activism - Spiritual Blogs - Ashtar Command - Spiritual Community2024-03-28T11:02:26Zhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/activism8 Facts About the Dakota Access Pipelinehttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/8-facts-about-the-dakota-access-pipeline2017-02-08T14:57:11.000Z2017-02-08T14:57:11.000ZWes Annachttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/WesAnnac<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8109362261,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="472" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8109362261,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" height="237" alt="8109362261?profile=original" /></a>By Wes Annac, <em>Editor,</em> <a href="https://openheartedrebel.com/"><em>Openhearted Rebel</em></a></p><p>The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was recently back in the news, with Trump issuing an executive order approving its completion and the completion of the Keystone XL pipeline.</p><p>The Army Corps have also <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-will-allow-completion-of-dakota-access-oil-pipeline/">granted easement</a> for construction to continue, despite that they denied it just a few months ago.</p><p>The struggle continues, and water protectors are still hard at work raising awareness of the violation of native rights and the potential for millions of people to lose clean drinking water. Unfortunately, the company constructing the pipeline has close ties with the newly elected president.</p><p>Add this to the fact that police have responded brutally to protestors (and will probably continue to), and you have a recipe for indefinite strife.</p><p>Here are eight facts about the Dakota Access Pipeline and the situation in Standing Rock that may or may not make you want to join the struggle.</p><ol><li><strong>The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1,100-mile oil pipeline under construction from North Dakota (specifically, the Bakken shale oil fields) to Peoria, IL</strong></li></ol><p>It’s a $3.8 billion project planned to cross Lakota Treaty Territory at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, where it would reside under the Missouri river. <sup>(1)</sup></p><ol start="2"><li><strong>President Trump recently signed executive orders approving the completion of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines</strong></li></ol><p>His reason was that it’ll bring in jobs. Congress can’t overturn the decision, but the Standing Rock Sioux are preparing legal action and “mass civil disobedience”. <sup>(2)</sup></p><ol start="3"><li><strong>Trump had investments in the company constructing the Dakota Access Pipeline</strong></li></ol><p>In December, Trump sold his stake in Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company constructing DAPL, to avoid controversy. But he continues to be close with the company. Kelcy Warren, owner of Energy Transfer Partners, gave $100,000 to a fundraising effort for Trump when he was running. <em>The Washington Post</em> reports that Trump’s share in the company was between $500,000 and $1 million in 2015. <sup>(2)</sup></p><p>For this and other reasons, many people expected Trump to approve the pipeline’s completion when he took office. They were right.</p><ol start="4"><li><strong>DAPL’s construction would bring a renewal of fracking in the Bakken region</strong></li></ol><p>Fracking, an oil extraction method often targeted by environmental activists for its recklessness, could become popular again in the Bakken region when the pipeline is finished. <sup>(1)</sup></p><ol start="5"><li><strong>The pipeline will pollute a main source of freshwater for the Standing Rock Sioux and 8 million other residents</strong></li></ol><p>Not only the Standing Rock Sioux, but 8 million residents who currently enjoy clean drinking water will have to go without if the pipeline leaks. <sup>(1)</sup></p><ol start="6"><li><strong>Concerns over the pipeline leaking have already caused it to be moved once</strong></li></ol><p>The pipeline’s original route passed through North Dakota’s state capital, Bismarck. It was moved, however, over similar concerns for the city’s water supply. <sup>(3)</sup></p><ol start="7"><li><strong>The government has conducted surveillance on water protectors</strong></li></ol><p>The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently released a report involving “numerous” law enforcement agencies in which anecdotal reports were compiled of the suspicious behavior of some protestors’ cell phones. This behavior included an unusual drain on the battery and certain apps, or the phone altogether, crashing unexpectedly. <sup>(4)</sup></p><p>The report notes that some people observed attempts to log in to their Google accounts. Facebook posts and messenger threads also reportedly disappeared, and many uploads – especially live ones – would either fail to complete or disappear after processing. The IP addresses traced to the attempts to log in to Google accounts were most often linked to “North Dakota’s Information & Technology Department”. <sup>(4)</sup></p><p>To be fair, though, the Electronic Frontier Foundation notes that it’s difficult to determine the true cause of all this. <sup>(4)</sup></p><ol start="8"><li><strong>DAPL police blew up a water protector’s arm</strong></li></ol><p>Sophia Wilansky is a DAPL protestor who nearly lost her arm after it was blown up by a grenade fired by militarized police. Rumors circulated that doctors had to amputate the arm, but they turned out untrue. <sup>(5)</sup></p><p>Nonetheless, it’s a traumatic thing to happen to someone who has the audacity to stand up for clean water.