More vague action and language as Canada's push for 'Canadian Content' continues. Will it end up as a form of censorship? Either way, we must choose our energy and how to respond.
Thank you Joe. In my spiritual path you would be called a 'man of Knowledge'--someone who is in touch with the deep inner-knowing we call Knowledge that is the great endowment that our Creator has given to all sentient beings across the universe. All have it but few have had the blessing to discover and plumb the depths of it. As for 'anger'. I would like to leave you with a quote from a powerful book called Steps to Knowledge. Step 241 says My Anger is Unjustified. This was a great realization for me as I have a temper and often would lose it, but the most amazing part of this Step was the recognition that all anger has a seed of truth in it that we very much want to express. “Here you will realize that your anger is something to be understood. It is not to be rejected, for if you reject anger, you also reject the seed of anger, which is true communication. Therefore, We wish to clean away that which has spoiled your true communication (the anger) so that your true communication may shine forth, for true communication always comes from Knowledge.” I hear you expressing this wisdom in your advice to us concerning the importance of being "tough minded." We need to look very closely at what is causing our anger and upset. There is something important to be communicated but it is important that we Know the truth of what this is so that we can communicate what is true and in a way that invites others to meet us. Thanks so much for your powerful thoughts and advise.
Of course it will end up as censorship. Our current government up here exudes evil. They appear to be taking lessons directly from Joseph Goebbels. Those who forget history........
Yes, I agree that placing ourselves first as the reflection point for love and understanding is the only way forward. If we cannot at least try to practice this way of life , what is left but utter frustration, chaos, and all the means of division which hatred ultimately will cause. As for social, it is out of hand with conversations going bitter. Upon seeing the unkind words being carelessly posted (at times where they don’t relate to the conversation) I’m moved away quickly into retreat. It’s a real shame yet, so unnecessary to allow myself to remain “seated” around tables of conflict. Thank you for this inspirational and insightful piece!
You summed up many of my feelings around how society feels so well, thank you for sharing your thoughts. :) I must admit I've never really 'fit in' into the 'truth-seeking' community. While i deeply enjoy truth-seeking in all ways in life, including knowing myself, it lately feels like a space really filled with survival stress. And I am compassionate as to why... people feel their world closing in on them and that's obviously not comfortable. But it really indicates the need for remaining mindful, present, and well as a baseline so as to not get taken up into rather negative patterns. It has become so normal, and even idolized, that people insult other people online constantly. You suffer to some extent as a content creator when you don't do that, but it also feels out of integrity to do so.
You are most welcome Joe! I appreciate the way we are communicating here more each time and sincerely hope it never becomes less than a peaceful place for meaningful stories and the conversations around them. I imagine that all people with healthy minds can speak on important issues, flowing without conflict at the veritable table of discussion. Any topic, really. Being a person with all the qualities or flaws we may encompass, violence of any type turns me away. “Use your words,” was instilled throughout my own home life and formal education since very early on.
I suppose I learned from some of the best people ~ my parents born during the “great” depression. A very long and storied history in itself. Thank you Joe. I do appreciate the work you are doing.
Great article Joe, We need more calm people that are able to walk calmly through their day and not let the day to day grind chew them up and spit them out, frustrated and angry all the time. That is why my mantra of late is "Walk your day in Love, when you access the vibration of love it's a calm knowing, and a peaceful, heartful, calmness. God is Love. So when you walk your day in Love you put on the full armor of God. Your backside is covered by the best protector. You walk with a calm confidence that allows you to hear information that would normally set off a trigger in you. You listen calmly at those hurtful words and recognize they are only words. That the other person is trying to pull your triggers so they can manipulate the conversation to their power position because normally you are angered and lower your access to your frontal lobe of your brain. You go into fight or flight. When you stay calm and hear hurtful words. Then recognize the trigger, you side step the trigger pull, and calmly state your factual case in a calm and well thought out order. You maintain your seat at the table instead of your normal explosion of random chaotic diatribe. When you access higher levels of consciousness you see the drama for the drama that it is. You access a vision or feeling that leads you in the right direction regardless of the hurtful words and comments of others. You stay on point. At least this is what works for me... Great post... Peace...
Beautifully put about living the day. Also very well said about the other thoughts around consciousness and triggers.. it's all about building that self awareness and presence of mind to witness. is so true.
