Surfing the Tao » Economy http://surfingthetao.com Striving to increase awareness of our spiritual natures as well as the news, technologies and agendas in our world which influence them. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:50:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Nearing The End? http://surfingthetao.com/2009/06/09/nearing-the-end/ http://surfingthetao.com/2009/06/09/nearing-the-end/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:59:42 +0000 Angela http://surfingthetao.com/?p=470 After having written a book and blogged for nearly four years now, and found myself now to be much preoccupied with the reality of living with the world in its present precarious state, I really wonder how much more I have to say here. At what point has one proved their thesis [...]]]> After having written a book and blogged for nearly four years now, and found myself now to be much preoccupied with the reality of living with the world in its present precarious state, I really wonder how much more I have to say here. At what point has one proved their thesis on a blog such as mine? The state of our world is nearly perfectly aligned with many ancient prophecies. It’s now a matter of living through the transitions as they come, and they are already present in various incarnations. 2012 doesn’t have to come and go to know we are in for some big changes.

Personally life has not gotten easier; I know many may feel the same way. Economic hardship has hit us all one way or another. It’s been useful to find so much support in terms of raising consciousness, because at the same time, the world is sure making it more challenging to overcome. At least we know we are not alone, and I have great appreciation for all the great thinkers and writers I have met online.

But the actual living through it, in a nutshell, is what Surfing the Tao is all about. Like I’ve said many times, if I had perfected the living of this philosophy myself, I wouldn’t be here anymore to write about it. I go through my own daily ups and downs, and am grateful for the support of friends and family – believe me. I couldn’t do it all without them. You know who you are. :)

I hate to admit that Twitter is about all I have time for these days – that 140 character limit makes it easy for me to get a few headlines and thoughts out, without the hours spent writing, editing, and searching links. Still, I go days without signing in even there. It’s unfortunate, I know. But there it is.

I am discovering what it means to grow vegetables in Hawaii and battle the bugs. And it’s hard to discover that some of your dear chickens are roosters, instead of the egg-layers you signed up for. It’s a learning curve, to be sure, and I’m grateful for the lessons – I also recognize these are important lessons that deserve my time right now, and along with all the other normal daily dilemmas, the schedule is simply overbooked.

The job situation is too much to even write about. It’s agonizing on so many levels, and not just for me, but for people close to me as well. Many of us are discovering how time seems much, much shorter than it used to; the days flash by and our creative projects languish. If there’s not a quickening currently afoot, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.

Meanwhile I am still somewhat languidly watching the headlines, and not being surprised at anything. We are living in the times I was warned about many times over. Behind the scenes, the p-t-b are busy. Frankly I’m even a little bored by it. Yes, our food is contaminated. Our drug and oil industries are corrupt. Politicians are not who they claim to be. Powerful control mechanisms, such as mind and weather control, are no longer only the realm of conspiracy theorists. Wars and catastrophic earth changes loom on the horizon. Bizarre synchronicities abound. The eschaton is being immanentized. Story at 11. Moving along.

I do sometimes have moments of panic, that I’m not being present enough for those who might need more support during these times. But that doesn’t mean the bad guys have won – far from it. The good guys have already won, but we need to live through it right now. In other words; once you’ve educated yourself on the Truth, step back, cease the panic, and take stock. Love is the only thing that will truly matter in the end. And – til I’m blue in the face – it’s all good.

I, as many others, have years of work behind me, a book even, so I’ve done my part, as best I could. Read my archives. And I’m not disappearing altogether. When more sh-t hits the fan I will be here to comment and advise; that is, if there still is an Internet at that point. But right now, I have to concentrate on my family, my livelihood, my own immediate reality. Perhaps it’s what we should all be doing right now. Get up from the computer, take a look around and wonder what you would do if the power went out – permanently. Even if it doesn’t, you would be well-prepared not only for emergencies, but in your own personal development and relationships. At some point we must all realize that the next step takes place within ourselves.

I have had my own set of personal warnings. How about you?

The Master does nothing, yet he leaves nothing undone.

-Tao Te Ching #38


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Much is being written about 2012 and what changes that year will bring. The Mayan calendar and various other religious and spiritual prophecies have seeped into popular culture to the extent that much of the world [...]]]> “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” – Pablo Picasso

Much is being written about 2012 and what changes that year will bring. The Mayan calendar and various other religious and spiritual prophecies have seeped into popular culture to the extent that much of the world will be holding their breath on December 21, 2012 at 11:11 PM Universal Time, like Y2K to the umpteenth degree.

I have often been asked what I believe will happen on that day, if anything. The way I see it, it is already happening; we are already knee-deep in the preamble web of events, from which the tendrils of our future will be created. Whether as a result of ancient prophecies coming to pass, our having to finally take responsibility for the excesses of the past century, or simply the full-blown noospheric power of the expectations of millions of psyches, 2012 promises to be a banner year.

