“The era of manufacturing consent has given way to the era of manufacturing news. Soon media newsrooms will drop the pretense, and start hiring theater directors instead of journalists.” ~ Arundhati Roy

We aren’t going to bring about any real change in our communities by using the same means that co-created our “mess” in the first place … and mass media is one of the prime culprits in this regard.

I’ve got some news for you: “the news” these days is NOT here to keep you informed. Rather, it is here to keep you afraid of your neighbor — it is here to keep you believing that you are “too small” to make a difference — it is here to keep you feeling that you need protection from the “powers that be” in order to survive.

Essentially, it is here to keep you from remembering the only Truth that holds any worth anymore: the Truth that YOU ARE STILL FREE TO RE-CREATE YOUR COMMUNITY; that YOU ARE STILL THE ONE TRULY “IN CONTROL” of your life; that NO ONE CAN STOP YOU FROM REACHING OUT TO CARE.

Want some proof that you are still running your own “show”? Try the following:

Get up right now, walk over to your TV, and unplug it.
Now go one week without plugging it back in again and see what a HUGE positive difference that simple act makes in your life …

If you stop allowing yourself to be spoon-fed the “truth” that those “in power” want you to believe, you just might look around and see that there is another Reality waiting for you; that people are actually amazingly Wonder-full; that every one of your acts of Kindness is not “small” at all; that YOU CAN make a huge difference in your neighborhood; and that WE CAN come together and make this world a fantastic place in which to live & learn & Love.

And it all starts with the guts to just pull the plug …

So, … got GUTS?

“It is necessary for all of us to awaken in ourselves this spirit of cooperation, for then it will not be a mere plan or agreement which causes us to work together, but an extraordinary feeling of togetherness, the sense of joy in being and doing together without any thought of reward or punishment.” ~ Krishnamurti

Filed under: Wisdoms from the Journey by Scaughdt