How do we carry a well state of being and consciousness throughout the day, while also not bypassing some of the 'stuff' (internally and externally) that does need to be addressed? I say this as a reflection question for people to consider. Your comment has much wisdom in exploring answers to that question :)
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Joe Martino, I am really touched by this article--first because I see the leaders of Canada and many other world governments are using more and more cleaver methods to slip past the people who have bought the COVID narrative and much of what has gone along with it and to pass legislation in which "The language is so unclear, and yet governments have a history of continually pushing the envelope under the guise of “something good,” only for things to get out of hand quickly." Yes, I also am concerned for their subtle tactics but also for their subtle misinformation which covers blatant lies. I appreciate your encouragement to be 'tough-minded' and very clear in how we describe what we are seeing in these underhanded tactics--but not easy. Our very language is being changed and re-worked through AI to suit the agenda of those who are little by little usurping our democratic systems and rights. BUT I do a greatly appreciate your words of wisdom--and those of Martin Luther King. "Yes, be angry for a moment if that response arises. Feel it, let it move through you in a healthy and non-destructive way, but then allow it to pass and from that space take thoughtful action and create meaningful conversation to raise awareness about something." This advise is so important. It is easy to fly off the handle. lose it and lose any 'high ground' we might have held if we do not 'Stop', be Still, and allow a greater Intelligence to flow into and through us. From this place we have the possibility to peacefully LISTEN for any words of wisdom in the other that we can potentially support. From that place, we can seek and find the common ground between us and a possible place to unite. I really don't think most of us want to continue to fight each other. I think many are beginning to look for ways to reach across the divide and it is my responsibility to create a bridge for that to happen. Each of us can be a bridge to family and friends and others on the other side. I thank you, Joe, for making it clear that this is the way forward--"We must truly embody what it means to want to connect with one another, no matter our beliefs...tough mindedness and tenderheartedness"
Thanks for the thoughtful comment and kind words. :) I like your thoughts on the changing of language right now.. it's so true. It's making it harder to communicate and pulling people into semantical debates. I observe this as a loss in people's ability to truly 'hear' (intention too) what people are saying. Instead, everything is taken purely literally. How can we say we use all parts of ourselves if we are so stuck in literal thinking?
I really appreciate your extended thoughts on anger as well. This is such an important one as there is so much confusion out there around anger, whether to feel it, how to feel it, and what to do with it. As you put it, the ease of flying off the handle, is a reflection of the loss of capacity in the nervous system to respond to situations. When we outbursts, it's like a pressure build popping off. Where did all the pressure come from? That's a nuanced one to dive through.
Often when I bring up the discussion of anger people might think I'm saying "suppress it, don't be angry," but this is not the case. As you pointed out, by moving through the anger we can get to peace as a choice point. peace can't come from getting stuck in the anger. No biological being can be in survival at all times (anger = survival) we will burn ourselves out.
I say YES to continuing to move forward in love. These words speak my heart. Thank you for this article. I will be sharing it. "We must not lose empathy for nor dehumanize leaders and fellow citizens. Losing empathy is an invitation from our current society that is unwell. We must maintain empathy and compassion for our fellow humans and consider what it looks like to engage with people we truly have empathy for. We must truly embody what it means to want to connect with one another, no matter our beliefs."
This will be quite ineffective. All it will do is affect major platforms. Since most podcasts use rss for discovery in apps and since the podcastindex api is true FOSS and out in the wild, podcasting itself will not be affected, only places like spotify, soundcloud and the usual suspects (YT and other controlled platfoms). Rss and the api exist and the only way to stop either is get ever single copy that exists of the api and to somehow make rss go away. Neither are possible. The people working on the Podcast 2.0 ecosystem have rendered it essentially bomb proof.
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As always I love how you guide it back to a deeper reflection in the end. It is uninspiring to be on social media these days and seeing all the hate being spewed in all directions. I like the words you shared from MLK there, and it's why I admire your many years long pursuit of trying to remind people of the need for spiritual and personal transformation. Keep going brother!!
Hi Dorothy, thanks for the comment, and well said about the foot in the door... I totally agree. At the moment all of our articles are free for anyone to read, which means they can be shared with anyone.