</p><p>Some people might think Trump’s decision to approve the Dakota Access Pipeline’s completion is no big deal. Some are praising him for creating jobs. But they’re unaware of the literal blood, sweat, and tears that have went into this struggle.</p><p>Until we can see the struggle of others as no different from our own, we’ll continue to support outrageous politicians sponsored by big corporations, none of which truly care about the people. Hopefully, in time, we’ll develop compassion and see that it’s not okay to break treaties or pollute sacred land.</p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><ol><li>“About DAPL” <em>Medic + Healer Council</em> – <a href="https://medichealercouncil.com/nodapl/">https://medichealercouncil.com/nodapl/</a></li><li>Jessica McBride, “Trump Dakota Access Pipeline Executive Order: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”, <em>Heavy.com</em>, January 24, 2017 – <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/trump-dakota-access-pipeline-executive-order-dapl-standing-rock-no-keystone-investment-energy-transfer-partners-kelcy-warren-donation/">http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/trump-dakota-access-pipeline-executive-order-dapl-standing-rock-no-keystone-investment-energy-transfer-partners-kelcy-warren-donation/</a></li><li>“Pipeline route plan first called for crossing north of Bismarck”, <em>Bismarck Tribune</em>, August 18, 2016 – <a href="http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/pipeline-route-plan-first-called-for-crossing-north-of-bismarck/article_64d053e4-8a1a-5198-a1dd-498d386c933c.html">http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/pipeline-route-plan-first-called-for-crossing-north-of-bismarck/article_64d053e4-8a1a-5198-a1dd-498d386c933c.html</a></li><li>“What You Aren’t Being Told About Government Surveillance on DAPL Protesters”, <em>Anti-Media</em>, December 22, 2016 – <a href="http://theantimedia.org/government-surveillance-dapl-protesters/">http://theantimedia.org/government-surveillance-dapl-protesters/</a></li><li>Nick Bernabe, “Remember When DAPL Police Blew a Protester’s Arm Up? This Is Her Now”, <em>Anti-Media</em>, December 14, 2016 – <a href="http://theantimedia.org/dapl-sophia-wilansky-arm-now/">http://theantimedia.org/dapl-sophia-wilansky-arm-now/</a></li></ol><p><strong>About the author: </strong></p><p><em><a href="https://openheartedrebel.com/2017/01/07/love-brings-spiritual-awakening/wesannac-3/" target="_blank"><img src="https://aquariuschannelings.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/wesannac.jpg?w=175&h=130&width=175" class="align-left" width="169" height="126" alt="wesannac.jpg?w=175&h=130&width=175" /></a>I’m a twenty-something writer & blogger with an interest in spirituality, revolution, music and the transformative creative force known as love. I run</em> <a href="http://openheartedrebel.com">Openhearted Rebel</a>, <em>a daily news blog dedicated to igniting a revolution of love by raising social and spiritual awareness.</em></p><p><em>I also have a personal blog,</em> <a href="http://wesannac.wordpress.com">Wes Annac’s Personal Blog</a><em>, in which I share writings related to spiritual philosophy, creativity, heart consciousness and revolution (among other topics).</em></p><p><em>I write from the heart and try to share informative and enlightening reading material with the rest of the conscious community. When I’m not writing or exploring nature, I’m usually making music.</em></p><p><em>Follow me on Facebook (</em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wes.annac/"><em>Wes Annac</em></a><em>,</em> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/openheartedrebel">https://www.facebook.com/openheartedrebel</a> <em>and Twitter (</em><a href="https://twitter.com/Wes_Annac"><em>Wes Annac,</em></a><em>,</em> <a href="https://twitter.com/love_rebellion">https://twitter.com/love_rebellion</a></p><p><strong>Recent articles:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://openheartedrebel.com/2017/02/01/marijuana-legalization-colorado-25-facts/">Marijuana Legalization in Colorado: 25 Facts</a></li><li><a href="https://openheartedrebel.com/2017/01/26/alchemy-astrology-spiritual-transformation-conclusion/">Alchemy, Astrology, and Spiritual Transformation – Part 2 (Conclusion)</a></li><li><a href="https://openheartedrebel.com/empower-yourself/have-no-fear/">Have No Fear</a></li><li><a href="https://openheartedrebel.com/2017/01/19/alchemy-astrology-spiritual-transformation-part-1/">Alchemy, Astrology, and Spiritual Transformation – Part 1</a></li><li><a href="https://openheartedrebel.com/2017/01/07/love-brings-spiritual-awakening/">Love Brings Spiritual Awakening</a></li><li><a href="https://openheartedrebel.com/2017/01/01/what-will-you-create-2017/">What Will You Create In 2017?</a></li><li><a href="https://cultureofawareness.com/2016/12/22/dying-war-battlefield-afterlife/">Dying in War: From the Battlefield to the Afterlife</a></li><li><a href="https://cultureofawareness.com/social-spiritual-revolution/writing-with-purpose/">Writing with Purpose</a></li><li><a href="https://cultureofawareness.com/2016/12/20/cannabinoids-heal-the-body/">Cannabinoids Heal the Body</a></li><li><a href="https://cultureofawareness.com/2016/12/15/afterlife-silver-cord/">The Afterlife and the Silver Cord</a></li><li><a href="https://cultureofawareness.com/2016/12/13/tap-source/">Tap Into the Source</a></li><li><a href="https://cultureofawareness.com/2016/12/12/psychological-and-spiritual-benefits-of-psilocybin/">Psychological and Spiritual Benefits of Psilocybin</a></li></ul><p><em>Featured image credit: <span id="l_wrapper"><a id="detail_viewPage" class="view_page" href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/no-dapl-protest-day-of-action" target="_blank" name="detail_viewPage"><span id="att_url" class="webAns">actionnetwork.org</span></a></span></em></p><p><em>No copyright. Share freely with attribution to</em> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wes.annac/">Wes Annac</a> <em>and</em> <a href="http://openheartedrebel.com">Openhearted Rebel</a><em>.