Whatever the cause, I must admit to a sense of further quickening. Terence McKenna is likely smiling knowingly from Somewhere, as the lines on the graph of his Timewave Zero theory march their way towards the 2012 zenith. I believe we are now witnessing the rapid spiraling of current crises and scenarios into some terrific opportunities for nefarious solutions by our world’s elite, not to mention the documented potential for spectacular destruction within our solar system. Whether these events will happen, much less converge exactly on that 12/21/12 date, or even within that year, I could not say for sure, but the timing is notable.

Frankly it’s coming so fast and furiously right now that I can barely keep up with it, as the same quickening seems to be happening in my own life, on smaller scale, in some kind of ironic, synchronistic testimony to the scalable unified field. I simply don’t have time to write about it as I would like, because I’m so busy living it. Perhaps we all are, in our own ways, navigating the Eschaton, whether we believe in it or not.

We are certainly being inundated with a constant banter, which perhaps attempts to instill fear, though ought to only keep us focused and alert. Economic crisis, world currency, new world order, world war, civil liberties, socialism, artificial intelligence, nonlethal weapons technology, seed banks, UFO disclosure, 2012 solar cycle, prophecies, earthquakes, volcanoes, sustainability, self-sufficiency, gardening, alternative energy, free energy, consciousness shift, revolution, evolution…truth does seem to be stranger than fiction these days.

Another resonant topic which continues to haunt me is Planet X or a binary star/sister sun theory, though I cannot provide substantial third-dimensional proof, enigmatic Vatican probes and Antarctic telescopes notwithstanding. The only shred of mainstream scientific evidence could be that our ‘global warming’ phenomenon seems to actually be happening across our solar system, not just on Earth. Polar ice continues to melt, but Jupiter’s great red storm is shrinking too. Still others say we are headed for another ice age. How about this radical take at Rense: Evidence of Solar Manipulation and Solar Changes?

What doesn’t seem to be up for debate is the fact that our Sun’s behavior can be worrisome. Many of the ancient prophecies seem to include mention of the Sun, and/or other planetary movements, such as the Mayan belief that the 2012 date indicated the end of the time of the Fourth Sun, and the beginning of the world of the Fifth Sun. In Revelation 6:12, the sun turned black after a great earthquake. Other ancient prophecies, including the Koran, the Norse Ragnarok, the Egyptian Ipuwer Papyrus, the Kolbrin Bible, North American Indian prophecy and many, many other books in the Bible warn of a future time of destruction during which the earth will burn and shake violently. I enumerated many of these in my book in the chapter, Destruction by Fire. I noted the strange recurrence of these similar warnings across time and culture. Here’s a good overview of the Mayan calendar and the solar cycles.

Strange ancient hieroglyphics, now discovered in widely diverse locations around the globe from Colorado to Yemen, Australia and South America, all seem to be referring to “some event, possibly related to the Sun, which was prophesied to change human civilization.”

Currently our Sun is in a period of extreme quiet, with the lowest sunspot activity in nearly a century of recording, the great calm before what is now expected to be a great solar storm in 2012, when the sun reaches the apex of its 11-year cycle. Due to the weakening magnetic fields around both Earth and the Sun, it is expected to be more ferocious than usual. A recent report on severe space weather and its potential economic and societal effects has been making its way into the mainstream media. One can now find various releasing hair-raising alerts in this regard, one after the other.

From the Telegraph: Scientists are expecting a more intense solar cycle this time around. Jimmy Raeder, a physicist with the University of New Hampshire, explained it is “because the Earth’s and the sun’s magnetic fields will be in sync at the cycle’s peak, expected in 2012, that will cause an influx of solar particles”.

From NASA: A Giant Breach in Earth’s Magnetic Field, “NASA’s five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth’s magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist.” At first scientists couldn’t even believe it. Themis is working to determine the severity of the expected upcoming solar storm,and the magnitude of effects it will have on our electronic grids and satellite systems.

In December of last year, from Fox News: Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months. Another recent Fox News report with physicist Michio Kaku is frighteningly clear. WATCH IT. I am familiar with Dr. Kaku and his calm intelligence, and this seems almost outrageous coming from him. He claims he and his fellow scientists made a mistake, and that the 2012 solar cycle will be far more disastrous than previously imagined. Wow.

Here’s a real doozy of a doomsday scenario recently outlined by New Scientist: Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe. Or how about this from the Daily Mail, Solar storm could cause planetary disaster at any time, warn scientists. A Danish study has even concluded that the earth’s magnetic field is impacting our climate. All this, and CNN is still debunking 2012 as a meaningless popular culture meme? Well, which one is it??

