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Flexibility

Neurobiology shows that there is a crossover between head and body; the Left Brain correlates with the Right Side or Wing, and the Right Brain correlates with the Left Wing or Side.

A key to health is integration of the left/right characteristics, but in a non integrated or dis-integrated brain, particularly under stress or duress, the Left Brain falls back to rigidity, and the Right Brain falls back to chaos.

Not surprisingly, this correlates with Right and Left politics. To paint a broad swath at the risk of being reductionistic, the essence is that The Right Wingers want top down, rule based, rigid control; and are terrified of uncertainty and change. By the Book. Just following orders. Law and Order. The Left Wingers (who are actually in their Right Brain) are not terrified of change but tend to be a bit disorganized. Idealists. Will Rogers: “I’m not a member of any organized political party…I’m a Democrat”.

There is a healthier way of integration where the sum is much greater than the parts; neither chaotic nor rigid reactions, but with flexible, current, present, adaptable, compassionate responses. That’s what responsible means. Response-able.

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Change

For those comfortable with the concept of change, here is something quoted from: http://goo.gl/9lpP0

Here a list of scientific institutio­­nal bodies with official statements in support of affirming human caused global climate change:

Academy of sciences of Malaysia, Academy of science South Africa, American Associatio­­n for the Advancemen­­t of Science, American Astronomic­­al Society, American chemical society, American Geophysica­­l Union, American Institute of Physics, American Meteorolog­­y Society, American Physical Society, American Quaternary Associatio­­n, Australian Academy of Science, Australian Meteorolog­­ical and Oceanograp­­hic Society, Brazilian Academy of Science, Canadian federation of Earth Sciences, Canadian Foundation for climate and Atmospheri­­c Sciences, Canadian Meteorolog­­ical and Oceanograp­­hic society. The Caribbean Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science, The European Academy of Sciences and Arts, European Geoscience­­s Union, European Science Foundation­­, French Academy of Science, German Academy of natural Science, Scientist leapoldina­­, Geological Society of America, Geological Society of London stratigrop­­hy commission­­, Indian National Science Academy. Indonesian Academy of Sciences, Inter-acad­­emy Council, Internatio­­nal academies of engineerin­­g and technologi­­cal Sciences, Internatio­­nal Union of Geodessy and physics, Internatio­­nal Union for Quaternary research, Mexican Academy of Sciences. Network of African Science Academies, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts, Royale Irish Academy, Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of New Zealand, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Science Council of Japan.

Here is the list of internatio­­nal bodies that dispute global climate change. Are you Ready? Zero.

The Association of Petroleum Engineers have changed their official position from “skeptical­” to “neutral”


Staying Current

So you bought the big lie and you believe money or currency is a neutral medium of exchange? That it is a level playing field? That money is just energy, it’s what we do with it? That the psychology of money is entirely how we react to that supposedly neutral medium?

Try this group exercise/game:

Hi everyone, I’m the banker, and because I’m such a nice guy, I’m going to hand each of you 10 of these uniform coins, call them tokens, shekels, dollars, rubles, credits, clams, scratch, whatever —- to trade amongst each other. This will facilitate commerce, make it easier than bartering or exchanging things directly. Now, you have a centralized, uniform medium of exchange.

What’s the catch to this scratch?

All I require is that in one year, each of you bring me back 11 of these coins. Only one extra coin for usury, let’s call it interest. Aren’t I …… generous?

And where do we get the additional coin of interest to bring to you?

From each other.

Oh.

What kind of dynamic, what kind of culture does this create?

What might be a truly neutral medium of exchange that encourages community and co-operation, brings out the humanity in all of us?

Use the Google. Or the Bing. Or the Duckduckgo.

Look up “complementary currency”.

Aluna

Required reading about the balance of Nature:

http://tairona.myzen.co.uk/index.php/about/news/

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