</em></p></div>Loving Yourself & Mother Earth - Self Love & Creating a Reality of Lovehttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/loving-yourself-amp-mother2009-12-11T01:16:06.000Z2009-12-11T01:16:06.000ZZaKaiRanhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/ZaKaiRan<div>Loving Yourself & Mother EarthSelf Love & Creating a Reality of Lovethrough Action and Consumer ActivismBy ZaKaiRanDo you love yourself? If the answer is yes, then I'll ask you another question, if you love yourself, then do you act like it? How do you show it? If you do actually love yourself, then you must act like you love yourself! If you are not showing love to yourself, then you are not really loving yourself. Thinking or affirming you love yourself, is not enough, because that is not how reality is created.To create a reality, you must think, speak, feel and act that reality, in the way that you want created, so that reality becomes truly real and manifests fully in this reality. You must show the universe that you love yourself before the universe truly believes that it's true for you. Then the entire universe goes "OK, I see that that reality is really true for her/him, and I must rearrange reality to accommodate that truth". This is the universal law of Truth, Divine Resonance & Reflection, whatever truth you truly resonate with, that emanates out from your energy fields, creates that reality, it reflects back to you the reality that you have created within.Here is another example of creating reality: most people complain about the state of social life on planet earth, with all of the corporate greed and political corruption, and wonder what they can do to change the world. One of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal to make change on planet earth is our purchases. What do you purchase regularly that directly supports corporate greed, and human & environmental exploitation, and what do you purchase that supports social cooperation, global responsibility and environmental health?Where does the paper you buy for your computer or your toilet paper come from? Is it from a renewable sustainable resource, recycled sources, or did it come from rainforest trees, chopped down just so that you can wipe your bum? Unless you educate yourself, you probably don't know, because companies are not required, nor do they have a financial interest, in notifying you where they source their paper from.I know you all buy good oils to cook with or to use on your salad, but how about the oil that is used to make those crackers or cookies you bought? The oil might be genetically modified canola oil, or palm oil, harvested from regions of Indonesia that once contained beautiful rainforests and once housed the amazing and lovely Orangutans.Of course buying certified organic fruits and vegetables, buying recycled paper, and products that are not genetically modified, and made by ethical companies, is a powerful statement of self love and love for Mother Earth. If you make sure you never purchase any products that have been made with Palm Oil and companies that even use palm oil, then you are showing yourself how much you love yourself, how much you love the earth and trees and how much you love Orangutans.ChocolateWhere does the chocolate that you love so much come from? Unless it is certified organic and fair trade, there is no guarantee that the cocoa beans are not sourced from sweat shop/child labor plantations in west Africa, which is where most of the chocolate that people eat is sourced from.Body Care ProductsAnd what about the body care products you are putting on your skin, hair, teeth, mouth, eyes…? Do you know what all those chemicals are that are in your products? What plant did they come from? Chances are you probably don't have a clue what they are or if they are actually beneficial to your health, because the burden of education rests in your hands alone, not companies, that are not required by law to list the affects of certain chemicals, and not even required to exclude chemicals that are harmful to you and the environment because it's not food.And do you actually believe it when a product says "natural" or "organic"? Even if a product lines says "certified organic", often, there is a very small percentage of actual certified organic ingredients and the rest are chemicals. In this instance, you can show that you love yourself by first of all, educating yourself about chemicals and companies. In the full scope of the literally thousands of body care products, there are really only a few that truly care about you and your health, whose primary motivation is not just profit, but education and global responsibility. (And the one that I know truly cares about your health is ONEgroup/MiEssence).So do you love yourself and mother earth enough to take the time to educate yourself about chemicals and ingredients in the products you purchase or intend to purchase. By doing so, you are empowering yourself (and ultimately others because