In uncertain times you need to know what is necesary for your emotional and spiritual growth so that you can build both your vitality and integrity, thereby empowering your self-discipline. As things change rapidly around you you need to look at the qualities of your emotional strength and resilience and improve those areas that are in need of growth. In times such as these, have money, wealth or secured resources is not enough, having mental clarity, emotional balance, good health and psychological resilience are those invaluable tools that will enable you to know true stability and enduring prosperity, for we think prosperity is linked to wealth and money, it has being made to be like this since the late 18th century, but this model is flimsy: true prosperity comes from knowing who you are and what you can do with what you have when everyone else has lost their balance, money or previous lifestyle  or is having less, for in the case of human growth, individually and socially, less is more, if you have the clarity to know and express it.

when sitting still

in the tidal flow of your breath

pause in the pause between the breath

and there

the inner quake is ready to be released

if you will to know stillness

you must first know the storm

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there is a

path to your

Self

it is not straight

but winding

for it occupies

acts of randomness

and a myriad of thoughts

but if you look

gently but constantly

you can see the path

its edges covered by the

overgrowth of life

and then once you know it is there

it clears and shows you the way

no  matter

where you are

no matter where you think you are

no matter what you believe yourself to believe

in matter

in thought

which is matter

there is

presence

in

all things

the ever knowing

You

Uncertainty

is an opportunity for knowing

uncertainity dwells in everything

trust it as a principle of wisdom and action

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Democracy  since its first inception in Athens

has forged itself to economics

that is human nature

but if democracy is to

evolve

it needs to go beyond

choice,

the rights of the individual

the freedom of travel

capitalism and its gifts

but fully embrace

non-violence

non judgement

and the creation of

a modern charter of privacy and self-determination

that is universal to all

you can’t escape life

you are living with all

that

is

you may have pain

you may have suffering

but they are not the same

all that you can do is to be yourself

and this means

living with all that is

when you feel angry, overwhelmed or stressed,

stop, a take a pause

a time to reflect on why this is

just one insightful pause

scary as it may feel

then continue

is all that you feel really needed ?

it might just be old habits and routines

or unhelpful thoughts making unhelpful feelings

I pray for you , as I pray for myself,

I do not know you, I do not know your name,

we have never met, but I pray for you

I do not believe in god or gods or in what you believe

but I pray for you

prayer goes on within all human beings

in between the brain, breath and senses

it does not matter if you do not pray for me or for yourself

or that you never have

your life as it is

is a prayer meant for the form your mind  has made

although I have never met you

we breathe the same air , pray the same prayer

people will make statements about the coming year

stories of future change and events

all of these are but opinion

based upon the fear in what you believe

the coming year

is a celebration of people, light and the days to come

so whatever is to come in each of the unfolding days

focus upon the goodness in you and others

in what you can do

to extend this in simple ways

to fellow human being

so what if the the volcano in iceland blows

or the eurozone falls apart

or yellowstone becomes a waterside park

be good as you think you can

based upon how you can understand your thoughts

and if goodness is too demanding

be polite, for many people would find that a blessing

and a gift of love