In changing yourself, you can change the world.

August 1st, 2009.

With just a gentle shift in perception and focus you have the power to alter the direction of our planet. Ghandi said that, "A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history." Isn't that encouraging? For so long I have believed, along with millions of others, that I was inconsequential and that my actions and thoughts were but a grain of sand on a very vast beach. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our Western society is built on a foundation of lies. What we have come to accept as reality is just a social party line to keep us "domesticated and tame". The truth is that we are individually powerful and have the ability to take the steering wheel of this planet into our own hands and direct it in a positive direction. This world we live in has a terminal disease - it is cancerous with greed and violence and addiction. We are all addicted. I confronted my own addictions and found more than I had bargained for. We are addicted to chemicals, food, love, people, pain, glory, sex, television, consumerism and the list goes on. Most of what we do every day is just born of habit. We have become drones. Movies such as 'The Matrix' were not far from the truth. If we stop eating foods that have been designed, modified and drugged to maximise profit and start eating a diet that is proper fuel for our bodies; if we prioritise our time to deal with those we love first and those we work for second; if we explore spiritual ideas that cross all borders and times instead of blindly accepting the faith we were randomly assigned by our birth position on the planet; if we challenge unjust laws and morally reprehensible practices; then we have the power to be that last little pebble that falls from the mountain, causing a landslide. Every single person has this power. In a gentle way, you alone can shake this world.

You are the universe. You are the higher intelligence.