Australia is adding a new magnetic field observatory to study the weakening field and hopefully gain warning of an imminent polar reversal. Meanwhile check Spaceweather.com for news and updates. NOAA provides current solar data, and here’s their solar activity monitor. Here is their space weather prediction center. And the seed banks continue to be made ready by 2011.

Here’s a YouTube video of Jay Weidner at the recent 2012 conference talking about the sun’s reduced heliosphere and an inundation of radiation from the center of the galaxy by 2012. The warnings, he explains, are important, but he also separates himself from the ‘gloom and doomers’ by expressing that this change could be seen as an opportunity, even if it was forced upon us.

I find myself agreeing with that. Using a pending Apocalypse as an opportunity is the essence of Surfing the Tao. Whether anything will happen in 2012 or not, current world events are forcing us to take a hard look at how we are choosing to live on this planet. There are of course many people who are too conditioned to the trees to even notice the forest, much less discern any correlations and make adequate preparations within themselves. But more people are growing vegetable gardens this year than ever, and companies are even running out of seeds. Murmurs of alternative energy solutions are louder than ever. Communities are turning inwards for solutions, as well we all should. Networks espousing such thoughtfulness, teamwork and sustainability are springing up everywhere. Whether it’s to prepare for the End of the World, or just the end of an unsustainable world of bad habits, it’s all good.

Many believe there will be a shift, whether wholly on this day or as a beginning on this date (or perhaps now already started, to be completed then) from the third to the fourth density; in other words some kind of shift in consciousness, or dimensions. Of this possibility I have also received a kind of inner confirmation, though it remains nebulous as to what, how, where, and when. People seem to have their own theories on that, to be sure. Love is key; true unselfish compassion is essential, and perhaps if we can cultivate that, the rest will come. Personally, I suggest the teachings of Jesus remain the best wisdom to follow in that department, whatever your religious or spiritual beliefs, if any.

Indeed we are very much affected by magnetic fields; would a significant change in the field give us just what we would need to reach Beyond what we think of as reality? A “perfect storm” indeed perhaps? Creation from destruction? I might like to posit one additional intuition here as well. I have always felt that this ’shift’ might also either require, or gain a significant boost, from some sort of technology, yet to be pinpointed. I’m not sure why I think that, or what it is, just the idea of some kind of portal, stargate or even shield has continued to nag at me. Call me crazy, but I think there are a lot of puzzle pieces still out there. Just take a look at the megaliths around the world. Seems a bit too contrived to be random. Anyway just a thought.

Whether events converge to create the perfect storm in 2012, or simply give us the perfect opportunity for a positive evolution, the best advice I can give is pay attention. Be prepared, but not fearful. Keep your ear to the ground, and use your inner discernment to find the thread of truth.

And love your neighbor. You might need him one of these days.

Prevent trouble before it arises.

Put things in order before they exist.

-Tao Te Ching #64

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Still quite a bit of scurfuffle about HR 875’s Food Safety Modernization Act mentioned in my last entry. To be fair, [...]]]>

  • We are in the midst of planning a vegetable garden here in Hawaii. Here’s a video of Richard Ha speaking about food security on the Big Island.

    • Still quite a bit of scurfuffle about HR 875’s Food Safety Modernization Act mentioned in my last entry. To be fair, here is a debunking of the Monsanto/Big Brother fears from FactCheck.org. At Reality Sandwich’s article Organic Outlaws a commenter also attempts to allay the panic, citing a couple of interesting links to a blog about the recent Congressional hearings on topic. However, another commenter asks not to ’sell out our children’s health’ and links to eye-opening instructions on how to register one’s farm with the FDA, and who is exempt: unless ALL your homegrown food is consumed ON PROPERTY you’re supposed to ‘register’. Huh. Does that include sharing your tomatoes with your neighbors??

    Chaos, Collapse and Synchronicity

    Christ & the Maya Calendar: 2012 & the Coming of the Antichrist

    What Now, America?

    A Brief Confession

    ]]>     http://surfingthetao.com/2009/04/03/notes-from-the-surf-xxxv/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/     Notes from the Surf XXIX http://surfingthetao.com/2008/12/06/notes-from-the-surf-xxix/ http://surfingthetao.com/2008/12/06/notes-from-the-surf-xxix/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:24:29 +0000 Angela http://surfingthetao.com/2008/12/06/notes-from-the-surf-xxix/ Australian MP James Bidgood: “The ultimate conclusion is like I say we look at Bible prophesy we’re going toward a one-world bank and a one-world monetary system and if you believe the word of God and you read Revelations … you will see clearly what’s being spelt out and we are in the [...]]]>

  • Australian MP James Bidgood: “The ultimate conclusion is like I say we look at Bible prophesy we’re going toward a one-world bank and a one-world monetary system and if you believe the word of God and you read Revelations … you will see clearly what’s being spelt out and we are in the end times.”