you naturally will educate others) and you are sending a powerful message to the universe that you are taking a stand for planetary health and prosperity consciousness). And you are sending a powerful message to the greedy corporations that you will not support their destructive, uncooperative and greedy behavior. And by buying wisely, you then empower smaller companies, (energetically and financially), that really care about you, the earth and all of humanity. This is basically consumer activism, and a very powerful way to make change on the planet, because none of the greed and corruption would exist if the masses didn't support this behavior. But this greed machine knows how to manipulate the masses through their fears and insecurities.Empower yourself by finally realizing that beings who lack divine awareness, live their lives primarily based on their fears, by their first three chakras, and the biological territorial imperatives of caveman consciousness. They even enter relationships for fear of being alone, or fears that they are not loveable…And love yourself by giving no energy to your fears and by placing your energy into the good guys, rather than judging the "bad" guys. This only empowers them and their reality of conflict and control, because your attention is on them and their nefarious behavior. This is how reality creates itself, based upon where your attention is. What you focus on is created around you and supported by the universe, because the universe is unconditional and will help you create any reality you desire. So your choice is to place your attention on trying to change the old world, which empowers this old world of fear, lack and competition, or you can focus your attention on creating a whole new world - it's your choice! And in the case of consumer activism, that means only supporting companies that are focused on creating this new world, not exploiting the resources of the old world.The world is literally in your hands, what will you do with it?How can you personally create a whole new world of divine cooperation and mutual support? How much do you love yourself? How will you show it? When was the last time you got a massage? Bought yourself a new dress, shirt…? Treated yourself to ice-cream…In divine love!ZaKaiRanLinks:<a href="https://zakairan.mionegroup.com/toxic">https://zakairan.mionegroup.com/toxic</a>Toxic Ingredient Directory - How safe are the ingredients in your brand of skin care products? How certain are you that they do not contain chemicals that could be harmful to you and/or your children?If you are not sure, use this toxic ingredient directory and find out for yourself. This information has been sourced from Material Safety Data Sheets (or MSDS), which is recognised as the international standard for providing safety information about chemical ingredients used by humans.--------------------------------------------------------------Ethical & Organic Shopping Australia<a href="http://www.ethical.org.au">www.ethical.org.au</a>Ethical Super Market Shopping Guide:<a href="http://www.ethical.org.au/guides/">http://www.ethical.org.au/guides/</a>Free PDF: <a href="http://www.ethical.org.au/downloads/2009/ECG_Guide2009.pdf">http://www.ethical.org.au/downloads/2009/ECG_Guide2009.pdf</a>Ethical Paper: <a href="http://www.ethical.org.au/guide/search/">http://www.ethical.org.au/guide/search/</a>Chocolate, Healthy, Fair Trade and Organic: <a href="http://www.ethical.org.au/guide/browse/guide/?type=126">http://www.ethical.org.au/guide/browse/guide/?type=126</a>Sustainable Seafood Guide: <a href="http://www.marineconservation.org.au">www.marineconservation.org.au</a>--------------------------------------------------------------Ethical & Organic Shopping USAOrganic Consumers Association: <a href="http://www.OrganicConsumers.org">http://www.OrganicConsumers.org</a>The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topicsEthical Consumer: <a href="http://www.ethicalconsumer.org">http://www.ethicalconsumer.org</a>Recycled paper: <a href="http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/miscellaneous/Recycledpaper.aspx">http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/miscellaneous/Recycledpaper.aspx</a>Toilet Paper: <a href="http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/householdconsumables/Toiletpaper.aspx">http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/householdconsumables/Toiletpaper.aspx</a>Chocolate, Healthy, Fair Trade and Organic:<a href="http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/fooddrink/chocolatesnacksandsweets.aspx">http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/FreeBuyersGuides/fooddrink/chocolatesnacksandsweets.aspx</a><a href="http://products.mercola.com/organic-dark-chocolate/">http://products.mercola.com/organic-dark-chocolate/</a>--------------------------------------------------------------Genetically Modified FoodsGM Foods Australia: <a href="http://www.TrueFood.org.au">www.TrueFood.org.au</a>Shoppers Guide to Avoiding GE Foods (Australia)Shoppers Pocket Guide: <a href="http://www.truefood.org.au/documents/TrueFoodGuide2009.pdf">http://www.truefood.org.au/documents/TrueFoodGuide2009.pdf</a>Shoppers Guide, Full List: <a href="http://www.truefood.org.au/documents/TrueFoodGuide20090325.pdf">http://www.truefood.org.au/documents/TrueFoodGuide20090325.pdf</a>--------------------------------------------------------------GM Foods USA: <a href="http://www.truefoodnow.org">www.truefoodnow.org</a>Shoppers Guide to Avoiding GE Foods<a href="http://truefoodnow.org/campaigns/genetically-engineered-foods/shoppers-guide/">http://truefoodnow.org/campaigns/genetically-engineered-foods/shoppers-guide/</a><a href="http://truefoodnow.