THE BIGGEST ‘BAIT N’ SWITCH’ IN HISTORY?

This has been brewing since around May. At least that’s when we first started noticing it here at Dangerous Minds and we certainly weren’t the only ones.

Spring of 2012 was when bloggers, non-profits, indie bands, George Takei, community theaters, photographers, caterers, artists, mega-churches, high schools, tee-shirt vendors, campus coffee shops, art galleries, museums, charities, food trucks, and a near infinite variety of organizations; individuals from all walks of life; and businesses, both large and small, began to detect—for it was almost imperceptible at first—that the volume was getting turned down on their Facebook reach. Each post was now being seen only by a fraction of their total “fans” who would previously have seen them.

But it wasn’t just the so-called “fan pages,” individual Facebook users were also starting to notice that they weren’t seeing much in their newsfeeds anymore from the various entities they “liked”...

By: Maura Sweeney

If you’re looking to find happiness and peace, consider gifting forgiveness!

I’ve never been a gift-giving conformist. The first and last time my husband and I exchanged traditional Christmas gifts was 1981. We purchased them in October, opened them in November and paid off credit card bills till the following April. I barely remembered what we’d exchanged.

For the record, I’ve received a few noteworthy gifts: surprise trips with my husband; chocolate truffles made by our daughter; and special invitations from friends.

I’ve happily happily gifted concert tickets to girlfriends and given engagement and baby showers to young women. Adding to my giving excitement, I’ve outfitted a few women in attire they wouldn’t think to purchase for themselves.

Written by Wes Annac, The Culture of Awareness

The physical body’s necessary for our evolution into higher, more refined planes of consciousness, and we inhabit it so we can live comfortably in our density and learn lessons that are necessary for us to evolve.

As Ra will tell us here, our spirits exist independent of a body, but we can’t really evolve unless we incarnate in a physical (or non-physical) temple. Inhabiting a body is necessary while we learn, grow and progress, and without one, we’d miss out on essential lessons and experiences.

As Ra will also tell us, every density up to the eighth requires a body of some sort, but I’m sure our bodies become less physical and more etheric as we continue to evolve. When we reach a higher density, we lighten our vibration and refine our physical bodies, thus adjusting them to the next realm.

As badly as some seekers want to leave their body behind and explore the higher realms, they’re necessary for our evolution...

HJ: How do you actualize your dreams and life goals?  How do you transform them from ethers in your imagination to your tangible everyday reality? There are many philosophies in this regard but when all is said and done, Nanice Ellis has done a wonderful job of summarizing the primary core principles of pretty much all the best dream and goal achievement techniques that I have ever seen.

- Truth

Manifesting Your Grand Dream

By Nanice Ellis | Wake Up World | Nanice.com

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In my recent article Living The Grand Dream, I wrote about how we each possess a key for personal transformation ...

I wasn’t always sure that recreational marijuana would be legal in any state in the United States. Colorado and Washington in 2012 was a pleasant surprise. But even after those states legalized, I wasn’t sure that this would be a nation-wide movement, or even that the two states would be allowed to keep their laws on the books in the long term. The one indicator to me that this movement is going to build up steam and fast is seeing more conservative politicians in the United States siding with both medical and recreational marijuana. And this isn’t just anecdotal evidence, the shift can be seen in the demographics that vote for them too.

According to a new poll by Third Way, a moderate think tank, about 50% of Americans are supportive of legalizing marijuana, and almost 80% agree that medicinal marijuana should be available...

If you could see the innate mastery of each and every soul – their complete competence to have the exact life experiences their souls wish to have – you would never again see anyone as being wrong. You would then be freed up to concentrate on your own experiences and your own creations, which would be wisely putting your focus on the only thing that you do have control over.

Your concern over what others are doing is such a distraction! Letting that go allows you to have so much more energy to pour into your own inspirations and experiences, which will always lead you to far greater joy, freedom and self expression. Be energetically selective, Dear Ones. Send love to others, advise and guide if asked, other than that, allow them to be the experts on themselves and concentrate on what you do have control over – your own life expression. ~Archangel Gabriel

Your human vessel may seem imperfect to you, but is perfect to Me. Allow it to be filled with all of the peace, love, joy and happiness The Universe can give you. ~ Creator