Month: December 2013

In this post I'm investigating the terms 'Lobby', and 'Interest Group', and how they actually represent how we exist as Humanity currently.Let's read the Merriam-Webster definitions:"1lob·by noun \ˈlä-bē\2:  a group of persons engaged in lobbying especially as representatives of a particular interest group2lobby verb: to try to influence government officials to make decisions for or … Continue reading Day 240: Humanity as Interest Groups – Part 1

I saw this article showing a photographer's photos of 'life behind bars' from the 1980s.Doing time, 80s style: Stunning photos of life behind bars when Reagan was presidenthttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2530470/Life-bars-vivid-color-Stunning-photographs-American-prisons-80s-new-light.htmlIt's so strange to me how we'll see these photographs of various problems in our world, from crime, to war, to poverty, to guns, homelessness, depicted and glorified … Continue reading Day 239: Creative Prison or Creative Expansion?

Continuing from the last post:http://www.matterfreeman.com/2013/12/day-237-transforming-ego-to-empathy.html"Why do we refuse to empathize with the poor? Is it because we are afraid that if we did, we would have to acknowledge that they cannot necessarily change their situations -- just as we know and understand that it is in fact not easy to change our OWN situation -- … Continue reading Day 238: Transforming Ego to Empathy – Part 4

Continuing from the last post:http://www.matterfreeman.com/2013/12/day-236-transforming-ego-to-empathy.html"...Or how about a rich and influential politician coming from a family of rich and influential politicians, telling you the only reason you're not a rich and influential politician is because you don't have the right attitude, and you just haven't made the 'choice' to become rich and influential?Obviously within these … Continue reading Day 237: Transforming Ego to Empathy – Part 3

Continuing from the previous post: http://www.matterfreeman.com/2013/12/day-235-from-ego-to-empathy-part-1.html"Now take a moment to consider the different types of jobs in the system, involving different kinds of relationships with other people -- for instance sales jobs, public speaking jobs, being in a courtroom, being in a management position, doing hard physical labor 12 hours a day, being an engineer, a … Continue reading Day 236: Transforming Ego to Empathy – Part 2

When we hear about people on unemployment, looking for work, or living on the street or in a shelter, having lost their job, lost their house, or maybe working 2 or 3 minimum wage jobs for 40, 50, 60, 80, 90 hours a week, we tend to tell ourselves and each other - 'well, they … Continue reading Day 235: Transforming Ego to Empathy – Part 1

4 in 5 in USA face near-poverty, no workWASHINGTON (AP) — "Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream.Survey data exclusive to The Associated Press points to an increasingly globalized U.S. … Continue reading Day 234: The Real Reason You Can’t Find a Good-Paying Job

Last night I went to the movies to see the new Hobbit movie, The Desolation of Smaug. I watched it in 3d, and it's really quite amazing to see the kinds of visual effects techniques that have been developed. Peter Jackson and his studio have really produced some of the most well put together effects … Continue reading Day 233: The Prophecy of The Desolation of Humanity

So, we're planning on sending a woman to the moon:"One giant leap for womankind: UK backs push to put female astronaut on moonPlans outlined today show UK, US and China plan to establish moon baseScience minister David Willetts revealed aim to send a woman on missionChina expects to have astronauts on lunar soil between 2025 … Continue reading Day 232: The Hidden Agenda Behind Space Exploration

Sleep is one of the things that is generally just accepted as just 'part of being human'. But as I've been walking my process over the past few years I've realized sleep has more dimensions to it than we would like to believe.For example, take that experience of 'drowsiness', where you're sitting at your computer, … Continue reading Day 231: Self Forgiveness on Creating Drowsiness