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/web_new-ge-booklet.pdf">http://truefoodnow.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/web_new-ge-booklet.pdf</a>--------------------------------------------------------------Fair Trade OrganizationsAustralia<a href="http://www.Oxfam.org.au/fairtrade">www.Oxfam.org.au/fairtrade</a> - Make Trade Fair<a href="http://www.FTA.org.au">www.FTA.org.au</a> - Fair Trade Association Australia and New Zealand<a href="http://www.fairtrade.asn.au">www.fairtrade.asn.au</a> - People for Fair Trade - A better deal for third world producersFair Trade Shop - Siham Craftlink Pty. Ltd. is an australian importer, wholesaler and retailer of unique, handmade and high quality craft items sourced from Fair Trade Organizations ...<a href="http://www.sihamcraftlink.com/index.html">www.sihamcraftlink.com/index.html</a>---------------USA and Other CountriesFairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO) -<a href="http://www.fairtrade.net/">http://www.fairtrade.net/</a>The Fairtrade Foundation - <a href="http://www.fairtrade.org.uk">www.fairtrade.org.uk</a>Fair Trade Federation - <a href="">www.fairtradefederation.org=</a>--------------------------------------------------------------OrangutansBorneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) AustraliaBorneo Orangutan Survival, primates helping primates. ... Forest - Home of the Orangutans. About Palm Oil. Wanariset. Nyaru Menteng. Mawas Reserve ... <a href="http://www.orangutans.com.au">www.orangutans.com.au</a>Orangutan Hospital<a href="http://www.orangutanisland.org.my/news/move-over-er-welcome-to-the-worlds-only-orang-utan-hospital/print.html">http://www.orangutanisland.org.my/news/move-over-er-welcome-to-the-worlds-only-orang-utan-hospital/print.html</a>Palm oil<a href="http://www.orangutans.com.au/Orangutans-Survival-Information/About-Palm-Oil.aspx">http://www.orangutans.com.au/Orangutans-Survival-Information/About-Palm-Oil.aspx</a>The single greatest threat facing orangutans today is the rapidly expanding palm oil trade. Rainforests are being cleared at the rate of 300 football fields per hour to make way for oil palm plantations.While there are millions of hectares of degraded land that could be used for plantations, many oil palm companies choose to instead use rainforest land to gain additional profits by logging the timber first. Palm oil companies also frequently use uncontrolled burning to clear the land, resulting in thousands of orangutans being burned to death. Those that survive have nowhere to live and nothing left to eat.Many everyday products contain palm oil. It is found in ice cream, chocolate, biscuits, crackers, chips, margarine, fruit juice, batters, soap, toothpaste, laundry powders, detergents, cosmetics and pet food to name but a few. It is also found in a wide array of products sold in natural food stores.Palm Oil Free Products: <a href="http://www.orangutans.com.au/Orangutans-Survival-Information/Helping-you-buy-responsibly-Palm-oil-free-alternatives.aspx">http://www.orangutans.com.au/Orangutans-Survival-Information/Helping-you-buy-responsibly-Palm-oil-free-alternatives.aspx</a>Notes: Companies are not required to specifically state "palm oil" in their products. Palm oil is usually listed as "vegetable oil", and sometimes "palmolene".--------------------------------------------------------------Green LivingCare2.com - The Largest on-line community for healthy and green living, human rights and animals welfare - <a href="http://www.care2.com/">http://www.care2.com/</a>Planet Ark - Your Daily Guide to Helping the Planet - <a href="http://www.planetark.com">www.planetark.com</a>Australia:Clean Up Australia: <a href="http://www.cleanup.com.au">www.cleanup.com.au</a> - Recycle your Computer…Climate Change Australia: <a href="http://www.greenhouse.gov.au">www.greenhouse.gov.au</a>Global Garden - your FREE gardening magazine on the internet. (Australia) - <a href="http://www.global-garden.com.au">www.global-garden.com.au</a>--------------------------------------------------------------Donate Your GlassesGive the gift of sight. You can help someone else see clearly by donating your old glasses.<a href="http://www.charityguide.org/volunteer/fifteen/eyeglasses-donation.htm">www.charityguide.org/volunteer/fifteen/eyeglasses-donation.htm</a><a href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/">http://www.uniteforsight.org/</a><a href="http://www.onesight.org/">http://www.onesight.org/</a>--------------------------------------------------------------Mobile Phone Recycling - <a href="http://www.mobilemuster.com.au/">http://www.mobilemuster.com.au/</a>Recycle your Book - <a href="http://www.bookcrossing.com">www.bookcrossing.com</a><a href="http://www.WeAreWhatWeDo.org">www.WeAreWhatWeDo.org</a> - Small Actions X Lots of People = Big Change131 Small Actions to Change the WorldLandcare Australia - <a href="http://www.LandCareAustralia.com.au">www.LandCareAustralia.com.au</a>Landcare is a uniquely Australian partnership between the community, government and business to 'do something practical' about protecting and repairing our environment. More than 4,000 volunteer community landcare groups - including bushcare and urban landcare, rivercare, coastcare and sustainable agriculture groups - are tackling land degradation in every corner of Australia.