Please read this and digest it.
(Pun intended.)
Then, before you more to the next post, decide what you are going to do different this week as a result of this knowledge.
Ivan Illich says some interesting things about medicine too, like:
“Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn’t organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals.”
“People would rebel against such an environment if medicine did not explain their biological disorientation as a defect in their health, rather than as a defect in the way of life which is imposed on them or which they impose on themselves.”
“Better health care will depend not on some new therapeutic standard, but on the level of willingness and competence to engage in self-care.”
“As the older causes of disease recede, a new kind of malnutrition is becoming the most rapidly expanding modern epidemic. One third of humanity survives on a level of undernourishment which would have formerly been lethal, while more and more rich people absorb ever greater amounts of poisons and mutagens in their food.”
This last quote, I believe is because the rich are too busy to study the basics of physiology and instead opt to choose “quick-fixes” and whatever they think delivers more bang for the buck, which ironically, prolongs their health issues. “Quick fixes” usually lead to more issues, which means MORE TIME is required to heal. Think about it: What is going to take longer to do: study the basics of physiology OR spend forever sifting through trial and error with woo-woo/bro science?
Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers should be lauded and celebrated, not vilified and persecuted!
But then they are only vilified and persecuted by those who should be prosecuted.
Shouldn’t that tell us something?
This Man Holds The Patent That Could DESTROY Monsanto And Change The World!
This is some pretty exciting news!
https://simplecapacity.com/2017/05/he-holds-the-patent-that-could-destroy-monsanto-and-change-the-world/
George Orwell
Scarily close now… …well past time to be taking effective action to raise your awareness, knowledge, skills and abilities.
Buy Art From Living Artists
True dat!
Definition Of Discipline
Discipline is doing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, whether you feel like it or not.
Eating right, exercising regularly, reading widely, pursuing excellence in all your endeavours…
Cook!
Great advice this!
How To Get More Of What You Want Out of Life
So you want to be more successful?
To accomplish more with less effort?
Let me share with you some of the most powerful truths I know.
To be maximally effective, do these steps.
Decide what the purpose is of any action in which you engage.
Craft a clean, simple statement of the purpose.
Clearly define the product you want to accomplish.
Work out the actions you need to perform in order to obtain the product.
Identify and secure the prerequisites necessary (and only those absolutely necessary) to obtain the product.
Keeping the purpose in mind, perform the actions, as rapidly and as succinctly as you can, always looking for ways to streamline them, shedding any actions that do not specifically add to the quality, quantity or viability of the product you are producing.
Remove any barriers to increased production.
Add any organisational steps or actions that support improved quality, quantity or viability of the product you are producing.
During the time you have allocated to the task, ignore any distractions.
Do not dilute your efforts into peripheral activities but stay focused on doing that which produces the product.
If you find your motivation waning, rekindle your purpose.
Keep in mind that the more you do this, (given that you are producing a product you feel is beneficial to the recipient) the better you will feel.
Grass-Roots Anti-Corruption Group
Represent Us are a US based grass-roots movement wanting to rid elected government of corruption. Something sorely needed! Here’s a newsletter they sent me:
Tom,
We said that the people would be the ones to Drain the Swamp. And it’s happening.
On Inauguration Day, we launched 100 Days to Drain the Swamp – the grassroots campaign to build enough momentum to pass Anti-Corruption Acts in four to eight states in 2018.
And it’s. really. happening.
Since the start of the 100 Days to Drain the Swamp campaign, Represent.Us chapters have passed 9 Anti-Corruption Resolutions, 2,249 new volunteers have joined the movement, and we’ve launched 9 new chapters.
Here’s what Represent.Us members and our partners have done so far – these are the efforts that are already or could very well end up on the ballot in 2018:
South Dakota: Represent.Us members in South Dakota will soon launch a petition drive to go back to the ballot in 2018 with the Voter Protection and Anti-Corruption Amendment.
New Mexico: We’ll have the chance to help pass a ballot measure establishing an ethics commission.
Nevada: We have a chance to help pass a ballot measure for automatic voter registration.
Missouri: Our members joined a bipartisan coalition called Clean Missouri to fight corruption, tackle gerrymandering and get big money out of politics.
Massachusetts: Several democracy reform efforts are coming together and our members and partners are gearing up for petition drives this fall.
Utah: Volunteers will soon gather signatures to put a gerrymandering measure on the ballot.
Arizona: Partners are exploring getting money in politics reform on the ballot.
North Dakota: Represent.Us members are meeting with partners to explore lobbyist gift limits, campaign contribution limits, ethics and election reform.
Michigan: Our chapters are working with partners on a redistricting campaign.
Ohio: Our chapters are working with partners on gerrymandering reform.
Oregon: We’re gathering from Portland to Eugene and Salem to meet with partners to develop a strategy to build on last year’s successful ranked choice voting win in Benton County and money in politics wins in Portland and Multnomah County.
Florida: Represent.Us members are participating in hearings of the Constitutional Revision Commission calling for anti-corruption reform to be referred to the 2018 ballot.
If you’re in one of these states, or if you wish your state was on this list, now is the time to volunteer. Join or start a chapter now.
http://volunteer.represent.us/chapters?akid=12840.491315.-uBRTf&rd=1&t=3
From ranked choice voting and ethics to campaign finance and gerrymandering reform, people on the right and the left are coming together across the country to push for real, systemic anti-corruption reform. We’re now four months into a multi-state anti-corruption tour, and no matter where we go, people are excited to make real change happen.
Last year we passed the largest wave of anti-corruption reforms America has seen in decades. We can do it again in 2018 if we keep up this unprecedented momentum.
Join or start a chapter now.
Onward,
The Represent.Us Team
Someone Has A Way With Colours!
