Buddhism and the Market

Illustrations by Kara Pyle How a Buddhist understanding of mutual debt can free us from the pressures of building and growing wealth By Kurt Spellmeyer,  At the close of a seven-day Zen retreat I attended many years ago, the Japanese teacher urged all of us to say something about our experience. A number of Americans stood up and described how transformative they found their many hours on the cushion. They spoke of inner barriers falling down and turning points in their life’s journey. An artist who had been immobilized by a creative block reported that ideas had come pouring out. … Continue reading Buddhism and the Market

1930’s Map of Medicinal Plants now Hijacked by Big Pharma

image edited by Web Investigator 1930’s Map of Medicinal Plants now Hijacked by Big Pharma by A Call to Actions Nature provides whatever we may need to heal naturally.  The problem is what was intended to help humanity heal has been hijacked, reverse engineered, re-created, re-named, re-packaged and marketed as a synthetic version of the original form.  It is then sold in mass quantity for mass profit by the Big Pharma industry causing numerous side effects that typically result in the need for more of the same unhealthy fakery. The following map from the David Rumsey Map Collection depicts the Medicinal Plant … Continue reading 1930’s Map of Medicinal Plants now Hijacked by Big Pharma

The Soldier-Cyborg Transformation – The Military’s Inhumane Vision of “Be All You Can Be”

Bobby Vaughn Jr. “Be All You Can Be” – the motto of Earth’s most aggressive and persistently violent team of death adders: The United States ARMY. The ARMY states this in a catchy way- convincing many that joining is the best you can do for yourself by improving yourself, upgrading yourself. Being all that you can be once you have raped sacred lands of all human dignity and enforced a terror state amongst the children and women?  Is that the best the United States Citizen can be? Of course not, the military wants more & more! More, of course, in … Continue reading The Soldier-Cyborg Transformation – The Military’s Inhumane Vision of “Be All You Can Be”

Antidepressants in America are causing suicide rates to soar, especially among young women

by: Isabelle Z. (NaturalNews) New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a significant jump in the suicide rate in America in the years from 1999 to 2014. The rise has been particularly sharp among women and girls. Is it any coincidence that the percentage of Americans who take antidepressants nearly doubled during the same period? Some parties with vested interests in Big Pharma are trying to blame this increase on the “black box” warning labels that were introduced by the FDA in 2004. These labels warn that the drugs increase the suicide risk in young … Continue reading Antidepressants in America are causing suicide rates to soar, especially among young women

Official advice on low-fat diet and cholesterol is wrong, says health charity

The report called for a return to ‘whole foods’ such as meat, dairy and high-fat healthy foods like avocados. Photograph: FotografiaBasica/Getty Images Report accuses UK public health bodies of colluding with food industry and calls for overhaul of dietary guidelines Urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”, a health charity has warned. In a damning report that accuses major public health bodies of colluding with the food industry, the National Obesity Forum and the Public Health Collaboration call for a “major overhaul” of current dietary guidelines. They say the focus on … Continue reading Official advice on low-fat diet and cholesterol is wrong, says health charity