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LA Fires … First, we want to extend our thoughts to everyone affected. We hold hope for the swift containment of the fires and that LA can rebuild and rise stronger than ever. NBC has listed many organizations that are helping.
The Changing Guard
Bob Dylan’s song “The Times They Are a-Changin” might be particularly relevant today. And not just in the US, but in the world. The times are changing … and in these times, Power increasingly rules.
Elon Musk almost single handedly killed a bipartisan funding bill through a series of posts, threatening action if people did not vote as he wished. Agree or disagree with his views, this is the new paradigm: USE POWER!
And Trump is seriously talking about taking over Greenland … why? Because we want it and we are more powerful.
Billionaires wield influence in ways not seen in decades. As of December 2024, at least 13 billionaires have been selected for top roles in the next administration.
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has grown increasingly contentious, and Mark Zuckerberg caved to pressure from Trump and ended fact-checking (Yes, this is very big. More in a future post). We find ourselves in a vastly different world compared to four years ago.
And yet our work is still the same …
“So even if the sun were to rise from the west, the Bodhisattva has only one way.” — Suzuki Roshi
The times, of course, are always changing … and the solution is never to give more power to the liberals or to the conservatives, it is to work together as ONE PEOPLE.
Maybe the invitation of our time is that we all become bodhisattvas!
Some Wisdom 2.0 updates below … Blessings, SOREN
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Wisdom 2.0 2025. Is it happening?
Yes, we plan to have it, and hope to have the dates very, very soon. I wanted to wait until the US election was over, as the focus would adapt based on the results. And I think we have a direction now!
Say tuned!
Wow, oversimplified. You need to look at "root cause" and not superficial appearances. It is truth, not power at play here. The powerplays of the past 5 months, or 5 years for that matter, have been "called on the carpet," disbanded, and dismantled. Please look for truth and not the superficial