“As long as ego runs your life there are two ways of being unhappy, not getting what you want and getting what you want.” -Eckhart Tolle

How much time do we spend trying or wishing to be something that we are not? Probably a lot more than you realize. In fact, without this belief that there is a goal to be achieved, a state of being that is better than the one we are in now, or an alleged time or place that will bring us more happiness than the present moment will, our ego-mind barely has a leg to stand on. The incessant need to “become” something keeps our ego valid.

Think about it. You wake up in the morning, your mind is telling you are still tired, it wants to become the person who is still laying in bed. You’re taking a shower, you get hungry, it wants to become the person who is eating something. You’re at work, all you want to do is get off, you are preoccupied with becoming the person who is done with work for the day. You are irritated by a co-worker, you don’t like having such judgmental thoughts so you try to become the person who is not angry. You get the point.

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Meme - Monsanto corporation may not own the companies listed below, but these companies are known to use Monsanto products and support Monsanto’s anti-GMO labeling initiatives.

Download this simple image and use it as your smartphone screensaver. Or print it out and post it in your car’s dashboard, your refrigerator or another visible place in your home so it may serve as a reminder of which products not to buy. After a while, you will know these companies by heart.

Ensure the health and safety of your body and your loved ones; do not support these companies, and SHARE with everyone you know!

By Jack Adam Weber L.Ac., Dipl. C.H.

Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

On February 4, 2015 the attorney representing Monsanto and other “agricultural and biotech groups” showed up at our County Council meeting here on the Big Island of Hawai’i. She was here to sabotage our GMO ban, which was heroically passed on a glorious December 5, 2013. As expected, once this legislation was passed, the big biotech companies sued our county, just as they do every other county and state that tries to interfere with their poisonous profiteering.

As a result of that lawsuit, on November 27 of last year, US Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren overturned the GMO ban. Judge Kurren’s reasoning was that State law pre-empts County law in this case, and that lawmakers had intended the State, not the County, to have broad control over agricultural concerns on all Hawaiian islands.

Word is that Judge Kurren’s decision is unjustified, and that he bent the interpretation of the law as widely as he could to disavow our ban. Here is Earthjustice’s lead attorney Paul Achitoff discussing the issue with Hawaii’s council members.

LOVE EXCHANGE   There are many facets of love such as compassion, kindness and respect. Above all these is gratitude. Without gratitude, love is worthless. Love has a two-sided nature, giving and receiving.

When you send someone loving thoughts, they receive them in an instant. They may suddenly feel a warm rush of energy and not know why. It is important to send loving thoughts to all of humanity. Although most do not realize what is happening, they receive the blessing anyway.

Although it may be difficult to love those who trespass against you, these are your greatest teachers, for when you can love them, it becomes much easier to love yourself and all others. Choose one person that you find very difficult to love. Keep sending this person feelings of love, releasing your judgment of his/her behaviors. Know this person was created by the same Source as you and that you are a hologramic part of each other.

Be mindful of everyone around you. Smile and send them a burst of love, no matter what your history is with each of them. Find blessings in all events.

Throughout the day, send yourself loving thoughts, feel grateful for your body and the ability to be living on Earth at this time. Practice these things until they become habits, replacing old belief codes of judgment. Go forth, enjoy this day and fill it with blessings of love and gratitude!  Selamet!  Manik 11

Jefferey Jaxen, Contributor
Waking Times

Riding the full force GMO backlash of 2014, communities and individuals alike are breaking down the door with Black Friday-urgency in search of better access to better food. Yet in a country where we continue to be limited by the bottom line of big corporate influences and their overarching monetary reach, the first sprouts of a mighty paradigm shift have been peeking through the dirt waiting for everyone to notice. What I’m talking about is growing your own food.

Children Growing Own Food on Own Terms

In recent interviews, herbalist and longtime fixture in alternative agriculture Dr. Richard Alan Miller has described what he sees as proof of a shift in consciousness that is occurring in his recent work on the outskirts of Mexico City as well as in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Groups of children, varying in age, are learning to grow vegetables and salad greens on their own terms.

We are truly our own worst critic. Why? When we set standards, often we will personally exceed them, without giving much notice to it all. That is the wrong way to approach situations and life, in general. You owe it to yourself to be truly happy and feel accomplished every day, and it starts with recognizing your achievements and valuing yourself.

1. Realize How Far You Have Come

No matter what your situation entails, you have always come from a different place. From a personality, mentality, to even a physical change. If you are happy with the results, be proud that you have made these efforts to improve. No one else will be able to change you; you did that for you. Own it, be proud of it and keep growing.