The End of the Materialism Age?

is this the end of the materialism age where everyone is so consumed with matter, accumulation and status? i don't know just an idea.

where are we going?
a super fast, imaginative and intuitive world connecting with more dimensions.

Architecture

Can we build houses that serve our shelter needs without gobbling up all the natural resources, nature and land?

I think so and Free Green Plans is a great place to get inspired and maybe even download a plan and build one of these fine small homes.

how much space do we need? i'm not really sure, i do know i do not want to pay a lot in rent. and that the suburban sprawl in communities along highway 80 on the way to Sacramento are depressing how they all look the same and are built to squeeze the highest price by adding lots of extra square footage to the home. maybe i'm being extremist because i do not have a big house, i'm sure i am biased.

Economics and Money

Man lives without money since 2000 article here. i get lonely too easily but i'm all about getting out of the corporate rat wheel!

i love my showers and internet, can't live without those i don't think.

If we were meant to fly we would have wings?

I included free flight on this blog because for me it is a spiritual experience to fly, especially free flight as can now be done with hang gliders and paragliders. The perspective of seeing earth from high in the air and 3 dimensional movement is hmm magical.

My other blog "Sun Surf and Sky" is specific to these adventure sports if you want even more detail, images and video about free flight, surfing and adventure sports in close connection with nature.



links:

• Who Else Wants to Fly Without Engine?
• USHGA united states hang gliding & para gliding association
• Some stunning photography by a very similar soul as myself who loves flying, adventure and freelance work lifestyle. The blog is titled DIGITALITIS

Harmony with all living things

Sustainability, Green and other words have lost some of their power as they have become another form of materialism marketing as seen by the "green" tv show I recently watched where another McMansion was built using "green" technology, yes it might have green technologies, but all the extra materials that go into a McMansion (see my comment under the handle Mark J.) can never truly be green. How about using less? Can your ego handle it? This aside any effort to conserve and use resources more wisely is a valient effort.

some links:

• CLEAN Water will become one of the earths most valuable resources, check out how the peruvians are using fog nets to catch clean water.
• Adaptive re-use and creative urban planning in the Netherlands on a show called e2
• Bogotá: Building a Sustainable City - This short video touched me deeply and it gave me hope that there are leaders who want to do good for all people not just the elite and special interest groups.

ready for the evolutionary jump?

i have no idea when we will have our evolutionary jump but i think we may be close. does the caterpillar know when it is about to change form into a butterfly?

Mystical Symbols and Artwork

to be added

Re-Mix Boards of Canada and Lester Levenson

i came up with this combination by accident as these two songs were both playing on my computer and i knew at that moment that they must be combined.

Consciousness related links, podcasts and articles

The Psychedelic Salon is one of my all time favorites for deep thoughts about our universe and the big questions of life.

The Viking Youth from Chicago - stories from "on the mountain", sub culture, anarchist thoughts.

The Consciousness Caravan spreading love

A celebration of the beautiful places on our planet and design innovations Been-Seen




more to be added....

Enlightenment through walking, an ipod and podcasts

knowledge is available in so much abundance, an acceleration of ideas is happening and if you are not able to bridge the gap to intuitive, present, meditative thinking it may be hard to keep up.

i suggest:

1. live close to work so you can walk or ride a bike. this cleans the air, improves your health and physical appearance
2. press play on your ipod while commuting and educate yourself in the most current topics of your interest. all for FREE.
   

what you need:
any ipod or mp3 player, costing $10-$500.

software:
itunes is what i use

podcasts can be found:
in the itunes podcast directory -description by apple.
podmatic
uc berkeley lecture podcasts
many more to come...

make your own podcasts!
are you an expert or obsessed with something you want to share?
http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/tips.html

http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatson/podcasts/specs.html

The Truth about Drugs

the truth will set you free.

it is my belief plants can be teachers and healers as well as poisons and destroyers so they must be respected and that can only be done with honest education. not paranoid dis-honest media propaganda funded by the pharmaceutical industry, alcohol and tobacco manufacturers.

contact me if you need help transferring rss feeds to itunes to your ipod

links:

Psych 119 Drugs and Behavior

03:30-5:00 PM | Auditorium Wheeler
Instructor David Presti

Psych 119: Drugs and the Brain - Fall 2006. A survey course exploring the basic principles of psychopharmacology. The major focus of the course is on the relationship between behavior and the physiological actions of drugs. Emphasis will be placed on effects of pharmacological agents on complex mental processes such as attention, motivation, learning, and memory.

Dofefiend.co.uk Cannabises most out spoken hero. Sit down and enjoy an intelligent discussion of the joys and tribulations of the marijuana connoisseur.

Try this recipe for absinthe

Equality vs the pernicious forces

(rough draft)

Nature always seeks balance and harmony. Humans in many cases do not seek that harmony, they seek an imbalance which is un-natural.

Greed and power hunger is an incredibly strong human force. The upper classes and elite try with desperate, decisive and selfish actions to cling to their priviledge. It is childish and destructive to act this way and yet there are signs of this everywhere.

This can be overcome now that communication is rapid and global. It takes merely a handful of people to turn this around. Nature loves courage. Do not despair. Your courage will be matched by forces beyond your comprehension.

An example of creating equality:
I look at the google maps, looking down on earth with satellite photography. I see how the Colorado River once ran through USA and down into Mexico feeding all the peoples and farms along the way. I see how now the river is dry before entering Mexico it is cut off at the border. We have robbed our brothers and sisters to the south and they must sneak into our country to farm because we have cut off their water. We can change this. We can all conserve some water, many technologies already exist and we can pass that water down to Mexico. By helping Mexico we also help ourselves and will no longer have to support so many desperate immigrants who burden our social services and rightfully want equality.

Tool Libraries

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=san+francisco+tool+library&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&ei=dRJiSrfsA4LYsgP7l_Bm&sa=X&oi=local_group&ct=more-results&resnum=1

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=san+francisco+tool+library&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&ei=dRJiSrfsA4LYsgP7l_Bm&sa=X&oi=local_group&ct=more-results&resnum=1#

more about this....

google trends and the astrologer risa

this web resource may be used as an oracle to get a feel for society on a statistical, visual and thought mime.

http://www.google.com/trends

Risa has a deep insight into the cosmos and esoteric knowledge. She seems to be right on and her observations are worth following http://www.gtweekly.com/columns/astrology/

Plant Teachers

links to be added

Seeds may be able to travel through space....
The most probable way for alien life to visit our planet may be through plants. Is that why some of the psychoactive plants have been called teachers? Are they trying to communicate knowledge to us?

Plants live in a different time dimension that is much slower than ours and yet they behave in very similar ways to humans when carefully observed. See "The Secret Lives of Plants" and discover plants have emotions. In observation I see a romantic dance between two trees growing in beautiful harmony together with their branches twirling together and a gentle embracing of each other when the wind blows.

It is my belief that plants have consciousness and through the universal consciousness we can connect with them and any other form of life on earth.