</div>Inner Activism & Entrepreneurial Activism by ZaKaiRanhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/profiles/blogs/inner-activism-amp2009-06-11T09:00:00.000Z2009-06-11T09:00:00.000ZZaKaiRanhttps://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/members/ZaKaiRan<div><b>Inner Activism&Entrepreneurial ActivismCreating a Divine Reality in your Life and Planet Earthby changing your inner reality and businessbyZaKaiRan</b>Greetings beloved empowered masters of divine creation! This is a letter of empowerment! Contrary to what your ancestral or soul programs may say, or what society believes, you are fully and completely empowered to create a fulfilling, prosperous, and magical life for yourself, right now!!! In fact you are already creating your own reality right now, and contributing to the creation of the collective reality, with all of your beliefs, programs, ideas, thoughts, visions, vows, agreements, contracts, feelings, etc., that are in your conscious and unconscious “mind”, (your mental, emotional and other energy bodies, linked to your chakras…). And with a sufficient amount of healing, re-programming and empowerment, you can and are creating a new more divine reality! I have written extensively about this in my many articles on reality creation that you may utilize for your further self empowerment on my website: <a href="http://www.ZaKaiRan.com">www.ZaKaiRan.com</a>.Society still believes that their lives and life on earth, is controlled by chance and outside forces. We give our power away to corporations, business, governments, religions, societal rules and ancestral programs, until we realize through an experience of the awakening process, that we are creating our realities and can create a much better reality for ourselves as well as the planet.The first step to reality mastery is taking responsibility for what you are creating - that includes everything! You may not know what part of yourself, or what program, or what aspect of your soul is attracting this experience to your reality, but regardless, you must take responsibility for it’s creation and manifestation, and start healing it’s fear based perception.The next step is the willingness to change your reality and determination to do so. This journey of empowerment is the use of personal will in tune with divine will. You cannot create a divine reality with only personal will, you must align your frequencies to the divine plan and to your higher self and ultimately, your God Presence.So you must accept the power of your personal will, emanating from your divine heart and the center of your divine beingness. This alignment with divine will, focuses your intentions for the upliftment of all of humanity not just your own personal gain. Your intention is to change reality in general, for the good of all, through your divine heart and the creation of divinity in your own personal reality, which affects the entire collective reality in very powerful ways.So how can I make change upon this planet in powerful ways? You can be an environmental or political activist to affect political or judicial policy or to try to change the minds of humanity by educating them or convincing them that respecting the environment or animals is a good thing. And all of these things are necessary avenues of pursuit, but as we all know, trying to change the old world is a long and arduous process, and there is a strong energy of manipulation in this form of action, which is not our natural way of being or acting. So you can try to change the old world, or you can create a new one. This is a much more natural and efficient way to alter/create reality. Our natural way of acting is to create harmony within ourselves, then harmony manifests around us. This inner awareness and truth emanates out everywhere we go and through everything we do, which creates a divine wave of energy that empowers others and provides a grace filled space for others to shift their realities and become empowered them selves.It is not empowering to others to tell them that they are wrong and bad and they should change the way they are acting because they are harming the planet, animals or other people. This, more often than not, creates resistance and reactions of anger and even violence, because you are blatantly saying or implying that your reality is better than their reality. From a divine perspective, this is disrespectful to a soul. And if someone suffers from powerlessness or helplessness, you trying to “help” them, implies that they are powerless or helpless, and they will resist this projection because, even though their unconscious reality believes it, they don’t want to feel this.There is nothing wrong with any thing that anyone does, there are only higher and lower vibrations. Every form of expression is divine in the eyes of Divinity, all part of the divine plan. It is just All-That-Is experiencing the illusion of separation and limitation. It is just God-Goddess expressing itself in that specific manner. The real truth is that everyone knows, deep down in their hearts, that their actions are either loving and supportive, or damaging and hurtful, but most people’s chakras are shut down and they cannot feel or see the truth. And most people are disconnected from Love because their hearts are not open.So the most empowering thing you can do for others is to see the love that is in all beings and have compassion for their suffering, because they couldn’t do the destructive things that they do if they were not in pain, and unconsciously felt like they were unworthy, and powerless, and helpless, or some other face of human suffering, and limited by their fear based programs. So you must create a more divine reality in yourself first, then you will