What if there's no contradiction between being your idiosyncratic self in love with your life and serving others with the best gifts you have to give? What if exploring your inner world to activate your personal genius dovetails perfectly with fighting to recreate the soulless culture we're embedded in? What if working on your own salvation makes ( Read more... )

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OMG. Andy Whitfield, the amazing, gorgeous actor who played Spartacus in the show, passed away tonight of lymphoma. How awful! he was only 39. R.I.P. Andy!


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On mental illness being a result of chemical imbalances in the brain. (There's much, much more, but this stuck out to me.)

When it was found that psychoactive drugs affect neurotransmitter levels in the brain, as evidenced mainly by the levels of their breakdown products in the spinal fluid, the theory arose that the cause of mental illness is an ( Read more... )

Many mental health advocacy groups (pretending to be) fighting for your rights as a mentally ill person? They are actually funded by the pharmaceutical companies. The government agencies of NIMH, NIDA, FDA and NIH? All funded by Big Pharma.

The DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)? Yep, funded by Big Pharma as well.

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I just found some of my old favorite random quotes.

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Spiritual emergences/emergencies oftentimes become activated because of a deep experience of wounding, abuse, or trauma. In its initial stage, a spiritual awakening can look like and mimic a nervous breakdown, as our habitual structures of holding ourselves together fall apart and break down so that a deeper and more coherent expression of our ( Read more... )

The Senate just passed a bill drastically reducing the penalty for possessing crack cocaine. The bill would increase the amount of crack requiring a five-year mandatory minimum sentence from 5 grams to 28 grams. The bill was approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary Committee and finally passed this week with a voice vote. According to Sen. Dick ( Read more... )

Got some more items to eBay! Check them out here:
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Includes:
Two Harajuku Lovers Handbag/Messenger Bags
Betseyville Large Tote
Paisley Juicy Couture Bag, MSRP $198

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