book comment

[Jon Taylor]

hello

i just finished a brilliant book called confessions of an economic hit man
by john perkins. it is a fascinating read if your interested in world
politics.

the premise of the book is that capital greed inspires corporations and
government to use unethical means of taking control of third world countries

for their resources. the method uses disinformation and an image of
respectability
much as the mob operates.

a point of interest was a section talking about many indigenous tribes
describe prophecies dating back 500 years talking about now being a time of
grate change.

my brother and i were talking about how a fall of the us/commercial empire
would
be seen as disastrous from within. we had an epiphany that if the current
power structures collapsed
tomorrow we might not necessarily be worse of as we are told but maybe even
better off.

there are a lot of people suffering out there. most people make $2 a day and
where i live in canada
average housing prices are approaching 1/2 million. but that dollar value
number is just made up.
were world power to shift and spread out we should be able to become more
prosperous.
less money yes, but we might be able to buy more with less.
my point being that our dependence on institutions is an illusion.

at the end of the book the author made the comment that throughout history
the one thing that
makes people risk their lives and lively hoods to fight oppression over
others is knowledge of injustices.
and that when people become more conscious they make better decisions and
stand up for themselves. interesting.

just a thought.

jon


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[bluephoenix010]

interesting. that of course isn't the only injustice being committed
at this time. did you know that it has recently surfaced
in 'mainstream media!' that pharmaceutical companies had been
experimenting on small children, (www.newstarget.com). the chocolate
industry, promotes slave labour from it's suppliers, and the caffeine
industry, as well as wrecking the rainforest, promotes almost slave
labour from it's suppliers (caffeine blues; stephen cherniske). this
goes on and on.

do you notice that most of these companies causing this grief, such
as pharmaceuticals, caffiene etc. are likely to be transcended as
soon as enough people wake up? i mean, with enough healers around
there wouldn't be nearly so much need for pharmaceuticals. caffeine
isn't too bad in itself, but when people are no longer addicted to
it, the market will significantly go down.

this is the beauty of the process, more love is brought in by the
spiritual and happy people, which brings 'healing' energy to the
planet and it's people, which in direct, but sometimes more indirect
ways, heals these negative energy places and injustices.

it's for that reason, that if there isn't a sudden ascension, we
could probably create a nice planet if we carry on on this upward
curve.

"jon taylor" <jondtaylor@...> wrote: my brother and i were talking
about how a fall of the us/commercial empire
> would
> be seen as disastrous from within. we had an epiphany that if the
current
> power structures collapsed
> tomorrow we might not necessarily be worse of as we are told but
maybe even
> better off.

ok, i probably don't know enought about this to comment. but if the
war with iran goes ahead (and i've seen a bit of completely
unjustified anti iran 'news' lately), then aren't things going to be
a bit tight. the us still hasn't pulled out of iraq and has bred a
load of new terrorists there (which weren't there before), which they
have to keep on killing. also, china is taking a lot of america's
business (unverified). and iran isn't iraq. iran is far more
advanced, it's about ten times the size with gadgets and housing
every bit as sophisticated as america. these people do have missiles
and things like that and they may even have some nuclear weaponry,
you never know. (do you think bush would 'bully' a country 'with' a
nuclear weapon.) also, with a housing bubble over america, the stock
market could indeed collapse. which i think i saw on ra's readings
through david wilcock on his website. so you're theory could be put
to the test.

> at the end of the book the author made the comment that throughout
history
> the one thing that
> makes people risk their lives and lively hoods to fight oppression
over
> others is knowledge of injustices.
> and that when people become more conscious they make better
decisions and
> stand up for themselves. interesting.
>
> just a thought.

i don't know, i generally think people get more upset about petty
criminals, such as theives, who effect their petty lives directly.
very few people believe that what's happened in iraq isn't an
injustice, but who is rising against the government?