become empowered to help others in a very compassionate and empowering way.Once again, you must first take responsibility for your own reality, your creations and your actions that are creating your reality, because the universe sees what you believe in based upon what you are focused on and fascinated with, and what you are acting upon, to see what you are implying is real, and to help you create more of this reality. This is how powerful you are and how supportive and unconditionally loving the universe is. When you take full responsibility for your reality, you become an inner activist, creating change in the outer world by making change in your “inner” world. And when you change your inner reality, you naturally develop wisdom and compassion to see the right ways to act towards humanity, and the outside world, which further empowers your ability to create a divine reality for yourself through your “outside” actions.This is the part of the journey of empowerment in dealing directly with the outside world in a heart-based, centered and wholistic way. As spiritual awakening masters, we have a tendency to separate ourselves from normal society because we don’t fit in and the old world is not supportive to our divine reality. But the next step in this journey of empowerment is learning to interact with humanity in a more direct and wholistic way, on our terms, from love, not seeing anyone as an enemy, but seeing everyone as your divine family. This often leads awakening masters to a natural desire to create their own businesses to become financially supported through things that bring them joy. There is a natural desire to create a reality where you’re doing what brings you joy, rather than doing something you hate because you’ll get money at the end of the week.This is the next level of empowerment of becoming interdependently self reliant, by being supported by Spirit, because you are doing your divine work, the mission you came to planet earth to do. It is a refocus on being financially responsible, and exploring new financial possibilities, because you realize that “normal society” and normal financial structures, do not support your divine reality of true prosperity, they tend to be based in competition and lack, but your divine reality is based on cooperation and abundance.Being an Entrepreneurial ActivistThis new level of empowerment, creates entrepreneurial activists, where by everything you do, including business, is to make change upon this planet. The name entrepreneurial activist was coined by Alf Orpen, a wonderful man who is completely dedicated to educating humanity about alternatives to the destructive agricultural practices that are accepted as normal and even “healthy” here on planet earth, including the use of pesticides, herbicides and franken foods (genetic modification). He has been involved in the certified organics industry for 30 plus years and is one of the directors of ONEgroup, an international certified organic body and health care company, based in Australia, that is completely dedicated to our health, prosperity and the health of the planet. The example that he and ONEgroup leads, is the fact that we do not have to be abusive to the planet or to others in any way in our business dealings and the way we live our lives. They are making changes on this planet by educating humanity about the destructive chemically based body care and makeup industries and how we can alternatively, love and bless ourselves with beautiful products, and bless our bank accounts as well. They are also an example that you also create your reality and make change upon this planet by your actions, including all the little things you do for yourself, the planet and for others.For instance, do you know where your toilet paper comes from? It might be sourced from virgin rainforest that has been chopped down, chipped and pulped so that you can wipe your bum! Do you know what the chemicals are that are in the foods you eat and put on your skin? Do you really think they are healthy for you? The profit oriented corporations want us all to believe that these chemicals that they put in our food and spray on our vegetables and put in our skin and body care products are just fine and dandy and wouldn’t hurt a fly. Oops, that’s what they were designed to do, hurt flies, so if they’ll hurt a fly, don’t you think they might hurt you, and all the other good creatures on planet earth, especially if these chemicals bio-accumulate up the food chain to be much more concentrated, and combine together in toxic soups in our water streams and on the land?So the point is, education, education, education! People are easily controlled when they are poor, and uneducated, and their lives are solely focused upon surviving. When you become personally empowered, and know that you create your own reality and your actions are also creating the planetary reality, then you naturally educate yourself about what is happening on the planet, and what actions you are taking that are contributing to the destruction of our planet. And you want to make this education available to your fellow humans, not because they are bad and wrong for being consumers, but because you want them to also become healthy, happy, empowered, and financially prosperous!We can all be prosperous without hurting the planet and without hurting others. Abundance is our birthright! There is enough food and water and everything else we could possibly need for everyone, as long as we can make a true connection of what we truly need and truly want. You can see what wanting what we really don’t need