Past/Present
The American Republic is 226 years old. The Roman Empire lasted 13 centuries before collapsing. The Roman emperors attempted to stave off the collapse by providing bread and circuses to the masses. Feeding Christians to lions worked only for so long. I picture Caligula “Mad Money” Cramer exhorting the masses that the worst was over and not to worry about the Vandals and the Huns. Nero “Mustard Seed” Kudlow probably saw a recovery on the horizon as Barbarians were at the gates of the city. Cleopatra “Money Honey” Bartiromo was proclaiming that the stupid masses didn’t know what was best for the system. Caesar “Glimmers of Hope” Obama was sure that if they just distributed more bread and added a few more circuses, things would improve by the Ides of March.
The false prosperity we have been experiencing for the last thirty years has come to an abrupt conclusion in the last 18 months. The amount of wealth destroyed is beyond comprehension. Household net worth has declined by $12 trillion in a matter of months. It will take years for average Americans to restore their wealth to 2007 levels. If your investment portfolio has declined by 50%, it will need to increase by 100% to break even.
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The expression
of the beautiful genius
opens like a wordless
rose
and clothes us
in the fumes
of paradise.
Somehow
when we are
listening to the wings
of crows and the
tender melodies
of elfin butterflies
we feel embraced
by the breath
of angels.
Beating
so softly, so
delicate-sweet that
velvet on a virgin’s
skin
might touch us
with an offering.
Though
we are there, out
in that other place
the familiar cup
of a summer’s rose
rises
from this ground
to kiss us
with the miracle
of its pouring passions.
And
we are downed
supine
into the common
haunting symbolum
of earth’s
dense mystery.
Though
not a single
word has swollen
to the lips
like a cherry
freshly swollen,
but the heavy
buzzing
of a working bee
lost
in the ecstasies
of pollen.
And
we are spellbound
and complete.
Like fruit.
Like garden.
David Sparenberg
Moon Rising
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTWsoBvMQwo&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEMMhu16y6c&feature=channel
Vector symbology, insignia common amongst many countries space programs, art in the 1400's deplicting vector objects, color images of the moon, dome class structures... prism effects, hovering discs close to the moons terrain. Awesome colors.

"There are a lot of Us here already, some of Us just don't know it"
"Unfortunately, I can't put My Sword away yet, as it is needed to protect the downtroddened, but I look forward to the day that I can turn it into plowshares
Angelic Hippy Al
One of the greatest tools at your disposal for creating your own reality is the tool of truely knowing what you want... knowing you have what you want... being happy without it... and letting go of it... for letting go... is the key to manifestation. You shine... you shine bright. ~ CierraBlessings, Peace and Joy to you and yours,
Helen Crystalheart Salzmann
Oh my... *tears of joy*... you've made a list... and just... because... THEY WILL ALL COME TRUE. You are so blessed.
http://www.shambhala-shasta.org/
~Cierra
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