     

  • Pravda: Amero to become USA’s new currency when dollar collapses

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    • Been keeping an eye on the seismic monitor around the US West Coast since they did that big California earthquake drill last month. Sometimes that’s a warning in disguise; then today after seeing the 5.1 in SoCal, I read a few predictions about December’s upcoming full moon that jogged that thought again. More on the horizon?

     

    • Also been keeping an eye on Iceland and the vocal protests over the government’s handling of the financial collapse there. Test case scenario? People are frustrated, but word is Iceland is now that much closer to joining the EU and adopting the Euro. Here’s an article in the Chicago Tribune, updating on the current movements of several other countries towards that end as well.

     

     

    • More rumors of war: from ABC News: World at Risk of Bio, Nuke Attack: It’s ‘More Likely Than Not’ That a WMD Attack Will Occur by 2013, Panel Determines

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Secret Directed-Energy Tech Protecting the President? Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World Properties of the ideal global citizen U.S.-Canada [...]]]>

  • Apparently not everyone is feeling the crunch. The Rothschild’s are sitting pretty, and Dubai is throwing awesome parties. (which btw The Secret Sun didn’t miss: Behold, Atlantis Rising!)

  • Secret Directed-Energy Tech Protecting the President?

  • Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World
  • Properties of the ideal global citizen

  • U.S.-Canada Military Plan Could Place Troops in Each Other’s Country

  • Australian PM Rudd to push for European Union-style Asian community this weekend at APEC summit
  • Austrian Government Study Confirms Genetically Modified (GM) Crops Threaten Human Fertility and Health Safety
  • Apocalypse how? Revealing the next catastrophic threat to our world. Maybe they left out a thing or two.
  • Navy-Funded Wave Farm Under Way in Hawaii
  • New levitation technique floats water with noise – “new”, eh?
  • Same goes: If the AP is reporting that the US is developing tiny flying robots for surveillance, you can be sure it’s not really new news. Beware that fly on your wall.
  • Ok, I know this is old stuff but it’s interesting to hear Richard Pryor (1977) and Eddie Murphy (1983) imagine a black president back then. Times they sure did change.

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    the deafening roar of the engines of deceit.”

         -Surfing the Tao: A Revolution of Free Will

     

    The Phoenix returned to its ashes recently, both literally and symbolically. A new son [...]]]> “Many will find it difficult to hear beyond

    the deafening roar of the engines of deceit.”

         -Surfing the Tao: A Revolution of Free Will

     

    The Phoenix returned to its ashes recently, both literally and symbolically. A new son is rising, and the world is prepared for change.

     

    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote a noted article on October 13 announcing the need and plans for a global financial authority. Italy’s finance minister, among others, echoed the call, saying it was “not the end of the world, but the end of a world.” The first of what will likely be a series of meetings took place today in Washington, D.C. Invited were the G-20 countries, which include 19 nations and the European Union.

     

    F. William Engdahl wrote in his recent article entitled Behind the Panic: Financial Warfare over Future of Global Bank Power: “…the dramatic stories of financial meltdown and panic are deliberately being used by certain influential factions in and outside the EU to shape the future face of global banking…”

     

    Engdahl continues, “As I document in my forthcoming book, Power of Money: The Rise and Decline of the American Century, in every major US financial panic since at least the Panic of 1835, the titans of Wall Street-most especially until 1929, the House of JP Morgan-have deliberately triggered bank panics behind the scenes in order to consolidate their grip on US banking. The private banks used the panics to control Washington policy including the exact definition of the private ownership of the new Federal Reserve in 1913, and to consolidate their control over industry such as US Steel, Caterpillar, Westinghouse and the like. They are, in short, old hands at such financial warfare to increase their power…Now they must do something similar on a global scale to be able to continue to dominate global finance…”

    In the past several months I have collected literally scores of links to mainstream news articles on the global financial crisis, including quite a few with the actual words “new world order” in the title. Alternative researchers like myself tend to twitch uncomfortably when we see this. Today, from Conspiracy Archive: “I’m convinced they are just mocking us now; and that those in the media who have also become addicted to bashing our heads in with the term/goal/agenda “new world order,” are in on it. The financial rouse has given them cart blanche.”

    Here is an interesting article, What economic crisis has to do with the Large Hadron Collider, discussing the strange series of events which all began on September 19 of this year, including the revealing of the bizarre Corpus Clock in England, the LHC failure, and the crash of the world economy.