has done to the earth, and this mentality is shifting, naturally, as we evolve as a species. We are creating an entirely new world that is completely focused on cooperation and mutual support.This is also where we’re headed business wise and agriculturally. The old business model was completely based upon exploitation and profit for the elite, and controlled by those beings who felt they were deserving of wealth, or who felt their physical and emotional survival depended upon being wealthy. But our next stage of evolution is no longer based upon the lie of unworthiness, but based upon the fact that we are all God-Goddess in human bodies, that we are all divine beautiful masters of love-light and we all deserve health, happiness, abundance, joy and fulfillment. And the new business model is based upon the creation and fulfillment of health, happiness, abundance and joy for all of humanity, and everyone’s spiritual-business focus is upon this Vision!So, is your life and business focused upon this vision? How much of your consciousness is still focused on “personal success” and getting ahead? Do you really want complete prosperity for everyone, or do you have programs that say, “I must succeed so that I can be somebody and feel good about myself and people will love me, and I must do better than the next guy so I’ll feel great about myself and because there is not enough to go around”.Is your life and business primarily focused upon profit for yourself and your family? Or is it focused upon profiting “yourself” so that you can help others become profitable? Option 2 is our natural way; option 1 is the survival/competition/caveman way. Option 2 is the focus of you as God Presence; option 1 is the focus of the aspects of your being (aka ego), that experience itself as being unworthy, powerless, not good enough… But you as Higher Self know these to be illusions, therefore, no energy is placed into these illusions, and abundance and prosperity for all is your entire focus, (to the best of your ability).So are you an entrepreneurial activist? Is your life and business focused making change upon the earth? Are the businesses you are involved with, or have investments in, supportive to the health and wealth of the earth and humanity? And what about all of the businesses that you are supporting as a consumer? Do these companies care about the environment? If so, what are they doing about it? Do they care about your health and well being? If so, what are they doing about it? Do they care about your prosperity or only their own? If the food and the products you are buying are not supportive to the earth’s health, to human, animal and insect health, and supportive to the empowerment and prosperity of humanity, then why are you supporting these companies? Why are you eating toxic chemicals and putting them on your skin? Why are you wearing clothes produced with toxins? Why are you supporting the destruction of our lungs, the trees?…How much do you love yourself? Do you love yourself enough to only eat what is divinely blessed and honored, (that hasn’t been sprayed with toxic chemicals)? Do you love yourself enough to only put divine products on your skin (that contain only beneficial and certified organic ingredients)?How much do you love this planet? How much of your food and products that you eat and use have been produced destructively? How much of your food and products that you eat and use have been produced lovingly with complete respect for all life? What actions do you take in your normal life to show your love to mother earth?Are you grateful for the beauty and bounty that mother earth supplies? How do you show yourself, mother earth, humanity and the universe that you love yourself and love the earth? Do you love the environment, the elements, the animals, the vegetables, the fruits, the trees, the oceans, the rivers, the fishies? If so, then how are you showing it? Are you giving anything back to the earth, or are you just taking from it? When was the last time you planted a tree or paid for one to be planted for you?Are you going to be an inner activist to make change within your own reality? And are you going to be an entrepreneurial activist to make change in your outer reality, upon this earth by supporting only truly healthy agricultural and business practices?It is now time for your empowerment and the empowerment of all of humanity, this includes every single minute creature upon this beautiful ball of land and water! It is now time for the full creation of a new civilization completely dedicated to loving and caring for all creatures great and small! A civilization that is worthy of joining the Galactic Federation of Planets!This is our mission, to go where no planet has gone before!!!Live Long and Prosper!!!!!!!!!I AM ZaKaiRanP.S. I highly recommend joining a tree planting group such as Rainforest Rescue, and planting trees yourself, you will experience a great degree of fulfillment and joy. <a href="http://rainforestrescue.com/">http://rainforestrescue.com/</a>Empower your BusinessBy Being an Entrepreneurial ActivistLearn how to make change on planet earth by how you do business and operate your businessFree Recording of Entrepreneurial Activism Webinar,with Alf Orpen,which took place on Wednesday 20 May 2009just go to: <a href="http://onegroup.acrobat.com/p34401363/">http://onegroup.acrobat.com/p34401363/</a>Testimonials:Lucie: Thank You Alf it’s very powerful & inspiringMarlene: That was brilliantJoanna: That was fascinating and assures me I am in the right business. 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