Occupy Wall Street rises like a phoenix

Liz Goodwin and Dylan Stableford (The Lookout blog, Sept. 17, 2012)

More than 100 protesters were arrested in lower Manhattan on Monday during demonstrations marking the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the amorphous, anti-corporate greed movement that began in New York and spread to dozens of cities last year. Activists vowed to "shut down" Wall Street, with plans to create a human wall and block the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange.
  

And remember not to vote.

Hundreds of New York police officers were assembled early Monday in anticipation of the protests. Dozens of officers, some on horseback, blocked off the entrance to Wall Street to prevent protesters from carrying out their stated mission. At 10:00 am, the NYPD carted off a bus full of protesters, all of them arrested earlier Monday morning. A double-decker bus of sightseers followed closely behind. More

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Happy for No Reason (audio)

Marci Shimoff with Aurora Winter, griefcoachacademy.com

Marci Shimoff is happy and in love for no reason at all (OmTimes.com)

   

(awarenessmag.com)

How do we raise our current happiness level? Is there a process to open our hearts and dissolve all pain, heartache, and psychological emptiness. 

  

Sometimes we need a fresh approach to deal with the negativity in our mind, in our relationships, and in our environment. What is it? What are the three essential "happiness habits" to live a life of freedom, joy, and ease?

• LISTEN: Happy for No Reason (free for 48 hours)

Aurora Winter, Grief Coach

Marci and Aurora share the latest scientific research on happiness with personal stories and the wisdom of the ages around releasing grief and reclaiming happiness.
  
Enjoy! Aurora Winter is dedicated to everyone's happiness as the founder of the GriefCoachAcademy.com, (866) 344-3108.

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The Green Tara Mantra (video)

Buddhist Light

   

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha

  

Green Tara (Leighton Cooke)

OM represents Tara's sanctified body, speech, and mind.

TARE means liberating from suffering, the disappointment and pain of samsara, the Five Aggregates of Clinging (skandhas, heaps, groups, constituent factors) under the control of delusion and karma.

TUTTARE means liberating from the eight fears, the external and internal dangers, delusion, and karma.

TURE means liberating from the ignorance of the true nature for the ego, self, soul. It shows the way to the real cessation of suffering.

SVAHA means "May the meaning of this mantra take root in my mind."

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