Thank you Joe. In my spiritual path you would be called a 'man of Knowledge'--someone who is in touch with the deep inner-knowing we call Knowledge that is the great endowment that our Creator has given to all sentient beings across the universe. All have it but few have had the blessing to discover and plumb the depths of it. As for 'anger'. I would like to leave you with a quote from a powerful book called Steps to Knowledge. Step 241 says My Anger is Unjustified. This was a great realization for me as I have a temper and often would lose it, but the most amazing part of this Step was the recognition that all anger has a seed of truth in it that we very much want to express. “Here you will realize that your anger is something to be understood. It is not to be rejected, for if you reject anger, you also reject the seed of anger, which is true communication. Therefore, We wish to clean away that which has spoiled your true communication (the anger) so that your true communication may shine forth, for true communication always comes from Knowledge.” I hear you expressing this wisdom in your advice to us concerning the importance of being "tough minded." We need to look very closely at what is causing our anger and upset. There is something important to be communicated but it is important that we Know the truth of what this is so that we can communicate what is true and in a way that invites others to meet us. Thanks so much for your powerful thoughts and advise.
Of course it will end up as censorship. Our current government up here exudes evil. They appear to be taking lessons directly from Joseph Goebbels. Those who forget history........
Yes, I agree that placing ourselves first as the reflection point for love and understanding is the only way forward. If we cannot at least try to practice this way of life , what is left but utter frustration, chaos, and all the means of division which hatred ultimately will cause. As for social, it is out of hand with conversations going bitter. Upon seeing the unkind words being carelessly posted (at times where they don’t relate to the conversation) I’m moved away quickly into retreat. It’s a real shame yet, so unnecessary to allow myself to remain “seated” around tables of conflict. Thank you for this inspirational and insightful piece!
~Adriana
You summed up many of my feelings around how society feels so well, thank you for sharing your thoughts. :) I must admit I've never really 'fit in' into the 'truth-seeking' community. While i deeply enjoy truth-seeking in all ways in life, including knowing myself, it lately feels like a space really filled with survival stress. And I am compassionate as to why... people feel their world closing in on them and that's obviously not comfortable. But it really indicates the need for remaining mindful, present, and well as a baseline so as to not get taken up into rather negative patterns. It has become so normal, and even idolized, that people insult other people online constantly. You suffer to some extent as a content creator when you don't do that, but it also feels out of integrity to do so.
You are most welcome Joe! I appreciate the way we are communicating here more each time and sincerely hope it never becomes less than a peaceful place for meaningful stories and the conversations around them. I imagine that all people with healthy minds can speak on important issues, flowing without conflict at the veritable table of discussion. Any topic, really. Being a person with all the qualities or flaws we may encompass, violence of any type turns me away. “Use your words,” was instilled throughout my own home life and formal education since very early on.
I suppose I learned from some of the best people ~ my parents born during the “great” depression. A very long and storied history in itself. Thank you Joe. I do appreciate the work you are doing.
Great article Joe, We need more calm people that are able to walk calmly through their day and not let the day to day grind chew them up and spit them out, frustrated and angry all the time. That is why my mantra of late is "Walk your day in Love, when you access the vibration of love it's a calm knowing, and a peaceful, heartful, calmness. God is Love. So when you walk your day in Love you put on the full armor of God. Your backside is covered by the best protector. You walk with a calm confidence that allows you to hear information that would normally set off a trigger in you. You listen calmly at those hurtful words and recognize they are only words. That the other person is trying to pull your triggers so they can manipulate the conversation to their power position because normally you are angered and lower your access to your frontal lobe of your brain. You go into fight or flight. When you stay calm and hear hurtful words. Then recognize the trigger, you side step the trigger pull, and calmly state your factual case in a calm and well thought out order. You maintain your seat at the table instead of your normal explosion of random chaotic diatribe. When you access higher levels of consciousness you see the drama for the drama that it is. You access a vision or feeling that leads you in the right direction regardless of the hurtful words and comments of others. You stay on point. At least this is what works for me... Great post... Peace...
Beautifully put about living the day. Also very well said about the other thoughts around consciousness and triggers.. it's all about building that self awareness and presence of mind to witness. is so true.