    While the public may recognize the historic nature of today’s Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, they may not realize how significant – and how insidious – it really is. They will not notice any real substantial changes as a result of this conference, at least not right away, and will probably welcome efforts to ‘avoid future crises’. However it is clear, at least to those of us sensitive to the language and the history of economic manipulation by that small elite group, that They are realizing the last stages of an age-old Plan. We are being prepared to accept their solution to a problem they created in the first place. Let’s just hope it’s laced with rainbows and glitter, at least for a while, rather than biometrics and RFID implants…pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

    Though not on today’s agenda, there has been a lot of chatter about unified currencies. Expect to hear more about that as this series of financial summits continues. The Gulf states have started preparing for their move to a new unified currency. Scandinavian countries, which have so far resisted the Euro, are reconsidering that decision in the wake of their own crises. Some are describing a ‘tri-polar’ currency system evolving around the U.S., Europe and Asia. How long will the U.S. dollar will maintain its status as the reserve currency? China has recently called for a new currency order. China and Russia are calling for more input in the new global system, as are India and Brazil. A unified currency in Asia, including Australia, has been suggested. Rumors of the Amero continue to circulate as well.

    As if in celebration for this noted endeavor, yesterday, the shuttle Endeavor blasted off. As well on Friday, the one world religion movement gained momentum, as the new Charter for Compassion website went online. Comparative theologist Karen Armstrong made this announcement in The Washington Post today. I also happened on this ethics journal article from 2000, The Provenance and Development of a Global Ethic, which seems to propose many of the same ideas, including use of the ‘Golden Rule’. While I agree the basic tenets of love and compassion are important, I cannot support any such effort to organize the world’s spirituality under any one banner. The manipulators behind that scene are the same tiresome group. Talk about immanentizing the eschaton. From Cryptogon, “The old tinfoil is a fully unfurled, in-your-face fact now.”

     

    “One can find enormous amounts of information of this secret ruling hierarchy, which has existed throughout time, in the background of all culture, business and government. In the last century, rapid technological advancement, especially in communication, is quickly realizing the secret ambitions of this ancient Brotherhood: a world government with a world currency, a world army, not to mention physical and spiritual control over every citizen.”

                 -Surfing the Tao: A Revolution of Free Will, p. 60

     

    I myself will make peace with the coming strangeness as best as can be done, because even though the bad guys seem to be running the show these days, they’re really not. Ultimately there is Something much greater in control, able to see much farther down the path.

     

    As we grow closer and closer to a world financial authority and perhaps even new unified global currencies, I wonder if people truly realize the exciting times we are living in. The powers-that-be are finally coming out of the closet, and we thus grow closer and closer to that time and place beyond, where we are truly free.

     

    “Few cross over the river.

    Most are stranded on this side.

    On the riverbank they run up and down.

     

    But the wise person, following the Way,

    Crosses over, beyond the reach of death.

    …Rejoicing greatly in his freedom,

     

    In this world the wise person

    becomes themselves a light,

    Pure, shining, free.”

    -Buddha

     

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    “I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated in the hands of a few men.”

    “Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.”
    Amschel Mayer Rothschild

     

    “I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated in the hands of a few men.”

    Woodrow Wilson, U.S. President, 1913, after the sneaky creation of the (non-governmental) ‘Federal Reserve Bank’

     

    “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.”

    Written by Jefferson in a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802).

     

    “It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”

    “The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debts.”
    Henry Ford

     

     

     

    …the tension is still building; at least, that’s what we’re all ’supposed’ to be feeling. Can you rise above it? Can you be the eye of the hurricane?

     

    As far back as I am able to stand back from all of this, I still can’t shake that feeling of imminent disaster. As positive as I struggle to remain, I can’t help but notice all of the dramatic emotions and desperate circumstances that continue to cross my path on a daily basis. And I’m not even talking about politics or the stock market.

     

    On every level it seems, the angst seems widespread and unrepentant. The media continues to inflame the ‘crisis’, burrowing certain words and possible scenarios into our psyches to the extent that we unwittingly end up creating the reality They want, simply as a result of so many fearful thoughtforms crowding together in the noosphere.

     

    The other night I made a point of googling a chocolate cake recipe on the Internet, just so I could feel happiness at my discovery, rather than that pervasive sense of dread that’s been haunting my every click the past few days. Sometimes you just need a little chocolate to make it through. ;)

     

    I almost don’t want to post this stuff. Could just be fomenting discord and spreading negative memes. Notwithstanding the personal risk we take, simply exercising our free speech these days. I should state for the record, I’m not one for physical revolt. I have always believed the Way out is Within. But be that as it may, I feel obligated to pass on what is resonating so strongly with me at this moment. My personal life is currently being flooded with a deluge of questions from every direction, what is going on? What should I do? And I can only say, it is the beginning of something big, both terrible and wonderful, I can’t say how or what exactly, or when it will end or change, but hold on tight and focus on love, that’s all I Know for sure.

