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Look Hard Enough, You Just Might See the Seeds of Light Amidst the Darkness Surrounding: Where There Is Hope and What Did You Expect Awakening to Look Like?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by sillymickel

Rebirthing Rituals, the Hard Rain Fallin’, and the Value of Popular Culture in Awakening: The Price of Peace Is Inner Sight … Better Hitler Had Jumped Into Mosh Pits Chapter Ten: Where There Is Hope, Cultural Rebirthing Societal Self-Analysis and … Continue reading →

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“Yes, We Can” Proved We Could: In Spite of Dumbness Being a Commodity for the 1% and the Media Become the New Opiate of the Masses, Still, Something Wonderful Can Happen

Posted on November 6, 2012 by sillymickel

To Our Amazement, Charlie Brown Connected, Lucy Apologized, a Man Who Said “Yes We Can,” Would: Anything Is Possible … Means Everything Is Possible Culture War, Class War, Chapter 23: Something Wonderful Can Happen There Are Good Reasons Why Our … Continue reading →

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Remember … “Yes, We Can” Proved We Could: Wonderful Can Happen, Part Three — Amazingly, Charlie Brown Connects

Posted on November 6, 2012 by sillymickel

Shaken Out of Our Mental Maze, We Would Be A-Mazed: Lucy Apologizes, Sisyphus Rests, A Man Who Said “Yes We Can,” Would Why Know This? Amazingly, Charlie Brown Connects So, these things we know. They are sobering rationalizations and ones … Continue reading →

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Societal Self-Analysis and Talk Show Soul-Searching for Peace … Sorry, I Know You Wanted to Hate Reality Shows: Rebirthing Rituals, Part – 6

Posted on September 26, 2012 by sillymickel

The Price of Peace Is Inner Sight: Rebirthing Rituals, Part – 6: Societal Self-Analysis, an Internet Reformation, and Talk Show Soul-Searching for Peace Societal Self-Analysis Culture War Replaced Cold War We see the workings of these opposing tendencies to look … Continue reading →