.com/y4edch9c
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HARNESSING DAYDREAMS?
In his book The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, literary scholar Jonathan Gottschall muses on the crucial role that imagination plays in our lives.
“The average daydream is about fourteen seconds long and we have about two thousand of them per day,” he says. “In other words, we spend about half of our waking hours—one-third of our lives on earth—spinning fantasies.”
I have a theory that to the extent that we are aware of these facts, and to the degree that we formulate intentions in response to them, we can harness our daydreams to enhance our creativity, productivity, and usefulness.
Maybe you could become aware of some of those times when you are semi-consciously spinning out tales and scenarios, and redirect all that colorful energy into visualizing a successful outcome for a project you’re working on; or into visualizing the resources you would like to attract to help you accomplish a treasured goal.
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MORE PRONOIA RESOURCES:
What has been going right in the world:
For the first time ever in 2018, developing countries added more clean power capacity than fossil fuel. Out of the 186 gigawatts of new power capacity that was built in developing nations, over half of it was wind and solar power.
Mexico is selling its $218.7 million presidential plane to use funds for poor communities
South Korea closed its largest dog meat slaughterhouse
Ireland voted and repealed its abortion ban
Scotland became the first country to back teaching LGBTI issues in schools
A growing number of Americans now believe climate change is happening
A record number of minority and openly gay athletes competed in the Olympics
Research suggested that migrants are integrating well in Germany.
Germany released figures showing that more than 300,000 refugees have now found jobs, and the share of MPs with migrant backgrounds has risen from 3 per cent to 9 per cent in the last two elections.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro released a grand jury report that, after an 18-month investigation, revealed more than 300 Catholic priests who had abused children over seven decades. The revelations prompted resignations, sparked other states to undertake their own inquiries and raised hopes that the Catholic Church might finally face its history and reform.
Please tell me your own nominations for PRONOIA RESOURCES: Truthrooster@gmail.com.
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