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What Can We Learn From The Zombie Apocalypse?

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There are parts of all of us that need to be developed. We are no greater than the thoughts we think. We get up every day. Go to work. Walk the dogs. Cook the food. Mind the children. But do we move as a result of who we really are or who we want to project ourselves to be. We have to bring our outside lives, the things we do daily, in alignment with our real selves. Like many others I watch The Walking Dead. What fascinates me so much about the show is who we turn into when we lose the things we think make us who we are. [Read more…] about What Can We Learn From The Zombie Apocalypse?

Originally posted on March 11, 2014 @ 9:00 am

7 Questions to Unplug from The Matrix

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So, you’ve taken the red pill. There is so much to unpack. How do we begin to unplug from the matrix? It could take a lifetime to undo all of our false beliefs. As I began this process a few years ago, so much of what was inside me started to surface. It is hard to handle at times. But I know that if I do not deal with these things head on, life will continue to be a bad romance with the unknown.

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Originally posted on February 18, 2014 @ 8:34 am

What ‘The Matrix’ Is and What We Can Learn From It

Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt it your entire life … you don’t know what it is, but it’s there, like a splinter in your mind…

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I am sure readers have noticed by now that I have an affinity for The Matrix movie (part 1). My friends and family will confirm I’ve been going on about the underlying philosophy in the movie since it first came out. There are many ways to go about unpacking it: our political system is a matrix, capitalism, religion, or even a computer generated universe named The Lattice (I did not make that up. Scientists have measured cosmic rays to test it). For me though, even if all of that is true – then what would be the source? Where would it all have come from? [Read more…] about What ‘The Matrix’ Is and What We Can Learn From It

Originally posted on February 12, 2014 @ 7:30 am