     

    Daniel Pinchbeck’s newest article, Meditations in an Emergency, was a bit unexpected, though quite interesting. It’s well worth a read.

     

    Naomi Wolf’s interview, in which she discusses her book Give Me Liberty (sequel to The End of America) and the associated issues of the loss of freedom in our beloved America, was heartfelt and important. Several friends posted or sent me the link recently, and I seriously recommend readers take a look.

     

    Check out the trailer of Wolf’s coming film, The End Of America. Also please note the C-Span blurb from Congressman Brad Sherman regarding the recent threats of total financial collapse and/or martial law, made towards legislators if they didn’t rush to pass the bail-out. The ramifications are enormous; sadly, most Americans will not grasp the gravity of the event that has already taken place in the ‘land of the free’.

     

    Keith Olbermann’s outrage at the current administration’s actions is priceless, and extremely relevant still today. I have to wonder why he’s even still on the air anymore, frankly. He should be dead by now. Else he’s really some kind of double agent.

     

    No doubt They’re spinning us around faster and faster to disorient us, as They manipulate their agenda into action. The October 14th rumors of an alien landing have perked my ears, though some say it’s just another boy-crying-wolf scenario. On the other hand, if it does happen, especially now, best brush up on Project Blue Beam. Or, perhaps, an episode of The Twilight Zone. Don’t believe everything you see; look for truth within yourself. Be discerning.

     

    Neil Kramer’s recent article at The Cleaver, Into the Fractal Core: Get Ready for the Shift, wraps up with some wisdom relevant to our times: “Greater dimensions of being await. Observe non-attachment. Do not cling to anything, and there shall be no suffering. Easier said than done, some may say, but take the first step. Know in your heart that all is one. Feel the impermanence of all things. Know the indestructibility of your soul. We have chosen to be here now, in this time of revelation, unveiling and transformation. Stand at the centre. You are the change.”

    ]]> http://surfingthetao.com/2008/10/11/are-you-surprised-yet/feed/ 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/     Financial Armageddon: Will the Amero be the false Messiah? http://surfingthetao.com/2007/08/19/financial-armageddon-will-the-amero-be-the-false-messiah/ http://surfingthetao.com/2007/08/19/financial-armageddon-will-the-amero-be-the-false-messiah/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:43:05 +0000 Angela http://surfingthetao.com/2007/08/19/financial-armageddon-will-the-amero-be-the-false-messiah/ I don’t claim to be an expert in economics by any means, but lately I’ve been putting myself through a crash course in an attempt to put recent events in perspective. Recent mainstream news has been full of depressing reports about the state of our economy and the dollar. Topping the [...]]]> I don’t claim to be an expert in economics by any means, but lately I’ve been putting myself through a crash course in an attempt to put recent events in perspective. Recent mainstream news has been full of depressing reports about the state of our economy and the dollar. Topping the headlines has been the mortgage industry, whose biggest companies, such as Countrywide, could be facing bankruptcy. Yesterday there was even a rush on the bank by customers fearful their money would be lost in the process. This is the downside of the real estate boom a couple of years ago; many people are unable to pay the rising costs of variable mortgages, and/or when they try to sell their homes, they discover their home is worth is less than the mortgage they carry.

     

    This situation has global ramifications, since the world markets are so closely tied into each other. Recently several countries have been attempting to resuscitate the markets by infusing cash into the system, our own included. As recently as this past Thursday, central banks in Australia, Japan, the UK, Canada and the European Central bank were forced to step in, hoping to stave off the so called ‘credit crunch’ and potential ensuing market crash. The Federal Reserve additionally cut the rate on discount loans, which might ease the pinch at least for now.

     

    And once again, we find China involved at the very top of the pyramid, this time boldly threatening to collapse the dollar. China holds so many of our dollars, an estimated $900 billion in bonds, that it would be very easy for them to do so, thus setting off a kind of financial Armageddon. The Senate has even drafted a bill which calls for “tariffs against Chinese goods as retaliation for alleged currency manipulation.” It seems weather wars and exporting toxic consumer goods are not enough; an economic war could very well be in the works, as the sleeping dragon stirs.

     

    But not everyone is suffering. Forbes reported on August 8 that “a consortium of the nation’s leading investment banks have quietly created an index that is not only protecting them against the recent market meltdown but also promising to make them bundles of money in the process.” Additionally, Nasdaq is reportedly launching “a private stock market for super-wealthy investors”, which will be outside the purview of any regulatory agency.