[Strider]

bluephoenix010 <1129@...> wrote: this is the beauty of the process,
more love is brought in by the spiritual and happy people, which brings
'healing' energy to the planet and it's people, which in direct, but sometimes
more indirect ways, heals these negative energy places and injustices. it's for
that reason, that if there isn't a sudden ascension, we could probably create a
nice planet if we carry on on this upward curve.


strider here: i agree with you, absolutely, on this point. in fact, it's
truth can be demonstrated. i have personally observed that when i change my
perspective (attitude) about the state of the world, the world that i experience
also changes. places that once looked ugly to me now look beautiful. other
drivers make openings for me in heavy traffic for no reason. parking spaces
magically appear. store clerks, once sullen and bored looking, actually smile
and laugh with me. these may sound like small things. i mention them only
because i experience them just yesterday on a trip to the big city. multiply
these "small things" six billion times, and true magic would occur. if all of us
could do simply one thing -- learn to accept and love each other, just as we
are, here and now, without expectation of any return to ourselves -- we could
"ascend" the world in a moment.

thanks for the insightful post.








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[Jon Taylor]

very good points.

i just read another book called rich dad poor dad. it also was
brilliant, and the two together serve to illustrate a very important
comment.

the first book blames capitalism and ignorance for allowing wealthy
people to stand idly by while poor people are taken advantage of.

the second book takes the opposite view. the author says that the
concept of a robin hood is the detriment of the poor. he applauds the
rich for taking the initiative and risk, for understanding the
situations and players and intelligently or consciously planning and
taking action.

he said that people ask for employment and are conditioned to look for
safe status quo jobs rather than thinking for them selves because it
is easier.

as a child he sat in on interviews with his mentor as men and women
asked for very low wages. he asked his mentor if he felt badly and
should offer more money. his response was yes i feel badly but more
money is not the solution because the problem was within themselves.

in this book he put down the middle class for being unconscious with
regards to finances relative to the rich. this same middle class that
was blamed in the first book for standing idly by as others were taken
advantage of. the difference is that wealthy conscious people have a
mindset of empowering beliefs and the middle class who struggle
financially have a dis empowering mindset.

i see that is the meaning of life. meaning being interpretation of
choice as you choose how you interpret it. choice being active and
empowering. that doesn't mean taking advantage of people, but being
conscious.

jon


on 6/29/06, bluephoenix010 <1129@...> wrote:
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>
>
>
> interesting. that of course isn't the only injustice being committed
> at this time. did you know that it has recently surfaced
> in 'mainstream media!' that pharmaceutical companies had been
> experimenting on small children, (www.newstarget.com). the chocolate
> industry, promotes slave labour from it's suppliers, and the caffeine
> industry, as well as wrecking the rainforest, promotes almost slave
> labour from it's suppliers (caffeine blues; stephen cherniske). this
> goes on and on.
>
> do you notice that most of these companies causing this grief, such
> as pharmaceuticals, caffiene etc. are likely to be transcended as
> soon as enough people wake up? i mean, with enough healers around
> there wouldn't be nearly so much need for pharmaceuticals. caffeine
> isn't too bad in itself, but when people are no longer addicted to
> it, the market will significantly go down.
>
> this is the beauty of the process, more love is brought in by the
> spiritual and happy people, which brings 'healing' energy to the
> planet and it's people, which in direct, but sometimes more indirect
> ways, heals these negative energy places and injustices.
>
> it's for that reason, that if there isn't a sudden ascension, we
> could probably create a nice planet if we carry on on this upward
> curve.

> i don't know, i generally think people get more upset about petty
> criminals, such as theives, who effect their petty lives directly.
> very few people believe that what's happened in iraq isn't an
> injustice, but who is rising against the government?
>

[bjorn_nitmou]

--- in asc2k@yahoogroups.com, "jon taylor" <jondtaylor@...> wrote:
> very good points.
> i just read another book called rich dad poor dad. it also was
> brilliant, and the two together serve to illustrate a very important
> comment.
> the first book blames capitalism and ignorance for allowing wealthy
> people to stand idly by while poor people are taken advantage of.
> the second book takes the opposite view. the author says that the
> concept of a robin hood is the detriment of the poor. he applauds the
> rich for taking the initiative and risk, for understanding the
> situations and players and intelligently or consciously planning and
> taking action.
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thats great, i hope people enjoy the book, because there isnt gonna be a middle
class left
very soon at this rate.