How do we carry a well state of being and consciousness throughout the day, while also not bypassing some of the 'stuff' (internally and externally) that does need to be addressed? I say this as a reflection question for people to consider. Your comment has much wisdom in exploring answers to that question :)
Joe Martino, I am really touched by this article--first because I see the leaders of Canada and many other world governments are using more and more cleaver methods to slip past the people who have bought the COVID narrative and much of what has gone along with it and to pass legislation in which "The language is so unclear, and yet governments have a history of continually pushing the envelope under the guise of “something good,” only for things to get out of hand quickly." Yes, I also am concerned for their subtle tactics but also for their subtle misinformation which covers blatant lies. I appreciate your encouragement to be 'tough-minded' and very clear in how we describe what we are seeing in these underhanded tactics--but not easy. Our very language is being changed and re-worked through AI to suit the agenda of those who are little by little usurping our democratic systems and rights. BUT I do a greatly appreciate your words of wisdom--and those of Martin Luther King. "Yes, be angry for a moment if that response arises. Feel it, let it move through you in a healthy and non-destructive way, but then allow it to pass and from that space take thoughtful action and create meaningful conversation to raise awareness about something." This advise is so important. It is easy to fly off the handle. lose it and lose any 'high ground' we might have held if we do not 'Stop', be Still, and allow a greater Intelligence to flow into and through us. From this place we have the possibility to peacefully LISTEN for any words of wisdom in the other that we can potentially support. From that place, we can seek and find the common ground between us and a possible place to unite. I really don't think most of us want to continue to fight each other. I think many are beginning to look for ways to reach across the divide and it is my responsibility to create a bridge for that to happen. Each of us can be a bridge to family and friends and others on the other side. I thank you, Joe, for making it clear that this is the way forward--"We must truly embody what it means to want to connect with one another, no matter our beliefs...tough mindedness and tenderheartedness"
Thanks for the thoughtful comment and kind words. :) I like your thoughts on the changing of language right now.. it's so true. It's making it harder to communicate and pulling people into semantical debates. I observe this as a loss in people's ability to truly 'hear' (intention too) what people are saying. Instead, everything is taken purely literally. How can we say we use all parts of ourselves if we are so stuck in literal thinking?
I really appreciate your extended thoughts on anger as well. This is such an important one as there is so much confusion out there around anger, whether to feel it, how to feel it, and what to do with it. As you put it, the ease of flying off the handle, is a reflection of the loss of capacity in the nervous system to respond to situations. When we outbursts, it's like a pressure build popping off. Where did all the pressure come from? That's a nuanced one to dive through.
Often when I bring up the discussion of anger people might think I'm saying "suppress it, don't be angry," but this is not the case. As you pointed out, by moving through the anger we can get to peace as a choice point. peace can't come from getting stuck in the anger. No biological being can be in survival at all times (anger = survival) we will burn ourselves out.
Thanks again for your thoughts an for reading.
I say YES to continuing to move forward in love. These words speak my heart. Thank you for this article. I will be sharing it. "We must not lose empathy for nor dehumanize leaders and fellow citizens. Losing empathy is an invitation from our current society that is unwell. We must maintain empathy and compassion for our fellow humans and consider what it looks like to engage with people we truly have empathy for. We must truly embody what it means to want to connect with one another, no matter our beliefs."
Thanks so much for reading and sharing your thoughts Sandra :)
This will be quite ineffective. All it will do is affect major platforms. Since most podcasts use rss for discovery in apps and since the podcastindex api is true FOSS and out in the wild, podcasting itself will not be affected, only places like spotify, soundcloud and the usual suspects (YT and other controlled platfoms). Rss and the api exist and the only way to stop either is get ever single copy that exists of the api and to somehow make rss go away. Neither are possible. The people working on the Podcast 2.0 ecosystem have rendered it essentially bomb proof.
As always I love how you guide it back to a deeper reflection in the end. It is uninspiring to be on social media these days and seeing all the hate being spewed in all directions. I like the words you shared from MLK there, and it's why I admire your many years long pursuit of trying to remind people of the need for spiritual and personal transformation. Keep going brother!!
Thanks for taking the time to comment, and I appreciate the supportive words :)
I cannot afford to subscribe but I would like to share this article. I despise censorship and this looks like a foot in the door.
Hi Dorothy, thanks for the comment, and well said about the foot in the door... I totally agree. At the moment all of our articles are free for anyone to read, which means they can be shared with anyone.