     

    One cannot help but notice the timing in these maneuvers; in July, the Rothschild banking group announced its re-unification, ending a separation dating from the 19th century. A famous quote by Mayer Amschel Rothschild is repeated often, “Give me control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes her laws.” This family is infamously involved in the creation of our modern financial system, dating back to the middle ages. For an excellent, well-researched look inside that history, as well as the occult Masonic symbolism on our money itself, check out Tracy R. Twyman’s article, “The Alchemical Dollar: The Magic and Mystery of America’s Money”, based on her book on the same topic. She links the Federal Reserve’s deeds over the years to an alchemists dream of creating gold, or wealth, from lesser materials. So it is with our dollar; no longer backed by gold or silver, our paper money, now fiat currency, is based solely on the faith of the consumer. In her opinion, by doing so, we are all participating in a magical or alchemical ritual set up long ago. One need not be a conspiracy theorist to find that point of view fascinating.

     

    The nation’s Comptroller, David Walker, was in the news recently warning of a coming fiscal collapse, comparing the state of our economy with the fall of Rome. And don’t count me as an official Ron Paul supporter just yet, but his article, “The End of Dollar Hegemony”, did give me pause. He didn’t have to touch on the occult history of our financial system to remind us of what the Federal Reserve really is (a private bank), and what the abandonment of the gold standard in 1971 could mean for the future of our economy. Congressman Paul also makes a good argument that our recent wars are as much economic as anything else; according to him, abandoning the gold standard forced the US to back it instead with oil, arranging with OPEC in the 1970s to trade exclusively in dollars for the valuable commodity. When Saddam Hussein began to demand trading in Euros rather than dollars for his oil in 2000; well, we know what happened. Similarly in 2001, Venezuela began to talk about switching to Euros for their oil, and within a year there was a coup attempt against Chavez, which was, according to Paul (as well as Counterpunch and Chavez himself), reportedly assisted by the CIA. Paul says Iran is beginning to make the same demands, and rumors of war with that country are already in the news.

     

    Another thought that keeps occurring to me is that we are headed for a new paradigm in terms of global unification of our currencies. This week’s meeting of the Security and Prosperity Partnership in Montebello, Canada, based on the CSIS report on plans for the North American Union, should be a major heads-up to those who don’t already know about the Amero; this YouTube clip from CNBC says it all. It’s coming. And again, the timing should not be ignored. What better way to introduce the idea of a new, unified currency that could compete with the Euro, than allow our dollar to collapse in plain view, to the horror of the average consumer? Take note that protests against the meeting will not be allowed, they are meeting in total secrecy and seclusion a la Bilderburg, which also met there in 1983, and they even plan a 25 kilometer security radius to avoid such threats. Attending along with Presidents Bush, Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada, will be several members of the CSIS who are also members of Bilderburg, the Trilateral Commission, and the CFR, including Kissinger, David Rockefeller, and Zbigniew Brzezinski.

     

    Oh, yeah. Those guys.

     

     

     

    “When rich speculators prosper while farmers lose their land; when government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures; when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn – all this is robbery and chaos. It is not in keeping with the Tao.” - Tao Te Ching #53

     

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    From The Plan to Disappear Canada by Murray Dobbin, “If the machinations going on in this country regarding so-called “deep integration” were instead a communist conspiracy to take over the country (you will, of course, have to try hard to imagine this) the news media would be blaring the story.

    Pundits would pontificate, editorialists would [...]]]>

    From The Plan to Disappear Canada by Murray Dobbin, “If the machinations going on in this country regarding so-called “deep integration” were instead a communist conspiracy to take over the country (you will, of course, have to try hard to imagine this) the news media would be blaring the story.

    Pundits would pontificate, editorialists would erupt, security forces would be unleashed.

    Instead, a virtual conspiracy to make the country disappear through assimilation into the U.S. gets barely a mention.

    But news of the scheme — formally called the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) — is finally breaking out of the secret chambers of the ruling elite and the federal government. This is both good news and bad. It’s good that ordinary citizens are finally getting a glimpse of the betrayal of their country. The news is bad because it reflects just how much of this scheme is already being implemented. “

    Mr. Dobbin goes on to summarize the main points of the arrangements in the works. Our government claims the agreement is still ‘informal’ (White House spokesman Tony Snow called the NAU a ’myth’), but others insist it was signed without our approval on March 23, 2005 in Waco, Texas by President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mexican President Vicente Fox. From Robert Pastor at the CFR, “The main recommendation of the Task Force is the creation, by 2010 at the latest, of a North American security and economic community whose boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter”. Indeed, over 300 agencies are already ‘harmonizing’ regulations of such things as energy, taxes, tariffs, and pesticides, many of which were originally part of NAFTA and are now being ‘fast-tracked’ by the SPP initiative. Even a trilateral open skies initiative has been discussed. (Incidentally, the US and the EU are also ‘harmonizing’ regulations.) Security concerns have always topped the list of justifications for integration. At least one NAFTA superhighway is also in the works (with new RFID tracking technology), even though fourteen states have petitioned Congress to abandon the SPP.

