#thought revolution

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Organize. Resist. Repeat.

Great website from Michael Moore & friends. Lists all events out there for you to attend, get organised and stand up for what is right. 

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Optimism is a political act.

Alex Steffen

Entrenched interests use despair, confusion and apathy to prevent change. They encourage modes of thinking which lead us to believe that problems are insolvable, that nothing we do can matter, that the issue is too complex to present even the opportunity for change. It is a long-standing political art to sow the seeds of mistrust between those you would rule over: as Machiavelli said, tyrants do not care if they are hated, so long as those under them do not love one another. Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in Western popular culture, but, in reality, cynicism in average people is the attitude exactly most likely to conform to the desires of the powerful – cynicism is obedience.

Optimism, by contrast, especially optimism which is neither foolish nor silent, can be revolutionary. Where no one believes in a better future, despair is a logical choice, and people in despair almost never change anything. Where no one believes a better solution is possible, those benefiting from the continuation of a problem are safe. Where no one believes in the possibility of action, apathy becomes an insurmountable obstacle to reform. But introduce intelligent reasons for believing that action is possible, that better solutions are available, and that a better future can be built, and you unleash the power of people to act out of their highest principles. Shared belief in a better future is the strongest glue there is: it creates the opportunity for us to love one another, and love is an explosive force in politics.

Great movements for social change always begin with statements of great optimism.

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Future

I asked myself a question today,

"In the future where will you be?"

My self answered peculiarly;

"We ask the wrong thing completely,

For that question truly has no certain answer."

Puzzled, I replied, "What then shall we ask?"

Graciously, my self responded,"When will we be?,

For the answer to that question is simply: Now.

Know that you are now.

In the future we are now."

"Now."

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Yugen

An eagle disappears behind a wooded mountain.

The sun falls past the edge of the world.

A coyote dashes behind a hedge.

Someday I will pass through the veil.

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Release

There is a constant buzzing in my ear,

A sound not natural to the earth.

I hear it in my mind,

Yes, it penetrates my soul.

My heart aches for those who hear it,

Yes, I rejoice for those who deny it.

I want to be the man,

Who leaves the city, and lives with the land.

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Agrarian

City dweller, do you care for the earth?

Do you let the earth care for you?

When you care for her, she cares for you.

I am a city dweller;

I know it's not where I belong.

I belong in the fields,

I belong in the hills,

I belong with the flowers,

I belong with the trees.

I should give to the earth,

She will surely give to me.

[abnormal-angel]

"This may not be a revolution in the traditional sense, but this is a revolution of thought. Americans are tired of greed over good, profitable pollution over people, war for wealth over the well fare of average workers. This is a thought revolution."

- Lee Camp