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We Come From The Future, By Ian MacKenzie

Future

ORIGINAL ARTICLE (http://www NULL.ianmack NULL.com/we-come-from-the-future/)

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung

APOCALYPTICISM is an actual word. According to Wikipedia (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Apocalypticism), …

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Dancing On History’s Edge: Why This Is An Amazing Time To Be Alive, By Dianne Monroe

Joy 2

This is an amazing time to be alive!

 

“Yeah, right,” my inner cynic says, “crumbling economy, peak oil, peak everything, melting ice caps, mass extinctions… and you have no idea how you are going to survive in your old …

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Returning To Simplicity (Whether We Want To Or Not), By Gregor MacDonald

Simplicity

REPOSTED FROM CHRIS MARTENSON BLOG (http://www NULL.chrismartenson NULL.com/blog/returning-to-simplicity/70143)

Eventually the point is reached when all the energy and resources available to a society are required just to maintain its existing level of complexity.

- Joseph Tainter

The modern …

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The Horrific Toll Of Depression: Suicides Linked To Recession, As Budget Cuts Force Out Mental Health Professionals

Depression

ORIGINAL ARTICLE (http://www NULL.alternet NULL.org/story/153747/the_horrific_toll_of_depression%3A_suicides_linked_to_recession%2C_as_budget_cuts_force_out_mental_health_professionals/?page=1)

In late 2009, as the unemployment rate in San Joaquin County, California, reached 18 percent and one in twelve homes were being foreclosed, two high school students in the town of Ripon, population …

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Treat Yourself To A Rumi Symphony, By Carolyn Baker

Rumi Symphony Image

All your talk is worthless
When compared to one whisper
of the Beloved.

~Rumi~

 

In these turbulent times, it is both comforting and inspiring to hear the words of the mystical Persian poet, Rumi, who after more than 700 …

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The Geopolitical Implications Of “Peak Everything” By Richard Heinberg

Peak Everything

Reprinted from POST CARBON INSTITUTE (http://www NULL.postcarbon NULL.org/article/660520-geopolitical-implications-of-peak-everything)

 

From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals, resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the competition appears set to enter a …

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This Is The Year When Developed Nations Must Choose Between Pain And Disaster, By John Mauldin

Apocalypse

Reprinted from BUSINESS INSIDER (http://www NULL.businessinsider NULL.com/mauldin-2012-hard-choices-2012-1)

Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side;

Some great cause, some great decision, offering

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There’s More To It Than Oil, By Chris Clugston

Natural Resources

ORIGINAL ARTICLE (http://www NULL.energybulletin NULL.net/stories/2012-01-04/there-more-it-oil)

The end of our industrial lifestyle paradigm will be dictated by Liebig’s Law, and by humanity’s response to its consequences. Unfortunately, it is impossible to know at this point which increasingly scarce nonrenewable

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VIDEO: Chris Hedges: The American Empire Is Over And The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying

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