    Secretive summits have been held as critics declare an elitist corporate agenda works out the details of their scheme away from prying eyes. Indeed they may have good reason: outspoken critics include Lou Dobbs, Rep. Ron Paul, Rep. Virgil Good (R-Va), and Connie Fogal of the Canadian Action Party, and there are plans to protest the next meeting of the SPP on August 21-22nd in Montebello, Quebec. Opponents from both Canada and the US are up in arms over the potential loss of sovereignty. Others go further, claiming the plans are an act of treason or sedition. At least two other recent acts, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007(NDAA), which gives the President dictatorial powers in the case of ‘public emergency’, and the Military Commissions Act which suspended habeas corpus in 2006, have been linked to the plans by some opponents. For more information, here is a timeline of the events leading up to deep integration, those organizations working to support the plan, and those fighting against it. Pierre Hillard also provides a substantial overview, as does Dr. Jerome R. Corsi in his book, The Late Great USA.

    Proponents insist there are no plans to undermine the US Constitution or create a unified currency, but others maintain these issues will likely be addressed eventually, and probably already have been behind closed doors. Immigration will certainly play a major role in the decision-making process; some wonder if the issue is being used as a diversion, or a “mechanism for achieving the globalists’ NAU goal”. From WorldNetDaily.com, “WASHINGTON — The controversial ‘Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007,’ which would grant millions of illegal aliens the right to stay in the U.S. under certain conditions, contains provisions for the acceleration of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, a plan for North American economic and defense integration, WND has learned.” Attaching such an emotional and controversial issue to the globalization agenda is a cleverly sinister way to achieve their eventual goals of a New World Order.

    “When the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results.” –Tao Te Ching #58

    ]]> http://surfingthetao.com/2007/06/25/deep-integration-the-coming-north-american-union/feed/ 6 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/     Profiting from Disaster http://surfingthetao.com/2006/04/04/profiting-from-disaster/ http://surfingthetao.com/2006/04/04/profiting-from-disaster/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:36:00 +0000 Angela http://surfingthetao.com/?p=25 Throughout our history there have always been those for whom war, disasters and the like have been a means to profit. World Wars I and II, as well as the multitude of post-1945 foreign wars, generated a substantial increase in U.S. corporate profits thanks to the increase in military and defense spending. The New York [...]]]> Throughout our history there have always been those for whom war, disasters and the like have been a means to profit. World Wars I and II, as well as the multitude of post-1945 foreign wars, generated a substantial increase in U.S. corporate profits thanks to the increase in military and defense spending. The New York Times reported in 1940 that Standard Oil and other U.S.Japan) with oil and other technical information. Companies were continuing to supply even Nazi Germany and, “beginning with 1965, the rapid Vietnam buildup of military contracts gave several years of extra life to the tired boom and raised it to new heights: This added stimulation was primarily for military reasons; its economic consequences were side-effects.” (Victor Perlo, “Economic Aspects of Military Spending”, in David Mermelstein: “The Economic Crisis Reader”, 1975)

    When the Soviet Union collapsed, the U.S. emerged as the great world economic power. According to an article on http://abundance.org.uk/ (The Profits of Abundance and War, Part xi), “We are now witnessing the development of a war policy which appears to envisage war continuing for the foreseeable future, not just to boost America’s massive armaments corporations, but the economy as a whole.”

    Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and former Secretary of State George Schulz each hold millions of dollars worth of in shares of Gilead Sciences, the biotech company which owns the rights to Tamiflu. Fear of a pandemic of bird flu has sent their stocks soaring. (more at http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/newsmakers/fortune_rumsfeld/) Another company, Chiron Corp., was recently awarded a $62.5 million dollar contract by the Department of Health and Human Services to begin producing a similar vaccine. Of course we want to be prepared, but an article at www.WantToKnow.info notes, “Isn’t it interesting that over $60 million dollars has been “awarded for a vaccine against a bird flu that hasn’t even mutated yet?…How do we know these vaccines will work when it hasn’t even mutated?…the pharmaceutical industry…is raking in huge profits…”

    Then of course there’s Exxon/Mobil, which announced yesterday it is now America’s largest corporation, surpassing even Wal-Mart. Interesting that their highest profits were recorded in the quarter following Hurricane Katrina. Of course they are a business, but wouldn’t it be nice if during times of human misery, profit might be considered secondary to relief?

    Lao Tzu wrote, “Throw away industry and profit, and there won’t be any thieves.” (#19) “When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are stockpiled outside the cities.” (#46)

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